The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-21
THE HARBOR BILL
II Awaits the President's /
Signature.


wAsHissrnx, July 1a--in TIC haase 10
dsy she caatsresre srpsws on tAe river and
hartsor saIs wzs rxxsH1 - agreed nvsn
| in eraseresce TIE xa sppncpsssses
S-s.2r5.slz. Tie honse sacrfssa sae eeasrr
ense report The rssas; il that the nrr
sncant originally appropriated sy the hsls
b<fcre q seat szso ske senate = sncrcHssa
&. 81 All the xa9s.c's rcsinrtios1s OF
stored. except Eve, aad these aggregate
sa7,soe
| The senate feres;cd Eroza ii. amendment
striking eat the appropriation fes The y.s,r-
chase Of the lack asd dssa On tae Moasa-
i xshsla river.
/, rsc senate aznendraens for s.ss purchase
ei she improvement kaewu - the ssreess
and B4rrea rivers improvement wss agreed
10
Tsse senxte recedrd fnum its assortment
providing for the purchase OF the Pssstaxe
Lake canal ard The Lake superior shin
Gauas. Railway Il iron Iorspaass = e2naf
Tue ssnafs amendment faF . sursey Of 3
canal frsm Lake Michigan 10 the Dss
PLANES river MAS agreed Ia.
Tue sSaAte amendment preyidinx Tor
survey aud location III = canal from rho
Illinois river At or near the town Of Henne-
pin 70 ise Mississippi r1ser, was agrsed To-
also the senate amendment Tor saryey al a
canal e-snnSerlrg the waters Of Lake Mich
lsan With the Calumet river. but by
special eianse the government IL nos to be
tieeaed committed 10 these prujeeis, nor
Indeed 10 any other projects for which
merely survey Is ordsrcd.
The last river and hxrbur bill to become
iaw uas that approved August 5, lSss
aisd Il covered appropriations for the fiscal
year endesi Junc -. lss7s Two years have
elapsed vtfhostf a river and hzrbor hill
The present bill therefore really carries ap.
propriasioas foF two years, masking tle
amount To- each ycar = little over I'll .0oo .op.
nExeesAuc vErUFERarios.
A bill coming over from lass nigflf's ses-
sioa, aprnopaziing x3se. so 20 aid state
teines fos disabled volunteers, was taken
Ge. ktixare of Texas moved 10 amend ty
reducing the appropriation 10 st00.uoa /;
was the cuiy of The milssisipa, subdivisions
of the gosefunesif aforesaid 10 care for
their oHn yaufers. The purIsose of ihsk
bill was 10 Iaake \ further aggression on
the duties. rights and obligations OF the
states, aud u tisiposs on The general gov
ernment obligations which belonged TO
the states themselves
spiaoia Of New York, said Ii the gentle
nan frots 1exss lived la another CLINE he
would understand why Northern Demo
Gratis should iavus q measure of this kind,
the object u which was to reduce taxation
TO the people The brave mei, who had
taken the iield 10 save the Union. The men
who marched aud eiyoaaeked aad fought
Tor TIE tag Of the eeuafry, the gentleman
frpa Texas branded as 'tpaapers He
hurled the assertion back into the dirfy
throat from which IL came
kIlgure replied warmly aud in the coarse
of his remarks asserted that no man hai
more regard for the soldier than he He
had said il WAS the tendency OF the Rs.
publican party to enlarge the powers OF
the federal government aud contract the
power of the state governments. aud this
sEeasure was in the line Of this policy II
was the policy of the Democratic party to
resist this theory Of the Republican party.
spifsoia then withdrew portion OF his
remarks. which he said was ''unpaElia-
lafntavs.f
kilgose's amendment was then rejected
and the bill. which was senate bin, was
passed.
the house then took a recess until $
O'Clock
The house at the cyt.aing session passed
u private pension bills, aud al l0;so ad-
jpurncd.