The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-17
House.


Washington, Feb. 16.--The house met at
10 o'clock in' continuance of Tuesdays
session.
The post-ollce appropriation bill, with the
senate amendments, was referred to the CON-
mittee on appropriations, and then, at 1915,
tho house went into committee Of the whole,
Mr. Carlisle, OF Kentucky. in the chair, on
tho river and hsrbor bill, The pending
amendment, increasing the appropriation
for the improvement Of the harbor
at Cslumet, Illinois, wns rejected,
Mr.. Voorhees, withdrawing, at Mr..
Reagan's request, the point Of order that no
goyerner's had voted.
Mr. UpdegralI, of Iowa, offered an amend
ment strikilg Out the clause appropriaiing
$2J COO for the improvement OF the MoHon-
gahela river in Pennsylvania aud West Vir-
ginia. Reieoted-37 to l05
Mr.. Fort, OF illinois, offered an amend
mont providing Tat the government shall
regulate the rato of tolls 10 bo charged by
tho Monongahela Navigation company over
that river. Rejected,
Mr.. COX, of New York, offered an amend
ment providing that no part Of
the money appropriated Tor the
Improvement o. lhs Monongshela
river shall he expe' Jed uulil The secretary of
war shall be satad that no part Of the river
SO improved Eauhj c. TO exaction Of tolls by
any private corporation for ito use. He
called attention 10 the fact that every amend
ment offered was voted down. He had en-
dravored 10 do his duty here on this bill.
Other measures might be lost, because he
had been too impulsive or forward in
opposing It, His friend from West Virginia,
| Mr.. Kenns, did not uRdorstsnd why he OPP
posed every appropriation, whether it WIS
for his own stat, or not He could not vote
for them even for bis own city or state, be-
cause he knew that they tended to corrupt
tho government. His friend from West
| Virginia came here because he
had been faithful TO his people. How
faithful be (Oox) would show. He sent TO
the clerks desk and had read an editoria
article in the Chicago Tribune Of June 30,
1880 in which Mr.. Kenna is described as a
republicsn'wto is returned to congress in
consequences of his gift as grabber on the
Cox here interrupted the reading with the
remark that he did not know
that word "gabt or" was usei and that he
withdrew that word The article went on TO
quote from The Kanawha, West Virginia,
Gazette, 70 as iert thrt the third congressional
district Of that state received from the public
treasury more than the amount of taxes
which had gone into the treasury from the
whole state 10 five years, and lha. through
exhortations Of Mr.. Konna a golden stream
had poured into the third district, refreshing
tho hearts Of the workingmen, their wives
and children.
Mr. Kenna inquired if tho gentleman did
not wish that somebody would write that
way about him. So far as the article read,
timplied that he had done a sacred duty to
his own constituents and to every interest Of
the country-it was more than just.
Mr.. Cox said he never yielded TO the
shrieks of a locality. Let the house come TO a
halt and proceed to the apportionment bill.
Tho amendment was rejected--56 to 81.
The item relative to the Mississippi river
having been passed. a large number of items
followed for the improvement of small rivers
in Maryland and Virginia. These items, as
they were read, were opposed by Mr.. UpGe-
lgraf, of Iowa, who made several very
brief but sarcastic and amusing speeches,
which were, however, OF no avail. His
amendments were rejected. Mr.. Updegraff
warned the deHocratic party, and psrticu-
it would DO held responsible for the passage
of this bill.
The committee then rose and the house
took q recess until 1880 p. m.
AT ! o'clock this morning the house Is still
r in session considering the river and hsbor
bill in committee OF the whole.