The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-19

we Un hulet, Dut II was, IN inct, the sub
stantiye proposition to change the rule
It is not In any respect kindred to enlarg
ing the committees, Still on account o
the peculiar relations Of the Chair to th,
proposed amendment, he would avail him
self OF ibis right and submit the point d
order to the House for It's decision.
The question was submitted TO the House
and tho point of order sustained, yeas 1903
nays "a, so the substitute was ruled out oI
order.
Mr. King offered an amendment relating
70 the Committee on the Improvement ol
the Mississippi, providing that It shall have
the same privileges in reporting appropria.
tions for the improvement OF that river a
arc accorded to appropriation bills. He
bearing on the question Of cheap transpor.
tation.
Mr.. Dunnopposed the amendment giving
as reason that the question OF improving
the Mississippi river belonged to the Com.
mittee on Commerce,
Mr. Thomas asserted that the Commerce
Of the Mississippi river was twenty-five
times greater than the whole Of the foreign
commerce in the United States, and that
by the projected improvements transporta.
ton would be cheapened SO per cent.
Thompson opposed the amendment,
Springer advocated It, and appealed TO the
eastern members 10 give 10 the interests OF
the great Mississippi valley the special COM
mittee provided for in the amendment
Turner also advocated the amendment. and
suggested that the committee should have
Jurisdiction Of the Ohio and other nayiRa.
bic tributaries Of the Mississippi.
Kenna asked Turner whether he had
ever voted for an appropriation for any
river.
Turner retorted that the gentleman Ken
na), who was member Of the Committee
on Commerce, seemed to regard no ointerest
except that Of West Virginia, and that he
(Henna) voted for appropriations for
streams that should have been macadam.
lied. [ Laughter
Mr.. Davis offered an amendment speci.
Tying the Ohio and Missouri. rivers
Mr.. Horr thought that to allow the Com
mittee on the Improvement Of the Missouri
River to report the appropriation for that
purpose would be fraught with danger 10
the improvement OF navigation on that
river The next thing would be to appoint
a committee on the Improvement ot the
Atlantic Coast, and the next one on the
Improvement Of the Kiskiminilas The
House would so on portioning out work
until the commerce Of the country would
be destroyed. He was opposed to the ac-
tion OF the Committee on Rules.
He criticized Mr.. 0rth's proposition, claim
ing that under it the committee member
ship would be selected according 10 the
length Of service. That gentleman had
been here for thirteen years and had never
discovered the tyranny OF one man power
until week ago. Wus there anything in
that tyranny that a man could not see
until he got black eye. Laughter.1 Over
one-ffth Of the time Of the present session
had passed and gone, and the question
occurred to him, "What have we done? 2"
There were many important questions
pressing on Congress for attention, and yet
the House had frittered away one-fifth Of
the entire session.
He said the speaker had made no mis-
take and not wasted time in debating who
should sit on this floor or that committee
table. The House ought to drop that ques-
ton and take up. something that would be
OF practical use to the nation. (Applause).
Mr.. Willis moved an amendment to Afr.
Pages amendment so as to give the Com
mittee on Improvement Of the Mississippi
river, jurisdiction; also over its principal
tributaries. +
The motion then went over for dav,
Mr.. Robeson stating that he would call for
the previous question tomorrow.