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Show DAM BILL NOW IN SENATE Washington. Feb 11 Under agreement agree-ment to vote before the close of the "legislative day,'" the eenate began final fi-nal debate on the Connecticut river dam bill, which would establish Mv policy of federal control and taxation of water power. It was expected that It might he tomorrow or Thursday before be-fore a vole was reached Senator Bankhead. making the first speech against the bill, had the cleric reatl a statement Issued by the executive exec-utive committee of the Progressive part, pointing out the difference between be-tween the Connecticut river dam project pro-ject and the Coosa river project in Alabama The statement was signed by Gtfford Pinchot, James R Garfield. Jane Addams, Francis J Heney and others "I had that statement read." said Senator Bankhead. "to inform the senate sen-ate who make up this executive com mittee I also had it referred for an other reason to show that they are trying to poke their noses into every thing and create false impressions ' Senator Bankhead added that he knew one of the members of the ex ecutlve committee personally "He was a member of the 'tennis cabinet he played tennis In the back yard and that's abont all he did. " |