Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-09
rmr RIVER ANp ,rannon BILL.


Various Notions aud Amendments
Diseussed In the House.
WAsHiNuTuN, May THE House
bill, donating the military reservation
n, Oklahoma City for school purposes,
was passed.
The House then went into commit.
tee Of the whole on the river and har
Dor hill.
The pending amendment was that
Offered by Whitney (Mich. striking
out the appropriation Tor twenty-ono
foot ship canal between Chicago, Du.
iuth and Buffalo, and inserting In lieu
thereof provision authorizing the
secretary OF war 10 appoint board Of
engineers, TO whom shall be- referred
tho report oi Colonel q. NJ, Poe upon
the subject. The board shall ala report
~ TO the practicabiiity Of raising the
watcrlovol OF the great lakes anu con.
Meeting hnrbors by dAmming the Mn.
CARA river. Whitney, amendment
was rcjectCd--35 to 100.
On motion Of Smith (Ariz.) an
amendment was adopted ,approprihtin
$4,000 for the improving Of the Colo
RADIO river by the construction OF n
leyee on the ella river, near its june
ton with the Colorado at Yuma, AIiz.
On motion Of Henderson (ll.) tho
appropriation for the Improvement Of
the Missouri river between the foot Of
Great Falls In Montana aud Sioux
CITY, Ia, was increased from $4,000
TO 100000.
blanchard In. offered nn additional
section, providing that when bids under
the river and hnfhor bill nrU not
deemed advantageous TO the govern.
mont, material may 10 putchaivI aud
the work done otherwise than by con-
tract.
O'Neill (MO) vigorously assaulted the
proposed section, gontending that the
eject wOutd be TO start In motion n
vast political machine having control
Of the expenditure Of millions Of
money. lie wa. Interrupted by cries
Of "Note," but Indignantly refused 10
TO shouted down. The amendment was
finally agreed tO--l93 to s..
ThHcOmmitl,c then tOto and reported
the iii 10 the House. The motion 20
table the bill was rejected, and tile
yvns and nays ordered. The amend
inanta were agreed TO In gross, with the
exception Of tho last section, upon
which O'Neill demanded u separate
vote. Tho section was agreed to
yeas lal, nays95.
Stone (iy), moved to reconsider the
vote.
Blanchard moved 10 table the mo.
zion, pending which O'Ncill moved an
adjournment. Rejected.
Bynum, Ind, moved recOsa Till
s O'Clock, experimenting Il with mo.
ton that, when the Housc adjourned,
II would be- 10 meet on Tuesday nuxt.
After motion TO adjourn TIL wcdnes-
day, which was lost, tho House nd.
iournoi ON Bynum's motion.
TUE SENATE.
The silver question threatens to come
up again ms the subject ~ present
legislative interest. The silver men
arc not disposed 20 accept their defeat,
aud are ngain circulating petitions
urging the rules committee 10 bring out
an order IN fix n time for a volts on the
fee coinage bill. Fifteen or more sig-
natures were obtained 10 one petition
within the last two days by Represon.
tative Pierce NJ Tennessee, VINO has
been the principal mover Ia the mat.
ter. lie says that with the signatures
obtained several weeks ago, ninity.
nine names altogether have
been secured. Exclusive Of the
members OF the rules committee, ll8
constitutes n majority of the Demo.
Gratis In the House; 40 fourteen namos
yet remain TO be- obtained. Pierce says
he does not know what Will be the re-
suit Of his efforts; that he may fail TO
secure the requisite number Of signa.
lures, hut ne Intends to keep at the
work until lao becomua convinced that
he cannot succeed. The antl.silycr
men aro not giving ihem,elvcs much
concern over the matter, aud they say
that they DO not believe that the 10
qulsite number Oi names eau Le So
cured, that the House looks upon the
silver question as settled Tor this ses.
siOn, aud is not IN temper for renew.
nj Of the fight over the Bland bin.