Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
plnmb Pleads fof Pension for john
A. Kirkpatrick The River and
Harbor Bill Considered.
consIderabiA Adverse criticiFm on the
President for vetoing SO MANY
private Pension Bilis.
XIX Congress.
TuE SENATE.

'kirkpatrick rcnsion bllii winch nau Deen
4etoed The petition was read 10 full,
NJ asked the senate 70 do him small
act Of Justice and pass the Dill over the
80. 1t was evident, he said, that In
&ttoipg this bill the president had relin-
tnished his Office and made himself mere
IA the mouthpiece of some qulll-driylng
Nave Of circuml0cution IN the pension
'nsiice. II the president had read the
bapers he never would have been
Ia silly. He appealed to congress against
khe malignant Injustice of the president.
Referred 70 Inc committee on pensions.
on motion Of Mr.. Edmunds, it was or
, bred that the senate meet at IL a. M,
and for the next six days after the call
eonsider such resolutions; the time re-
4l,alniDg until 1880 SHAH be devoted TO
us calendar, beginning with the frst case
Maroon Every matter objected 70 shsh
ae passed by, and the debate shal oe
llmited TO five minutes.
Y 1'he senole then resumed consideration
ID the amendments to the rlYer anu mar
Dor bill, the pending question oeing ,he
nnendment spprOpristing SloV UOU ior
fhe nnrehase 81 sturgeon Bay and
l.ake Michigan SHIP Canal and Haroor OF
Nm Spooner offered an amendment as
substitute II appropriates Sl50,OOO
fartbe purpose Of making free OF toll the
commerce through the canal, lie ex-
faahed that his substitute did not
4 tt6opnise the canal company as the
aver OF the improvements. 1t simply
on templated what the original act OF
ef,ngress contemplated, the making OF
ffiS canal free to commerce, ana 1t was
", be done by reimbursiDg the state, or,
a.. In nj ~
pane, such sum of money as
the secretary OF war after care.
fuf investigation should find
ia have beer expended over and above
the receipts from lands and tolls. After
discussion the substance was agreed to,
aud the amendment IS thus amended was
aekeed to.
Mr.. Edmunds demanded an explanation
81 the amendment increasing tine appro-
hriation Tor Bayou Terebonne, La, from
$1,000 to $4,000. An explanation was
aisen by MIR. Gibson, who said
that the proposed improvement would
make very direct inland water
acommunication between New Or cans and
Morgan City, on Berwick bay. This
lbayou was a nayigable stream on which
s6amboats had run for forty years.
MIR. Edmunds did not think 1t was u
Dbrtof the national duty TO operate in a
NAY which redounded chiefly to local bene-
cts, ard that great natioral inter
efts like the mouth of the Mississippi
AID the harbors Of New York, New Or
Means, san Francisco and Savannah
should carry along on their backs APP
Inspirations for improving every place In
3he United States where water ran or
va ter stood still. The amendment was
gssj cted
Messrs, Berry and Jones of Arkansas
argued against the amendment striking
out the item Of $1,000 for Red river,
.Arli., aud it was rejected. The
7 AEtAie action was taken ON the amend
iGepts striking out the items of $4,000
tor little Red river, Ark, and $4,000
forWhite river, AK These items were
left in the bill.
The river and harbor bill was tenn
pofsrily laid aside, and the chair laid be-
fore the senate q message from the presi-
/ don't vetoiDg the bill authorizing the con-
stfnctlon Of railroads through the Indian
territory in Northern Montana. The
msssnge was read
Nh. Dawes moved to refer the bin and
message 10 the committee OH Indian af-
fairs. The motion was agreed to, and
hebill and message were referred.
The senate resumed consideration of the
9lnendment to the river and harbor bill
Messfs Harris and Whitthorne argued
agaiust the amendment reducing the APP
propriation for Cumberland river above
Nashville from 500, 900 to $4,000
Mr.. Mcmillan defended it. He ex-
piAlned the action of the committee. The
alnendment was rejected, yeas 22, nays 23.
Mr. Pugh argued against the amend
vfnent reducing the appropriation for
Iennessee river at Mussel Shoals from
&d5o.D00 to $3.50, 900.
Mr.. Mcmillan defended the amend
ileuE He stated that the total amount
lhlrendy expended on this work was
1Isa, s74 900. The amount necessary for
Ats campleton was LAC, 900, and the
mount which could be expended for the
sext fiscal year was estimated at $780,
90, The committee had agreed to re-
uminend 80 per cent. of that amount.
The amendment was agreed TO, yeas %,
r Iays 9e
! ar. Blackburn argued against the
lFtiendinent reducing the Item for Ken
~acky liver from S250,000 to 800, 900.
s-4e stated that with the completion OF the
loril on which the state already had ex-
II nnded over million dollars and the
h nited States government half million,
Nblere would be six feet of water in the
,sver for 200 miles all the year round 1t
onid drain as rich lumber aud mineral
81 gion as could be found on the con-
UI nent
Mr Vest defended the action OF the
Z lrmmisiee, and stated that he was well
4uainted with the Kentucky river, hay
l liasa beCn born on its banks That unless
caaracter was very much changed 1t
asa small, narrow, deep stream, with
trhaDglng trees. He was opposed
4ei state or company under
-.ssZslg works Of Internal Improvement
then proposing TO unload
Ia Works on the federal government
w 8As 10 favor Of keeping In repair the
eeks aud dams turned over to the
lAIsoyernment by the state OF Ken
ref2ehut he would not construct new
ke " The Kind
wy n ackonrn; Does the senator mean
understood that the contract be-
gan HE federal government and the