The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-26
THE HOUSE.
Successful Filbustering Against the River
and HarbOr Bill.

and HarbOr Bill.
| WASHINGTON, Feb 25.-Mr. Geddes from
the committee on war claims, reported bill
making an appropriation for payment of the
! Fourth Of July claims. Referred to the COM
mittee of the whole.
Mr. Townsend asked unanimous consent to
! take from the Speakers table, for reference to
| the committee on appropriations, the postofiee
| appropriation bill with the Senate amend ments,
but Mr.. Payson objected.
| Mr.. Burnes moved to suspend the rules and
pass the deficiency appropriation bill, with the
| various amendments reported from the COM
mittee on appropriations. The following were
| corporated in the bill: Appropriating $685. 448
| TO pay judgments rendered by the Court of
| Claims; appropriating $l62 340 together with the
| unexpended balance for the completion of the
| new cruisers and dispatch boat; abolishng the
Office of the one hundredth census and providing
| that the work of the census shall be completed
in the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.
| Considerable opposition was manifested to Mr..
Burmese motion, but upon explanation by Messrs:
! Randall, Burnes and Long, the motion to suspend
| the rules and pass the bill was agreed to-yeas,
! N1; nay So
The House then proceeded to consideration of
business under the the special rules
On motion of Mr.. Glascock, a Senate bill was
passed for the erection of a public building at
Sacramento the ultimate cost to be $1OO OOO
On motion of Mr.. Woodward, Senate bill
was passed, with amendments aprropriating
| 100000 for the erection of public building at
Lacrosse, Wis
Or motion of Mr. Strait, Senate bill was
passed, with amendments, appropriating 800, 600
for payment Of certain citizens for supplies fur
nished the Sioux and Dakota Indians, in Mime
sofa, between 1860 and 1862
Mr.. Henley, from the committee on public
lands reported joint resolution instructing the
Attorney general to institute proceedings to
vacate and set aside SO much Of the lists of lands
iHadf 70 ho fOfo Nf Miohi fov ,af%
of the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship
canal Company as cover lands not subject to
private entry at the date of selection by that
company and also all lands selected which were
not at the date Of selection, vacant or unappro-
priated odd sections nearest said canal. Placed
on the House calendar
The House then proceeded to consideration of
| the river and harbor bill upon its third reading
| on which the previous question was operating.
| The House proceeded to vote on the amend
| ments reported from the committee of the whole.
Two hours were consumed in voting upon
amendments separately. as the question Of no
| quorum was raised in nearly every instance
necessitatng tedious votes by tellers In each
| the amendments were adopted without a yea and
! nay vote, until the amendment was reached
striking out the clause appropriating money for
| improvement OF the Mississippi river from
the head of the passes to the mouth of the Ohio
| river, and recommending the President to ap-
| point James b. lads as advisory engineer to the
Mississippi river commission. This was stricken
| OUT III IH0 committee Oh the WnOle Win the as
| sent of the committee on rivers and harbors, in
order to facilitate consideration of the bill in
committee, the intention being to reinstate the
clause in the House, it having been agreed by
| the river and harbor committee to strike from
the bill the paragraph for the appointment of an
| advisory engineer.
Mr.. Willis asked unanimous consent that
| should the amendment OF the committee Of the
| whole be rejected, and the Mississippi river
clause be again placed in the BILL the por ton re-
ferring to Captain Eads should be eliminated
| Mr.. Hiscock objected, and the yeas and nays
were called, amid much confusion, upon the
/ amendment OF the committee When the roll
| call was completed, the amendment to strike
| out the clause was carried by small majority.
| but it was stated in private conversation that
motion would be made to recemmit the bill.
with instructions to the committee on rivers
and harbors to report it back with the Eads
| clause stricken out, and this caused several.
members to change their votes from the affrma-
tive to the negative, and the vote declared to be-
yeas 1877, nays 139. This rejects the amendment
| of the committee of the whole, and restores the
| Mississippi river proposition to the bill.
Mr.. Hunt moved to reconsider the vote. and
| moved to lay that motion on the table. Agreed
| to-yeas AS nays l3A
Mr.. Willis then asked that the Eads PROPOSE
ton be stricken out, but Mr. White objected
The opponents of the bill then resorted to fill
clustering tactics, and several motions to adjourn
were made and severally voted down Then a
motion was made for recess and no quorum
having voted a call of the House was ordered
latter an exciting scene which is described
elsewhere, in which Representatives White and
Gibson figured as the principal characters the
House, at II o'clock, without action on the bill
adjourned.
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