, 1877-02-07
Senator ConkIing Opposes the
Pending Pacific Railroad
Measures.
Prominent Items IN the River and Harbor
Appropriation Bill.
A Deficiency BILL wbicl, Tells tho Story
Of Ante.Elcction Economy.
Secretary Morrill, Seriously III Of
Typhoid-Fneumoria.
APPROPRIATIONS.
WESTERN ITBAs IN TIE RfvRR Asp nAnHQN
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WESTERN ITEMS IN TIE RIVER ASH HANHQN
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Sbseiai Dspdlch to ms J}fbrns
WAsn1saroS. y. e., Jan. D.-Thc House
Committee on Commerce to-day finished the
portions Of tho River aud 1tarlnr lJll relating to
sumo Of the Western stntcs. Tho Nnrthwest-
ern States waro badly treated. Tho Wisconsin
members, Democrats and Republicans alike,
asc especially Indignant Al thc scanty approprt-
asions made for that State. The following Ia
all that tho Committee Inns aIlowcd, Atantto.
voc, s5,00o, against $2o, 900 estimated; shcbuy-
Ean, 5000: estimate, sG,0W. stilwau-
kce, $D,0CO; estimate, $4,000. Superb
or Bay, $1,000. That Ia the ent1rc amount
appropriated for Wisconsin. The following cs-
tlinatcs wcrc entirely t1tsrcgaracd: Atcno,n-
inec, $1,000: Green Day, $1,000; Almcpcr,
s25t eco; Two Rivers, 5000; Port Washing
ton, $e5,0o0; Racine, s7,0o0; shugcu bay,
$4,000: kcnosha, 81 goo; aud the Fox and Wis
consfn River improvement, $15, 900, Congress-
man Lynle IL quite indignant BECAUSE tho Con,-
1nittcc appropriated $4,000 for Milwaukee,
where no work has been done for two yeart, at,l
appropriated nothing whatever for Port Wasl.-
itMton, in hls district. This action WIS taken
by STRUT party vote, the Democrnts voting
against and the Republicans fur tho estimates.
IsHsuLT or ANri-rLgcTtoN ECONOMY.
Tie House made rnptd progress with the De-
fcicncy Appropriation bill. tiencral tietutc was
limited 10 five minutes. There was MI anl,l,ntcd
contest over tftc amendment making approrrla-
t!on for the full pay Of officers Win were put OF,
tho graduated scalo by tho Secretary OF the
Navy Under the bit Of last year. Incidental 10
t',fs debate the Democrats, cxnaperatcl that a
deficiency bill was necessary, anil tauntesl by
the ertlcsn, Of their opponents, attempts
ctl to Justify tho 2 per cent chccse.pnrlng
economy OF tho luAt session. Randall
cnma to the rescue OF bis party In speech full
Ut empty declarations unsupported by facts. a
significant feature Ut tl.u debate was TINT iiol
mnl,. though present, did not participate. I1e
might 1lnyo been too conscientious nla1, to ID
sist upon tho sl,ccess Of his own two.cent econo-
my Of faa. session, in view of tho fart that on
enormous deficiency llns hccn nal!e necessary 10
rafgn purpnsrs refused to ,nnlsc appproprsatfons
Fottor, oi Ohm, clearly showed the haselcasncss
u itaIdall's ahsamptlun. Thcrs nrc .lc!irIcn-
efea 1T tl1u fatcnt Office In tho prusiun Bureau.
In tic Government printing oil|ce, anl III al
most every Government department. Later IL
the ,lay n, amendment ap}4t'prtntng money to
give furl0uElset uillcer1 awaiting 0rlera. pay
was adopted. The special counsel Of the Whts-
aa M amendment WIS adopted providing t5r
their compensation.
THE tyDlaN B1It.
- 3H lid WkAtrn dssnriafs1 frtM
WAshlS0TUS, u. C.. Feb. ii-1'r indian APP
preparation htll, aa rcpurtca from tl,u Scnntc
Committee, is Increased srH0 0J1 over the total
sanctioned by tic 1iullte, which was 81 Az: OU
Tic principal items VI increase orc aA follows:
$:91 ,D0l fur the Sioux Indians various trltcs;
SGl,tD0 for tho Sioux ut tho Furt ptr1; !tgrncY;
St30Nl for the Osagcs: i5,00u fur the support
of schools.
nlvRn IMPROVEMENTS.
In tic Rivtr an.l ltarb0r liIl the following
ttct,s arpcar ior tug Improvement uf rivers:
Missouri, a,,tl Arkansas. ssi;,uO0: siissssipp''
opposite st. I.ttnis s70,tkA1; pcsMotncs Ilauis'
Mississippi River, $DAuO: Upper MjsslssIppi
Sa 000. Hook 1slaml ll3ptsts, Mttslsslppt River,
Sl0U0O: Missouri lstycr. about tho nlouth nf tho
Yellowstone. sl0ttAx'; Tenncssec River, s..tU,-
tu1; Ohfo River. s:W,0U: vt. MarY's lsIyer md
1t. Maryft Ful!s CaIal, s1l0, ,OOU; Saginaw istyer
t:D,UU; Falls 1i it. Anthony, 9l.UO1; tircnt
ka'sawlM !ltycr. Wcst Virginia, sl0D,OO0; Little
KanawAa I:lycr, West Tirgiula, S5,nO.
For habnr lprnren,ents-t;a!yestnn Tex.,
$1tn00O; SaYan'iaf,. ua,, sa,,000; Taltisnorc,
s6p.tAA); Buffalo, *5A,DOt): 0swego, n. r., RaI,-
UO0: Boston. ~, ,0t; Eric, Pa, al OG0; break
water, Cleveland u, SiD,OUO; hnr!xr ut Toledo
o., $:W,Mh,: Cnira.o. H., S5,uD0; Michigan,
City, Ind. $:s5thM; lIatut III Itcfugc. Lake
Hurun, Mich. $75 000; usa,n. Haven. Mich,
so0.tU0; Chr1uygun. aicl,., ST., ,CUD; alwAukco
larbuT. S:V.W .Wht. miscellaneous 'drcl.ing, Su-
perior Bag, $31, ,0UO: shi.ttt.a1nrl IN Gnlycston
liny, S:s,Nn; examination, SURVEYS, md cot,-
!iircnccs Of rivers anl lmrl'ors, el5,l00: exaM-
!natlhn anl surveys Ut the South pns5 Of the
Mississippi !tlyer, slhoU.