The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-16
uho River and Harbor ApprO-
priatiOn Bill.
earEF DsHGS IN THE HOUSE.
Di,eussion and Criticism of ne
- Committee on COmmercS'
Other News Notes.
senate.

WtsHIEGTOE, July lO.-1n thS SCH
are Pugh, from the committee on pri-
v,Ies and elections, presented report
+, the election case of Senator Payne.
Hear. on behalf of himself and Frye.
RESENTED dissenting views of the min
o-;ty. Evans made a separate report,
presenting 1.-The views of himself, Teller
and Logan. All the reports were or
dered printed in one document, aRd
were placed on the calendar 10 lie
called at any time as privileged matter.
Wilson. OF Iowa, offered a resolution
that inaugural addresses, annual mes
cages. and such special messages as
nav be deemsd Of general public IN
tarsst of the several presidents OF the
limited States be arranged in chronelog-
fcaI order and printed as Senate docu-
y emit. Refe. red to the committee on
printing.
Allison submitted a conference report
on the legis alive appropriation oli M;
points of dispute between the Two
Houses. except as to following points:
Clerks for Senators mot chaIrmen oil
committeesl; salary of Assis .ant-Ireas-
urer at Balumore; appropriations ior
three clerks for civil service commits
sion. and relating to the compensation
OF Internal Revenue agents, surveyors.
etc. The Senate still further insisted on
its disagreement with the House on
these points.
The Senate resumed consideration OF
the river and harbor appropriation bill,
the amendment adopted in commit
~ of the whole being the first to be
disposed of, the first point on which
vas the division on the amendment
Offered originally BY Ingalls, 10 items
Tor the Mississippi River, providing that
q portion of the appropriation Tor Plum
p0int of Lake Providence reaches be
confined to complete the repair and
maintenance of leVees throughout such
reaches TO the height of two feet above
the food of 1882. The amendment was
adopted. All amendments agreed 10
By the Senate in committee OF the
whole having been disposed OF, the
whole bill was open to amendment.
Mcmillan, chairman OF the comm zee
on commerce, moved to strike out all
after the enacting clause in the bill and
insert all the items now in & bill,
aKcept that IN each case the amount be
reduced % per cent. He explained that
the amount of the House bill was SIS
900 600. The amount reported by the
committee on commerce was SlS,OO0,-
900. The amount agreed TO by the
Senate in committee of the whole was
$500 900 more, and the amount under
The proposed % per cent. reduc-
ton would be $4,000 OOO. An
extended discussion followed. Nc
MILAN said he submitted his substitute
bV direction of the committee on
commerce and he and otoer members
of the committee, during the discussion
which followed, explBined they person
ally and a majority of the committee
favored the bill as it stood, but were
constrained to recommend the reduc-
ZION in belief that IL any riversand har-
nor hill were to be had the reduction
must be made: that so far as the
Senate was concerned it would
doubtless pass the bill. Edmunds
thought the proposed reduction wise
Il would be better to make REDUCTION
OF 50 per cent. Miller ana Eusus
x6nted 70 swell the bill through hos
tility to the administration IN crder 70
force veto. It was an open secret, ne
said. that Arrangements were being made
:nanother body to bury the bill provided
certain things were done or the PROVIDED
amounts were increased beyond Ger
tain point.
There has been floating about the
corridors OF the capitol, in the cloak
-oom and on the floors of the Senate,
the statement that If thls,bin exceeded
q certain point it would undoubtedly
meet the executive veto.
Salisbury asked Millr whether he
lad any information from the
President, or any person intimately
connected with the President, that
ne intended TO veto the bill. 1t was not
right for Senator 20 charge The PreSi'
dent with an attempt to influence me
SctiOn Of the Senate, because no Presl-
had ever been more careful in that re-
spect than the present Executive
Miller replied he made no sueh q
charge He had no information 6h !
ever on the subject. BE merely stated
that men who stood before the country
IS leaders Of the administration party
mad stated for weeks and weeks tnaS l,
The bill exceeded certain sum ltWOuiu
undoubtedly be vetoed.
The discussion was continued by Rld
dleberger. Call and Plumb. the lattei
criticized the committee on COM
merce and referred TO the rumors o
The Presidential veto as something
which came under ground by the sew
sge system netween the White Hous'
and the capitol. COnger, membe
Of the committee on commerce
resented the references to his com
nittee. and characterized then
IS an 'insidious attack upon tn
mmittee." All through the speech
ne said. ran an attack on the motives
sincerity. honesty and honor OF IN
Committee. At the close OF Conger
speech, which was extremely bite
throughout, the Senate, without comm
20 vote, adjourned.