Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07
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FOUR REPRESENTATIVES, UN-
Birdie THEIR TONGUES.

| Messrs. King and Hiscock and Messrs.
Young and Willis give Each other the
Lie Repeatedly in an Acrimonious
Debate, but Fail to Come to Blows.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.-When the House
met at 10 O'Clock this morning in cOntinu-
alton of yesterdays session there were
not more than half dozen members pres
ent, and a further recess of ten minutes
was taken. After the recess the House
went into committee Of the whole with
| Mr.. Hammond in the chalr) on the river
| and harbOr bill, the pending amendment
being that providing that no part of the
appropriation of 100000 for improving
| the national harbOr Of the first class at
! Sandy Bay. Mass" shall be expended
| until the new board of three engineers
! shall decide that that point is the best
! location on the coast for such a harbor.
/ This was agreed to, but on motion of Mr..
! Oates, of Alabama, the entire paragraph
/ relating to this harbOr was stricken out.
Several amendments were offered and
| lost.
! Mr.. McCOmas offered an amendment
| providing that no money appropriated by
! this act shall be expended except for
such works as the Secretary of War I'M
! der the direction of the President shall
| determine, and in no case shall the eX-
/ DNluAluAC AOl al olC pun JJoC NANCCu luC
sums designated by this act for that pur-
pose.
Pending action Mr.. Willis moved that
| the committee rise, and on a viva vOce
| vote the Chairman decided that the ayes
had it and disregarded demands for tel
| leTs.
Speaker pro TEN. Blackburn having TAX
en- the chair Mr.. Willis moved that the
House adjourn, and the Speaker also dis
| regarded calls for division and declared
the motion carried. The House was in
| stantly called to order, and the legislative
day Of Friday begun.
Private business having been dispensed
with the House at l AS o'clock went into
| committee of the whole, with Mr. Ham,
mOnd, of Georgia, in the chair, on the
river and harbOr bill, and the pending
amendment offered this morning by Mr..
| McCOmas, of Maryland, was rejected.
RANDALL EAGER FOR THE END.
MIR. Randall said that he was instructed
| by the unanimous voice of the Committee
| on Appropriations to ask the Chairman of
! the Committee on Rivers and Harbors
when he expected to reach final vote
| upon the measure under his charge. Mr..
| Willis replied that the committee of the
| whole had been prosecuting consider
alton OF the bill as fast as the rules
| would permit.
Mr.. Randall said that if the bill were
considered to-day and tomorrow it would
have occupied the entire week. The House
would not be free from public criticism If
the appropriation bills were not all sent
to the Senate by the 25th of the month.
| To accomplish this. the Committee on
Appropriations was of the opinion that it
should have the right of way after Satur-
day night, and that serious effort would
be made to pass next week the post office,
legislative and sundry civil bills.
Mr.. Hiscock, of New York. thought
that if there was not to be an extra ses-
sion the appropriation bills should have
the right of way now.
THE LIE DIRECT.
Considerable bad feeling was created or
developed during the further cOnsidera-
ton of the bill, and the lie parliamentary
was passed between Messrs. King, of
Louisiana, and Hiscock, of New York,
and between Messrs. Young, of Tennes-
see, and Willis, of Kentucky. After a
speech by Mr.. Cox, of New York, about
the need of money for the improvement of
New York harbOr, Mr.. King offered an
amendment apprOpriating $4,000, 900 for
the Improvement of Sandy Hook channel,
and advocated its adoption as benefting
| the commerce Of the entire country.
Mr.. HiscOck said that he had seen in
the public press a statement that he was
going to make an assault on the jetty
system at New Orleans, and denied that
he had ever had such an intention.
Mr.. King-"The allusion of the gentle
man is directed against me-"
Mr.. Hlscock-'l beg the gentleman's
pardon. l say unqualifedly that it was
not directed against the gentleman"
Mr.. King-"And l say unqualiiedly
that 1t was. | understood the gentleman
from New York himself to state in pri-
| Vate conversation that it was his purpose
to say on this floor that jet,ies had been
Of no commercial value to New Orleans. -
MIR. HiscOck-'I desire to contradict the
statement that / have ever advertised
that | had that purpose. Just so far as
| can go within the rules Of the House,
desire to go and do go on saying that l
have never said that was going to do
any such thing"
YOU RE ANOTHER.
Mr.. King-"And | state as far as
may go within the rules of the House that
the statement is false"
After speech from Mr.. Hewitt on the
condition Of the harbor of New York Mr..
Kings amendment was rejected.
Mr.. Young, of Tennessee, offered an
amendment apprOpriating $4,000 for the
improvement of Memphis harbOr. He
. criticised what he termed the star cham
Der meetings of the Committee on Rivers
, and HarbOrs, and expressed the surprise
which he had felt when he learned that
Memphis had been left out of the bill. He
had gone to every member of the commit
tee, and the Chairman was the only soil
tary one who did not disavOw RESPONSE
. bility for the action Of the committee.
Mr.. WILTSHIRE statement of the gen.
tleman is not true"
Mr.. YOung-''I stated that l had con-
suited every member of the committee,
and l state that fact now, and every men,
Der disavOWed any responsibility for the
committees action. The gentleman from
[ Kentucky was the only one l talked to
who did not disaVOw responsibility for it,
] Mr.. Young proceeded to advocate his
amendment, after which Mr.. Willis said
I that the committee had concluded not tC
make any special appropriations for har-
bOrs on the Mississippi river. There was
2 a commission to which was entrusted the
expenditure of apprOpriatiOnsfOr the Mis-.
sissippt river. That commission was
: either competent or incompetent. II
I | ought to be disbanded if it was compel.
ent. 1t would take into consideration the
l Improvement Of Memphis or any harbOr
In so far as the improvement Of this har
Dor was necessary for the Improvement Of
| the river, the commission had a right tt
expend money for that purpose.
ANOTHER TILT.
In reply to the gentleman's statement
taxing him with the entire responsibility
| IOf Jne acJlOn OF the OInmIttee he would
G say that 1t was untrue, unjust, and ungen
D | erOus in the extreme. These remarks
+ | aroused the attention Of the House, anC
the two gentlemen we're Immediately sur
rounded by their fellow-membe anxious
: to hear their words, which were uttered
: cOOlly and in such low voices as to b.
, almost indistinguishable.
= 81 do not think" said Mr.. Young, "Lha
' the gentleman intends to apply to me the
. language he uses. Was that his pur
: pOseW
f 81 say" replied Mr.. Willis, fthat wher
t a gentleman undertakes to put upon me
= the responsibility OF refusing this appro
e priation, he does state what is untrue"
e II made the statement" continued Mr.
S Young, THAT you were the only one WHIT
j did not disavOw it. l do not want am
4 member to stand on the floor and say tina
: l state what is not true. ! can take car,
e of myself here, but | do not want tina
d statement to 60 to the country under
d misunderstanding"
s Mr.. Willis-''If the gentleman under
i takes to say that | was the only membe
n of the committee who opposed the appro
e priation for Memphis, and to rest the re
e spOnsibility OF its rejection upon me, b.
b states what is not true.o
o Mr.. 1oung-''Then have to state tina
If II, under his assumption, be undertake:
/ to brand me with a talsehOOd-"
If Mr.. WILTSHIRE gentleman need no
go to that point. If you stated what
said, stand by what l said.''
Mr.. 1Oung-"YOu said, under a hYpC
thetlcal case, that l have stated false
II hood"