The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-16
RUSHING THE PORK BILL.
znc REASON OF znE USsEEMLy HATE
IN PASSING TIE MEASURE


President Marriso.-kspu publican Senator
OPPOSED to the Presidents nsns~inatio
Anxious 10 send the Hiii 70 Him Defer
,Lo Minneapolis Convention Meets, Know
tnr that whether He signs or vetoee !
uo VIII Mako Enenies By IlIs Course.
WARRINGTON. May 15-The action OF Oh
senato Committee on Commerce yesterda
I morning in reporting the Riverand Har
bor bin TO the Senate only three day
after II reached them from tho House has beol
the text OF great deal Of comment to-da
among mombers OF both Houses o
Congress- 1t is an extraordinary aud seem
ingly inexplicable performance on It's face
but to knowing ones In political and legisla
tive circles here. who in such matters SEQ
little beneath the surface. IL reveals a stor,
OF more than passing interest involving
double conspiracy Of extensive qualifications
directed. first. against the public Treasury or
the part OF tho River and Harbor prom otter.
generally. and. secondly. against President
Harrison politically by certain disafIected Re
publican Senators.
Two years ago tho River and Harbor bill
passed the House on May % and was reported
to the Senate on juno IL three weeks later.
Four years ago tho River and Harbor bill
passed the House on May 2 and was
reported to tho Senate on June 20. more
than six weeks afterward. The present
gigantic PORK bill" passed. the House
on Monday afternoon Inst 1t was not
printed and sent to tho Senate for considera.
ton In committee until Tuesday morning.
The Senate Committee on Commerce. how.
ever. took II in hand imm ediately nfter It was
referred. at about noon. and although the
measure carried the largest amount Of
money ever placed on such . bill
and embodied many long and complicated
provisions. they went through It with light
ming speed. for committee Of the slow-Roing
Senate. and by Thursday evening had incorpo-
rated In It their amendments and had sent
1t to the Public Printer in time for
use yesterday morning. Considering the
fact that coeaual committee OF tho
Senate has had the Pension Appropriation bill
for two months without completing and re-
porting 1t. this haste on the part OF the Com
merce Committee was simply marvellous. but
the reasons which prompted this extreme
haste were abundant and pressing. Tho
fact. also. that the committee added
only $1.2OO.O00 to the amount OF the
bill. when they had increased the
River and Harbor bill in 1890 by $4,000. 900,
and the bill in 1883 by $2.5O0.0OO. and es-
peclally when tho Senate only short time be-
SIS, 900 900 for Independent Improvements on
tho Mississippi River would seem decidedly
strange. but the necessity for this mod Iteration
was equally urgent as the necessity for haste.
ns will appear.
Aftor tho bill had been substantially made
up by the House Committee. there was . long
and curious delay before It was formally re-
ported and placed on the House calendar In
that interval its friends wore not idle. They |
made use OF the time In securing signatures
to an agreement to vote for It. When |
the bill was finally taken up in tho |
House. the right OF way was given It against |
Ill tho rules and presidents Of the past. over
three great regular appropriation bills-the /
Sundry Civil. the Post Oflce. and the Fortin-
jar ahead Of The River end Har-
ss9s 9 Sndss III H.5 5Ss s s5
but this time q was pushed for
~ force or n sss the against
he Treasury was first revealed. and IN the
t.. .'G yesterday tho same scheme appears In
ppaey Presdsns Harrison By m com
est delay in Its passage would operate fatal
Try Is steadily increasing and the nearer The
SfS ESad Sa9s nesss
Ssnee s"" Of tRe sbiii i the sepsse should
/ senator sherman's warning yesterday to
is colleagues in behalf q economy in appro;
td aRfoss hs s
sm%ittee in The senate ss Ts: pisvsi5sa ea to
hand q Senator QUAY and eth as Rs
ado msnss se0ator 6naH IS cns
{ the most influential members Of
liver Senators who are opposed to the PresI-
on OF MS st
or lthe latter the father Of pork bills') are
friends Of Secretary Blaine, as
end 81 On
stptsnssss Ssss ssnstss fsys ri spS S!s
,rssted In tho enacfmsnt q the bill this Year:
uner t hs b sSUaa
seRStSrs e .hs sa es INCLUDED three
I'd arc anxious that Il Become law: second sec
lose who. aside from the bill itself. want the
iii injuEo him, before the country and thus
40. tIlru. tnOSe VINO want 10 see him Veto the |
easuro and 30 draw upon him solf the enmity |
all OF those interested in river and harbor
Accordingly the President
q Of the Minneapolis Convention on {
inc q. He will be between "the devil {
I'd the deep sea-" He will be liable to /
damned II he signs tho bill. and damned II :
vetoes It, The yetoes 1t for, economic rea- !
from the Atlantic. the Pacific. and I
o Gull coasts. from the borders, OF the /
eat hikes. from tho big inland water
sys. and Southern delegates where extensive =
yer and harbor works are demanded. 1.-The =
'proves tho bill he is bound to incur tho :
spleasure OF those Republicans who oppose .
O measure at this time. and. in case OF his '
tho antagonism OF tho large
nservatiyo element throughout the country.
Is true he may be able to pocket the bill.
It no can do this to advantage only under q
culiar EFFICIENCY. But this last recourse
ems to be the only one that can possibly be Z
ailable.
those who claim to know tho PresIdents g
AVS. declare that he will Undoubtedly veto I
Q bill II 1t should reach him after the Minne- ! O
oils Convention. and that Il is for this rem: Q
"a such hurry to ebay have M i reach his
al June there will be, an interval r