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Show MESSAGE BEST EVERSUBMITTED Sprirrjfl.'ld. ".11, Jan. 1S.--G( vemor Charles S. Deneen and tho other Ke-publicantate Ke-publicantate ofllcUls-elect were inaugurated in-augurated today. j Those who heard the reading of the governor' message to the assembly, declared It to, be one of the most important im-portant ever transmitted .to the legislature legis-lature by an executive. About one- fourth of th document was devoted to waterways. The governor said: "Throughout the United States, public pub-lic Interest has been aroused and a;-tention a;-tention at present is directed to the improvement of the navigable water-j water-j ways of tho country. I "it seems to be now an established fact that tho Canadian government Is ! seriously considering tho construction of the Georgian Bay canal, which will i give to Canada a deep waterway from 1 the lakes to the Atlantic seaboard, nf- j ! fording to oup northern neighbor and ' its mother country a great advantage I over the United States in the matter j I of commerce between tho Atlantic and the inland lakes. There should ; be a speedy beginning on the part of ' the United States and the states Interested In-terested in the construction of the lakes to the gulf waterway, in order thai this country may stand upon an ; equality in all commercial advantages ! with Canada and Great Britain. Our j state, therefore, should take a lcad-! lcad-! Ing part in the preseut movement for ! waterway development. "The Interest of tho people demand tho lajing aside of all differences, bias or prejudice, on .the part of the members of the general assembly, in an efTort to frame a' law under which the work can proceed with celerity." The governor commended the work of the Illinois grain Inspection department. de-partment. "The new system," said the governor, govern-or, "has met with the "approval ot both shippers and grain dealers, a3 well as of tho railroads, because oi l.ho fairness, promptness and finality of its Inspections." |