The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-15
ORDER that under the ruling no business
WAS WIZ, IN order, but consideration OF pen.

order that under the ruling no business
was IN order, but consideration OF nan.
sion bills. 0verruled.
nan an hour was consumed by the
speahe. III rullng upon points of order.
endeavoring rather successfully IA snn.
lloor. ion on sne
ne questlon recurred on Mr.. Willis.
hlot:oh 10 limit debate on the pending
section OF the river aud harbor bill to
one ana half hours and il was agreed
10 ana the house went into comInittee
OF the whole. (Mr. Hammond in the
chair) on the bill indicated.
After the reading of the pending see-
tloh oy the clerk, discussion arose rs to
hato ~" me hour anu hail allowed for de-
psse should be distributed, and
me CHAIR asked the committee n
enable him to put a bushel into n necs
measure. After the proposition was
MADE plan after plan was suprested Inf
al proved unsatisfactory and no ar
rengement was arrived at and the bower
chair. WIN shs
Mr.. TURNER, of Georgia. raised the
point OF order against the Hennenen
oanal paragraph. He contended that In
reporting this clause TO the house. tha
eonliuittee ON rivers and harbors had
eAceeuso its jurisdiction and infringed
upon Ine jurisdiction of the COMMITTEES
on railroads and canals. Tho Uanna'
pen clause was no more german to the
OH than proposition TO construct nm
elevated railway from ocean TO ocean
or 10 dig the Nicaraguan canal. II also
clasned with the rules, in that it changed
existing law, and was not In the Clirec-
tlon OF retrenchment i'm expenditures
Mf: HENDERSON, of Illinois, argued
that II there was any farce at aIi in the
onlection that the committees on rivers
ana haroors had no jurisdiction over
the subject, that the objection was
waved by the house when 1t referred
.ho piii 10 the committee Of the whole;
sii sha' mere was not canal in
the country which had been
constructed BY the general govssni ovn
ment that had not been provided for hv
. river and harbor bill. THIS very point
mad been overruled at the last Session
ny the chairman OF tho COMMITTEES of
tne whole (Mr. Wellborn), on the ex-
press ground that the reference of \ bill
10 the committee nf the whole waived
any objection which might be raised 10
lne jurisdiction OF the oomuittoe on
rivers and harbors. After further de-
bate N'
The CHAIR reserved decision on the
point OF order for the present.
committee then rose and the vote by
Whlch III WAS ordered that the p0stoflice
appropriation bill should not he consid-
er9o untli after the reading Of the Jour
nal on friday, was recnnsidered and
the bill taken up under the operation of
the question.
Ihe first amendment on which n
separate vote was dem was that
increasing from -, 100000 to $45S5 600,
inc Appropriation for the letter carrier
service. Agreed tO--yeas, Is; nays. 90.
1ho alnendment increasing by 100000
the appropriation for star route service
was agreed to-yeas, l5l: nays, 81.
Inc next amendment was that strik-
ing out tho clause granting additional
compensation to American steamships
lor carrying mails. 1t twas agreed to-
yeas, 10; nays, ll3.
me other amendments were agreed
TO without division aud the bill passed.
The house then resumed Confederation
oil the river aud harbor bill in commit
| zee ol tho whole, aud after unin.ersst-
ing hNe-minute debates for one hour
rose, and the house went into commit
Tee oi the whole (McMillan in the ohairI
on the legi slalive appropriation bill.
There was no general debate, and the
Dill was Immediately read by para
graphs for amendments.
Mr.. GIBSON moved to strike out the
clause which prohibits the removal OF
mousse messengers ON the soldiers roll
except Tor cause stated. He did so, he
SAID Tor the reason that he was opposed
70 making orivlledged class of office
holders. There were good Democratic
HOl0InFG pnnlH hn