New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-24

the only bill which went directly 10 tine dement, OF inc
people in giving them employment. In improving the
commercial facilities OF the country, increasing the
profits OF the producer and reducing expenses OF the con-
sumner. He spoke Of the great attention given Dy the
committee to this BILL sitting day after DAY ana nearing
every member who chose to come before IT, and ne ceu
two in which members came before the cOnntte
requesting one Of them 81 100000 for certain work
and receiving only $16O0O0 and the other requesting
800 900 aud receiving only $4,000; ana yet THESE
gentlemen protested now against the bill on account OF
It's ertrayasance Applause and laughter .-.,o, 60
Mr.. cox DEEM. " ", dsclaimed any intention 10
reflect on the integrity OF the members OF ire COmtice
on Commerce he claimed the right OF reforming this
was not acting in its interests in driving this bill
through under whip and spur ne -, proSe Srial
mcntary privileges OF protest, and said that IN
this case it WIS res0rtcd TO In the inter
est OF the public to stop, II possible ah tnsuous' az
most corrupt system Of legislation lie found IN the
bill pro- for the survey OF rivers where there 10
ater enough 10 make mrace On SOME OF tleih
(as had been said man cannot find daln ny the mu
side aud cannot find nil BY Dr. Sight h r 1n
dam. fLauGhter lie found in the blu Provisions Tor
river in Kentucky and he had been '3 ,o by v Scn
lucky member That the only way 10 lh'Ee at ny I
th0rOughfaTe was to macadamzc IT. lLauGhter'l lie
referred 10 the general distribution OF appropriation I'd
the bill remarking that even NeW-Ehgahd has some
nice little dOuccurs In II. ,,
Mr.. REAGAN-Ncw-York has more than any OF them
Nlr. COX-ThCn you see how good am 10 oppose Tue
Mr.. KENNA Dem. W. vaJ-Pcrhaps it was not for
Mr.. C0XGMy district is in one sense the United
states OF On WGs Gets 90 for the Great
Kanawha and 81 900 for the Little Kanawha That
where his district come IN, ana why lie supports the
Mr. KENNA-I DO not believe that the gentleman
knows where either OF these rivers runs. think that
little knowledge Of geography would help his speech
wonderfully. Laughter , ..
property in the gentlcmans district and Know thht
the taxes are pretty high This protest Is IN no sense
hi All The wrong ali the error all the lugrong and
will give ia bill that will nure TO the benefit OF the in
dustIa and commercial interests OF tho country ana at
the same time protect the rights OF inc House uhuer inc
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large an appropriation he wanted and who had there
fore signed the protest SAID that the members name was
Ellis and he came from the state Of Loulsana IN r.,
gard the protest he could not see why any one should
Mr ROBERTS Dem., Md, ipterruptlng, desired to
have read the names of the members IN connection WIN
the list OF yeas on the passage OF similar D l'9l year
but MI Ellis declined TO yield for that purpose.
TWO LUCKY TROUT STREAMS
Mr. ELLIS. continuing, said that the Committee had
voed only $4,000 for New Orleans while It had given
large appropriations for uncomfortable rivers in Penn
sylvania.
Mr. ROBERTS Dem, Md handed hr. Ellis copy
Of the BILL and challenged him 10 name the river 10
Pennsylvania TO which he alluded ,
Mr. ELLIS looked at the bill, and spelled out the name
Mr. WHITE Oiep, PENN here broke into the dis
cIi,sion, and declared that Mr. E~'s education must
have neglected II he did not know where the ks
kmimtas River IL lL1ughtorI Iha' Is, %. Sa the OiH
Indian name OF river IN western Pynh,yNahla II rs
of the tributaries OF the Allegheny River when IS
one OF the arteries OF the wealth Of western Pennsy
yaula penetrating as It does tie 81! regions oil me
country SO, too, the Connehiugh hlbtt, ldISo meh-
toned in the BIN travcrSCS Western PrunSyINAnli
MIR. SOUTHAkD Dem, Ohio) asked Mr. White
whether there ever has been boat on that ilver.
Mr.. WHITE replied that steamboat once ran from
Pittsburg to JOhuStOwn.
