The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-13

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nothing to give new life to business or
TO give employment to labor. They
had done nothing to start afresh the
wheels OF commerce, to set in motion
the mills that were now standing idle,
to bring peace and quiet to the coun.
try-because the labor troubles would
cease when labor was employed at re-
munerative prices. He wished people
could understand this measure fully.
Congress ought to make an sppropri''
ton for rivers and barbofs
OF not less than S25,OOO,OOO
or S30.000,000. Hs expected
that the shout of sob" and "log roll
ing" and other such pleasant terms
would be poured out upon the Senate
and its Committee On Commerce.
But il had no etfecJ whatever on him.
lie assumed that all the appropria-
tions in the bill were for worthy OBJ
jecte. He believed there would be no
rest or quiet until the attempt was
made and carried TO successful con.
clnsion of linking the Mississippi and
the lakes. Fifty years hence the in
augurstion OF this work would be
looked back upon with as much in
terest Gas the beginning OF a great
commercial transeclion) az the inau-
guration of the Erie canal was now
looked back upon. That canal had
been fought with az much bitterness
as the Hennep'n canal was fought
now. Mr.. Plat opposed the amend
meut.
Senator Vest believed this amend
ment 10 be the avant courier OF
proposition to unload the Erie canal
on the general government. He was
sick aud tired of having ihs Commi,-
I o on Commerce made the dump
iug ground Of every sickly, bro ken
down scheme Of Internal improv,
mems. He did hot propose to allow
the improWdenoes Of STATES or indi-
viduas 10 b. uuoaded.on The Treasury
If he could prevent It. If water t'ans-
portBton VS. 50 much cheapof than
railioad transportation why was there
30. cram, Jam, smash on the Ines
OF water Communication? Tho dill
Guilty YVES one Of the time, and that
important factor hGd been overlooked
in the arguments in iayr Of tdie
amendment Time wgs money. In
his judgment The money FOR this canal
would be virtually thrown away. He
believed the amendment to be I'M
constitutional aud unnecessary, snd
no was utterly opposed to the whole
fystom of Sta.es commencing aty5iem
Of internal improvements and then
unloading i on the general govern
ment.
Senator Plumb srRued agsins, the
amendment. He calculated that Cat
the rate OF 100000 q year proposed
in the amendmepU it would Tequue
thirty or forty years to complete this
wcrs la the course q his argument
he commented upon the failure Of the
work in Galveston harhor, and said
that th8 government had been send
ing army engineers to scfcol there, n
a cost Of aeycra million dollars. The
whole system, no said was wrong.
Army engineers aked the judgement
aud professional skin that wac NJ ce3-
s9ry, and whatever success they did
have in such works was the
lcrulU "a tublI emp Oyutnl as tuGl-
neers in civil life. lis Complaiued
THAI the whole businos7 OF public
works cPr.isd on in the War Depart
mont WAS managed Ia a slpshod way
millions bting spent for material and
no account kept Finally the discus
sion closed and the Senate proceeded
to vote on toe amendment 1t was
agreed to-yeas, 81; nays %, as fol-
lows:
Yeas -Mcssrs. Allison, B air, b own,
Butler, Gail, Cameron, Conger, Gull
lon, Dawes, Evarts, Gibson, German,
Hale, Hawley, Hour, Kenna, Logan,
Mcmillan, Mahoue, Mandersop, Mil
Ter, Mitchell OF Oregon, Palmer,
Payne, Ransom, SAWYER, Spooaer,
Stanford, Teller, Van Wyck and Will
son of Iowa 81.
Nays Messls Beck, Berry, Black
burn, Cockrell, Coke, Elmunds, Frye,
Gay, Harris, Hearst, Ingalls, Maxey,
Plat, Plumb, Pugh, Salisbury, sher-
man, Vance, Vest, Voorhees,, Wat
hall and Whitthorno-22.
After some farther miscellaneous
business, the Senate adjourned.
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