The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
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CONGRESS-.
HOUSE.

meFlti1ans M
The House resumed consideration of the
naval appropriation bill, and adopted the
amendments adopted in committee of the
whole Mr.. Robson. in closing the debate,
defended his administration of the navy,
referring to the investigation by the naval
committee of the Forty fourth congress,
and turning to Mr.. Whitthorne, who
headed that committee, he said: There
is man accused of stealing school
funds in his own state. He came to the
'front.' s..
.Whitthorne, facing Robson, exclaimed;
That's lie; whoever tells it or whoever
repeats it,
Robeson-'1 have called no man by
name. IF any man recognizes himself by
the description. let him step forward and
deny it.
After some excitement the matter was
dropped
After the naval appropriation bill passed
Mr.. Whitthorne, as matter of personal
privilege said Mr.. Robson stated an alb
solute untruth in repeating the charges
against him. He charged Mr.. Robson
With sharing in the swag of Cattell s. Co.,
while he was secretary of the navy. He
concluded: with all responsibility which
belongs to me attach to the forehead of
Robeson falsehoed and perjury"
Robson said he would leave the coun-
try to judge of the man who recognized
his portrait.
The matter then dropped
Taylor asked leave to put upon passage
the bill for the relief of Lucretia R. Gar
field, but as it would give rise to debate,
Hiscock objected. House went into Com
mittee of the whole, Kasson, of Iowa. in
the Chair, on the sundly civil appropria-
ton bill Hiscock made speech explain
ing the increase of appropriation in the
present session and commenting on the
record of the republican party during this
Congress. Blackburn. of Kentucky, criti-
scised the majority for dilitoriousness in
passing the blll providing fer the support
of the government. Willis (Ky.) and
Byrne pa criticised the bill for failure to
provide an appropriation for the inaugura
ton ofadministrative reform. The latter
criticised the administration and contrast
ed it with Garfields. President Arthur,
he said, had violated the promise to stand
by the civil service plank in the republican
platform. Committee then adjourned.
snsArr.
The Senate tqokup the river and barber
bill.
Mcmillan, chairman of the committee on
commerce, stated that as it came from the
house the bill appropriated $17,367, 975.
The senate committee added s., 096 600, |
making the total $19, 1853, ,975. He emu
merated the principal items of this in
crease. including Ss77,00o for improve
ment of the Mississippi, under direction of
the river commissioner, to be applied from
the head of the river to Cairo, making the
appropriation for that portion of the river
$5, 900; for the improvement of the Mis-
souri, river from its mouth to Sioux City, |
800, 600 additional, and for survey from
the mouth to Ft Benton, $15, 900.
The committee had inserted proyiso |
authorizing the secretary of war to lay out |
and construct canal from a point ON the |
Illinois river at or near the town of Hen |
nepin to the Mississippi at or above Rock
Island, and had appropriated 100000 for
the work The bill was then read and
amendments were conclirrrd in as reached. /
Inquiries by Beck and Butler concerning
the Hennepin canal project ELECTED a
statemnnt by Mcmillan that the canal be
maintained at the governments cost free
of tolls. West said the aggregate cost had
been estimated before the commerce COM
mittee at IS, 900, ,000 Allison asserted
careful estimate by the engineers fixed the
total outlay at So, 900, 900. Mcmillan urg
ed the advantages to accrue from improve
ment in cheapening transportation and
otherwise
Beck suggested if the amendment was
prevalent TO the bill the Delaware ship
canal was equally entitled to the same
and he preferred both
projects be given an opportunity
for hearing on their merits and remarked
the failure of the government canal
between the Fox and Wisconsin rivers,
after the expenditure of millions. should
be warning against like undertaking.
Morgan raised sundry questions of order
under the rules against the Hennepin
canal matter L
Mcmillan said the proposition was sub
stantially that eff the bill introduced by
Allison and fay rably reported upon by
the commerce committee.
Allison, replying to the objections by
Morgan that the proposed improvement
was only local one, enumerated large ex-
expenditures annually made in river and
harbor bills for the benefit of portions of
the country other than the great north
west. The bill ie aned with little items, no !
one of which affected the general com /
merce of the country. and he could not J
understand the reasoning upon which items
were quietly assented to and objection
made to the Improvement TO connect great /