The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-03-08


navigation Of the Mississippi, Messrs. LO
gan, Jones of Nevada, Mcmillan, Jone
and Walker.
AS visitors 20 West Point: Messrs. Cam
ron OF Wisconsin,, and Harris.
AS visitors to the Naval Academy
I,apham and Camden.
The president laid before tho senate q
communication from the secretary OF the
J interior announcing the completion OF list
of pensioners, with their addresses, etc.
| Mr.. Anthony said IL would cos ovel
| 500, 900 10 print the document.
The senate resumed cons deration Of the
appropriation bill.
The provision for the payment of the
"Old Settler" or western Cherokee Indian
claims reported from the committee, was
stricken out.
Mr.. Vest offered an amendment to the
paragraph approprlating $4,000 for the
protection and Improvement OF Yellowstone
national park, providing for superintend-
ent at salary OF $1,000 year, and ten as
sistants at 5000 each, to be appointed by the
secretary of the interior, to reside contin-
uously in the park, and TO have
the dGly OF protecting the game
timber, and other objects of interest
the balance to be expended in the construc-
tiol OF suitable roads and bridges, under
the direction of engineer officers to be de-
l1llCu Dy Inc StCTCIuTy Vi WhI. huOptcu'
The committee having reported the pro-
vision authorizing the secretary of the inte-
rior to lease, for not more than ten years,
small tracts, not exceeding eighty acres, for
the erection OF hotels, etc., mr. Vest moved
to reduce the quantity of land to be leased
in one tract to ten acres. Agreed to-,
MIR. Vest offered another amendment,
providing that no more than ten acres shall
be leased to any one person or corporation,
hot trpn chall he witb
quarter of mile of any of the Geysers or
the Yellowstone Falls. Agreed to.
The bill, as it came from the committee,
contained a 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 a sufficient, supply on these
terms, to expend portion OF the approprla-
ton for the temporary execution OF the
work outside. Mr.. Vorhees made the
point that the latter provision would change
the existing law, which requires that the
whole of the work snail be done by the gov
ernment.
The chair sustained the point of order,
and the provision was stricken out.
HOUSE
The conference report on the fertilization
bill was agreed to. 1t appropriates S2,9OO,-
600 more than when it passed the house.
Page moved to suspend the rules and
adopt an order limiting debate on the river
and hal Dor bill Except in regard to items
| for improvement of the Mississippi river) to
one minute. Lost-yeas, 1873; nays. 03-not
| the necessary two.thirds in the affirmative
The house-yeas, Id; nays, 107-,ordered
that consideration of the river and harbor
| bill be resumed, and Immediately went
| into committee on that bill.
| Randall moved to amend the provlso
which prohibits the expenditure OF any ap'
preparation until commission OF i've, three
| of whom shall be civilians, shall report as to
| whether the interests of commerce warrant
the completion of the project, by reducing
the membership of the commission to three
all of whom shall be engineers of the army
Adopted.
lat this point message was received from
the senate, announcing the appoint
ment of Senators Malone and McDill, as
Gonferees on the internal reven' bill, 10
fill vacancies occasioned by the aee,ination
of Senators Bayard and Becb o. nuo nee
ment which Yas received r..h Ial -aler ny
the democratic side.
The item relative 30 e Mississippi river
having been reached apOins1n OF Mas-a-
chusetts, offered an ,u ndmenJ PROHIBIT
ing further constructiUl or repalr VI l..
leYees except in the peril nance Of eJtnaf
contracts.
In opposing the amendment Hatch re-
ferred to benefits which each Ia reserved
from the Federal treasury, and sa1i !Ls
young west had grown strong aId now
knew her rights, and had in future He
to maintain them, and notwithYtann.
the clamor of subsidized press an1 subsiL
lied representatives, it would he Necessary
TO build granite wall from ST. Papl to New
Orleans. In the name of the people of the
west, he told the house it you'd be
done.
Burrows energetically opposed the levee
system, believing the building OF levees was
not essential to the improve ment of the
river. lie was constantly interrupted with
warmth by Kerr, Gibson and Ellis, who
denied the correctness of his statements.
Thomas, of Illinois, antagenzed the
amendments as tying the hands OF the Mis-
sissippi river commission. Common fair
ness and commercial importance demand
that the commission, struggling with one
of the grandest questions Which ever en-
gagged the mind of the Scientitic world,
should be allowed to go 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 jof making an ap
preparation for the purbose of experiment.
ing TO improve the navigation Of the Mis-.
sissippi until at last Jolution of the great
water problem should be found. IL was
with that intent he lafored the creation OF
the commission. If this commission did
not answer the purpose, alter lair trial,
let it be abolished. Then let some one else
take the business i'm hand. He believed in
congress taking absolute and ex-
elusive control in this matter.
He did mott believe congress
had the power to appropriate money TO. re-
cover alluvial lands, but It has the absolute
power and shouH exercise 1t, by proper
ID secure the best naviga-
ton Of the rivdr, and II the building OF
levees came as a necessary incident, con-
gress could not help that.
Morrison said he was opposed TO build
ing levees for the reclamation OF alluvial
lands, and II that is what the amendment
means will vote for 1t.
80 will LIZ came in chorus from the
Louisiana members.
Bui ifit were Necessary, in order to inn
prove the navigation Of the Mississippi, to
build leyees, TO that extent and that only
would he favor their being built. The COM
mission was a good inGge Of what was
proven, better than be or other members
v no had been sent down the river on a
pleasure trip BY the house. Ii was not a
selected IN order 10 pool issues
or tOi protect certain interests,
a. some commissions had been, and
he was IA iayOr Of scting upon it recon-
He saia tins. although be was
not very partial % commissions. because be
believed less In special congressional CON-
mittees. They were more pfOlihc 81 per
soi.al jobs and schemes for public pliinder
than other Legislative instruments that
could be devised. lApplause and laughter
on the democratic side
Dunn moved % amend RObinson' = amend |
ment by adding q proFiso. permitting the
building o. ieyees necssssry igr the inn
provemeut Of the navigation uf the river.
Agreed to-tG % 81.
RObius1n's amendrr efIf. ss Emsnced, rHs
losi-a9 to74
Updsgran moved b strike out the entire
item. Lot
Bur- ss uHsred an smendmsnt prohibit
ing the buidinE % ierees from Cairo % the