The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-09-19

zen DAWES vO'en against the River
and Harb"r bill on, is passage nv the
House. When the Presidents veto OF
the hull waa sent in General Dawes voted
to pass the bill over the veto. Monroe
Spirit.
III Gen. Dawes did not vote against
the River and Harhor bill In the House.
He voted against the Senate amend.
ments, which added over e4.000.0OO to
the bill. chiefly for Mississippi and Po-
tomac fats. But in the end voted for
these rather than lose the whole bill and
did right.
~ We ask Gen. Warner II. under
like circumstances, he would have voted
otherwise? We would be glad to hear
from him.
(3.) It should be remembered that
S11 500 900 in the hill were for cnntinu-
ing work upon the rivers and hsrbors
voted for by Gen. Warner-everv so.
called creek and frog pond included
All new work specially au'horizen is
guarded 10 the bill hY provision never
before enacted 10 a River and Har
bnr hill, which requires preliminary
examination, under direction of the
Secretary of War, to determine the
importance of the work to the country
before any expenditure shall be made.
This is all minor work. The sum sp-
propriated for the Mississippi was upon
report OF the Mississippi River Com
mission. and Gen. Warner voted for thi.
Commissions
a. Is Gen Warner opposed to river
and harbor appropriations carefully
guarded as this bill is? II so. he is iu
favor of abandoning work under wsy,oi
allowing the snsgs to accumulate and re.
main in the Ohio channels, and to dc
what. indirectly, he can to maintain mo
nopoly rates of transportation agains
the competition OF free national water.
ways. This would stop work upon th,
Ice Harbor here, and on all similar
works.
Mr.. Spirit. this is demagogism to rails,
the dust over the real issues, and you
know it.-Marietta Register.
] II l The Register is perhaps excuse
bic in its failure to comprehend the po
sition OF Gen. DAWES in reference to thi
bill. His action "wabbled" wonderfully
But il the Register will apply this Ele
mentary rule to his record 1t will fiu'
that our statement is correct, and thst il
this: A vote against the conference re
port was 9 vote against the bill-a
agreement to the conference report fa
vored the bill.
| r. Gen. WARNER would no dout
have voted against his bill. But tn
killing Of this Infamous bill would nc
have necessarily interfered with the lc
Harbor, for the national importance c
that work would have secured for it an
similar works sufficient appropriate
for their continuance and completion
The excuse offered by the friends {
Sen. DAWES for bis action in supportin
the bill in its worst form only shows b
feebieness. We ask the Register il Ge
DAWES is justified in agreeing to was
: OF six or eight millions OF dollars in O.
der to get ffty thousand dollars for
work at Marietts3
:, [3.] The bill Of 1881 appropriate
only little over half the amount in th
BILL The bill Gen. DAWES voted Il
contains 104 more unimportant stream
creeks and many more harbors than Il
bill Of 1881. The guards thrown aroul
II it's provisions will not defeat the obje
e Of the bill, which is to transfer four
,e Eve millions from the pockets Of t
N people into the pockets Of favored spe
IT ulators for works OF no national impo
" ance whatever.
b The Mississippi River Commissi
D. was established before Gen. WARN
m went to Congress, and instead of voti
ID for it or favoring it Gen. WARNER Q
posed the plan Of the Commission
improving the Mississippi, and made
y speech against it.
st ~ Gen. WARNER is now, and alwa
sr was, in favor OF liberal appropriatio
D. for works Of really national important
D. His printed speech in the present Cal
r paign presents the same views oh IL
t, subject that are found iu bis speech
e while In Congress. Then, % now,
ID took the only safe course that can
s. pursued in reference to such legislatic
ct The inference of the Register is ince
rect.