, 1875-02-07
WASHINGTON.
Debate in the House on the Hennepin
Canal Bill.
The Prospect Of It's Passage Daily GrroW'
ing Beautifully Less.
Senator Morton's New Method Of Count
ing The Presidential Vote.

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| Spee.aI D7spateh to The chieaqo Tribune.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Feb. 6.-The Hennepir
Canal bill waa discussed during the entire day
| and an adjournment was had pending motion
to table it. The prospects Of ita passage are mol
| IS hopeful as they we're week ago. The pro
tracted political fight Of the last two weeks has
30 embitered the Democrats that they sseem
likely to vote almost i unit against the
bill. They wero not pleased when Haw-
ley, Of Rock Island refused to allow them to
| use the bill as \ football to defeat the Civil
Rights bill when it hadthe right to tho floor, rs
against the latter bill. The most formidable op-
position, however, las come from the Republic
an side intthe exhibit Of the condition Of the
national Treasury made by Mr. Dawes, and On
the motion made to table by Gunckel Of Ohio.
The bill has fallen upon peculiarly evil tunes,
and its most earnest friends Tonight admit that
the vote will be very close.
M'cKARY, or IOWA
advocated the bill aa Que OF series Of measures
calculated to bring relief to tue people. No one
single measure could settle the important qnes-
tion OF transportation. BE showed By Statistics
the advantage OF water transportation and
claimed that this mode was not only thu cheap
est in itself. bnt by compelling competition With
railroads, had the effect to Ieduuo rates upon
parallel roafn. He claimed that this canal Was
due to the people OF the great Northwest, in
order that :@-y might be placed on an equal
footing in the matter Of transportation.
Alr. Gotten. OF Iowa, presented 4 memorial
from the Northwestern Canal Convention, held
at Clinton, Dec. 22 last. The memorial requested
that otler routes be surveyed before tho work
Tn the uenuel,in Clnal is commence. He ar-
gued that although the cost Of ths proposed ex-
tension would bo but 81 600. 600, the enlarge
mert Of the locks on the Michigan l. Illinois
Canal. and the improvement OF the Illinois Riy-
o.. would involve
A rorAI EXPENDITURE OF OVER S20, 600 0O0
James Wilson, Of lows, insisted that the work
Vas imperatlvely demanded by the agricultural
lnteres. Of the Mort Invest, aud said that it would
30 batter for Iowa to assume t1s woTd than to
wait ten years for its completion. The preseut
cost Of living, he maintained, isoue to the gteat
cost Of transportation. Ellis II. Roberts op-
posed the snea.ufe the entering wedge Of
gigantic ana costly scheme OF internal improve
tueuis.
Mr. Burchard made
TIE STRONGEST SPEECH AGAINST THE Bn1.
He offered an amendment. requiring full exam
iuation sud surveys to determine the tuost feasi-
ble route to connect the Illinois RIVER and At,s-
siss'poi ADORE the rapids LIE said THAI BY strik-
ing the Mississippi River ut Fulton. the dockugo
feet thereby SAVING considerable expense OF
construction >Also that tho length of the
feeder, il the feeder should be requited,
wonld be materially shortened, and 1t would
shorten the time from Chicago to all points OH
the Upper Mississippi. River, he vas elnPhat-
!csA! opposed 70 THIS eaaal running to Nock
!slano 'aho MOULD not say that That no would be
10 1asor OF II even II rue change IN location IN
dlcatea was maae' Tor the reasons that !ho q'es-
tlon OF improving aad extending the Illinois &
nichIsan @ Canal was not new one to h'm or tue
people ot illinois: He showed that tue constl-
9nuoaa! IoaFens'on OF 1ofo opposed loaniHg the
credit Of Tue State Tor canal Improvements, and
ssatea LUG vote Oh lnat q"cstloh ID 11e Couyen-
ton to be 40 for and II aganst tho article Of the
CONSTITUTION on that subject. lie Claimed that
the cana! Would not be able to divert any
cohsloafanio por1aon of the agricultural pro
Duets from tue established ra:lroad lines,
anu i, taat At the best possible showing tue caLa'
tolls would not amount TO per cent interest per
annuM GU sno COST. Ae te.efred 70 the
coSf or TIE ILLINOIS MICHIGAN CANAL
ana the 1ol'a recelSed, showing thai 1ta avofaee
aaaaal net earnings haVo not been to exceed e
y, p! Pef cent per annum On LIE COST. lie |
tuu1.'oo lnA1 LIE colleagues from lineage
might laYof this project. Tor the /
W Fe&snn taaa Is m'Shs perhaps o!ing 20 C6ica5o
sma'i SD roi tton Of tue products q the Northwest
"u4Gu "ouiu otnelW'se eesK maiket tn1ough hlu-
#ankee Or st. LOUIS; but no denied that it was
COCO poiic9 1ef the United states 70 appropriate
money ~ LOT Tue purpose o. ashis.ins Cnicago ut
ns e1 9eus9 oi ita s.'Ai cities re SAID thAt the
anu to3 liver improvements
.nu ens Allmo!s Ai7er improvements
od Ihc Lies =, rsssts ,a ae,ti m'sslse.pp 49,.
mad tarif II thora ;s orv x;rt,,a H. H.. thaa-a
Ie ~aa opposed 60 interfering with The xatar-
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