Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-29

dore Burton. of Ohio. on Sept. IS.
1914, when he took the floor at D.
m. just as the senate was about to
adjourn. and talked all night until
6: o5 a. m. the following day The
bill was literally talked out" Of con-
gress. for by the time Senator Bur-
ton had concluded his remarks there
Were not enough senator's present to
include a quorum and the bill did NOT
get to a vote. - u ss ="
During the ffty-sixth & session OF
congress Senator Thomas Fl. Carter.
of Montana instituted flihNater very
similar to the procedure ,senacted BY
Burton Carter took the. Godsat noon
on March Y, Ig6dhs and talked fnz
twelve consecutive hours or until
midnight. the time appointed for the
adjournment of the congress When
the midnight hour was reached car
ter took his seat and the rivers and
harhors hill was buried in the sessions
pile OF unfinished business"
| The filibuster that has been enacted
/ in the senate the last ten days by SEN
ator Kenyon is somewhat different
from it's predecessors in that the
Iowa senator has not confined honors
ito himself but has gratuitously dis
| tributed them among his fellow MEM
bers. especially those on the demo-
| cratic side. Senator MorriN Sheppard,
| Of Texas. who has inserted In the Dill
large appropriations for making the
| Trinity river in that state navigable'
was complimented by Senator Kenyon
| for being "one Of the few persons who
have been able 30 discover water in
the Trinity river" Next in line for
pork honors was Senator James r
f; Clark. of Arkansas. with appropria-
lions for the Cache river. The follow
ling remarks from the Record best eX-
plain one Of the many reasons for
senator Kenyon's filibuster on the
3rivers and harbors bill:
I Six Inches Deep.
| Senator Kenyon-The Cache river IL
a good name for a river in river and
iharbor bill. II has sometimes been
known to have over six and eight
Inches Of water In it and has had q
large amount Of appropriations. II
was also stricken out think the
committee ought to have some kind
Of a resolution OF thanks for that I'll
action there was a good job.
Mr.. Thomas-May I ask the senat Of
If that was stricken out for trading
purposes?
Mr. Kenyon-I am unable to say.
believe the senator from Arkansas hat
concluded that that was no longer {
nayigable river. that it was very ex
pensive to maintain the bridges ove
this mighty stream OF six to eigh
inches in depth. and the chairman o
the committee making that request TIT
balance Of us interested in these grea
projects who had sometimes felt tina
Cache river might sometime be used a.
a place for submarines to hide did no
feel like opposing 1t.
wish to put in the Record before
leave this subject what did not hav
in my hand a moment ago, and that Il
on page 907 of the report OF the arm!
engineers for 1914 concerning thi
somewhat famous Cache river a.
showing the kind Of project on which
the money of the people OF this coun
try has been spent, and 1t is not alon
among that class:
In It's original condition this rive
was much obstructed by snags, DRIFT
and overhanging timber. The low
water depth on the controlling shoali
was six TO eight inches.
To June 20, 1914, there has been ex-
!pended $25,127.04 on maintenance OF
Ichannel. The total expenditures to
THAT date under all projects were
lss4,127.04. "Hs~
The operations this fiscal year were
iby hired labor with government plant
land were for maintenance OF channe e.
by snagging operations between Bras
field and the mouth Of the river thirty
lone miles. There were 307 snags re-
moved from the channel. b97 trees
were cut and 142 others were gdrdled.
Good Enough For Rats.
Mr.. Thomas-What project 10 the
senator reading about? #s.5,
Mr.. Kenyon-Cache river, which wal
taken out of the bNl-the only Item,
think, taken out Of the bill. think ]
will put little more of that in tht
Record: S MN
"Grays bridge, ninety-fve miles
above the mouth Of the river. is con.
sidered the head Of the steamboat
navigation; but the river Is not
navigable to that point all the year
the ruling depth in the channels oyel
4 1.-THE shoals turnout the river being nnl,
leight to ten Inches DURING the iowss