The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-06-04
LENGTHY SESSION
DEFEATS FlLlBlySTER

Washington, June a. @ The
$50 100000 omnibus rivers and har-
bors bill, with the bitterly contested
Illinois river development project
and other major provisions intact,
was ready for vote on passage to-
day after one of the most spectacular
filibusters in the house in recent
years had been beaten down in a con-
tinuous l4-hour session.
Opponents Of the bill, chiefly from
Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, still
had some ammunition left in their
parliamentary arsenal, including
motion to recommit the bill to COM
mittee with instructions to strike
out the Illinois river provision. but
leaders were confident that vote
adjournment tonight.
Illinois Project Fought
Diversion of water from Lake
Michigan formed the basis Of the
opposition to- the Illinois project.
which was led by Represe natives
Burton and Chalmers of Ohio. Cram
ton. Mapes and Sosnowski Of Michi-
gan. and Schaefer of Wisconsin. all
, Republicans. The bill was defended
by Representatives Dempsey of New
York, chairman of the rivers and
harbors committee, Madden and w.
+. Hull of Illinois, Republicans, and
McDuffie, Democrat, Alabama.
Confusion, punctuated with sharp
personal clashes and charges of fill
buster which were not denied, pre.
walled throughout much Of the long
session which began at IL a. m. yes
terday, and did not end until 1904
this morning. Chairman Smell of tho
rules committee was moved to pro.
test at one point that it was the
widest scene ] have observed since
! have been member of the house"
Few sections were eliminated dur
ing the fight, and they were not
ranked among those of major i'm
pOrtance.
Major provisions approved included
an amendment calling for a survey of
the "all-American canal route from
! the lakes to the sea, a project which
has been urged with great vigor by
Representative Dempsey in and out
of congress.
50 Projects Approved
In all, nearly so projects and more
than l2O surveys were approved. The
latter included series of surveys
not confined to determination of nav
igation problems but embracing also
possible coincidental development OF
water power, flood control and irri-
CATION problems in several streams
including the st. Louis river. Sec.
tion to authorize surveys of follow.
ing projects were approved:
Duluth: Superior harbor, Mime.
sofa and Wisconsin, with view to ex.
tending deep water channel up st
Louis river to Fond du Lac, MINI.
Great Lakes with view to providing
ship channel with sufficient depth
and width to accommodate presen,
and prospective commerce at low
water. datum from Great Lakes and
their connecting waters and Their
principle harbors and river channels
Saginaw river, Michigan, and en-
trance thereto.
Harbor at Mackinaw City, Michi
gan, channel on northeasterly sids
Marquette Island, Michigan, between
Mackinack Bay and Muskellonge Bay
Black river, Michigan.
An item in the bill for channel i'm
provements in Duluth-Superior har
Dor in Minnesota and in Wisconsin
was approved. It would provide /,
20-foot deep channel in Howard's Ba,
lat and near the entrance Of Towel
Bay at low water. Expenditure o.
$4,000 with 1000 annually for main
tenance would be authorized.