Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-06
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE RIVER AND HARB0R BILL
REPORTED TO THE SENATE.
an Extra Appropriate n for she Ss.
vanhah River Yesterday In Com
gTess-CODfi, m atiOns and RsIi lea.
tons OF Treaties


mittee on Commerce to. day shows an in
crease OF little more than s.. O0O 600 Ia the
aggregate amount OF appropriations pro
vided for in the bill as Il passed the House
OF Representatives. The total amount
Of The appropriations contained in the
bill reported to-day is, In round
numbers, Sl9, 400 600. The Senate
committee have made no reduction of any
Of the items contained IN the House bill,
bul have in many cases increased the spe
cifc amounts appropriated, and have added
a number OF items. The following are
among the amounts added 10 the House
bill:
For the Mississippi river improvements,
SS77 0G0; the harbor at Bruns wick, Ga,
$4,000; improving the Appomatte river
Va, $4,000; Cape Fear river, \. c., SS5 eco;
ConteDtner creek, n. c., 5000: Neuse
river, n G. $50 0O0; PamlicO and Tar rivers,
\ G, s. 000; Trent river, n. C., s. 0C0;
ChOciaHhatchee river, Ala, 50 coo; ship
canal, Ga,ves;on Bay, Tex, $44 500; for co1-
stTucttrg canal around the cascades OF the
Colt mbia river, Oregon, $35 COO.
The new Items OF the appropriation bill
are as follows Improving Cape Fear
/ river, n. c., $50, 900; Yadktn river, n. c.,
I S25 OO0; Besufort harh0r, N. C, $50, 0,000;
New river. n. c., s. 600; Meherin river,
/ n. C., IS, coo; r janoke river, n. C., IS 600;
Santee river, s. c., $50 00O; Savannah river,
| Ga, SIS ,00O; for removing Instructions
/ from Bayou La FOuIc1e, La, SIS GOO; i'm
/ proving Bayou Teche, La, $4,000; i'm
/ proving Rel river, La, s. coo.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
| Ia the House. the motion made last Mon
day ty MIR. Blanchard, of Louisiana, to
su P. nd the rules aod pass the Senate bill.
! appTopristlDg 100000 FOR a public building
az Shr vepOrt, LOuisiena, was taken up and
discussed for thirty minutes.
In the course Of the discussion, Mr.. Bur-
| rows, Of Michigan, stated, as proof OF the
little need OF a court house there, that here
hzd been no criminal business there at tt e
last July session OF the United Safes Court,
and rot enough at the last February ses-
sion 10 justify the drawing OF jurors.
Mr. Ellis, OF l. us ana, replied that that
fact spoke well for the virtue and morals OF
the Western district Of Louisiana.
The motion was adopted by vote OF ll3
To 33.
Mr. Aldrich, of Illinois, introduced bin
to repeal the act Of 1875, addiug twenty
five per cent. to the duty on sugar and
molasses. Referred.
committee Of the whole Nr. Page, Of Calf
foruia. in the chair on the naval apprOpria-
ton bill, the pending question being the
am mfndment offered by Mr.. Reed to the para
graph for the Bureau Of Conslruc-
ton and Repairs. The amendment
IS to strike Ous the provisO which
limits TO $400 900 the amount to be,applied
to the repair Of wooden ships. Also to
make the clause read so that the expense Of
such repairs shall not exceed thirty per
cent. OF the estimated cost of g new vessel
of the same size aud like msteTial. The
amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Atkins, OF Tennessee, moved o re-
duce the amount for the Bureau Of Con.
ruciion and Repair from 81 $50 900 tC
81. 800 600. The latter sum was the same as
the appropriation OF last year. The increase
was based on the idea of the construction O
one or two new vessels, bus the reOTgaaiz /
tion Of the navy was question OF too nucl
importance to be discussed and d cideu IL
I an spprogs-tatfOn bill, and this was prOp0-
s:tioH TO commence the rebuilding OF the
navy.
Mr.. Whithorns, Of Tennessee, made ar
argument IA the same time This was
neither the time nor the occasion to con-
sidST deliberately what the character OF the
future navy shall be.
Mr.. Harris, of Massachusetts,, argued
against the amendment, and expressed his
own opinion lu favor Of an appropriation oi
S. 600, ,030.
Mr.. R1besoa, OF Nsw jersey, also cp-
posed the amendm mt. Its adoption would
/ he a declaration that the United Ststes
should have 10 IavT 10 protect its com
merce on FiUaicate it's honor
MF Atkins expressta the hope that the
gentleman would not say thst the cOuGtIl
had no navy NOW.
