Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-23
THE FIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS-. !.

IhE FAFTX.FlHST CONGRESS-. 4
The Report of the Committee ON
Rivers and Harbors ON the Senate
Amendments to the River and Har.
Dor Bill Submitted to the House-A
| Day OF TariGfn the Senate.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 22.-Mr.
Butterworth of Ohio submitted the con-
ference report on the bill making an APP
| preparation for an increased clerical force
to carry out the provisions of the depend
emit pension law.
The report was agreed to. -
Mr.. Henderson of Illinois submitted
the report of the committee on rivers and
harbors on the senate amendments to the
river and harbor bill, recommending non
currence n.these amendments and agree
ing to the conference asked for by the
senate,
Mr.. Kerr of Iowa raised the point of
order that the amendments must first be
considered in copmittee of the whole.
This point being sustained by the speaker
the house resolved itself into the commit
tee of the whole for the consider alton of
the measure
Mr.. Henderson said that the senate
amendments increased the appropriation
carried by the bill about ST, 000, O00 1t
was this increase which the committee
asked the house to non-concur.
The senate amendments were then read
in sequence.
Mr.. Kerr of Iowa moved to reduce the
appropriation for the harbor at Burlington,
VT, to $4,000. The house bill fixes the
amon1t of $15, 900, and the senate amend
ment increases it 500, 900.
Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio opposed the mo-
ton and advocated a Inconvenience in
the senate amendment. The gross amount
carried by this bill was less than one-half
of what it ought to be. The motion was
lost and the amendment non-concurred in.
Mr.: Kerr Of Iowa moved to reduce from
$1O0, 900 to 81 900 the appropriation for
beginning the construction of harbor or
refuge at Point Judith R.
The motion was opposed by Mr.. Grosven-
or of Ohio and Mr.. Cummings of New
York, who set forth the necessity of estab-
fishing refuge harbor at the point indi-
Gated, and the motion was lost and the
senate amendment non-concurred in.
In speaking of the senate amendment
striking out the clause appropriating
| $3.50, 900 for the improvement of the Har-
lem river and requiring high bridges to be
| constructed across that river in the place
|. of the low bridges, Mr.. Simonds of Con-
necticut placed himself in opposition to
the latter portion of the clause. The rail-
road and passenger bridges were the arter-
les of vast amount of travel and he did
not think that congress should deliberate
ly undertake to cut the great city of New
York in two by the construction of ship
canal through it.
Mr.. Quinn of New York said that the
Harlem river improvement was one of the
| greatest improvements contemplated at the
| present time. He was very much surprised
| that the senate had seen fit to strike out
the appropriation of $3.50, 900 for the i'm
! provement of that river. Every person in
| New York was interested in the completion
| of the Harlem river channel. He was in
| favor of doing away with every railroad
bridge across the Harlem river, but this
| should not be done before a tunnel was
constructed.
| of the senate amendments the committee
| rose.
The tariff bill was taken up, the pending
question being on Mr.. McPherson's amend
ment to paragraph 1852 relating to files,
file blanks and rasps. The amendment is
to substitute for the classified specific rates
| according to lengths) a uniform rate of 25
| per cent. advalorem.
The amendment was rejected-yeas 10,
nays %, strict party vote.
The tariff bill was laid aside informally,
and the house bill to amend the act of
June %, 1874, for the relief of settlers on
railroad lands, was taken from the ealen-
dar and passed.
After long discussion on rifles, shot
guns and steel wares, etc., and having
reached the paragraph as to lead ore, Mr..
Vest suggested that he desired to discuss
that question and that it was time to stop
for the day.
The senate, after disposing of nine pages
of the bill, proceeded to the consideration
| of executive business, and at 6:10 pm ad-
| journed till tomorrow at noon.