The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-02
The President YetOes the River and
HarbOr Bill, and States His
Reasons Therefor In
ExtensO.
lie Complains OF Tendency TO TX.
traVagant and Useless Legisla.
tiOn, Calls Attention
To the Extraordinary Increase In Ap-
preparations Under this Head,
aud Says He
Must Call Halt-A Courteous but
Firm Document.
Senator MaXey Ruled or the Star.
Route Witness Stand.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Senator Maxey Ruled or the Star.
Route Witness Stand.
Other Foreign and Domestic News
Forty-Seventh Congress,

OA'y 7'S'oheh SohRfWes.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, August l.-After disposing
OF the usual business the senate took up the
sundry civil bill, and rapid progress was
made upon the committee amendments.
On motion of Mr.. Harris an additional
appropriation ofSli0,0 } was made for quar-
antine service at Ship Island
The committee amendment reducing the
sum which the PRESIDENT is allowed to spend
in preventing or suppressng epidcmics
from 100000 to $4,000 was disagreed to.
and the original amendment restored.
Mr.. Harrison, on whose motion this was
elected, SAID the contingency provided for
was II remote one, and it was not likely
that the appropriation would be used.
On motion o, Mr.. Brown an item of s., 500
was inserted for roadway from Marietta,
Georgia, to the Federal cemetery near that
city.
Mr.. Maxey moved restore the item OF
$2WO for approaches to Fort Bliss, Texas.
Agreed 10.
The bill was temporarily laid aside and
the two house amendments to the amend
ment OF the senate to the naval appropria-
tion, concerning the completion of unfin-
ished iron-clads, were ooncurred in.
The other senate amendments were in.
sisted upon. Messrs. Hale, Logan and
Davis, of West Virginia, were appointed
conferees on the bill.
Consideration OF the sundry civil bill was
then resumed.
The senate, after disposition Of seventy.
six pages OF the bill! made an agreement to
finish tomorrow under the five-minute rule
for debate.
Adjourned.
Robson, from the committee on appro.
priations, reported back the naval appro.
priation bill, recommending non-concur.
renee in all senate amendments except tC
amendments Nos. 63 and 81. Amendment
No. Vi is that relative to monitors, delaying
their completion until report has beer
made to congress by the advisory board,
Tne committee recommends the concur.
renee in this amendment with an amend
ment providing that the report shall bt
transmitted to congress by the secretary o
the navy.
Amehdhen, so. os was ta,,a.l ,xel.
ment; In the clause providing for tlii
| launching Of monitors, concurrence ia re
commenced with the amendn eat askipt
| the words with such necessary attach
ments and appliances as will render re
| decking of the ships unnecessary.
Ropeson explained the report Tn,
| senate i'll its wisdom had seen fit to strik,
| from the bill many of the measures of re
form which had been inaugurated by tn,
house. 1t had also thought it proper tc
| delay until next December completion o
the monitors, and as that only necessitateC
the delay of four or five months, he had M
special objection to that action. lie hat
no objection to these ships being sub
jected 10 Il hundred boards, such was hi
)nidence in them. He concurred NOR,
readily in this amendment because he was
innocent of all personal consideration. and
secuted the idea that he had any pride O
opinion or that he desired to enforce in tl,,
house or elsewhere any proposition which
was not asCertained to be for the substantial
good of the country.
Consideration of the senate amendment,
was then proceeded with.
| The amendments relating to items of an
| preparations were conCurred in, and thos,
| striking out the legislative features of tn,
! bill were non-Concurred in.
| Williams, chairman of the committee OF
foreign affairs, submitted report upon tn,
Chili-Peruvian investigation. Placed o,
the house calendar. The report was signeC
| by all members of the committee wht
were present, among whom were Belmont
and Blount. 1t refers to papers MISSING
from the flies OF the state department a.
unimportant, but suggests that greater
care should be exercised in keeping file,
intact. 1t also declares that nothing wa,
adduced in the testimony to implicate any
foreign minister or member of congress If
any improper effort to influence official ac
ton in the interest of any claim agains
| Peru.
Anderson, of Kansas, offered a resolutio,
providing for the final adjournment of con
gress at II O'Clock on Friday, August 4th
| 1852.
A noisy discussion arose upon a motion
to refer this resolution to the committee or
appropriations, The republicans objected
| to any action looking TO adjournment be
| fore the revenue tax bill has been acted
upon, but the motion to refer was adoptcd
Yeas, 90; nays, IL
A message was received from the pres
dent announcing that he withheld his sip
nature from the river aud harbor bill be-
cause the amounts appropriated are greatly
in excess OF those required for the fsca
! year just ended.
The senate bill approprating $G7s. .G2i
| for the printing and binding of the report,
| Of the tenth census, was passed. The bill
providing for printing 5000 copies of ia,
reports of the Atlanta cotton exposition wa.
de Gated.
Adjourned,