Mr. Robeson replied that the report ci
| ho Naval Coropfffaa shoya that if unCv "a a
no navy at all comparative to the navies oi
/ other countries The present navy was O
! wood, snd it required as large yearly ex
| penditure to keep It IN repair IS it would
! cost TO cOmmence building q rev navy.
Mr.. Hewitt, OF New YOTk-HO you say we
! have no irOnclads1
SIR. Robeson-FheFe are fourteen iron
eiads, but they ara not cruising ships
Mr. BlOunt, OF Georgia, commented on The
J enormous expenditure which would be
necessary IL build navy that would COM
pare With tie nagbs Of European powers.
Mr. Bs'm ont, OF Rev York, ex hess d
/ his non concurrence witl the former statg-
, meat Of Mr., Il b son that the FTese, ce Of
iro, clSds 10 the port OF Calao would have
preYented the Gssmemberment OF Peru.
With the diplomatic sClicY OF the State
| Department huIdred ironet&ds would
/ not have had tnzt 81 ct. That policy had
contriyed, in the short space OF six months,
not only 10 gamb!e away toe iLKuence OF the
United States 20 South America, bit
&C uallY to open lie way TO direet
European interference by giving the color
/ Of necessity to that interference. IL this
| cOnnsati9n be reviewed briefly the action Of
M5ssrs. Evart~ sEd Bline, commenting un-
favOgablY on the lStte, end expressing bis
desire for the verdict q Inc h,,sse ~ such
srewardslip. l. conc lding his emATBs -.
the policy 6( Er. Evarf sdministra ior, Mr..
Belmont said thaS lhs country had never
barred the exftDt OF She responsibility,
financial Or political, which Mr.. Evarts nses
so lightly accfptsd fQT he L aited S,ates.
| BIS political campsiga lad not brought
| peace to South Americ3 nor hOaOG % the
State Department. As 3 Mr. Blalne's p0li~
cv. Mr.. Belmont rtferredtO the recognition
/ OF CcIaeron, and said it was perfectly
clear that Minister Hurblt had looked on
Peru aud the Credit aoSDStrIel as all his in
! sfusbOns authorized hin ia tuS' ~;eW. as
/ Sbipherd sad Senator Blah had made their
I joins appearance ia the story Only at the end
! OF July. 1881. L , to ta8t moment the di-
/ plOmacV OF the ate Department as to
South America had been comparatively in
| telligible. After that sll logic aud consistency
/ vanished. SlipheTd's condHc ct had been e.
| plsfned on the theory that b. labOred under
an iudeinable hallucinatioL Lunaiic he
, Eight be, but Il so, be was a lunatic who
/ Lad heen supnOrted and ADVISED in such
4 manner that he l3s. With nothing but
/ sor1islity snd eon1ieuce.
k.ferrlng 70 tie Landrest CLAIM, Mr.
| Belmont said thSt that claimss argued on
the 4h OF August spd the i6n of d Gem
Der, 1881, became a very awkward obs aele
in the way OF peace between CLiii aud Peru,
I 9nd belittlsd and degraded the 10 iron Of
| the United States in those l. gotia'i rs.
( Tbs American Government instead OF
| being 81 impartial srbiter became
4 speculative ops.st9r upon ths helpless
ness OF Peru and the fesrs OF ChH. T. was
( not difficult TO conceive circtin stances ia
/ which tx necessity might be created for
/ building a large navy, when tie House
might be sbsoluJGl ly compelled 10 make an
! Dr0DriatiOns thai would dwarf those in the
/ 5Iessnt bill, but the diplomscy OF this
| government srora March TO Dscembe-, 1881,
| had gone fsr eHcUkA - the interest Uf
! claimants and spectators on terbaEn ter
ritoey. This course had prevented ths proper
ara legitimate aid Of the Uaited States
from Being felt. and from preventing the
dismembsrmenb OF Peru
He would not saT that there was d delio-
crate purpose TO bring things 10 sucl pass.
He simply stated and summed up The re-
suits OF that diplomacy.
Mr. Harris, of Massachusetts,. sail that
his own views and those of the Naval Com
mlttee we're in favor of the pu5st,tsie 10
provide for the building OF ten new
vessels. bus he Welded 10 the desire
Of tbs appropriation Committee, and
would only move an amendment to
the pending paragraph, which sFpfessi4tes
81, $50 900 to the Bureau OF Construction
and r y lfrs The amendment IS that Sup