The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-02

old Settler, or western Cherokee Indian
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Mr.. Vest offered aa amendma,, % a..
paragraph appropriatng S4OaJO for ths
protection and im proyenant of Yellows,ons
national park, providing ftr superintsnd'
en- al salary OF SOW year, and ten as
slstants at SsS0 each. 10 be appointed hy the
secretary OF the interior, 10 RESIDE contin.
uously in the park, and 20 o hans
the dGty of protecting the ,am.
lumber, and other objects of insras,
the balance to be expended in the oons,s,,o
ton OF suitable roads and bridges. uncs,
the direction OF engineer officers to be de
tailed by the secretary of war. Adopted
| The committee having reported the pro
vision authorizing the secretary of the int
rior to lease, for not more than ten wears
small tracts, not exceeding eighty acres. fol
the erection OF hotels, etc, Mr. Vest moved
70 reduce the quantity Of land to be leased
III one tract to ten acres. Agreed to.
MI vest offered another amendment,
proVldlng that no more than ten acres shall
be leased to any one person or Corporation
ana that no tract shall be leased within one
| quarter OF mile of any of the Geysers OF
the 1ellowstone Falls. Agreed to.
Inc Dill, MS 1t came from the committee,
contained paragraph directing the puolic
printer to employ the highest character of
skilled workmen at prices now fixed by
law, and authorizing him in case he is un.
able to obtain sufficient, supply on these
| terms,to expend portion of the appropria.
ton for the temporary execution of the
work outside. Mr.. Voorhees, made the
point that the latter provision would change
the existlng law, which requires that the
whole OF the work snail be done by the gov.
eminent.
The chair sustained the point of order,
ana the provision was stricken out.
| HOUSE
| The conference report ON the fertilization
| bill was agreed to. 1t approprates 81. 900, :.
OV0 more than when it passed the house.
! Page moved to suspend the rules and
adopt an order limiting debate on the river
and ha,bor bill except in regard to items
for Improvement OF the Mississippi river &c
one minute. Lost-yeas, 133; nays. S3-not
| the necessary two thirds in the affirmative
The house-yeas, III; nays, 107-ordered
tnat consideration OF the river and harboi
bill be resumed, and Immediately wen,
into committee on that bill.
Randall moved to amend the proyisC
which prohibits the expenditure of any ap.
preparation until commission of five, three
OF whom shall be civilians, shall report as tC
whether the interests of commerce. warrant
the completion of the project, by reducing
the membership of the commission TO three
al OF whom shall be engineers of the army
F.! Adopted.
AT this point message was received from
the senate, announcing the appoint
ment Of Senators Malone and McDill, as
conferees on the internal revenue bill, to
! MI vacancies occasioned by the declination
| OF Senators Bayard and Beck an announce
ment which was received with laughter by
the democratic side.
The item relative to the Mississippi river
having been reached, Robinson, OF Massa.
chusetts, offered an amendment prohibit
ing further construction or repair of the
leyees except in the performance of existing
contracts.
In opposing the amendment, Hatch re.
ferred TO benefits which each had received
from the Federal treasury, and said the
young west hcd grown strong and now
knew her rights, and had in future decided
to maintain them, and Notwithstanding
the clamor OF subsidized press and subsid-
lied representatives, it would he necessary
to build granite wall from st. Paul to New
Orleans. In the name of the people of the
west, he told the house it would be
done.
Burrows theoretically opposed the levee
system, believing the building of levees was
not essential to the improvement of the
river. He was constantly interrupted with
warmth by Kerr, Gibson and Ellis, who
denied the correctness of his statements.
Thomas, of Illinois, antagenized the
amendments as tying the hands of the Mis-
slssippi river commission. Common fair
ness and commercial Importance demand
that the commission, struggling with one
OF the grandest questions which ever en-
Uad thu mind pf tho orinntiEo
should be allowed to so on with its hands
loose.
But erworth opposed the levee scheme
until further experiment should show their
utility, and Gibson called attention to the
fact that there was nothing in the bill au-
thorizing the construction Of levees.
Randall was in favor of making an ap.
preparation for the purpose of experiment
ing to improve the navigation Of the Mis-.
sissippi until at last solution of the great
water problem should be found. 1t was
with that intent he favored the creation of
the commission. If this commission did
not answer the purpose, after fair trial,
let it be abolished. Then let some one else
take the business in hand. He believed in
congress taking absolute and ex-
elusive control in this matter
He did not believe congress
had the power to appropriate money to re-
cover alluvial lands, but it has the absolute
power and should exercise 1t, by proper
appropriations, to secure the best naviga.
ton of the river, and il the building of
levees came as necessary incident, con.
gress could not help that.
Morrison said he was opposed to build.
ing levees for the reclamation OF alluvial
lands, and i that is what the amendment
means | will vote for IL.
$50 will l." came in chorus from the
Louisiana members.
But If 1t were necessary, in order to i'm
prove the navigation of the Mississippi, to
build levees, to that extent and that only
would he favor their being built. The COM
mission was good judge of what was
proven, better than he or other members
who had been sent down the river on a
pleasure trip by the house. 1t was not a
commission selected in order to pool issues
or TO protect certain interests,
as some commissions had been, and
he was in favor of acting upon It's recon-
mendations. lie said this, although he was
not very partial to commissions, because he
believed less in special cong essiona com.
mittees. They were more prolific of per.
soLal jobs and schemes for public piunder
than other legislative instruments that
could be devised Applarso cnd laughter
on the democratic side.
Dunn moved TO amend Robinson's amend
ment by adding q proviso, permitting the
building OF levees necessary for the i'm
provement Of the navigation of the river.
Agreed tor to Of.
Robinson's amendment, as amended, was
lost--39 to "a.
Updegratf moved to strike out the entire
item. Lost.
Burrows offered an amendment prohibit
ing the building of levees from Cairo to the
head OF the passes. Lost--7l to l0l.
The clause, as finally agreed TO, is as TO
lows: