The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-02-05

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after the niOfflne hualuoss ~ inOffOw,
tho hill should be tahpn 40 and debate
cease NJ . o'clock, when 1nal vote on
the hill aud all amendments shall bo
takon.
Adjourned.
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Mr.. BLAND, from thu committee on
coinage, reported back u resolution CALI
Ing on tho secretary Of the treasury, Tor
information IN Ia whether the Clear
ing house association, at Now York, or
any national bank refuses Ia receive sill
/ yer dollars or certificates In settlement
| Of their balances, and whether any oili-
/ cial of the government acccdes u such
praoticoi also, what amount OF gold
came into the treasury In exchange, at
par, for silver dollars or. certificates
during January, 1885, and what amount
of silver coin was In the treasury on the
LIST of January, 1870, and every year
| thereafter, not held for the redemption
Of silver certificates also, what amount
of the receipts of the government has
been received In silver coin or coItill-
Gates since tho LIST of January, ls0h
Adopted.
on motion Of Mr.. EATON, senate
amendment To tho house concurrent
resolution, making arrangements FOR
counting the electoral vote, was agreed
| TO.
Mr.. cox, of New York, from the com.
mitteo GU naval affairs, reported back
the resolution calling on the secretary
of the navy for information rs 10 what
amount of money has been eNpepdod by
the naval advisory board and what
changes have been made from the orlgi-
nal plans of hulls, boilers, otc., for the
Chicago, the Boston, tho Atlanta and
the Dolphin, and the cost of such
changes, Adopted.
Mr.. STEWART, of Texas, from the
committee ON foreign affairs, reported a
resolution requesting tho president 10
take all necessary and proper measures
TO assure to Jules X. Santos, an Ameri-
can citizen, imprisoned In Ecuador, a
speedy and impartial trial, and protect
him in his life and property.
The SPEAKER pro tenn (Alr. Black
burn) announced the regular order to
be consideration of the resolution pro-
viding that for the remainder OF the
session one hour every morning be de-
voted to the disposal OF measures called
up by individual members, unless hve
objections are made thereto.
MIR. KEIFER moved to amend by
striking out the word "five" and insert
ing stem" Agreed to, and the resolu-
lion as amended was adopted.
The house then went into committee
OF the whole on the river and harbor
bill, general debate being limited to
three hours.
MIR. BRECKENRIDGE criticized the
bill, IN that 1t did not make a suilclent
appropriation for the improvement OF
the more important harbors along the
Mississippi river below Cairo, which he
regarded as SO many links in the long
chain OF river navigation. He then
passed on to review the work OF I'M
proyement of Galveston harbor by tho
engineer corps, denouncing II as q COM
| f,f1, LarAlx nnf +
ing upon the action of the oihcer III
charge, in submitting reports TO congress
| which he declared false and misleading.
| He had no hopes of the ultimate sue
cess OF tie work, unless the submerged
Jetty plan was abandoned. He de-
| Tended the action of the committee on
recommending the appointment OF
Capt. EaGs as advisory engineer to the
Mississippi river commission, ON the
ground That the commission had in
many instances departed from the Or
iginal plans and always with unsatis-
factory results.
Mr.. PRICE said a careful reading of
the bill must lead to the irresistible con-
clusion that it was marred and Scared
with sectional inequalities, and acts
injustice in leaving out appropriations
for the improvement of the Mississippi,
the Missouri and the Ohio rivers, the
Mississippi reservoir plan and the Hem
nepen canal. The southern states mem
toned in the bill get an average each OF
$2S3, 200, while the northern states men
toned only get 200 each. The states
represented in the committee get an
average appropriation of S233,OOO, while
those not represented receive only $l40,-
600.
Mr.. WILLIS stated that the commit
tee on rivers and harbors had never
been divided on political grounds. He
called attention to the fact that OF 10
members, IL were northern men.f WIS
consin had received 100000 in the past.
Mr.. PRICE said if the bills were
evened up and equalzed sectionally, as
far as it could be done, he would sup
Mr.. WASHBURN, addressing him
selfto the general question of internal
Improvements, favored the beiiet III a
liberal appropriation, and repudlated
any sympathy with that false economy
which had sought to restrict appropri-
atoms to beggarly proportions,
pending bill which he could
neithor approve nor support. Tho nh
was neither fair nor a jYSt one. HE
opposed the provision for me improve
ment of Galveston harbor and Thought
that for the government to enter upon
a work which would ultimately require
the expenditure of $S,000,000, without
plans or recommendations, was little
short of midsummer madness. :.
Mr.. HEPBURN suggested that it
% nr the United nf s @ote to movS
Galveston to harbor than to try, to
move a harbor to Galveston. After
speaking good word for the uennepin
canal, he opposed the appropriation for
tho Mississippi river. He did not think
it advisable for the government to
adopt it.
After speech by
general debate closed, and the first sec
ton of the bill was read.
Mr.. O'NEIL, of Missouri, criticized
the appropriation for the Mississippi
river, in that only 100000 was appro-
priated for its improvement between
the source and the Ohio river. That
was not fair share of the. pork.
Laughter If the Mississippi river
had got to carry through the
gigantic scheme, the committee should
have been little more liberal. Unless
the river and harbor committee would
agree to a proper divide when it came
to appropriations for the Mississippi
river, he, in the language of the poet,
would "kick."
Pending further action, the commit
tee rose and the house adjourned.
Unsuitable Resolutions.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Representa-
tives Eaton, Lamb and Rice, sub
committee of the committee on foreign
affairs, to-day made report to the full
committee on resolutions recently re-
ferred to them, calling upon the secre-
tary of state for such information as he
might have relative to the connection OF