The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-02

Malone and McDill finally agreed N serve
and the five conierees on the mart ~ M
Senate were secured. WV
during the proceedings. before IN,
President had recourse TO the Penuhl,car
side, he said he wished some senator yyould
advise him whether there was anv Demo.
crat who would consent 10 serve On tbi.
committee. Such information would re.
lieve him from embarrassment.
Mr.. Harris thought the Chair would Ia
warranted by his experience SO far in as.
stunning that no Democratic senator would
serve.
Mr.. Dawes presented the conference re.
port on the Notifications appropriation bill
which was agreed TO.
Inc President appointed as the commit.
tee to inquire into the Improvement OF the
navigation OF the Mississippi river Messrs
Logan, Jones OF Nevada. Mcmillan. Jonas
and Walker.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr.. Forney, OF Alabama, presented the
conference report on the fertilization aI-
preparation bill, and il was agreed to-
The bill appropiiates S670,000. being $685..
600 more than when it passed the House.
The House went into Committee OF the
Whole and took up the river and harboI
bill.
The discussion was interrupted by Z
message from the Senate announcing the
appointment OF Senators Malone and Nc.
Dill as conferees on the internal-rcvenue
bill 10 ill the vacancies occasioned by the
declination OF Messrs. Bayard and Beck
an announcement which was received with
laughter by the Democratic side.
The item relative TO the Mississippi
river having been reached, Mr.. Robinson,
OF Massachusetts,, offered an amendment
prohibiting further construction or repair
OF leyees except in performance OF existing
contracts.
In opposing the amendment Mr.. Hatch,
Of Missouri. referred TO the benefits which
the East had received from the Federal
Treasury, and said that the young West
had grown strong, and now knew her
rights. and in the future dared maintain
them: and that understanding the clamor OF
a subsidized press and the subsidized repre-
sentatiyeS, il it would be necessary TO build
4 granite wall from st. Paul to New Or
leans, in the name OF the people OF the
| West, he told the House that il would be
done.
Mr.. Burrows, OF Michigan, energetically
opposed the levee system, believing that
the building OF levees was not essential TO
the Improvement OF the river.
He was constantly interrupted with
much warmth by MesSrs. King, Gibson,
and Ellis, Of Louisiana, who denied the
correctness OF his statements.
Mr.. Thomas, OF Illinois, antagoniZed the
amendments as tying the hands OF the Mis-
SisSippi Commission. Common fairness
and commercial importance demanded that
the commissions struggle with one OF the
gTandest questions which ever engaged the
mind OF the scientific world should be al
! lowed to go on with it's hands loose.
/ Mr.. Bulterworth, OF Ohio, opposed the
leyee scheme until further experiments
should show their ability, and Mr.. Gibson
called attention to the fact that there was
nothing IN the bill authorizing the con.
struction Of leveeS.
| Mr.. Dunn, Of Arkansas, moved to amend
| Mr.. RobinsOn's amendment by adding q
prOyiso permitting the building OF leyees
necessary for the Improvement OF the navi-
CATION OF the river. Agreed tor to 81.
| Mr. RObinson's amendment, rs amended.
was lost-39 to "A.
The clause, rs finally agreed TO, is rs fol-
lows: "Improying the Mississippi river
| That the sum OF 81 100000 be and is hereby
appropriated, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, out Of any money in the Trea-
sury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Improvement OF the Mississippi river
from the head OF the passes to
Cairo. including the harbOrs OF New
Orleans, Natchez, Vicksburg, Memphis,
and the reaches ut Plum Point and Lake
Providence and the detection OF the waters
OF the Red and Mississippi rivers from
Atchafalaya river; 100000 from Cairo to
Illinois river, including Alton harbor; and
! S150. 900 from Illinois river to Des Moines
| Rapids, including the improvements OF
Quincy bay, which said sums shall be eX-
pended under the direction of the Secretary
/ of War, in accordance with the plans, spe-
cifications, estimates, and recommendations
of the Mississippi River Commission: pro-
yided that no portion Of the money hereby
appropriated shall be expended at any other
point than those herein specified
! The committee then rose. Recess till
100 p. NJ.
Ereniag SeSSion.-A struggle for pre-
cedence OF bills began at once. Finally
the deficiency appropriation bill was
passed, and the House resumed in Com
mittee OF the Whole the consideration OF
| the river and harbOr bill.
! Mr.. Van Voorhis, OF New York. moved
to strike ont the item for the improvement
OF the Sacramento river. He claimed that
| il the chairman OF the committee had not
been from California no such item would
! have been put IN it,. 1t is so outrageous
he continued, so damnable, that nobody
but gambler and cut-throat would think
Of lacking such thing as that to such
bill as this.
Mr.. Horr, of Michigan, demanded that
the words should be taken down.
Mr.. Page: ooh, hope not"
Mir. McLane. OF Maryland 1T is an in
suit to the House."
The words were read at the Clerks desk
and reported to the House.
Mr.. McLane Immediately offered a reso-
luton Of expulsion.
Messrs. HiscOck, McCoOk, Mills, Robin
son Of Massachusetts,, and others, asked
that an opportunity be first given Mr.. Van
Voorhis TO withdraw his offensive word.
and make the fullest and amplest apology
None of these gentlemen admitted that
there was any eXtenuating circumstance
connected with the insult offered alike "a
the House and to Mr.. Page, but they were
willing TO give Mr.. Van Noorhis an oppor-
tunity to purge himself.
Mr.. Robinson, OF Massachusetts, In con-
Guiding, said: "Ii he declines; II he
waivers; ii he attempts to justify himself
then will get to the other extreme" Zap
plause.l
The apology was made by Mr.. Var
Voorhis, and there the matter ended.
The Philadelphia Election Frauds.
PHILADELPHIA, March 1.-C. Morris
Fitzsimmons, an assessor, was convicted
in the United States District Court to-day
OF improperly returning as voters persons
not entitled to vote. An application for
new trial was made and will be argued a
a future day. John s. Myers, the proprie