The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-07
REED STIRS UP HOLMAN.
THE EX- GEAR FROM MAINE TALK s
FOR THE WATERWAYS.

he Intimates That the Gent ema n
From Indiana is a Great sticlxler 70
Economy Excspt Where His Own
District is Concerned-Mr. Holman
Denies the Soft Impeachment.
WASHINGTON, May 6-Representative
Lester thinks that the Savannah harbor ap-
preparation. with the contract clause, and
all the other Georgia rivers and harbor
items in the river and harbor bill are now
safe beyond a doubt. Yesterday when
Representative Holman let them slip by it
was with the private threat that to- day or
wherever the bill was reported to the House
from the committee Of the whole he would
attack the Savannah item at least Repre-
sentative Lester thinks he has alb andoned
that purpose seeing how strong the support
OF the river aud harbor bill Is in the House.
THE DEBATE OF THE DAY.
BIZ the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 6.-There was q large
attendance of members In the House this
morning, Oa motion of Mr.. Saye~ of
Texas the conference committee on the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill was
directed to embrace in its report an nppro-
priation for the fees of witnesses in the
United States courts.
The first busin sss in order was the SibleY
bill, coming over from last Friday, but the
House refused to consider it and went into
committee of the whole, with Mr.. Hatch in
the chair, on the river and harbor appro-
priation bill.
Nothing to awaken the House from the
dull monotony Of defeating proposed amend
ments occurred for two hours.
CARUTH MAKES SOME FUN.
Then Mr.. Caruth threw q little amuse-
ment into the proceedings by offering an
amendment appropriating $4,000 for the
improvement of Salt river, Kentucky. The
suggestiveness OF the name brought about
serio-comic debate which ended 10 the de-
feat of Mr.. Caruth's amendment.
Then Mr.. Reed OF Maine wanted an op-
portunity to stir up Mr.. Holman. and he did
80 by moving to strike out the appropriation
of $4,000 for completing the embankmsnt
on the south side OF Great Miami river. In
a sarcastic manner he called upon the chair
man of the committee on appropriations 70
rise and protest against this extravagant
expenditure, even though 10 was TO be eX-
pauded within his district. IL seemed that
the gentleman had the redeeming trait that
he was SO human that when IL came TO an
appropriation for his own district the great
principle Of economy, retrenchment and re-
form was no more applicable to him than to
the weakest OF the representatives Laugh
teri
Mr.. Holman defended the appropriation
and Mr.. Reed replied by quoting from the
engineers report on the proposed amend
ment.
MIR. Butler Of Iowa, who is opposed to
the bill, remarked that IL the engineers re-
port, as quoted In this case by the gentle-
man from Maine, was no more satisfactory
than other engineer reports upon which the
measure was based he would vote against
the entire DILL.
Mr.. Reed suggested, amid laughter, that
the gentleman might find too large force
combined against him.
HOLMAN DEFENDS HIMSELF.
Mr.. Holman, referring to an allusion
made by Mr.. Reed to the town of Law
renceburg, Ind, said that il he had alluded
in similar manner to a town in the gentle
mans district the gentleman could think of
nothing too mean for him to reply. He de-
MED emphatically that In advocating the
paragraph he was In any way actuated by
a personal motive.
Mr.. Reed replied that be had not said
that the gentleman was actuated IN legisla-
tion by personal motives. But he had been
here for fifteen years and he had never seen
the gentleman vote against an Indiana
project
Mr.. Holman-Yes, you have. You have
seen ne to do 80 over and over again. You
have seen me vote against the swamp land
bill, In which Indiana was interested.
Mr.. Reed-That is right; that is an ex-
ception.
Mr.. McRae Of Arkansas-He is not right.
Mr.. Reeds that so3 Then that settles
that instance.
Mr.. Reeds motion was lost, without di-
vision.
Mr.. Whiting of Michigan moved TO strike
out the appropriation for a ship channel 81
feet in depth, connecting The waters Of the
great lakes between Chicago. Duluth and
Buffalo, and inserting in lieu thereof "A
provision authorizing the Secretary OF War
to appoint board Of engineers TO whom
shall be referred the report Of Col. o. M.
Poe upon the subject of a 20-foot canal
from Duluth to Buffalo throughout the
great lakes The board shall also report as
to the praoticebility OF raising the water
level of the lakes and connecting the har-
bors by damming the Niagara river.
Pending action the committee rose aud
the House took a recess until O'Clock, the
evening session to be for the consideration
of private pension bills.
Nothing was done at the evening session
of the House