Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-13


and provided that every such officer. en-
listed man or widow who In or may he
come sixty-two years of age may becom,
subject 10 any disability or dependence,
equivalent TO the same cause recognizee
| by the pension laws as sufficient reason
Tor the allowance Of pension, shall be-
entitled TO the benefits OF this
act, except where such disability
or dependency was incurred In
aiding or abettiDg the late rebellion. The
pensions are TO be SO month, payably
only after the passage Of this act. The
law Is not TO apply 10 persons already re.
celYlng pensions at any overrate, and
where persons entitled under this law are
already receiving pensions less than So
per month the pension viii only be for the
difference up TO IS.
The senate then resumed consideration
OF the river and harbor appropriation
Dlll, the pending question being on the
liennepin canal and Michigan aud lllinols
canal amendment.
MIR. Allison argued in favor Of the
amendment. He believed IL to be as i'm
portant provision as there was in the
ball.
Mr.. Cnllom also advocated the amend
ment and gave some explanations In an
swer to the questions Of Mr.. Hawley as
70 some OF the engineering problems In
Yolyed,
Mr.. Miller made a speech In support Of
the amendment IN which he contrasted
the cost OF water and railway transporta-
ton and gave statistics. In that
connection he read q telegram
from Chicago, giving the existing
rates OF transportation Of grain
from Chicago TO New York as being
cents per bushel by water and 10 cents,
or loo per cent. higher, By railroad.
There were rumors IN the air that this
bill, If these canal projects were put into
IT, would surely be vetoed by the presi-
dent, lie did not care to speculate on
the probabilities Of one executive. Such
bills have been vetoed before and the re-
suits were known. There was d veto on
river and harbor bill many years sQo
by President Polk and Mr. Webster had
somet1ing 70 say Of IL at public dinner
In Philadelphia He used some extracts
from THAT remarkable speech In favor of
Internal improvements" With an over
flowing treasury this country was
"hlggling and pigglinG" about doing
necessary work for the development OF
the country, and they were told that If
the Oill were swelled beyond a certain
point the executive veto awaited IT, He
dld not care TO discuss that
point. Congress had peen In
session seven months and had done
nothing to give new life to business and
employment to labor. They had done
uothlng TO start afresh the wheels of
commerce, TO set In motion the mills that
were now standing idle, to bring peace
ana quiet TO The country, because the la
Dor troubles would cease when labor was
employed at remuneratiye prices He
wished the people could understand this
measure fully. Congress ought TO make
an appropriation for rivers and harbors
OF not less than twenty-five or thirty mil
lions. lie expected that "iobn and "lop
rolling" and other such pleasant terms
would be poured out upon the senate and
It's committee on commerce, but IL had no
effect whatever On him. He assumed
that all appropriations in the bill were
ior worthy objects. He believed there
would be no rest or quiet until an at.
tempt was made, and carried To
a successful conclusion, OF linking
the Mississippi and the lakes. Fifiy
years hence The Inauguration OF
thls work would be looked back upon
with as much interest as the beginning of
as great commercial transaction as the
inauguration OF the Erie canal was now
looked back upon. That canal had been
fought with as much bitterness az the
hennepln canal was fought now.
Mr' Flatt opposed the amendment
Mr.. Vest believed this amendment 10
De the ayant courier OF proposition To
unload the Erie canal on the general pov-
eminent, He was sick and tired OF hay-
ing the committee on commerce made the
dumping ground Of every sickly, broken
doWn scheme OF internal Improvement.
lie dld not propose 10 allow the i'm
providence OF states or individuals TO
NC uhloaded on the treasury If he
could prevent II. II water Transports
tloh was so much cheaper than railroad
why was there not acram,
Jam ana mash on the lines Of water com,
lhuhlcatlonf The difficulty was one of
tllhei ana mat important factor had been
overlooked In the arguments In favor OF
THIS amendment. Time was money In
MS Judgment the money for this canal
would virtually be thrown away. lie ne
lleVed the amendment TO be uneonstitu.
tlonal and unnecessary, and ne was inter-
~ opposed to the whole system OF states
commencing a system Of internal i'm.
2roVement and then unloading Il on the
general government.
Mr. Plumb argued against the amend
ment, lie calculated that al the rate Of
9o,Uo0, 700 year proposed In the amend.
ment, II would require thirty or
iorty years TO complete this work.
IN the course OF his argument he com
mented upon the failure OF the work on
uaiveston harbor, and said that the gov.
ernment had been sending army engineers