The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-24


rejecting sim more severely Congress for passing
" The Speaker ruled That the words complained Of
were DOT TO the H.uss as They only con-
vcyed The idea thai there might be combination Of
local ~ iercslf. fNsseE 4N#4
The reading OF the protss, having been completed.
Mr. HALE, trep) Me, submitted the question whether
II presented q question Of privilege.
Mr. REAGAN, OF Texas, argued that u was not qucs-
against is being 50 considered fisa ''s' aAa
He was Interrupted by M. HooKER, tdsm.l Of Miss,
who objected TO discussion OF tn merits OF the bill
Mr.. REAGAN Defends HiLI-
MT hEAaAs, however, urged that he was merely
defending tho honor OF his committee and tho IN
mouth closed and allow s asiaOsra,e " wris.aa
Committee on Commerce He went on to argue that
the passage Of tho River and Harbor Appropriation
OIL under suspension OF the rules was not unusual
thing but that, on The contrary all the bills Of thut
character which had been passed. Tor the last
. suspeusioa Of ino rules aud without debate.
He reminded SIR. Cox. as the proessed frioud
only bin winch went directly to tho benefit oil
tho people !" giving them employment IN Improving
the commercial facilities OF tho country. increasing
the profits Of tue product ana reducing The expenses
of the consumer He spoke OF the great attention
given by the committee TO this b sitting day after
day and hearing every member VINO cnoso to
before u; and no nslanced two IN which
bers came before tho COMMITTEES requesting gone Of
them 81. 900 Tor certain WORK ana receiving only
S160 0J0 aud the other $40, 200 aud receiving DOLLY
$50, ooO. and yet these gentlemen protested now
against the bill on account Of III extravaganza TAP
pixuse and laughtsrI ..st
Messrs. srAsKs tdsm.) OF H., and MITCHELL (rep)
OF Pa, endoavorcd to induce Mr. Reagan to give The
names OF those members; but Mr.. Reagan declined 70
do so, saying that no did not propose To make any
personal statements II tho committee, said he, had
would have appropriated between $4,000, 900 and
SlS00000O QUO Of the greatest difficulties the COM
denied that tho committee had been influenced In the
slightest respect by the desire 10 have members vote
for tho bill and asserted that II had been
only by considerations OF the public good.
SPEECH
Mr. Cox. dem Of N. " dsclaimed any intention
70 reflect on the integrity OF the membcrs OF the
Committee on Commerce. but he claimed the right, IL
possible. OF reforming this Dad practice of legislation.
The committee Was moi aching its own int ercat IN
driving this bill through under whip ana spur He
proceeded TO quote prcccdents in support Of tho par
case 1t was resorted to in The interest OF
the pubic 10 stop, " possible, insidious,
almost almost corrupt, system OF legislation. he
found IN the bill a proposition Tor the survey
OF rivers where ahcre not water enough to make
mil race On some OF them as had been said,
man could not hnd Gam by the mill site and could
not find a mill by damned sight (Iaught, r.) Most
OF the rivers provided Tor in The bill
dam. (Laughter) He found In the bill provision
for river IN Kentucky, and ne was told by a Ken
lucky member that the only way make that
river thoroughtare was to macadamize II. tLaugh-
e) He referred to the general distributions OF APP
preparations In the bill renarktng that even New
England had some nice little douceurs IN II.
Air. REAGAN-New York has more than any Of them
Mr.. Cox Then you see how good am to oppose
the Dill.
Mr.. KESNA, (dem) OF W. va-Perhaps It was not Tor
your district
Mr.. Cox--My district is in one sense the United
States OF America daughter and npplausc.l But
my friend from West Virginia gets SEQ 900 for the
Great kanawha anu $ls, 900 Tor the Little Kanawha.
That ~ where his district comes In and why he sup
Mr.. KESSA-l do not believe that the gentleman
knows where either OF these rivers runs. think
that little knowledge OF geography would help his
speech wonderfully uaughter)
Mr. Cox-l have not been there but have some
~ ticfn ia
the taxes are pretty high. This protest
offensive hope the senate will eliminate from this
bill all the wrong all the error all the iogroling and
will give bill that will enure to the benefit OF
industrial ana commercial interests OF the country
anu al tho same time protect The rights Of the House
under the constitution
running debate on the bill followed having refer
encs to the importance OF tho strcans Tor which APP
preparations were made, parlicu ary in Psnnsy
during whicn much CONFUSION prevailed.
DECISION o. rHE SPEAKER.
Finally after tour and u hall hours CONSUME ed
Ia this the Speaker enforced order and pro-
decided TO Stale the decision 1T which arrived
on the point 10 whether the protest pre-
sented = question OF privilege He referred 10
presidents IN the Third Twenty eighth, Thirty first
Ynmty-sixsh aud rhrty ninth Congresses, IN wuich
protests had boen received aDd road, and two Of
which the protests had been entered in the Journal
He minated hrs own op mon that harm could
come from letting protest be entered
but following tho manual which governed Lim, he
recognized that The question related TO the privileges
rscty to the House The question was, therefore,
put 10 tho House whether Inc paper in itself pre-
4 beutou question OF privilege.
The question put and Il decided IN the neg,
ative-yeas b. nays $50.
Mr.. MILLS. tdcm.l OF Texas, then moved that q
matter OF courtesy TO those who signed tho protest
| be entered on the journal Rejected
Mr. DrRuAN, (dcm.) OF KY. from the Conferences
| Committee on the Deficiency bill Tor temporary
oerks In the Treasury Deparn ut, reported that The
com,nittoe had agreed by compromising on o DIS
puted p0ints. Tho report was agreed TO-
Mr. Sparks, Of Illinois, IRON the Appropriation
Committee, reported the Indian Appropriation bill.
Referred TO tho Committee. OF tho Whole. The
amount appropriated 10 4,772,575.)
Mr. HUTTON. tdcm) OF Va, Introduced bill 10
move the political disabilities Of rnomas L. Moore OF
Virginia. Passed
The House tuen. nitoen minutes pas. nve O'Clock,
adjourned.