Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-06-29 | Page 14 | Waterways Bill Again Defeated

WATERWAYS BItiL AGAIN DEFEATED Lower House of Illinois Legislature Without a Quorum When Final Test Comes. SPRINGFIELD. III., June L1!). Following Follow-ing the presentation immediately after the house reconvened at 11:30 ylast night of a protest signed by fourteen, objecting object-ing to that body receiving the waterways bill, alleging that It was illegally passed by the senate, pandemonium broke loose and for more than fifteen minutes the house was the scene of a near-riot. An attempt to adjourn at midnight was blocked and at 2 o'clock this morning (Thursday) the house is In ,a deadlock on the question of adjourning. A little later the anti-waterways' members mem-bers began to drift from the hall in squads of two and three. It was evident evi-dent that a quorum was not present and that the waterways bill had been defeated de-feated a second time in the house at a special session.