, 1880-01-14
WASHINGTON.
The House Engage in a De-
bate Yesterday on
the Rules.
Their Revision DistaBteful to
q Large Glass Of Con-
grossmen,
Especially tho Change Relating
TO Harbor and River Ap..
preparations.
How National Banks with Expiring
Charters May Promptly
Reorgani2e.
Evarts Explains His Connec-
ton with the Inter-
oceanic Canal.
Argument of a Railroad Manager
on Reagan's Interstate
Commerce Bill,
| Bnynrti's Lcga1-Tonticr Resolution
to Bc Reported to the Sem
| nte Adversely.
The Examination Of the Ute Indians
to Be Conducted 6eoretly.
Argument OF a Railroad Manager
on Reagan's Interstate
Commerce Bill.
Bnynrti's Lcga1-Tentier Resolution
to BE Reported to tho Sen
nte Adversely.
The Examination Of the Ute Indians
to Be Conducted Secretly.
THE RULES.
YEEERI>AY'S uEHATE.


voted n,,otlcr duy to tho consideration Of thu
prnpuscd revision Of tho rules. Tho debuto still
fNlls tt furnish iii adequate Indication of tho
probable fnto nf tho revision, although there
wrro sD1nc to-tlny WIN Rnld TINT, while opposcdto
many fcnturcs of tho revision. they should vntc
For it us OH tho wh01c IN improvement on tho
present system. Tile chief topic Ut tt-dny's do
batc was tho River ind Iiarbor bill, and that Is
likely to 10 tho principal subject Of discussion aA
long III tho revision IL before tho House. Tho
friends Of tho rivers and hnrhnrs East
and West, North and South, fcar TINT
tho proposition to trnnsfcr tho practical control
Of tho River md IInrbor bill from tho Commerce
to tho Appropriations Committee originates In n
spirit Of hostility to largo expenditures for In
tcr1lal improvements, and that to Eiyo tho AF-
proprlHtion5 Committee supervisory control.
nftcr tho Commerce Committee haa considered
tho estimates Is, In effect, to say that Goose
Creek anl not ho mnde nnv1gnblo for ocean
vrascls; that tho mountain streams Of West Vir-
gfnn and Of tho KAnawha country 6hnll not be
placed upon m cqual footing with New York
hnrbor; md TINT tho bed Of tho Klskcmlnctas
sklAll not be sprtuklcd fl summer ns
4 MEANS or FLOATING SHINGLES
or paved In winter to mnke good roadway for
coa1- cnrtE, and all Mt Government expense, hut
thnso who havo devised and supported tho ro-
vision nro trunk enough to say that TINT ia cx-
nctly what they, In rnrt, hope to accomplish by
tho c1,angc. They bcliovo TINT It Is time to calt
"halt!" III expenditures Of hundreds Of millions
for numerous streams. Tom Hrowne, Of In
diam, for instance, dcflcd tho friends Of such
river and hnrbor appropriations us for many
ycars have bcen illado to point to tholr valt1c,
and said Tint for tho $50, 100000 TINT bud
bccn expended not one cont could be shown to-
dny. WhitthOrnc, of Tennessee, too, saii TINT It
a talf-dozen committees aro turned loose upon
tho Treasury thorc is no limit to tho money that
sipnort Iy T' ct tke pvcr and hasbor
ersl e3pcn!t9Fo for s',e pr59ses defended
H ;iepriso tS%t GoMinttes q tho roTsE e s ok;
aG , hn1 ga com" rnfoi .me See Ssr ncv ah n @ 6
rcf1:in r n frota S''"' "f'S' ''oS' A''' ''''D "0'
TINT In post n NO. so far 9a dstant@ls , years aeo
hs Ss 1Ss 1S sss Gsi % es nrsh tnars 5 @
ssre.fn in ts country it is s1,uko1, Of is tic fiit.
uro Clytic q Alnercsi and 50 tho ebate nm oil,
srt o Of s
frk S @ yn rx tfs @ a n Mr ctae!'ea "itn tna
cicht mintcs Ia 1n,,rnr tm,, thnm s,.nnascH 1srai
Il f!fas Waa % M % whc @ Tho TIC ilo,sso VIII
eMld:
"lf can understand tho argument which l1as
Sen nrKes! ~ srpl"st nI tue proposea r1cs IN
lcAht" ~ AlPlNpttue!ultn LUZ !HteFHAI IN.
pf1vcinetlt or tho eniintry. 1t Is that Wo mood
Gnnnitleo or tlts ftnuse "a stand uotwceu tho
I@rt.is.try @ and tho m n.t;,r!i llcnpnoty and grced
msRht ,Iilderatana the fnrco ot this nrpumont
federation, whom tho Legislative functions were
entlrfy T. S " eo 1i ar OF
hlsty, ana
1NCoNs1ngnArE I.EGIsIAT1oN.
AThcy ntlanted II t1,nl svsten. Thcv vrstcd tbe
levisjutfyn fItnctions In ti;n ff,sa n 1,rnrrscnt
utfycn and in tho Hcnnfn. II VIII tl,.+ cf,isf f,,mr
tiOn Of tho jntfcr lmv ia nfrnrI n oheck [,t, lin
hnsty autI l.Cunstdcritr arfjnn n1 ti1n fapr..
sen1tiycs. via ycrn sS1n,S,son IL stat.d nSHrT,st
ia fhc nennlc md win - tjns r. r. this nrocisc
t,otnt, tic tiistritiun Of tic mubiio ruyoes 10
Ereacr, '' thsro WIS gson 'etsef to saca % s}atos
fT1iInl renrrsentafjnn i,nnn tho finnr ~
thnt jlli,etriwis htsv. Nor did thrv atm
ti"re. fi,nv w"nt Ynrfhor -" ,nH nrnoHii oH
thr 1rccnti,c nmihnrItx ~ thfa Hnrornsn"rt
win tho vain nn,s"r tI,H nn,ycr syhfch ra., ~
n,,iro thn ryc,mHltirratinn ky lila iInIsn nf nnv
n,nnsnrt, whI.h thnv shnii ~ liz III tn nnss Nnr
dr. svfnt in ctfcrt Ia I'm t,rt,nnstinnS II /. -
1.rtntn i,nr,, in MIR mtst lifiio H"nntc ~ ,Ir
n.vm II sec,ns - mn tint this Is nmtirciv III
u"rrssnrv Tho fnniiitr with whirh 2t.tin,
into tho othcr ren.lclr It entirely. supcrtuans.
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