Nh sPARKS-Was IL not stern-wheelerl
Mr.. WHllE-Nes; but that was III the canal period
and want the advantages OF the improvements OF Tie
MIR. WRIGHT Dem, PENN asked his colleague 10
state where stream the kskminitis, i, and
also where the Conuemaugh II that Is It's name Is
Tor the ChlC executive Once Oh I'HhS!l ANA c, II iu
does know the geography OF his state better than
that he ought not to aspire to such hish pos'oh'
Mr. WRIGHT-If lave to support appropriations for
the NAVIGATION Of trout streams don't want to be Gov
eru0r Of PeunsylyGuia lAppauscI
Mir. WHlIE-TGe people % Pennsylvania may agree
league say before the House ana TIE country that be
does not know the location Of the kishimnitas and the
Mr.. WRIGHI-They are new names 20 me. / never
heard them before. loud laughter and great confusion
Mr.. WIIiTI-In the old Democratic DAYS It was the
Kisnminltds and Connemaugh rivers that made the
western boundary OF the Pennsylvania canal region
which used % contribute to the power Oi the Democratic
Oh, not" shouted Mr. TOWNSEND rep. n. ". ait
was the MOuOugahoa that always helped the Demo
Mr &RiGHT-I want TO know whether that appro-
priaton made ut the desire OF my colleague
. Mr. WHITE-It was, and 1 am proud OF my success
Mr. WI;iGnT-Are they nayisablc streamsi
SIR. WiIiTE-Thcy are.
Mr. WKIGHT-IlOw wide are tlcyl
MIR WHITE stretching out his arms TO their full eX-
tent, which members assumed TO be duml-sh9w an
swcr to the question, provoking immGderaie hushleil
either Of them. lie would lose his wind before he got
across. 80, ,-,,. a.,
I'm low water, person could not sep across ih,un;
MIR. WHITE GndignautlyD-No, sir; you could not
ihIS about the great oil region Oi Pennsy wanna
Mr. BRIDGES do know something about IT,
sylyania that the gentleman has Hbellcd my part OF
that state. Laughter and uproarI
that Mr. Bridges and Mr. Wright had heard OF the
Kiskimntas, and added that the speaker had assured
MIN that he had no knowledge OF such river.
The SPEAKER stated that did not think 1t was
Sir, Witt 10 the speaker glad that you made
that ex explanation, iOr yOuI own sake. lLaughter.I
Mr.. SPRINGER Dem, I'D argued IN favor OF the
right OF protest against what they consider
10 be improper legislation, and 10 have that protest
Mr., HARTZEiL Den. Ill suggested that perhaps
the appropriation for the Illinois River was not sufficient
to obtain Mr. Springer vote iof tno Di arorcod hi.
MI Mr. HEWITT (Dem., " " said that he had
chance study the Dill The CITY OF New York has
no gfioyance $7J30OO has been appropriated Tor work
in the vicinity OF NewYork His own dlStrct Is very
largely interested in the bill, and yet he had voted
against il ana protested against legislation which had
denied the House opportunity to discuss the bill If
the City OF NcwYOrk never receives another dollar he
should still long should hold seat on the floor
vote and protest against legislation 80 ncongruOus aud
unconsdered III It's character
Mr.. ROBERTS dem, Md sent TO the clerks desk
and had read IRON years Reeord the Of Mr.
Caldwell dem. Tenn.J Mr.. Robinson rep, Ind aud
Mr. Ellis Dem, La as having voted 60 suspend the
rules aud pass the River and HarDOr Bill the same
gentlemen having this year signed the protest,
Mr. HAMILTON Dem, Mo- SAID that the bill OF last
wear he had examined but had taken II Oh the fath
Of the committee and had voted for IT, He found he had
been grossly mistaken and he would never take another
bill on the faith OF committee; never, never, never!
[Laughterl
WRIGHT TRIES TO PUT DOWN WHITE.
Mr.. WRIGHT (Dem., PENN again brought up the
question of the in the Allegheny Mountains
and excited his colleague r Whitel TO renew the
test.
In the heat OF the discussion the two men gradually
approached each other from opposite sides Of the
Der, ana, amid Understandable uprOar aud cOnfusiOu
wrangled Is the size Of the streams.
Mr. WHITE hOuTished a book containing an engineers