, 1881-02-27
Ali Attempts to Reason with the Plum
derers Productive Of Moh-Like
Confusion.
Caucus OF Democratic Managers
Reapportionment Dead-Ru-
u1orS About Malone.
The New Museum Nearly Ready for
the Grand Inauguration
Ball,

IN THE SENATE.
TIE RIVER AND HARBoR BILI-
Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 2G.-The Senate,
after passing a number OF minor bills, and
listening to an hours speech from Senator
Burnside on the Monroe doctrine, took up
the River and Harbor bill with the Senate
amendments, and went seriously to work,
determined, if possible, to pass the bill be-
fore adjournment The consequence was a
very late session. As usual, every Senator
thought his own locality was the most i'm
por1ant portion of the United States, and
that many unimportant rivers, not to be
found upon the map. were deserving Of
National recognition. There seemed to
be no very. great opposition to the
fact that the Senate Committee had increased
the appropriations over the House bill by
nearly 81, ,ON, 900. Notwithstanding this, the
amendments Of the Committee were adopted
without dissent until the amendment ILL
sreasing the appropriation for Cape Fear
River from $4,000 to S1D,0 900 led
NEssRs. INGALLS, AND TEURMAy
10 call attention to the fact that the appro-
priations by the House Of SG5, GOO for inl-
prorements in that State has been increased
10 S332244, ,0O0- IN the course of his remarks
Mr Thurman said they had been year after
rear making appropriations for the IMPROVE
ment of the French Broad. so that catfish
could navigate it. All Of the North Carolina
amendments were agreed to. All of the
amendments Of the Committee were con-
curred in without further debate. An
amendment WAS adopted providing for
the improvement of the Missouri River at the
mouth Of the PIattsmon1ll, Nebraska. Mr..
0ffArA{l Increasing
appropriation for the llarbor at Calumet, ILL.,,
from S3O, 900 to $4,000. Agreed to without
the assent Of Alr. Ransom, who had charge
Of the bill.
NR. DAVIS, OF lLLISoIs,
moved to increase the eimproyementof OF Quincy
Bay, Illinois, from $4,000 to 81, 600. Mr..
Ransom said. under Instructions from the
Committee, he felt bound to resist the amend
ment, and moved to lay the amendment Gil
the table The motion was agreed t0-yeas,
q; nays, 20. When the amendment to in
crease the appropriation for the mouths OF
the Columbia River, Oregon. from $4,000 to
$4,000 was reached, the Commerce Commit
tee took /: stand, and declined to permit any
more amendments, and moved to table the
resolution. In this they were defeated, the
Senate declining to table BY five majority.
AT THIS POINT
contest over the merits of the bill began.
Senator Plumb moved to recolnmlt to the Com
mlttee, with instructions to reduce the total
amount Of the bill to Sc, ,0o0, 900. He objected
to the system OH which the bill Is based, maxi
ing small appropriations where large estl~
mates are submitted. and accomplishing
nothing. Re would support appropriations
to complete any improvement that would be
permanent, and objected to this annual
throwing Of money into the sand, to he
washed away, nor would he vote for money
to he expended on
GoosE-GRAss STREAMS
~ 4o- rx,H md -.
market, because, as had been urged, they
were part Of the great Mississippi River.
Morgan made q novel argument to show
mat the Constitution and the law of 1875 gave
10TH owners Of land OH streams not nayiga-
pie the title to the bed of the river, hence the
Improvement of those rivers was all invasion
Of private rights. Mr.. PIulnb's motion to re-
commit was finally rejected,-yeas, IL; nays.
". Senator Logan made All effort to III
crease the appropriation Tor
CHICAGO HARDoR
TO the amount which the necessities of that
aFer require, but the Senate fearing to lose
Me blll altogether by so increasing it that the
douse would not agree to it, tabled Logan's
Moton. rs 1t did that of many other Senators
70 increase the aggregate OF the bill
NIGHT SESSION.
after the consideration of the River and
HafD0r bill had been concluded, Mr.. Thur
man MAJ mate sharp attack upon it, character
n.oFeMent OF the creeks and trug-pollds OF
tae South in highly humorous manner.
a5aofgssins the Senator from West Virginia.
~ Hereford, lie asked what ayailed the
appropriations of multiplied thousands Of
aollass to improve brooks SO shallow that
@ey could scarcely be nayigated by tadpoles
~ ~ ysat; suckers; He spoke of the streams
VI " North Carolina iu the same way,
eaq called the rivers there, which are
% be improved, the swimming grounds of
IIusMkrats. M In the absence Of Mr.. Edmunds,
1t; 9at; Thurman, as his next friend, seemed to
III called upon to perform the duty which
~ ~ EdMnnds had laid out Tor himself
13aely: to expose the lnonStrouS character OF
THIS WHOLESALE STEAL.
zen Hill begged q moment at the end Of
~. ~. Ilur1nan's speech, which he expanded
~" ~ aalf all hours defense OF the bill. 1t
rs rs NE only bill Of a National character be-
tSis b!e ~, ne Senate. The principle underlying
sntidnTsa tl vas 2, not anti-demoeratic Or uneon
I;a4 said that the latter lad spent 500 oooooo
improvements during the last year. yet the
~ ssn111aiors g11lmbed at Sl0,0 ZOO, ,0U0 for rivers
hsuaaa h. aafeors, The railroads were in the
f6enes f6es VI few men, who have more power
hsraa many many sovereigns OF EUROPE. They
nsnea ABSOLUTE power to Cypress 81, ooo, 900 Of
for+aas slF navigation is free to all alike, and
srs, e ~ oe1'eht and enrichment Of the planter
H. THtner as we'll as OF the monopol1sts.
Aao1niall, returning to the attack
H.. WARNED THE SOUTH
tdnaIieaer Iiaer efforts to get appropriations lot
EntptS.se cfetks with view to compete With
asfhaS fhSIIn In railroads would be signal failure,
doi,asS Softh and East had always Sought the
~ while the South sought the ho11ors.