The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-02
CONGRESSl
THE HOUSE JFERS At CERTAIN
UNMENTlnNABLF" RIVERS
OF pENNSI
Gcneral White Making Motions A..
II He Would Throw a Book At
His Colleague Head

General White Making Motions A.
II lie Would Throw a Book At
His Colleagues Head.
Thoro MAS an upgoarious time IN the
house on 2l, while The River and Harbor
h... was uhtor Discussion, a. will be- seen
u'm The following copied nom tLo pro.
srodirgs
Nj. Cos rnid that ha ound in iho bill
q proposition iug jlo survey OF rivera
whore iluTv was un' wHter enough 60 make
A mill race On sauIu attltm, 90, had been
said, a mAu could not find dam by the
hillside and could not find a mill by y
damned sigh' Laughter Most of the
rivers provided Tor lu tho bill were not
worth dam. Laughter lie found in
the hlI provision for river in Kentucky,
and he was told by "a kentucky member
that 'ae only way go make that river "a
lhroughiUru was 60 maCAdHiuiEo it
lsus lie hoped the senate would
eltm nate from this bill all the wrong, all
the error, all the log rolling,.aud pass n
b.ll -hht Wonli iuure 90 the benefit ui the
Industrial and commercial interests 81 the
country aud %, tho same time protect the
rights ot the House under the Consli,u-
tiun.
Mr Ellie Dom. La, referring 90 the
remarks OF NJ. Reagan about a dlsap-
pointed member who had not got as large
an appropriation a. hr wanted and who
had therefore signed ,he protest said that
the member name was Ellis and he came
from the State Of Louisiana He would
confess that he was young and green last
year and had not paid sufficient attention
20 tie principles Involved. lie had THE
year appeared before the Committee on
Commerce asking Tor au appropriation for
the Improvement OF the laybOr Of New
Orleans. The committee had voted only
80, ,uh for that purpose, while 10 had Civ
en- large appropriations for uRMeAliOLAble
rivers iu Pennsylvania
Mr. Roberts ,pen.-Md1 handed Mr..
Ellis copy of the bin and challenged
him - name the river in Pennsylyauis 10
which lr alluded
Mr. Ellis looked "a, The BIN ana spelled
5ut the name of the kisiminotas,
Mr.. White Rep. Pa declared ,ha; Mr..
Elliss education must have been neglect
cd .t hc did no. know where she hlshimin
c.as River was. l.AughIer.l IL was one
Of the tributaries Of the Allegheny, which
Was one Of tue arteries Of The wealth oil
Western Pennsylvania, penetrating as itI
too, the CauemAugh River, also mentioned
ia lie bili, ,raversel Western PennsylYa.
MIA
Mr. Sou.Lard Dem. o. } ask Mr. White
whether there ever had been boat onI
that river.
Mr.. White replied that a steamboat had
run rom PiusbaTg 10 JohEstown.
Mr. Sparks Dem. III Was il not a
.tsrH-whorler2
Mr. While-Yes; bu, that was ia the
canal period, and We want the advantages
OF the lmpruy ements @! the age
Mr.. Wright Dem. Pa asked his col,
league d STAKE VI here that trout stream, the
hsAImiGe!us, h EAs, and also whore the
Cuuemaugh, it tha. was is name, was.
Laughter
Mr. While-Tbe gentleman aspires TO be
% candidate fOF the chief executive Office
vi Pennsy yiyauia, but L he does not know
The geography Of his State better than that
be ought nut 20 aspire % such high posi-
ton Laughter and upraAr
NJ Nrght-l!l have . support APP,
pEap'!a..uIs Ter the navigation Of trout
streams / don. want 90 be Governor Of
Pennsylvania LApplausc.l
NJ NhEc-IAc people " Peunsylvania
may agree Wi.A yCu ln that respect
LaaE ELltr.l Wall my co,leagc say before
the House and the country that be does
l.i know lAc location Ut the klahiminetAs
ald the CouomaugA rivers iE Peunsylys-
HiHt
Mr NIEa:- IA,y are ueS names 20
lac. | never heard them before. Loud
laughter AGa sgeaI confusion and dis0r-
lgrl
NJ WA..e-In the ola Democratic days
d. was The h.s-imine,As and Couemaugb
Tiyors that made the wes;e1n boundary of
,tc Pennsylvania cana. region, which used
20 contribute 20 the pvwc. ol ,te Demo
cratic party.
