Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-28
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
THE RIVER AND HARBOR DEADLOCK.
Sharp Senate Criticism Of the
Action of the House.
APPROPRIATION BILLS IN THE HOUSE.

APPROPRIATION BILLS IN THE HOUSE.
The Senate.
MI. MCMILLAN, from the conference committee
on tne river and harbor BILL reported that the
committee had been unable to agree.
Inc chair (Mr. Sherman) thereupon laid be-
fore the Senate message from the House to
the effect that it had instructed its conterees to
10 insist on striking from the bill the items
70 portage Lake and Lake Superior ship canal;
the Lake Michigan and Hennepin canal; the
sturgeon Bay and Lake ship canal. the Misss
sippl river improvements and the Potomac
river improvements.
81, spirited debate in regard to the action of
Mr. Mcmillan, chairman Of the Senate con-
Iefees, said that while the action of the
House was improper, in the interest of the bill
ne was Wiling to waive that and would move
i9r further conference, requested by the
house, with instructions to insist upon the
senate amendments.
Mr.. Allison was not willing to waive any.
thlhg ana he offered resolution to refuse
a. conference under the restrictions imposed by
the House.
MIR. Dawes denounced the action of the
H0use as Unprecedented, and after consider
aoie debate Mr.. Ingalls, said that on former
caslonS battles Won in the field had been lost
by diplomacy. He regarded Mr.. Allisons reso-
,,! du,ion as putting summary termination to the
ena,,; en.ire olli which would greatly please the
was specially interested in the provision TOR
THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE POTOMAC RIVER
FRONT
at Washington, and he moved that the Senate
conferees be instructed to insist upon the
$4,000 appropriation tor the flats improve
ment.
Mr. Edmunds suggested that there were
numerous items In the Dill tor canals which
might we'll be taken out; that would leave it a
@ o,ii ior the Improvement of rivers and harbors
u, ifo ha
not @ willingly vote tor, it would be fairly good
.naaa OIL ana would perhaps become law. He pro-
posed TO take out the items Tor the Lake Mlchi-
gan canal, Hennepin canal, the Muskingum
canal and Bowen river.
Mr. Conger resented Mr.. Edmunds' remarks
anu charged that the Senator from Vermont
InlsStated the matter. He declared that the
provisions he wanted to take out were essential
10 commerce, and twitted Mr.. Edmunds with
procuring appropriations for little inland
iake on which he tEdmunds) resided, which Is
In tact-the whole lake-a harbor OF refuge.
Mr.. Allison withdrew his resolution.
THE SENATE INSISTS UPON ITS AMENDMENTS.
After further debate Mr.. ingalls, motion was
amended so as to direct that all the amend
ments included in the House instructions be
ihsisted upon and the conference granted; and
1a',n ~ .nis shape the motion was agreed TO and
Senate.
THE MGARRAHAN CLAIM
Mr.. Teller, from the committee on public
lands, reported a bill to refer to the Court of
Claims the claim of VIM. McGarrahan to the
Panoche Grande grant. Calendar.
ARREST OF AMERICAN CITIZENS IN MEXICO
Mr.. Sherman, from the committee on foreign
relations, reported back the resolution Offered
by Mr.. Call as to the arrest and detention of
American citizens in Mexico. Calendar.
THE FoRTIFICATIONs BILL.
MIR. Dawes called up the Notifications bill,
and made the statement that the bill as 1t
q tad
though the estimates were for So. 1896, ,OOO The
Senate committee added to the bill the sum of
S6,O1O,OOO, making the total S6,63O.O 900. Mr..
priations for Notifications and TO describe the
need OF adequate appropriations for this pur-
pose.
Mr. Dawes made a long argument az to the.
necessity OF protecting our sea coast and harbor
cities and pointed out the great damage that
could be inflicted in the event of war with any
foreign nation before means of protection could
be provided.
House Of Representatives.
TROUBLE ABOUT THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
BILL.
Mr.. ONeill. OF Pa, called Mr.. Reagan to an
account in the House this morning for having
called up the interstate commerce bill yester-
day afternoon, after the understanding in the
commerce committee in the morning that the
bill was to be withdrawn until next session.
He called the matter up as a question of per-
sonal privilege, and sent THE STAR of yester-
day to the clerks desk to have the paragraph
on this subject read. He then vouched for the
correctness of the statement that Mr.. Reagan
make mai Statement to the House. e WiIhdraWine 20
the bill. He said he thought it was
bad faith on the part of the gentleman from
without notifying the other members of the
committee. He wanted the gentleman to ex-
plain his conduct if he could do SO. He mani
tested considerable feeling and was pretty
severe in his denunciation of the action.
Mr.. Reagan appeared quite angry when he
arose to explain. He did not deny the state
ment OF what had occurred in committee but
said he considered the action there informal
and not binding. He had not, however, in
him TO do SO that he yielded.
Mr.. ONeill denied that the understand.
ing in committee was informal.
The Speaker did not see that the matter Was
Mr. ONeill.It is a question of privilege be-
cause 1t involves my word to my fellow-mem-
bers.
The matter was then dropped.
coNFEREEs ON THE n. P. FORFEITURE BILL.
The Speaker announced the appointment of
Messrs. Cobb, Van Eaton and Payson as con-
terees on the Northern Pacific forfeiture bill.
REACHING AN AGREEMENT ON THE LKGIsLA-
TIVE APPROPRIATION BILL.
MIR. Holman lind. }, from the conference COM
mittee on the legislative, executive and judi
cial bill, reported continued disagreement
Mr.. Holman said that substantial agreement
had been reached on the clauses increasing the
appropriation tor internal revenue employees
and making an appropriation for collecting
statistics i'll regard to marriage and divorce.
This narrowed the disagreement down to the
one item of Senators clerks, and upon this the
He moved that the House recede from its
disagreement to the amendment.
Mr.. Wilson (W.Va.) was willing to accept the
all disagreement except as to that one item,
then the country would see whether the Senate