St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-08
Members Fighting Each Other for the
Largest Sections OF the Appro-
priatiOn Doodle.
latest Cabinet Deal Makes Villas Secretary of
War, With Bayard, Mcdonald, Gar
land and Whitney
Filling Other Seats Around the Council Board
Roaring Joe Blackburn as Ruler of
the House.
New Orleans Exposition People Begin
fo1 Uncle Sans sur lus-General
w shington Talk.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR JOB
Under Discussion In the HOuse-Som'
Lively Scenes.

Under Discussion In the HOuse-SOme
Lively Scenes.
Special Telegram.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-The enemies of the
river and harbor bill are asserting with Il
great deal Of confidence tonight that the bill
is already beaten. They base their assertion
upon the fact that at the end of three days
only uue-sixth of the bill has been read
and that the features Of It, which are certain
10 provoke bi,terst opposition, are yet TO
be reached. The tine romaining to the bill
BY couscnt Of the house is the two hours from
10 to y O'Clock GU Monday. Then an effort
viii be made, headed, it is said, by Mr.. Ran
Call, to 'akc up the posioffice appropriation
bill and .oAtiuue in consideration OF the gen
eral Appropriation bills until all of
these yet uuacted upon have been
disposed Of II this effort should sue
ceed the fate of the river and
Larbor bill will certainly be
sealed 1t will then be impossible to get it
up again and the friends OF the measure ap-
prrciate the situation and will make
THE BEST FIGHT
possible when the time comes. Mr.. Casey
anu set themselves right towards each other
and the house in regard TO the pcIsOna quar-
rel b1twceu them on Yesterday. The amrnde
in each case wss ample and in good taste.
Mr.. Young Iran6ly admitted that ne had
spoken in haste As be afterwards
discovered. Mr.. vii is then withdrew any re-
marks he had made tIlt IN gAt be construed
as impcacEiug the honor OF Mr. Young. Tue
effort oi Gibson, of West Virginia, to figure
IN the affair was promptly defeated by the
chair. Tne debate to-day ran along without
any particular incident until the item for the
improvements of the barbor at New Orleans
was reached. Amendments were then
passed in from friends Of those harbors in
1ne Mississippi which
BAD BEES sLIGHTED,
who held that tue cas-; of New Orleans was not
any more m ritoriols tIan that Of y :tcaez,
Eicksburg, Columbus or Hickman. Turner,
OF Kentucky. Van Eaton, of Mississippi,
supported py irsey Young, Of Ten nessee.
Sll Took this position and fought for recOg-
milton O. p e harOors al these places. Mr.
Holman joined in on general principles, but
New OTieaus trump phed. The i'm pOrIauce Of her
bar1or over anv OF tue others named was
Clearly shown Mr. Holman succeeded in
IdrHluE an dhtHhlIfuh plbNluluE hhat
money be expended under the direction of
tie secretary OF war instead Of the Missis-
sippi river commission. Mr.. Hepburn, Of
Iowa, took u new track then aud offered an
amendment that none OF the money so ap-
propriated should be eXprn led in erecting
or maintaining levces or in protecting
the river bank. He charged that
thv object Of the appropriation was for the
protection OF
PRIVATE PROPERTY
IN Algiers across the river. Mr. Hunt spoke
iu advocacy OF the appropriation and ex-
planned the character OF the improvement at
New Orleans Mr.. Hepburn read from the
engineers report aud pronounced that bet
Ter authority than the statement of interested
representatives.. Mr. Hunt rose instantly
aud speaking under great excitement, de-
mauded 10 know what the gentleman meant.
''Just what / said" replied MIR. Hepburn,
do YOU mean any reelection on my honor,
sir demanded Mr.. Hunt in a still louder
voice. "Nn, indeed - replied Mr.. Hepburn,
- regard the gentleman as Of the highest
honor. as Of most suhiimated honor The
house laughed upruariousy aud Mr Hunt
sat down. Later, in passing between tellers
Mr.. Hunt and Mr.. Hepburn shook hands and
peace rcignch supreme. Tue hour Of six
was reached with the house divided on
Hepburn's amendment. The contest on
Monday, on The issue Of which hangs the fate
OF the bill. is awaited wish great anxiety.