New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-27
VOTING AWAY MILLIONS.

PASSAGE OF THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
HOW ITS ADVOCATES SECURED VICTORY
CHANGrs OF OPINION AND ABsENTEEIsM-soME
OF THE APPROPRIATIONS.
RIVER AND HARB0R APPROPRIATIONS.
THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEES REPORT FINALLY
PASSED BY THE HoUsE-soME OF THE AMOUNTS
TO BE EXPENDED NEAR NEw-YoRK.
fpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, July 26-The friends of the River
and Iiarbor bill rallied this morning and won a sub
stantia victory. Tie motion to reconsider the vote
by which the report of the conference committee was
rejected yesterday was carried in the House by vote
of 116 to H. majority of 80, and til the report Of
the conference ommittee was adopted by vote
OF ii go 80. majority of 90 comparison of tho
last vote with the vote by which the report of the
conference committee was rejected shows that
between the adjournment yesterday and the
hour when the vote was taken to-day, the friends
of the bull had been very active in several direc-
tions. In the first place, they had secured the at
tendance, and votes of twenty-five members who
were absent yesterday. They were Messrs. BIsbee,
Brewer Cakns, Deering, Ford, Gibson, Harmer
Hepburn, Herndon, Hill, Hoge, Latham. Neal,
Pacheco, Pettibone. Richardson IN. ~. stephens,
Talbot, Vance, White, Williams Wis, and Wise,
PENN. They had lost six votes on account of abb
senteeism; but that was more than made good by
voted against the conference report, and to-day
voted for 1t. The members who underwent this
sudden conversion Messrs. Culberson, Hazel
tine Reagan Rosccrans, Speer, Strait. Epson, Well
born and Willis
The friends of the bill also gained on account of
the absence to-day of members who yesterday were
present and voted against concurrence. They were
Messrs Atkins. Blackburn, Cahi Clements Cox
(NC.) Dibrell Fisher, Flower, Harris IN. j. ketcham
KlotZ Ranney, SpaulGing, Springer. Tbomp
son (Ky) Townshend ILL., and Tucker. II these
gentlepen had been present and voted as they did
yesterday and if nine who then voted in the negative
had done the same to-day, the conference report
would have been rejected.
OF the III votes by which the conference report
was agreed to to-day, 67 cast by Republicans
and AZ by Democrats and Greenbackers while of
the SO negative votes 80 cast by Republicans
and AZ by Democrats and Greenbackers. OF the
10 New-YOrk Representatives present and voting
10 were recorded in the negative as follows: Bel
mont, Cox, dwight, Hardy He -itt Hiscock.
Hutchlns, Jacobs Prescott Robinson, Scoyle.
Skinner Van Voorhis, Wadsworth aud West. The
four New York Representatives who voted in the
affirmative MessIs Richardson, Parker. Smith
aud Van AeTnam.
Although the opponents OF such vicious legisla-
ion this bill contains suffered defeat they ind
much room Tor encouragement Three years ago q
proposition to have The River and Harbor III dis-
cnssed i'll Committee of the Whole was fairly
hOOted down in the House. and not enough MEM
bers dared stand up to obtain yea and nay vote
the bill. At the last session the opposition had
gained strength enough to compel discussion and
yea and nay vote. This year the bill has not only
been thoroughly discussed, but has narrowly es-
capped defeats and better still, some OF the sIrong
est and most influential men in Congress men like
lIiscock, Reed, Robinson of Massachusetts, Bur-
rows of Michigan, KassOn Browne. Carlisle, Abram
5. Hewitt. Haskell, Mckinley and many others
have voted against il.
Following are some OF the items on the bill, as
aI oHa No XorIy md yio