The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-17
CHANNELS GET NO CASH
THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL
FAILS TO PASS.

Tba Vote Was 134 to lO2 and the
Nacessary Two-thirds in the Affirm
alive Was Therefore Lacking - A
Vary Poor Chance for Its Passage
This Session.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-In the House to-
dov under instructions from his commit
+ee Mr.. Blanchard moved to suspend the
rules and put the river and harbor bill upon
lis passage. The reading of the bill con-
sumed nearly an hour and half.
Mr. Anderson, of Kansas, demanded a
second. and the motion was seconded by a
vote of 12S to As.
Mr. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, said that he
would have preferred to have the bill con-
sidered in committee of the whole, item by
item and paragraph by paragraph, but such
an opportunity would not present itself to
This Congress The tariff bill would be
taken up, and would occupy eight, ten or
twelve weeks. None of the appropriation
bills except the Military Academy bill had
vet been considered.
ITS ONLY CHANCE.
In view of this fact it would appear
clearly to practical men that if there was
TO be a river and harbor bill this session, it
must be passed under suspension of the
rules,
ever come before the House after such
thorough consideration by the committee as
the pending measure. No part of the work
had been done by sub-committees, but for
three months the full committee had had
daily sessions and had discussed every
item. The committee believed that an
emergency existed which required that
the bill should be passed under
A suspension of the rules. But one of the
appropriation bills had passed the House,
the House had received notice that to-mor-
row the tariff bill would be called up, and
it was we'll known that its consideration
would occupy five or six weeks. At the end
of that time all the great appropriation bills
would come crowding in, and between the
upper and neither millstones, the river and
harbor bill would be crushed to the earth
The motion to suspend the rules and pass
the bill was lost by 1874 yeas to 102 nays,
not the necessary two thirds in the affirma-
tive
THE NEGATIVE VOTE.
The negative vote was as follows:
Messrs. Adams, Allen of Massachusetts, Alden
Of Michigan, Anderson Of Iowa, Anderson of
Kansas, Arnold. Atkinson, Baker of Illinois,
Belden, Bingham, Bland, Bliss, Blount, Bound,
Boutelle. Bowen, Brewer, Brumm, Buchanan,
Bunnell, Burnes, Butler, Campbell of Ohio, T.
4 j. Camnbell of New York, Gambler, Cannon,
Il Cheadle} Cochran, Conger, Cooper, Cowles, Cox,
q Cummings. Dalzel Darlington, Davenport,
< Dingley, Dockery, Dorsey, Enloe, Ermentrout,
& Fuller, Gallinger, Gest, Grout, Hall, Harmer,
n Hatch, Henderson of Iowa, Henderson of Illi-
Il nois, Hiestand, Hit, Holman, Hopkins of
4 Illinois, Hovey, Johnston of Indiana, John
Il ston of North Carolina, Kean, Kelley,
Kerr, LAWYER, Lehlbach. Lodge, Long,
\ Lyman, Mahoney, Mason, McAdoo, McComas,
4 Merriman, Milliken, Moffitt, Montgomery,
4 Morrill,, Morse, Nichols, O'Neill of Pennsylvania,
0uthwaite, Osborne, Perkins. Peters, Phelps,
81 Pidcock, Plumb, Post, Randall, Reed, Rockwell,
ii Rowell Ryan, Scull, Seney, Sowden, Spooner,
" Stone of Kentucky, Stone of Missouri, Joseph
Il D. Taylor of Ohio. Turner of Kansas, Vance,
n Weaver, Whiting, Whitthorne-102.
n The following gentlemen, who would have
voted against the bill, were paired:
q Messrs Yardley, Kilgore, Wade, Heard, Rich
4 ardson Ketchum, Mccormick, Stewart of Yer
mont, Springer and Steele