Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-09
GE0RGIA'S WATER WAYS.
MIR. NORWOOD APPEARS BE.
FORE THE COMMITTEE.

A Cold Prevents Mr.. Edmunds from
Delivering the Opening speech ia the
Debate i'm Reply TO the PFesidenrs
Message-The Outlook for the Bank
ruptcY BIZ.
WASHINGTON, March s.--Mr. Norwood
made an argument to-day before the Com
4alttee on Rivers and aarbors in advocacy
OF liberal appropriations for the Savan-
nah river and harbor, for the further sur
Vey OF Savannah harbor, for Darlen har-
Dor and the survey OF that harboF from
Doboy Island to Doboy bar, and for the
Altamaha. The committee will probably
recommend in these cases, as in most
others, about % per cent. Of the amount
asked for by the engineers.
THE BANKRUPTCY BILL.
Representative Collins is still sanguine
of success with the Lowell bankruptcy
bill in the House. Some time must elapse
before an attempt to have the subject con-
sidered Will be apt to succeed, but nuns
Der OF members will vote with Mr.. Collins
TO secure the consideration OF the subject,
who would not vote with Mr.. Collins for
the Lowell bin in preference to all other
propositions. BY the time the House takes
the matter up Mr.. Hoar will have gotten
the Lowell bill through the Senate and
MIR. Collins will then be able TO move that
II be substituted for the bill Ia be reported
by the House Committee on the Judiciary
with at least fair prospect OF success.
WAITING FOR EDMUNDs.
All the galleries of the Senate except
the diplomatic were full this afternoon.
Hundreds Of people we're in their seats ati
the opening hour and sat through the af-
al tor 4 IA to
up the fight on the administration. But
MIR. Bdmunds was not yet able TO submit
report from the Judiciary Committed on
the Presidents special message, and so
be announced possibly that on accounted
cold he would not be able to speak until
tomorrow, but the expectant people in
the galleries did not know this and so
they sat until late in the afternoon.
MAY BE POSTPONED.
The death of Senator Miller may post
pOne the beginning Of this debate for
day or two. 10 is felt by the Senators that
~ would be scarcely dec0r0us TO begin q
fight like that which Mr.. Edmunds means
to make until the remains of Senator
Miller are removed 20 San Francisco.
The people in the Senate galleries wero
not only disappointed IN not hearing Mr..
Edmunds, but In having to listen TO
very long speech on silver by tom"
nuWtiis Vi ObloTdAps ne Icdu us bptbcuf
and greatly amused bis audience and ap-
parently himself by diving into his desk
for successive sections Of mis- manuscript.
senator Brown will make a speech de-
tending the administration in the ap-
pr0achng debate.
10 BE REIMBURSED FOR $40.
Mr.. Crisp to-day introduced a bill apN
prOpriating $40 20 reimburse V. B. Josey
for destroyed postal notes.
IT nADE MR.. GARLAND LAUGH.
Attorney General Garland laughed IN
denying today the published statement
that ne bad given some person not named
an opinion, official or unofficial, to the
effect that If the Senate does not act on
nominations made to ill the places Of
suspended officials the latter would be
entitled to the Ofiioes when the Senate
adjourned, and, further, that during the
recess OF the Senate the President cannot
reappOint men on whose nomination 10
Office the Senate has not acted.