Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-03
Appropriations for Rivers and HarborS
Considered in the House.
The Expenditures on Texas Ports do not Receive
Genera Suppert-sharp Debate INDUCED
in-Feelings Hurt
TU9iefh Congress.
THE SENATE.

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demonstrating against any action of con-
gress looking to the admission of Utah
as a state. Mr.. Edmunds said he was
happy to think there was not much
danger of any such action this session.
BY Mr.. Hoar-To prohibit disfranchise-
ment on account Of sex.
BY Mr.. Sherman, from the Boston
Board Of Trade-For suspension of the
purchase Of silver bullion and the coinage
of silver dollars.
BY Mr.. Hale-In favor of including in
the next census statistics of surviving
soldiers Of the late war.
The senate then resumed consideration
OF the tariff bill
Finally the bill was laid aside without
action on the pending amendment.
The senate then adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON Jan. 2.-There were not
more than seventy-five members in at
tendance when Speaker Carlisle called
the house 10 order at noon to-day.
After the reading of the journal the
speaker proceeded to call the committees
for reports, but none were submitted.
On motion of MI. Richardson of Ten
nessee, a bin was passed granting annual
leave of absence OF thirty days to en-
printing. At present these employees are
granted fifteen days leave.
In consideration in the morning hour
Mr. Watson Of Indiana called up the bill
prohibiting any agent or attorney from
receiving a fee for securing an increase
of pension on account of increase of the
disability for which the pension was
originally granted, or for securing a
special act of congress in case where a
pension might be obtained under the
general pension laws.
Mr.. Peters of Kansas offered
an amendment providing that an
applicant for pension may con-
tract with any person in the state
in which the applicant lives to
pay for the services rendered should the
increase be allowed. Mr.. Peters amend
ment was adopted and the bill was
passed.
Mr.. Springer of Illinois introduced a
joint resolution for the admission of the
states of Arizona and Idaho. Referred.
Mr.. Savers of Texas, from the COM
mittee on appropriations, reported the
Notifications appropriation bin and it
was placed on the calendar.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on the river and harbor ap-
preparation bill
Mr.. Sowden of Pennsylvania made an
attack on the bill as being eXtravagant
and wasteful, and directed his criticism
especially against the appropriations for
improvements in Texas.
This brought Mr.. Grain of Texas to his
feet, and he congratulated the gentleman
that in delivering his valedictOry to the
house he had developed to an extraor-
binary degree the bumps of economy
which had not characterized him when
he had asked congress to appropriate
500, 600 for q postOffice at some little
place i'll Pennsylvania. The gentleman
was evidently DESTROYS of showing his
people at last in the closing days of the
Fiftieth congress he had become re-
former, staunch Democrat of the Hol-
man Randall type.
Mr.. GTosvenor of Ohio said he would
not interfere IN the discussion as to what
kind of Il Democrat the gentleman from
Pennsylvania or the gentleman from
Texas was. It was enough for him to
know they were both Democrats That
was bad for both OF them. lie only de-
sired to say on behaIf of the committee
on rivers and harbors that it had best
give careful attention on appropriating
money for the establishment of works
in Texas. There was nothing
of sectiGnalism or favoritism in Texas,
nothing that could not be justified by the
demands of commerce present or pros
pectiye.
Mr.. Stewart OF Texas, also defended
the committee, and described the
national Importance of the proposed i'm
in Texas.
MIR S0wden regretted the coarse and
unknd remarks which had fallen from
the gentleman from Texas. He especially
regretted The uukind cut which the gem
tleman had administered in his Thought
less remarks on the distinguished gentle
men from Indiana and PENNSYLVANIA
(H0lman and Randall. } He could not
find an excuse for the gentlemau's I'M |
warranted and indecent assault, ONLY in |
the fact that he was still laboring under |
the serious effects of his new year calls.
MIR. Grain moved TO increase the ap- |
preparation for Arkansas Pass from $3.50
200 TO 81 ,470 900.
In opposing the amendment, Mr. Sow
len said that the gentleman from Texas
had attempted to hold him up to public
because he had not been
returned to the next congress. He
had not been a candidate for
He left congress because
md not because he was left at the polls.
Is some of his colleagues were He had
10 regret for the votes he had cast since
member of the house, and his record
would bear the closest examination so far
Is his votes on economy and other ques-
ions were concerned.
Mr.. Grain regretted the gentleman
hould make two speeches in reply TO the
pleasant remarks he had made There
vas no feeling on his part, aud he re-
retted that he had hurt the gentleman
ceilings. He was sorry that the gentle
nan had beer left.
The amendments were defeated
Mr.. Grain made various endeavors TO
Increase the appropriation for Arkansas
'aSs, Sabine Pass and Galveston harbor, |
nat Notwithstanding the persisteney Of
lis efforts and the emphasis with which
lie dwelt on the Importance of his propo-
itionS he was in every case voted down.
Mr. Cutcheon of Michigan made an
fort to secure an increase of appropria-
ions for the harbor of refuge at Portage
AXE, and would have been successful
lad not Mr.. Cheadle Of Indiana inter
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