The morning call., 1892-05-20
CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.

COastw!se Vessels Exempt From Pilot
age-RIver and Hsrbor appropriations.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The Senate
after routine business and some matters of
minor nature took up the bill exempting
American coastwise vessels, piloted by
licensed masters or by a United States
pilot from the obligation to pay Stale pilots
for services not rendered.
Butler offered an amendment repeating
such parts of the navigation laws rs pre-
vent the purchase by citizens Of the United
States of ships in foreign countries and
the right to man. register and fy the Ameri-
can flag Frye moved to lay the amend-
mention the table, and Butler asked for the
ayes and noes on the motion. The motion
was agreed to-ayes 81, noes l13. The vote
was a party one, except that Kyle, Blod-
gett and Pugh voted with the Republicans
to lay the amendment on the table. The
bill was then passed without division.
The conference reporton the bill 10 pro-
vide for the disposal and sale Of the
klamath River Indian reservation was
presented and agreed to.
The river and harbOr appropriation bill
was then taken up, and Mcpherson made
motion to exclude from the bill all authori-
ZatiOu for new contracts and reduce by 80
per cent the entire amount appropriated.
Dolph moved TO table the motion, which
was agreed t0-ayes 42, noes g. The mega
tive votes were: harris, Kyle, Mcpherson.
Paddock, Palmer and Villas.
A number of amendments were reported
from the Committee on Commerce, and the
following were agreed to, among others:
Increasing the appropriation for the harb0r
at Wilmington, Cal, from $50, 900 to S51 900;
inserting the item Of 100000 for n survey
tor deep water harbOr at San Pedro. Cal.
increasing the appropriations for Yaquina
Bay. Oregon, from $4,000 to $50, 600; for
Grays Harbor and Chehalis River, Wash,
from $4,000 TO $4,000 and for Olympia
HarbOr. Wash, from $4,000 to $50, 900;
inserting the item of S20000 for ship
canal to connect the waters of Lakes
Union and Washington with Puget
Sound by ;the Smiths Cove route;
increasing the appropriation for the San
Joaquin River, California, from $4,000 to
S60000 reducing the APPROPRIATION for a
canal at the Cascades of the Columbia River
Oregon. from S455. 600 to 1926, $50; inserting
the item of S187,500 for the Columbia River
at Three-miie Rapids; increasing the ap-
pROpriation for the mouth of the Columbia
River, Oregon, from 5000, 600 10 $3.50, coo; in-
creasing the appropriations for the lower
Willamette and Columbia rivers IN front OF
and below Portland, Oregon. from $4,000
to S150,000; fer the mouth of the Siusaw W
River Oregon, from $4,000 TO S20,0 600; for
Puget Sound ana Its tributaries from $4,000
to $4,000. and for SwiDomsh Slough. Wash
item of S33, coo for tie Columbia River be-
tween tue mouth of the Willamette River
and the city of Vancouver; Inserting the
item Of SIS. 900 for the Willapa river and
harbor, and SO, 900 for survey of the upper
Columbia River.
Frye, who was in charge of the bill,
moved to reduce the appropriation for the
harbor and bav at humboldt, Cal, from
100000 to S15O,00o this being one of the %
per cent reductions.
FELTON, opposed the amendment. Frye's
amendment was agreed to, reducing the ap-
preparation for the Mississippi, from the
mouth OF the OHIO to Minneapolis, from
81. 900 to Sl,150,000; reducing the APP
preparation for the Mississippi River, from
the head Of the passes TO the mouth Of the
Ohio. from S2,5O0,000 to 81, 20S, $50 (the
amount first recommended by the commit
tee was s., 75O, 0oO) reducing the appropria-
tion for a ship canal between Chicago,
Duluth and Buffalo from $500. 600 to 1915, 900;
reducing the appropriation for the Missouri,
from the mouth to Sioux City, Iowa, from
$500, 600 to S60000
All the committees amendments having
been disposed Of, the bill went over till to-
morrow, when it will be open TO general
amendment. The Senate then adjourned.