The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-08
. A FILIBUsrERINa FIGHT.
Harbor Bill Foes Stave Of Vote
on It.


WASHINGTON, May Although the
House does not initiate the example OF the
Senate by adjourning from Friday until
Monday, Saturday is usually dull day.
An early adjournment is always expected
and consequently many memoers devote
that day to the transaction OF their Depart
mental business, but the prospect of final
vote on the river and harbor bill had the eff
feet of bringing together an unusually
large Saturday attendance this forenoon.
Several requests for unanimous consent
were denied. Dut Delegate Harvey of Okla.
homa was fortunate. He secured the pas
sage OF a bill donating to Oklahoma City, for
school purposes, the military reservation at
that point.
The House then went into COMMITTEES OF
the whole on the river and harbor bill.
The pending amendment was that offered
by Mr. Whitney Of Michigan, striking
out the appropriation for ship channel
twenty-one feet in depth, connecting the
waters OF the great lakes between Chicago
and Duluth and Buffalo, and inserting in
lieu thereof u provision authorizing the
Secretary Of War to appoint a board
OF engineers TO whom shall he referred the
report of Col. o. N. Poe upon the subject
of 2O-foot channel from Duluth to Buffalo
through the great lakes. The board shall
also report as to the practcability of rails
ing the water level of the lakes and connect
ink the harbors by damming the Niagara
river.
Mr.. Writings amendment was rejected
by vote of IS to 100
On motion of Mr.. Henderson OF Illinois
the appropriation for the Improvement of
the Missouri river between the foot Of the
Treat Falls In Montana and Sioux City, la. =,
was increased from 10000 to 100000.
NEW PRoVISo.
Mr.. Blanchard offered as an additional
section proviso that in cases where author
lty has been granted to the Secretary Of
War to make a contract for the completion
Of certain works of river and harbor i'm
provements, If no bids be received which
are deemed TO be advantageous to the gov-
ernment or II the secretary deem it best for
the public interest, then materials may be
purchased and the work done otherwise
than by contract. The amendment was
agreed to by vote of 123 to 45.
The committee then rose and reported the
bill to the House.
Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee moved to
lay the bill on the table. This motion was
rejected aud the opponents Of the bill not
beng able TO muster O sufficient force to
order the yeas and nays, the amendments
were agreed to in the gross, with the ex-
ceptlon OF the last section, upon which Mr..
O'Neill OF Missouri demanded separate
vote. The seoEion was agreed TO by vote
of LII to 81.
MIR. Stone Of Kentucky moved to recon
slider the vote, and Mr.. Blanchard moved
to lay that motion on the table, pending
which Mr. O'seill OF Missouri moved an
adjournment. This was rejected.
Then Mr.. Bynum put CD the garb of a
flibuster and'made a motion for ilFleoess
until o'clock, supplementing it with mo
tion that when the House adjourn to-day IL
be to meet on Tuesday next. But Mr..
Richardson thought that an adjournment
should be taken until Wednesday, and mado
motion to that effect. The House, how
ever, disagreed with him and the amend
ment was lost by vote of TO 1853.
Mr.. Bynum then gave the House another
opportunity 20 adjourn, and this time 1t
was accepted.