"1a aol' shouted Nir. ToUuseul Rep.
- / j 'l. wAs .ku Muucasa salo,A .Lai al>
ways helped the Democratic party tCon.
t.autl laughter and lyroar
Mr.. Wright want 20 know whether
that appropriation Was made Al the desire
oi my colleague
NJ. White Il was, aud an proud OF
my saCCs.. Laughter
Mr WFIEA;-Arc tAoy E4yiRAbie
streams
Mr.. White They arc.
NJ. Wrigh,-How wide are they
Mr.. White lsttc.chiag cut his arms %
their full extent, which members assumed
10 be dlmb.show answer 20 the question,
provoking .wmOderEtc laughter Over
three hundred feet. Ny colleague could
not swim across either OF them. lie would
lose bis wind before he SO. across.
Mr.. Bridges Dem. Pa askcl Mr.
White Nht.her, iu low water, "a person
could not -tgp across then.
NJ. Waite Indignantly No. sir. You
could not step scross them. Tho Rcatlc-
man ought 20 kaow something about the
ssca. oil region ag Pennsylvania.
Mr. kenna Dem. w. Va asked Mr.
Ellis what harm could be done by iHciud-
.ug the names Of incontiderAblc streams
among those that should bo examined and
surveyed lie also asked how commit
tee could ho blamed f3T acting on the as
urAuccs Of members a. 10 the importance
" streams IL their districts.
Mr. EHi- replied that tha. sLG ,ho very
reason Why the light Of diEcGst!oa should
be ie; In upon such bills IN Committee Of
tho Whole
Mr Hewitt Dem. n. " said that he
had signed The protest because he had not
had a chance 10 study the bill. The bill
took out Of the Treasury 100000. by =
process OF combination, from the hard
earned money Of the people. The city Of
New York had no grievance; $40, 600 had
been appropriated for work in the vicinity
Of Scw NosL Th1 district which he rep
resented was very largely Interested IN the
bill, and yet he voted against It and pro-
tested against legislation which denied the
House an opportunity 10 discuss the bill
1.-THE city OF New York never received
another dollar be should still, 50 long a.
he had a seat on the Goor, vote and pro.
test against Legislation 50 incongruous ard
unconsidcred IN its character
Mr. Roberts sent 10 the Clerks desk and
had read from last years record tho names
OF Mr.. Caldwell Dem. Tenn Robinson
Rep. Ind. and Ellis as having voted TO
suspend the rules aud pass tho River and
Harbor bill, the same gentlemen having
this year signed tho protest
Nj. Hamilton Dem. Ind. said that the
bill OF last yeag he had no; examined, but
had taken il on the faith OF the committee,
and had voted for il. lie found ho had
been grossly mistaken, and he would new
or take another bill on the faith Of com,
miitee never, neVct, never tLaugh-
teri
Mr.. Wright again brought up the ques>
ton ofthc streams in tho AlleghenyiMonn-
,aius, and excited his colleague Mr.
White 20 renew the contest. In the heat
Of the discussion they gradually approach
cd each other from opposite sides Of the
chamber. and, amid indssoribRhle IproaT
and confusion, vranglcd as 10 the size Of
the streams. Mr.. White ilourished book
containing nm engineers report on the
subject, and when, in answer 10 Mr..
Wrghts oft.ropeatod question, Mr..
White spread out a map on which the
streams were indicated, Mr.. Wright point
ed at the map with an air OF contemptuous
triumph, and said that that (the width Of
tho sheet o.! paper was the width of these
streams. lie sui@cd and EaFcd tho map