Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-25
THE HOUSE OF REpREsENrArryEs.

HHH HOUSE OF REPR NrArTVEq
Immediately alter the reading OF the
Journal this morning the house pro.
ceeded to the consideration of bushes,
under the special rule.
Mr. Buckner of Missouri called mn
the senate bill authorizing the Com.
mercial National bank OF Chicago 70
increase its capital stock 10 81. ODo' ono
The bill was passed.
On motion OF Mr. George OF Oregon
the Dill was passed for the allotment ~
lanus IN severalty To the Indians on
the Umatilla Indian reservation
The usual conflict between the An.
propriation AND the river and harbor
oohlinlssions then took place and re.
suited In victory for the latter The
mouse went into committee Of the
whole on the river aud hRrbor bill, the
pending question being the appeal
from the decision of the chair ruling
out the Hennepin canal clause on
poiot Of order.
After discussion by Messrs. Hen
derson aud Springer of Illinois, and
Mr, stone OF Massachusetts,, In sup
plfto OF the appeal, and by MIR. Turner
OF Georgia against it, the decision of
The chair was sustsined-l09 To 95 So
the clause Is eliminated from the bill
Mr. Hepburn OF Iowa offered an
amendment prohibiting the employ.
ment " civil engineers ia the work on
the rivers aud harbors, aid providing
for the detail Of army officers TO take
their places. Lost, 90 to no
On motion Of M. Hepburn an
amendment was adopted granting ju-
risdictiOn 20 the United States circuit
COURTS to condemn any real estate or
any material needed in any improve
ment authorized by the bill.
An amendment WAS also adopted
providing that the secretary OF war
shall decline 10 eXpend aty portion Of
the money appropriated by this bill,
II In his judgment the improve mslt
for which such appropriation Ia made
will not BE- public benefit.
Mr. Holman NJ Indiana offered an
amendment restricting the nppropria-
tons for the improvement of the
Mississippi river below Cairo to the
completion Of the works on Plumb
pOiuJ and Lake Providence reaches
In advocating the amendment
Messrs. Hepburn aud Reed declared
that the works on the Mississippi river
were experimental ana should be con-
fined TO the two reaches specified
Mr.. Thomas OF Illinois empaatical-
ly denied that the work was expert
mental and called attention To the fact
that at the Plumb point reach the
work had secured depth OF fifteen
feet where formerly the water had
been but five feet deep. The amend.
ment was adopted, l3l to 81
On motion Of Mr. Hepburn an
amendment was adopted directing the
secretary OF war 10 withhold such por.
tiou ~ the contract price a. will pay
all sums due for labor performed on
any Improvement until satisfactorily
shown that all the laborers are fully
paid.
On point Of order, raised by Mr..
Hi-cock Of New York, the section Gre
aiiug board to be- called the United
s atps hArbOr board was stricken from
th- vii.
On motion OF MIR Kean of New Jersey
the section authorizing the secretary
~ var to remove and rebuild bridges
which may be sn obstruction 10 naviga-
lion, wa stricken from the bill
Mr., Holman offered an amendment
providing that tue money appropriated
for the Improvement OF the Mississippi
river shall be expended under the d.
rectiOn Of the secretary ~ war and ia
accordance with the plans approved
by him After short and very noisy
discussion the amendment was
adopted l3S to 81.
On motion Of Mt Cook OF Iowa, an
amendment WAS adopted pr0Vid-
ing that the appropriations for the
Missouri river improvements be eI-
pended under the direction Of the
secretary OF war and in accordance
with the plans approved by him.
Amid great deal OF confusion, a
humber Of amendments were adopted
to "the survey" section Of the bill,
aud II was not until 7:4j that the COM
nittee rose and reported bill to the
house. The previous question was
ordered and the house adjourned.