National Republican., 1881-02-28
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The River and HarbOr BilI Before tho
SolOns OF the senate.

The Senate on Saturday took up, on
motion of Mr.. Ransom the river and harbor bill,
and the amendments of the Senate committee
were acted upon as the bill was read. All the
amendments were agreed to.
Several amendments were then offered by mem
bers and agreed to.
Mr.. Grover moved an increase of $4,000 in the
item for the mouth the Columbia River, Oregon.
Debate participated in by Mr.. Herman, in
favor of striking from the bill all appropriations
for streams and harbors not of national commercial
importance; by Mr. Hereford, Mr. Mcmillan, and
Mr.. Brown in favor of, and by Mr.. Teller and Mr..
Plumb in opposition to, the bill as reported.
A motion was made by Mr.. Plumb to recOmmlt.
with instructions to the Commerce Committee to
reduce the total to six millions: 10 apportlon the
same TO rivers and harbors OF national importance,
and, far practicable, to the completion OF I'M
proyementS now under way, excluding all SURVEYS
for new Improvements. Not agreed to-ayes' IL /;
noes, 50.
passed before the adjournment the Dill would fali,
motion TO adjourn was negatlYcd-ayeS, y;
noes, ~.
Mr. Growers amendment was voted down-yeas,
%; nays, 29-and motion by Mr.. Thurman Tor an
increase of $4,000 in the item for Muskingum
h9rbor, Ohio. was tablcd-ayes, IS; noes @ 5 Is.
Mr.. Morgan moved an increase of s23.UDO Tor the
harbor of Mobile. Tabed-ayeS. IS; noes, lD.
Mr.. Brown moved number of amendments for
improvements in Georgia. Rejected.
Mr.. GroOme moved an amendment, which was
adopted without objection, directing the Secretary
of War to cause to be made by some officer OF the
United States Engineer Corps examinations and
surveys of lines for ship canal across the PENN
Sula between the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays.
especially of the SaSsafras and ChOptank routes
and the approaches thereto, with view OF ascer-
tanning the most feasible route for canal OF
depth of fully twenty-Six feet at mean low tide,
and of one hundred feet width at bottom through
out its entire length: and to estimate the cost OF
constructing canal of such depth and the ap-
proaches thereto.
An amendment by Mr. Morrill,. requesting the
President to make deductions from the respective
appropriations TO the amount of S400O,OW was
tabled.
The session was protracted to Il late hour in
order to dispose of the BILL its opponents, small
in number, presenting an unbroken front upon
every vote, Notwithstanding that all amendments
offered by them were invariably laid OIL the table,
on motion of the Senator i'll charge of the bill,
Mr.. Ransom.
Mr.. Thurman, rising to renew his protest against
the measure, provoked laugh by inquiring of the
Chair whether Mr. Ransom would be in order in
moving TO lay him (Mr. Thurman on the table.
He then said that for one he repudiated the new
doctrine in the Senate that the Democracy must
favor what was called a liberal policy in appro-
priatiOnS. and charged that the bill was supported
from personal and interested motives as means
of securing the reelection OF members OF the Sen
ate and House.
After the rejection of further amendments the
bill was reported 10 the Senate and paSSed-ayeS,
81; noes, l..
The following was the vote in detail
YEAS-MeSSrS. Beck, Brown, Booth, Burnside,
Butler, Call, Coke Davis of West Virginia, Farley,
Ferry, Garland, Groome, Hampton. Hereford, Hill
OF Georgia, Johnston: Jonas Jones of Florida La
mar, Mcdonald, Mcmillan Maxey, Paddock, iugh,
Ransom, Saunders, Slater, Vance, Vest, Voorhees,,
Walker, and WiIiams-32.
NAYs-Messrs. Bailey, Bayard. Blair, Dawes,
Eaton, Harris, Jones of Nevada, kernau, Logan,
Pendlcton. salisbury and Walace-12.
On motion of Mr. Cockrell the bill for the allow
ance OF certain claims reported by the accounting
officers of the Treasury Department WAS taken up
and passed.
The Senate (at Ills o'clock adjourned until
TODAY