Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-03

island dam. Also the clause authorizing tn
expenditure of 900 to remove obstruction
between Pittsburgh and the mouth of Beave
river. Agreed to.
Other amendments of the committee wer
agreed to, as follows: Increasing the appropria
ton for the Fox and Wisconsin rivers from
100000 to $l50,000; for Michigan City har
Dor, Indiana, from $25, 900 to $4,000; for St
| Mary's river and canal from $3.50 600 to $500,
900, and allowing 100000 to be expended
towards obtaining a channel of sixteen fee
kegon harbor, Mich, from $4,000 to $1,000
that for Toledo harbor, Ohio, from $4,000 t.
| 100000; for Ashtabula harbor, Ohio from
1000 to $4,000; increasing the appropriation
| for examination and surveys for reservoir al
the sources of the Mississippi, St. Croix, Chip
| pewa and Wisconsin rivers from $l2 900 tt
$4,000; increasing the appropriation for the
Yellowstone river from 10000 to 1926, 900.
Other amen dments were agreed to as follows:
Appropriating $4,000 for the improvement Of
the Missouri river at Vermillion, Dakota; in
creasing the appropriation for the Usage river
appropriation for the Mississippi river al
Quincy, Illinois, from $4,000 to $4,000.
In the second section of the bill providing
for surveys, amendments were agreed to in.
serting Illinois river, Gasconade river, Miss.
ouri; Kankakee river, Indiana and Illinois
| MOTrlstlque river, Nl1cnlSan; Oueyenne river,
Dakota and Yellowstone river, among those tc
| be surveyed.
! A large number of amendments were then
offered and agreed to. Among them the fol.
| lowing:
| By Senator Howe-Increasingt the appropria-
tions for the harbor of refuge at the entrance
| of Sturgeon bay canal from $18, 900 to $3.50, 900.
| By Senator Ferry-Appropriating $4,000 for
AuSauble harbor, Michigan.
Senator Davis, ILL.,, submitted amendments
providing for the survey of Alton harbor, ILL.,,
and the Mississippi river opposite the mouth OF
1.-THE Missouri river. Agreed to.
Senator Beck at P. NJ. moved that the SEN
ate take recess until 10 o'clock P. NJ.
Senator Conkling enquired what was the ne
cessity for the Senate remaining in session to-
night after disposing of the river and harbor
bills.
Senator Beck replied that by 10 o'clock the
several conference committees would be ready
to report.
The motion for recess was rejected, yeas
~, nays %.
UNABLE TO AGREE.
Senator Blaine from the committee Of con-
ference on the army bill, reported it was I'M
able to agree, and asked another committee.
Agreed to, and Senators Blaine, Allison and
Wallace were appointed.
RIVER AND HARBoR AGAIN.
section to the river and harbor bill for the re-
lief Of James B. Eads and his associates.
Senator Davis, W. Va, opposed the pending
amendment, the original contract was fo1
the payment of $525, 1000, on the principle of
no cure pay, but now it was proposed to
pay Eads So, DOC, 900 in advance before he had
complied with the conditions of his contract.
After debate the Senate agreed to the amend
ment-yeas 81, lays 10. All the amendments
of rl,oJo
red in by the Senate.
THE POST BILL.
Senator Dorsey reported the committee OF
conference on the postofice appropriation bill
were unable to agree on four or FIVE important
points, including the Brazilian mail service,
railway transfer and classification of mail
matter. He moved the Senate insist on their
amendments, and ask further conference.
Agreed to.
Senator Edmunds said if there was one thing
which could be delayed without injury to the
public interest more than another, it was in
ternal Improvements. He thought the work
time of scarcity of money. He,
therefore, would move to strike out
all after the enacting clause of the bill, and
insert that two millions be appropriated for
the fiscal year ending June 3Gth, 1880, for the
repair, preservation and completion of such
servicable to the interests of commerce, to be
expended under direction of the secretary of
war, who is required to report all expenditures
in detail at the next session. He also included
i'll his substitute the appropriation for build
ing bridge over the Arkansas river, that rela-
tive to Eads' jetty improvement of the Missis-
sippi river, which were agreed to in the bill
Senator Spencer opposed and Senator Conk-
ling supported the snbstitute.
After further debate Senator Edmunds' reso-
luton was disagreed to, yeas 8, nays "a.
The chairman appointed Senators Dorsey,
Ferry and Wallace second committee of con-
ference on the postofice appropriation bill
Senator Matthews offered an amendment to
the river and harbor bill in the form of a new
section, namely, ''That the secretary of war
may omit to make any of the expenditures au-
thorized by the bill whenever it shall appear
to him that the public interest does not re-
quire the same, and expenditures shall be linn
tied to such sums as shall be provided without
exceeding the amount of money in the treasury
applicable thereto
After debate the amendment was disagreed
to, the first branch of it, ayes 10, nays 80, and
the last branch of it, ayes II, nays Sc.
The Senate then passed the bill. Yeas 49,,
naVS 49,