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that ought to DO made on the Ohio. Mississippi, and
Missouri rivers. The House well know that these
rivers stretch vast extent of country; that
If the work is TO be done at all during this season,
il will require officers than one to carry it
with that efficiency that the Government ought to
observe in the improvement Of these rivers.
The gentleman from Kentucky (Mr HAwEs)
also states, that fifty thousand dollars for the i'm
provement of the Mississippi, above tho mouth of
the Ohio, and the Missouri to Liberty, is too mueh,
and more than the Secretary Of War required.
MIR. Il. said, if the Congress of the United States
appropriate any thing at all for these noble and
useful rivers 1t ought not to be less than that
IL would be ridiculous improvement that u less
sum would effect the Mississippi. between the
mouth Of the Ohio and the Falls of St. Anthony
and the Missouri, as high up as Liberty. The SUN
10 not too much If any thing be given at all let
1t be that sum, or more.
MIR. HAYES then asked for the yeas and nays on
concurring with the Committee of the Whole in
this amendment which ordered, and were
yeas l0f, nays 81.
So the amendment was concurrcd in.
Mr.. WisE then moved to strike out the enactin q
clause of the bill He wished to test the sense of
the House on the subject of internal improvement 8
by the General Government, and repeated what he
had said in Committee of the Whole, that now the
Deposit bill was passed, the bill under considera-
ton was nothing more than scramble for unequal
shares OF the public money before the day OF distr
button came.
Mr.. W. asked for the yeas and nays on his mo
ton; which were ordered, and were--yeas 52 nays
1913; so the motion WIS disagreed TO.
Mr.. SMITH moved an additional item Of S 5000
Tor building steamboat to aid in the removal Of
the Red river raft; which was agreed to-
Mr. HAYES renewed his motion to strike out the
appropriation of 100000 for the improvement Of
the Hudson river; and spoke at some length in sup
port o. his motion.
Mr.. SUTHERLAND then moved the previous ques-
ton, which was seconded-yeas 81, nays 4s.
MIR. HARpIN called for the yeas and nays
dering the main question to be put; which were
ordered, and were-yeas LOG, nays 10.
So the House determined that the main question
should be now put.
MIR. LEWIS then moved call of the House Lost
On the call of Mr.. PATTON, the yeas and nays
were ordered on the main question, being on the
engrossment of the bill, and the question being
taken, was decided in the Acknowledgment 1875,
nays Gas follows:
YEAs.-Messrs. Adams, II. Allen, Anthony, Ash,
Ashley, Bailey. Barton, Bockee, Bond, Boon, Bor-
den, Bovee, Briggs, Brown, Burns w. b. Calhoun,
Cambreleng, Carr, Casey, CLANCY, Chaplin, Childs,
Corwin, Cramer, Cushing, Cushman, Darlington,
Davis, Denny, Dickerson. Doubleday, Evans, Fair
field, Farlin, French, Fry, w. X. Fuller, Gal
braith, r. Garland Gillett, Granger, Haley, Hall,
Hamer, Hard, Harper, Hazetine, Henderson, Heis
ter, Hoar, Howard, Howell, Hubley, Hunt, Hunt
ington, Ingersoll, lngham, W. jackson, J. Jack
son, James, X. Nj. Johnson, II. Johnson b. Jones,
ION, kennon, Kilgore, Kinnard, Lane, Lansing,
lawrence. Lay, G. Lee, J. Lee, T. Lea, Leonard,
Lincoln, Love, A. Mann, J. Mann, w. Mason, NJ.
Mason. S Mason, May, McKennan, McKeon, Nc
Kim, Mercer, Miller, AIiiligan, Moore, Morgan,
Morris, Muhlenberg, Owens, Page, Patterson, d.
J. Pearce. Phelps, Phillips, Potts, John Reynolds,
Joseph Reynolds Russell, Seymour, Shinn, Sck cs,
Slade, Smith, Spangler, Sprague, Storer Suther.
land, Taylor, Thomas. j. Thomson, Toucey, Tur
rill, Vanderpoel, vinton, Wagner, Ward, Ward
well, Washington, E. Whittesey, and 7. T. Whit.
tlesey-l26
NAys-Messrs. c. Allan, Bcale, Beaumont
Bouldn, Boyd. Buchanan. Bunch, Bynum, J. Cal.
houn Campbell, Carter, j. Chambers, N. II. Clai
borne, J. +. H. Claiborne, Cleveland, Coffee Coles,
Connor, Deberry, Drom goole, Forester J. Garland,
Graves, Grayson, Griffin, Hardin, Halves, Haw
kins, Haynes, Huntsman, Jarvis, Jennifer, c.
johnson, J. w. Jones, Lswler, l.. Lea, Lewis,
Loyal Lucas, Lyon. Martin, Maury, McComas,
Mckay, McLene, Montgomery, Parks, Patton, f.
Pierce, Pinckney, Rencher, Roane, Robertson,
Rogers, Speight, Sandefer Taliaferro, Towns,
Underwood, White, L. Williams, S. Williams,
and Wisc-64.
So the bill ordered to be engrossed for third
reading.
Mr.. HAwEs sad he did not wish to delay this bill.
but he wanted direct vote of the House upon the
appropriation of 100000 for the Hudson river.
He moved to recommit the bill to the Committee of
the Whole with instructions to strike out that
clause, and asked for the yeas and noys which
were ordered.
After some remarks from Mr.. BooS, the question
taken and decided in the negative-ycas 90,
nays lOl.
The bill thus voted against by Mr.. PIERCE
on June 2S, 1886, received the formal apprO-
val of President JACKSON on the I'd Of the fol.
lowing month On turning to Little & Browns
edition Of the Public Statutes, (vol. 5, pages
81, 6S, go we find the act in question, which
embraced provisions for important improve.
ments in various States To show more clearly
the exact degree in which, in this instance
alone, particular States are indebted to Mr.
PIERCE, we compile from the act statement
Of the appropriations covered by its various
clauses:
For continuing Delaware breakwater. $4,000
improvement of Chicago
Ul.) harbor.......... $4,000
improvement, of Big, So
dus Bay .............. 1850
works at Provincetown
harbor, Macs. 400
works atPlymouth Beach,
Mass. Observation-Disclosures. 800
works at barbor near riv-
or Raisin, Mich. $1,000
removal Of distractions at
Black river, Ohio ..... O. 600
improvement OF Ccve
land harbor, Ohio. $1,000
" removal Of distractions at
Grand river, Ohio. 5000
removal of distractions at
Cunningham creek,O AIS
f" removal of distractions at
Conneaut creek, Ohio. 1850
+" improvement Of Pressure
Isle harbor, Penn. 1900
improvement of Dunkrk