The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-08


earnest protest of the people of those col
lection districts. That was the difference
between the two men, one, Garfield, be
lieving it to be his high duty to represent
the public sentiment, the other, Arthur
believing that his duty was to represent the
will of the faction. The issue ought to be
presented to the people,
i An amendment to the statutes was
adopted, authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to grant permission to use any
boiler or steam generator not constructed
OF riveted iron or steam plates on certifi
cate of the supervising inspector of steam
boats for the district in which such boiler
or generator be used
Coleman, of Indiana, raised point of
order against appropriations on the bill to
carry out the provisions of the anti-polyg-
amy act.
The clause appropriating $4,000 for
salaries of the Utah commission was
stricken from the bill.
+ Converse, of Ohio, moved to strike out
the proviso confning the duties of investi-
cations of the board of health to the
diseases of cholera and yellow fever.
Pending discussion the committee rose
Deuster, of Wisconsin, introduced bill
to regulate the carriage of passengers by
sea. Referred. 1t is drawn in accord
ance with the suggestions of the presidents
| veto of recent bill.
| Kasson, of Iowa, introduced a bill to
repeal certain additional duties on sugar
| Referred. 1t repeals so much of the act
of March 3D., rs, as imposes an additional
duty of % per centof the amount of duty
heretofore imposed on all molasses, con
centrated molasses. tank bottoms, syrup of
sugar cane. juice of maladi, and on sugars
according to the duties standard in color,
imported from foreign countries,
provided said articles now i'm
ported and in bond shall be delivered on
payment of such reduced duty And pro-
vided further, that hereafter duties on said
articles entered in warehouses shall be as
sessed on quantity delivered from, instead
of the quntity entered in warehouses.
Cox offered resolution asking the
President to communicate information in
the possession of The state department re-
garding the change of stipulations which
the French company made with this gov
ernment that they would combine to raise
genial action to prevent consolidation
rates. Referred
The House took recess until the even
ing session.
Z SENATE.
The senate resumed consideration of the
river and harbor BILL the question being on
the Hennepin canal project reported by the
senate committee.
Logan urged that the improvement was
of inestimable value and quoted the opin-
ion of several civil engineers to show that
the cost OF the work had been estimated
with comparative accuracy and would not
exceed four millions. He cited as prece-
dents for the undertaking the Louisville
and Portland and Saultste Marie canals
Vest said that government aid was ex-
tended to the improvement just named be
Cause their purpose was to obviate impedi-
'ments in great navigable streams in the
country for the benefit of national com
merce and denied that any sucn claim
could be made for the Hennenjn canal, the
latter being the property of the state and
not a national undertaking. The United
States had no right to assume jurisdiction
over it. He argued among other consider
ations that the canal would impair invest
ments of millions of dollars of capitalists by
interfering with the water power of Rock
River and had read a reanonstrance against
such interfearance from citizens of two
towns in the locality to be affected. He
apprehended the damage from this cause
and further argued that the era of canal
building had passed, and that that means
of communication had been superceeded
by railroads.
Logan replied to Vest. He said that the
senator and those who acted with him
assumed government aid for international
improvements was constitutional when the
purpose was to clear the water channel in
the south by removing bars. and uncon-
constitutional when the barriers to be re-
moved was the prairies of the northwest;
If it was the function of the government to |
build levees and clean out bayous, it was
equally legitimate for it to aid in connect |
the Illinois and Mississippi rivers; he was
willing to admit that railroads had super |
ceded canals as a means of rapid transit I
but he contended that it was the imperative /
duty as well as policy of the government |
to foster canals as medium of healthy |
with railroads which would |
keep down excessive freight rates. The I
latter so that the farmers of the country
might have at least an opportunity of Sc
curing some of the profits on their prod
ucts.
Logan replied to other points made by
Vest and engagedin in discussion with that |
senator in which Hoar also participated !
upon the abstract question of constitu-
tional power.
Hawley donated the practicability of The
scheme, and suggested the process OF lift
ing boats going west 270 feet, and lower |
ing them ninety feet, as contemplated, |
would s.1hiect canal traffic to expense and /