Fight Over The Drainage Canal

bPKINOFlELD, April Mt -The scnato spent must of tho dny in a hoc discussion of the Humphreys sanitary district bil], and tho debate was still on at adjourament. Bills were passed: to ponsiou retired teachers; proridlng for suits l'or disBolution of corporatious. Littler's bill to repeal the anti-trtut law was advanced to third ruading. In the house the resolution for investígation of alleged fraudulent assessing of pioperty was voted down. The señalo amendment to the house bill prohibiting the use of explosivo oils in couï mines waa concurred in. A numberof amenaments to the mine inspection bill were adopledand the bill ordeied to third reading. In the senate debate on the drainage law Niehaus offered an amendment to make it clear that the canal is to curry 8u0,000 cubic feet of water per minuto. He said Chicagu had promised a waterway und instead wanted to give an open sewer. Crawford insisted that ihe law was clear on the point. A waterway was never promised and the legislatura had no power to give authoi ity for one. The right gLven was to build a drainage canal and Jolmt had nevur been promised a waterway, nor was it in tfce law. Berry said that when the scheme waa flrst advocitted it waa urgeil as a 6tep toward ix great waterway from the lakes to the Gulf. He wanted no doubt as to tha amount of water required. Mahoney said the valley people were demanding now what was never conteuiplated and what vrould cost Sx5,00J,0J0. The whole purpose oL tho canal, as stated in the law anü by its advocates, was sanitary.