New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-09
AN EXCITED HOUSE COMMITTEE
THE SUPPORTERS OF THE RIVER AND HABBoh JUL
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WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-The members oil the
House Commi tee on Commerce are in state OF mino
For weeks and more they have been nursing their wrath
% Leon ., warm and today II found in the form OF
reso ution Unfortunately tie speeches In support Vi
the resolution have not been preserved out .ney ,
have been convincing, for II was adopted WIN eh'nu'
astic unanimity Speaking OF the mater aiter"aru
Republican member of the Committee In response 10
sugReson that the terms of the resolution appeareu
to Indicate considerable sensitiveness e1cteoy oroA'
out about as follows: Well, want bill OF paro
lara For months the members OF the CommlItco n"'
been branded from one end OF the country 10 'o JUNO
as lot of id rascals. The newspapers TOOK up u
and they have kept up until good many people n"A
there Is something in It, Now we want 10 Kho" why We
are ID rascas and what particular items IN 'ne iaS'
River and Harbor act constitute the steal that peopo
are all the time yel g about Arthur seems 10 kno" "
about It and we would like 10 have him tell u.s. We s0
want to know why the law has not been cohp''eu WIZ
ar 10 furnishing estimates. or course uhderTan Pc
fectly well that Arthur is trying to accomplish
what he could not do by Of bis veto. THU u"
peaked Chandler Is at the bottom OF the uouoo'
him. but we beat him once and can do 1t again
The Representative evidently IN dead earnest
and possibly repeating the speech whlch no "'uo "
the COMMITTEES this morning. The resolution auoP'oN
reauests the Secretary OF War TO inform the ouso'
without unnecessary delay" whether any OF the ap
propatIons contained In the last River and haroor "o
w.rc for works or objects that not In the perest
Of or do not benefit commerce and navigation anu
So TO name suon works obj eots and the respective
amounts 50 appropriated" whether any OF tne aPpio
priato1,s ARE beng used or expended upon "orASor
objects that are NJ interest do not benent com
merce and navigation, and II so, to name sucn
works or Objects" and the amounts OK 'o"uou
thereon: whether the expenditure OF any mouo''
au horized by tue " Las been withheld OF soppo
and IL So to state much, for what WORKS OF ooI0
and Tor what cause; also the amount on mana anu un
expepded and likely to be hand July l. 1880 anu
h ow much Of any balance hand Comprises moneys
that had been previously appropriated ana are cairi
over from year 10 year, through noncompliance WIN
the conditions OF the laws making such Appropriations
The Secretary OF War also rcgues ed to furh'Sn INC
repor1s and estimates of the Engineer Department TOT
the year ending June 80, 1884. which have not been
transmitted by Secretary of the Treasury 10 70"
gress In conformity with Section 1868 Revised statutes
Of The United STATES" 49,
We want those estimates" remarked Mt. HOar Ihis
Afternoon The secretary OF the Treasury had no more
right TO withhold them than he would have TO withhold
those for the support OF the Army OF course Favored
the resolution I want find out what streams 40 not
deserve appropriations. 1t NAV be that tue saginaw
River ia among them--t twentY-nle bTebI tne oUih
Iuerce of which last amounted TO S3O0OOOOO Inc
President and everybody else IN ght as wen uhueI
fra s laA that we do prop TO bring IN Dill 0r
lhe Mississippi River and Hell Gate AMI few oheI piS
work. TO the exclusion OF avenues or commerce. "hUi
al nOugh not dig relatively quite 80 IMPORTANT
chairman Page did not sue eco IN reporting tue ISro
LUTON 10 ,he to-day, although he made an enort