Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-11
House of Representatives.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Mr. Kelly reported
a bill to repeal section 2,501, imposing dis
terminating duties on tea and coffee Referred to
the committee of the whole. The morning hour
being dispensed with the speaker proceeded to
call of States in order that one member from
each should have a right to ask unani nous
consent for the passage Of BILL
A number of private bills were disposed of
and the remainder of the hour was consumed
in noisy discussion Of point of order as to
the scope of the new rule. No decision was
arrived at.
Mr.. Reagan moved the House 60 into COM
m1ttee of the whole on the river and harbor
appropriation bill and though the motion was
ment bill it prevailed, ayes $50, nays 10, and
the House thereupon wentste such commit
tee, Mr. Carlisle in the chair, on the first
named measure.
Mr.. Reagan instanced the fact that France,
with territory considerably smaller than
this, gave S1O,O0O,0O0a year to improve her
rivers and harbors. Here was a country
stretching from ocean to ocean, with 50,000,-
000 people, with larger resources springing
from fields, forests and mines than any other
country under the sun, and yet the American
Congress was haggling over S10,000,000 for
improvements Of water transportation, while
the owners of railroads, as matter
of private enterprise, give s4o0, 600
simply for repairs. Ill natured and ungener-
Gus fings at the committee on commerce for
discharging it's duty to the country were
beneath contempt. The gentleman from New
York, Cox, had meant to make fling at him,
the gentleman's darts fall harmless from the
shield which he wore. He, Reagan, appealed
to the committee of the whole to adopt the
bill without amendment, for, If the bill were
subjected to amendment, it would in the end
appropriate s16,OOO,OOO or s1s,0O0,OOO.
Mr.. Cox said it had never been charged
against him, even by implication, he had pur-
sued his private interest at the expense of the
gsneral interest.
Mr.. Reagan-Does the gentleman intend to
assume by implication I have done SO? de-
mand an answer. An answer not being sat
isfactory, Reagan again demanded of Cox if
he, Cox, had intended to intimate he, Reagan,
had acted dishonesty.
Mr.. Cox's reply, which could not be heard,
was evidently unsatisfactory, for Rea-
gan CANS next nd,;fa remark was ,.,sCtss Cox
as he had ever seen land man capable of m ak.
rules ru .D'O' ''''- pa ''A'' 'A'"'
Mr. Cox, in an irritated manner-When the
gentleman left the House years ago, he left il
with parting shot at me because stood by
the Union. (Applause and hisses), in the
midst of which Mr. Reagan made some angry
remark about the gentleman from New York,
being "demogogue of that type"
While Mr.. Cox was making reply Reagan
interrupted and Cox said: ~ will not make
an issue with the gentleman here or elsewhere
but am sure if he makes an issue with me
out of the House will use the harpoon and
so get the advantage of him. Laughter].
have no reproaches to make, but think that
irritated by Interruptions, did make light
remark, which I recall, and for which / an
sorry" [Applausel
Mr.. Reagan called Mr.. Cox's attention te
the fact that he (Reagan) had thu
magnanimity to keep the parting sho
to which he alluded out O.
the record. The bill was then considered.
Mr.. Page said the Pacific coast had beer
most unfairly treated. If it were his fortune
to participate in the election of a presiding
officer, he would vote for one, who in hif
Judgment, would recognize there was coun
try West of the Mississippi river, which ough
to be considered by the House, (applause.)
Mr. Townsend, Ohio, of the committee OF
commerce, argued it had succeeded in bring
ing in fair and equitable bill.
Mr. Humphrey said the criticism made b,
Cox and his colleague Deuster, Monday, wa
very unjust. Superior harbor, one of the fines
harbors in the world, got only 5000, Will
the harhor at Duluth got 200, Not a dol