The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-07

mittee ON appropriations to ask the 1
chairman OF the committee on rivers |
and harbors, when he expected to reach /
hnal vote on the measure under his |
charge.
Mr.. WILLIS replied that the com |
mittee of the whole had been prosecute /
ing consideration of the bill as fast as
the rules will permit.
Mr.. RANDALL said that if this were
considered To cay and tomorrow it |
would have occupied the entire week. |
The house would not be free from pub
lie criticism ii the appropriation bills |
were not all sent to the senate by the |
Zoth OF TINS month. To accomplish this
II was his opinion that the house should |
have Saturday and night sessions. Eff |
forts would he made to pass next week |
the post-otlice, the legislature and the
sundry civil appropriation bills.
Mr.. HISCOCK thought if there was
not to be ana extra session, the appropri-
alton bills should have the right-of-way
now,
Private business having been dis
pensed with, the house went into COM
! mittee of the whole on the river and
harbor bill, and the pending amend
ment offered this morning by Mr.. Me-
| Comas WAS rejected,
| The appropriation for the improve
ment OF Buffalo harbor was increased
from $4,000 TO 100000.
Mr.. KING offered an amendment APP
propriating Sl5,OG0,000 for the improve
ment of Sandy Hook channel, at the
mouth o. New York harbor, and advo-
! eating its adoption as benetiJtEg the
commerce d the entire country.
Mr.. lIlSCOCK said he had seen in
the public press the statement thar he
was gong 10 make an assault uDOn the
jetty system at New Orleans. lie de-
med that he had ever had such an in
tentlUn.
Mr.. KING: "The allusion of the gem
tleman is directed against me-"
Mr. HlSCOCK; 81 beg the gentle
mans pardon: 1 say unqualifiediy, it
was not directed against the gentle
man."
Mr.. KING: "And say unqualGedly
II was | understood the gentleman
from New York himself to state in
private conversation that it Was his pur-
{ pose TO say on this floor that the jeLties
had been of no commercial value to
New Orleans.
Mr.. HISCOCK: l desire to contra
diet the statement that / have ever adj
+ vertiSed that | purpose going just as
, Tar as | can, within the rules. desire
TO 60, and do go, in saying that l never
said that was going to do any such
thing.
Mr.. KING: And ! state, so far as l
, may go within the rules of this house,
that the statement is false.
Mr.. Kings amendment was rejected.
+ MIR. YOUNG offered an amendment
: appropriatme $4,000 for the improve
? ment of Memphis harbor He criticised
what he termed ''Jhe star-chamber
meetings" of the committee on rivers
, and barbors, and expressed the surprise
which he had felt when he learned that
, Memphis had been LETT out of the bill
= lie had gone to every member of the
committee, and the chairman was the
: only solitary one who did not disavow
e responsibility for the action of the com
mittee.
5 Mr.. WILLIS: "The statement which
y the gentleman makes is not true.v
: MIR. HOUNG: 81 stated that had con
I suited every member of the committee
/ and | state that fact now, and every
/ member disayowed any responsibility
4 tor the committees action. The gentle
), man from Kentucky was the only one
l. talked with who did not disayow re
i sponsihlitv for IT,"
Il Mr.. YOUNG then proceeded to advo
i cate hls amendment, pointing out tina
b the work already constructed at Mem
I. phis would be endangered. If this ap
"a Precipitation was not made, the whole o
o be swept away 40 the next rise in the
2 river, and the custom house itself might
7 he DESTROYED.
, Mr.. WILLIS said the committee hal
y concluded not to make any special ap
II preparations for harbnrs on the Missis
Y sippi river. There was a commission
to which was intrusted the eXpendi
T. lures OF appropriations for the Msss
o sippi river. That commission was either
! ft. q
l. petent, IL ought TO be disbanded; If com.
petent, it would take into consideration
y the Improvement Of Memphis, or any
other harbor. In so far as the improve.
/ ment, the river commission had right
Y to expond money for that purpose
In reply to the gentle.
, mans (Goung) statement, taxing
, him with the entire responsibility
/ Tor the action of the committee, he would
say 1t was untrue, unjust and ungener.
G ouS in the extreme. These remarks
aroused the attention Of the house, and
q the two gentlemen were Immediately
[ sur ounded by their folloN.membeis
I anxious to hear their words, which were
a uttered IN such low voices as to bo
4 almost indistlnguishable.
: MIR. YOUNG: 81 do not think that the
gentleman intends to apply to me the
language he used. Was that his pur.
n poser"
!, Mr.. WILLIS: az say that when the
n gentleman undertakes to put upon me
3 the responsibility of refusing this appro.
priation, he does state what is untrue
l. Mr.. YOUNG: al made the statement
4 that you were the only one who did moi
!. disavow IL. | don't want any member
n to stand on the floor and say that | state
a what is not true. | can take care of my,
I sell here, but | don't want that state.
!. nent to go to the country under a mis-.
l. understanding.
4 Mr.. WILLIS: If the gentleman I'M
:. dertakos to say that | was the only
D member of the committee who opposed
a the appropriation Tor Memphis and Ia
rest the responsibility of its rejection
on me, he states what is not true.
/. Mr.. YOUNG: Then | have 10 state
= that II, under his assumption, he under.
- takes to brand me with ialsehoOd,
Mr.. WILLIS: The gentleman need
= not 20 to that point. YOU stated what
|, | said, stand by what said.
;. Mr.. YOUNG: "You said, under a
r hypothetical case, that have stated q
- lalsehood."
Mr.. WILLIS; "If you have not stated
:, it"-
3 Mr.. YOUNG; "You know have not
= If gentleman came to me courto.
ouslyn-
A At this point the confusion became SO
n great that the chair directed the ser.
" geant-at-arms to see that the members
A were seated and the quarrel was not re-
n sumed, though the angry feelings of the
two gentlemen were not abated.
: Mr.. YOUNG formally withdrew his
an endmeut.
a The appropriation for Oswega harboI
!. was increased from $4,000 to $4,000.
4 The committee then rose and the
house took recess till s o'clock, the
n evening session TO he for the consldora
\ ton of pension bills.
The house at the evening session