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p,,,r ard Barbor Appropriation
Nv Bill Discussed In the
Senate.
,unosy civil p,tt IN THt
IN HOUSE.
=, -,l,usph to the >HwI
cOSGgEss.
,.,,. Transacted by the LeE'@'"'
he"" tors Yesterday.

~, routine husinc-s anu spuho
Sc M a minor nature, the DILL eN'
mAusn,, A merican cOastwlse Nesseir,
tnpaps hy licensed masters or uniteu
lle~ il9is. from the obligation to pay
ss's y, services rendered, was taken
Y.,.,ot Butler Offered an anenu'
,snealiug such parts Of the naVl.
men. ,lws ma prevented the purchase
g lly,u, Of the United states OF shlps
" S, s, countries, and the right 10
smsrlcan register and ''o ny '"o A'
siIean hag. , A. mt Tho mat
.on Inc table. and Senator bu.,er
va for the yeas aud nays on u. Inc
80 xas agreed to-yeas ~, nays 10
NJ w. yote was party one, except sen.
~ Kyle, Blolgett and pugh, VINO
w IVA win the Republicans. The Dill
INES pas.ed without divihion.
r.a confetence report on the bill TO
Ia. for the sale Of the klamath
ss,.n reservation was agreed TO.
'p Tha liver and harbor appropriation
81, ',ss taken up, and senator Me-
w nn made a motion TO exclude
lus ',hs hi ali authorization for now
w. a.,s.,, and 10 reduce by 90 per cent.
~ .n,ire axount Of the appfopfla'
ten. .,,,J o. ,.bic IN,
,,sa Agreed 10. Tbs negatives
, ,,s,ins were; Senators Harris, Kyle,
Mcpherson, Paddock, Palmer, Nnns.
The following amounts irom lhs
esrnmltleo on commerce were hg'Voa
tg Increasing the nrpropIia,ion Iot
m, harbor at Wilmington, Cal, from
son OIlI 10 s5l 900; inserting an Item OF
s5on ool for A deep water harbor at san
go tal.. Increasing the appropria'
t,ons Tor Yaauina bay, o., from 500.
oon M ss5 900; for Grays haTbor AMI
Cn.bsur river, wash, from s3O,OOO
~ "a 900. and for Olympia harbor,
WI from eos 600 " s35,es0; Insert.
inc nm item OF 800, 600 TOR n ship canal
An conn,ct the waters OF Lakes Union
and Washington with Puget sound by
ths smith route; Increasing the appro-
nrIatInn for the san joaquin river, Cal,
rom $4,000 10 $50, 200; reducing the
snprofrlatlon Tor tho canal at tho cas-
csdrs or tho Columbia river, Oregon,
from siS5, 900 to 1929, $50; inserting an
item Of SIS, 800 for the Columbia river
AT Three Mile rapids; increasing The
appropriation for the mouth OF tho
Columbia river, Oregon, from s.OO,O OO
toSS5O, 900; increasing tue appropria.
ton for Inc Lower Willamette and
Columbia ia front Of and below Port
land, Oregon, from $50, 900 TO $40, 600;
for the mouth OF Suislaw river from
$4,000 10 800, 900: for Puget Sound and
IL tributaries from $4,000 TO 1000;
for SnOhomlsh slough, State OF wash
ington, from SID, 900 to s25, 900; Insert
log items OF S3S,OO0 for tho Columbia
river between the mouth Of the VILLA
inelte and Vancouver, $4,000 for
WAllapa river and hsrbOr, and So.
900 for aSurvey ofthe Upper Columbia
river.
senator Frye, In charge OF the bill,
moved 10 reduce the appropriation
iof the harbor and bay OF humboldt,
California, from 100000 TO sl50,00O
h.s being one Of the % per cent. TO-
auctions.
Senator FELTON, opposed the amend
ment.
Senator Frye's amendment was
agreed to, reducing the appropriation
for the Mississippi river from the head
waters TO tho mouth OF the Ohio from
s.,5OO,0 900 to 81, 20s, 900 (tho amount Of
tho last recommended by the commit
tee was -, 750, 00Ol; reducing the appro'
pfialion for the canal between Chicago
and Buffalo from $500, 900 to 5000
OO)i reducing the appropriation fol
the Missouri from the mouth to Sioux
City 10 100000. All OF the com
mittee's amendments have been dis
posed Of ana the bill went over I'll
tomorrow.
THE HOUSE.
After frultless call OF the commit
tees, the House went Into cOmmitte,
Of the whole, Mr.. Lester (Ga.) in til,
chair, on the sundry civil bill. Tn,
chair delivered q decision on the poln
Of order made against Mr.. Bland'i
amendment. IL ~. conceded, said thu
chair, that the amendment changed RI
existing law, and therefore 1t woult
mol 10 In order, unless being germani
IN that II reduced the amount covere,
by the bill, The chair In unable /,
zee how the amendment Ii germane
ana tdld not reduce the amounts mp
propria,ed by the bill, M the snlguorns,
might amount to S2,0OO,0O0 He there
lofe sustained tho point OF order, ant
ruled cut the amendment.
Plumb then Te-oiltred the amend
ment with the prOviBo attached: "rha
tue cost Of this coinage shall not OK
coed s93, 900, $1,000 Of which ghall b.
iof lhe coinage OF subsidiary silvo
hhu the remainder In standard silve
dollars"
Considerable discussion followed, an,
hnally the Chair said that he hs,
hsard nothing TO change his opinion
mat lhe am-ndrlent was not germnno
anu therefore ruled as modified.
Bland appealed from the decision
NY inc committees sualained tho de
elsion Of the Chair.
johnson Ind. ridiculed the Demo
cratic party for It's action ON the silve
question. He said that they had IL
PASS tour occasions on which they
might have redeemed their free silve
pledges,
Cogswoll Mass. ofIurHi an amend
nenl, appIopriaiing sl0d, AS for cou
census,
The Chair overruled the point o
order which was raised against the Oh
ploptialion, but on vote the amend
nent was def ated by n large mt
Tellers were ordered, aud tho II,
Fuoi'esns retaining from voting, til