The herald., 1894-08-21
CLEARING UP A LITTLE CLOn
A special dispatch to the San Fran.
cisco Examiner, dated at Washington
last Friday, has excited great deal oi
okkanftor Sc m fnlla-o.

A special dispatch to the San Fran
cisco Examiner, dated at Washington
last Friday, has excited a great deal OF
attention. 1t is aa follows:
The river and hsrbor bill will become law
This Information comes from a source tonight
that cannot be doubled. President Cleveland,
however, is not going to give the measure his
unqualified approval. He is going to permit
IT 10 become Jaw under the ten days iimita-
tion. veto was feared by many.
senator W htte WAS very indignant because o
q dispat III appearing in II San Francisco news
paper OF the 10Th instant, stating that the
clause recommending $4,000 for san Pedro
harbor was stricken out owing TO his neglect.
the facts appear to be directly the opposite
The item was inserted by MISTAKE III the house
bill, and the committee on commerce, of which
Senator White is n member retained it, but the
conference committee appointed by the house
made the discovery that the war department
reports that no more money can be expended
al prese nj at San Pedro, and they insisted that
IL should be eliminated senator Ransom,
chairman of this commerce committee, states
that White appeared before the conference and
made vigorous protest, and he says it is abso-
lutely untrue that the matter was in any way
neglected. AS White was anxious to hold the
ference insisted upon its retention until it be-
came evident that any further argument
would endanger the whole measure.
The only criticism made of White here was
that he was too persistent in view of the CIR
Gun stance that the war department declined to
ask for the allowance. The whole matter of
tiedup awaiting the decision OF the commerce
committee as to the relative merits of San Pedro
and Santa Monica.
White fsvors San Pedro but there is differ
ence OF opinion among the mem bers of the
committee, and no conclusion can be reach ed
until a personal inspection ls made. White
called attention to the fact that notwithstaud-
ing the loss, IT 1t can be called SUCH of the
100000 item, he i duced the commerce com
mlttee 10 report and there was finally awarded
to California a net increase of S39, 900 over the
house bill Besides this he reported back To
the enat- from the commerce committee, and
there, with the aid of thc delegation, were
passed bills authorizing the construction OF a
revenue cutter and steam tug, both to ba used
In San Francisco herbor, and to cost $4,000
eacf. He thinks that Californians ought tc
be pretty well satisfied with the efforts
of their representatives in tae house and gep.
ate.
There may be some difference o
opinion amongst Californians as to the
attitude of Senator White in regard tc
the Chineee treaty, but there can GER
tainly be none as to his staunch devo-
tion to harbor appropriations partic
alsrly for Southern California. Their,
was very general sentiment in botl
houses of congress this year that all ap
propriations for rivers and harbor
should be reduced to the lowest possible
Sum. No one who happened to be il
Washington during the spring month
could fail to note that members OF boil
houses expressed the desire to have ever
che most meritorious appropriations e
over to time when the revenue should
show more satisfactory state. Neithe
Senator White nor any other man coul,
successfully combat thst sentiment.
condition OF public opinion may be cul
tivated. and it probably will be, tha
will enable an energetic member 0
either branch OF congress to compel at
tention to desirable public improve
ments. but it certainly does not exis
BOW.
EAs ssc GOO for San Pedr6 hsrbor