Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-17
CUT DOWN ONE QUARTER.
THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL
GIVEN THE SLASH.

A Vote of 81 to s in Favor of Making
the Cut-The Final Passage of the
Measure ss Amended Accomplished
by AZ Yeas to 10 Nays.
WASHINGTON, July 16.-In the Senate
to-day, after disposing Of some business
OF little Importance, MIR. Mcmillan moved
to take up the river and harbor bill, but
waived that motion temporarily In order
to allow some pensioa bills to be consid-
cred. Objection was made to this, but
the Senate, by a vote of "a to 10, directed
the pension bills to be proceeded with.
MIR. Beck criticised the action of the
Chairman Of the Committee on Commerce
for not pressing the river and harbor bill,
and intimated that the apparent desire OF
Mr.. Mcmillan to get on with that bill was
not sincere.
Mr.. Mcmillan explained that he had
yesterday agreed to yield to the Senator
from New Hampshire for pension bills,
which would consume but little time.
The House bill Increasing the pension
| Of John Ryan, and the Senate bill grant
| ing pension TO James Moves, were taken
up and passed, the latter bill being de-
scribed by Mr.. Cockrell as mere act of
charity to a c0lored preacher who had
d
Native Guards, but Mr.. Blair said the
man had also served in colored regi-
\ ment and in the Veteran Brigade.
After passing thirteen private pension
| bills. the Senate resumed consideration OF
| the river and harbor bill.
SINGULAR ECCENTRICITIEs.
I Mr.. Ingalls, called attention to the loose
| and careless manner in which the new
edition OF the bill printed this morning
had been gotten up. Hehad been assured
| by the Chairman of the Committee on
| Commerce that great care had been eX-
ercised in arranging the bill in it's latest
! form, yet upon a most CursOry and casual
examination of the bill, be found a great
variety of eccentriclties, such as items
! in which the total appropriation
was less than the amount directed on the
same item to be expended on some epe-
cial part of the work. He instanced some
! twenty or more Of these cases, and sub
mitted that it was hardly appropriate
that the Senate should be called upon to
adopt amendments in gross without fur
| ther consideration. He said this without
! hostility to the bill. The reading of the
amended bill, with the original amounts
reduced 25 per cent, was then proceeded
with, ard the eccentrcites pointed out
this morning by Mr.. Ingalls, were cor
rected as the items were reached.
CUT DOWN % PER CENT.
The reading of the river and harbor bill
was proceeded with. Amendments were
successfully offered and rejected increas-
ing the appropriations for the Chicago
harbor, the Missouri and Mississippi
rivers. The question was finally taken
on agreeing TO the committee amendment
(reducing appropriations % per cent. },
and it WAS agreed to by vote OF 81 yeas
to IS nays, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Allison, Beck. Blair Conger,
! CullOm, Dawes, Edmunds. Evarts, Frye, Cor
| man. Gray, Hale, Harrison, Hawley, HOar.
! Ingalls,. Jones Of Nevada, kenua, Mcmillan,
| Malone, Miller, Payne, Platt, Rap4om, Sauls-
bury. sherman. Spooner, stanford. Teller.
| Wilson OF Iowa. ana wilson of Mary and
NAYs-Messr-. Berry. Call, Coctrell. Coke,
| Dolph, Eustis, George, Gibson, VI mpton, Har-
| ris. Hearst, Jones of trkans9s, MaNey, Mitch
ell OF Oregon, PuSh, Van Wyck, Vest and
| W althal-lS.
THE BILL PASSED.
The bill was then passed by vote OF
| AZ yeas to IA nays, as follows:
YEAs-Mesers. Allison. Beck. Berry. Black
burn, Blair, Brown, Butler. Call, Camden,
| Cocs rell. Coke, Conger, Culom, Dolph,
! Eustl7, Evarts. George, Gibson, German, Gray,
| Hampton, Harrison. Hoar, Ingalls, Jones Of
! Arkansss. Jones of Nevada, kenna. Mcmillan.
Malone. MaXey. Mitchell of Oregon, Miller
| PAYNE, Pugh, Ransom, sherman. SpOOner
stanford, Van Nyck. Vest, Walthali, and
| Wilson Of Maryland--42.
! NAYS -Measrs. Dawes, Edmunds, FRYE,
! Hale. Harris. Hawlev, Hearst, Platt. Riddle
| berger. SALISBURY Teller. Voorhees,, Whit
thorne, and Wilson Of lowa-li.
The Senate then took up the naval ap-
preparation bill. The amendments
reported by the Committee on Appropria-
tiOns were all agreed 10 without question
and the bill was passed. The Senate