The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-14
.DOINGS In CONGRESS-
Considerable FilibuStering in
the House.
ON APPROPRIATIONS
Most Of the Time of the Senate Taken by the
River and HarbOr ApprO-
priatiOn Bill.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, May 13.-The river and
harbor bill was reported back from the
Committee on Commerce with amend
ments.
TO INCREASE THE NAVY.
The consideration of the naval bill was
resumed and the rejection of McPherson's
amendment appropriating $3.50 600 towards
the construction of dry dock at Algiers,,
Ga. The regular consideration of the bill
was resumed at the point where increase
OF the nayy' is provided for. The bill as
came from the House provides for one ar.
mored cruiser of about 5000 tons displace%
ment, the cost Exclusive of armament) not
to be more than $500, 600. The amend
mont, as reported from the Senate Com
mittee on Appropriations, provides in
addition for one seagoing coast line battle
ship Of about 5000 tons, to cost not exceed
ing S4000,000; one harbor defense double
turret ship of modern type Of about $500
tons, and the cost not exceeding 50, 100000;
four light draft unboats of 500 to LOO
tons displacement, ard the cost not exceed;
ing S450.C0O EACH and six torpedo boats IS
a cost not exceeding $4,000 each.
| Mcpherson, from the Naval COMMITTEES,
| offered an amendment to the Senate amend
ment providing for three harbor defenseA
| double turret ships of Monitor type instead
| OF one ship. After q long discussion the
| amendment was modified so as to strike OUT
the House provision for one armoredA
cruiser and the Senate provision for one
seagoing coast line battle snip and for one
| harbor defense double turret ship, Monitor
| type, and provision substituted therefore
for three harbor defense double turret
ships, Monitor type.
German spoke Of the great advance OF
recent years in the establishing Of steel
war vessels that could be built here for
| within per cent. Of the cost OF building,
| them on the Clyde. He therefore was pre-
pared to vote for proportionate increase
in the navy. He knew the financial prob
lem was serious one and that Congress
was being criticised for so great amount TO
be expended.
The expenditures had grown from year
to year and now economy and careful ap-
preparation W ould be the order of the day.
/ Ii not, increased taxation would follow,
and still he knew Of no great appropriation
that could be reduced without stopping the
great works Of the government and patron
lzing the steel industries Of the country.
He for one would not be satisfied until the
country should have navy to be proud Of
and would not allow the cry of economy to-
prevent him from voting for proper ap-
preparation fer it.
German presented table showing the
|
congresses and said there had been an
increase in every year, no matter what
administration had been in power and as
the country grows and you go on. with the
construction Of your navy, a-d open har-
bors and deepen rivers, and mRks great
guns for your army and navy, these ex-
penditures must increase. The Senator
from Mississippi George, asks how can
they be reduced! They can be reduced
when we reach the point (Which will be
within year or two OF stopping further
construction of the navy. When you have
: on hand guns enough to place in the forts:
when you have enough torpedo boats 10
look after tae narbOrs, and when you stop
your appropriations for rivers and harborss
! When you come TO pensions, the exDendi-,
lures for them Outrageous as 1t was to In
crease pensions 10 such an eXtent), must
continue until time operates TO reduce
them.
: 'tBoth sides of the chamber must face
these stubborn facts. The senator from
Texas mills reminded me that the treas
: ury you'd De without money today but for
+. the fact it had taken money set aside for
S the REDEEM ption of national bank notes and
G for a sinking fund. AS q surplus is a thing
OF the past, how can matters be bettereds
!, We are DoWerless now, in this Congress, to-
give relief from extravagant apprOpria-
tons Or from unjust tax laws. That relief
can come only when we shall have every
Anxious as I I'm for economy, and
firmly as my party believes IN il, L under
stand ny party to mean by economy and
retrenchment that it is in favor Of every
proposition that looks to the development
and glory of this great country"
= After the debate and without action on
=, McPherson's amendment, the Senate ad-
n iourned till Monday.
RIVER AND uARBoR APPROPRIATIONS.
The Senate committee increased the ap-
preparations made by the House by the
following amounts in the cases mentioned,
besides others:
* HARBoRs.
, Observation-Disclosures s31 COO; Deep
4 hsrbor survey (uew), S25, goo.
squina. $4,000.
"a Washington-Grey's harbor, 500 000S
4 Olympia, $4,000; Lake Washington canal
n, new, 100000.
d. RIVERS.
Oreron-Dalles boat railway new,
~ $3.50. 600: mouth of Colum bia, $50, C00 lower
D. Willamette and Columbia, $4,000.
Washfngton-Sw slough, 10000;
Columbia at Vancouver new, $50, 600
u Willipa river and haroor, $4,000; upper
Columbia survey, $4,000.
Minnesota-survsy OF Lake Superior and
Mississippi canal. new, $4,000; upper Mis-
souri, river, $4,000.
The following appropriations were
c. stricken out: ella river, Arizona, $4,000
Appropriations made by the House were
decreased by the following amounts:
RI Mississippi river, head of passes to tnt
ria mouth of the Ohio, including harbors
tie s195, GOO; Missouri river, mouth to Sioul
re. City, $4,000.
Senator Frye, chairman Of the commit
40 tee. submitted a detailed report on the bill
OF showing the wisdom and necessity of to-
on expenditures for river and harbor improve
to ments The total expenditures for waite
improvements in the great lakes amounte
he to about $50, 900, 0O0 or one-hfth OF the an
NJ nual saving effected in transportation. Tn
lat report states that the improvements o
ad these water ways have decreased freight
re- on corn from 15$l cents per bushel in 1883
ed tn / Q cents Der busheI in 1890. The repor
&C then speaks Of the value of the Mississippi
Ia river and its tributaries to commerce.
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