The herald., 1895-01-08
The SENATORS
AND SAN PEORO'S
HARBOR BILL.
Congress Can Make the APP
preparation.
The Site May Be Inspected by
the Committee.
MANY FAVOR THE MEASURE
Some of the Reasons Given for At
tempted Delay.
sonator Whits'a ETorts Handicapped by
Numbnr of Unfarss-n Circum-
stwncsa-What M~mbsr4 of
tho Committee Bay.
MANY FAVOR THE MEASURE
Some of the Reasons Given for At
tempted Delay.


special 10 IHE HERALD. Pc
WAsHINGroN. Jan THE senate com.
mittss on commerce, having in charge
the bill providing for the Improvement
Of San Pedro harbor, hos decided to
make no effort to uecure any appropria-
ton for the purpose curing the present
session OF congress-.
Senator Ransom, chairman OF the
committee. will soon Introduce resolu~
ton authorizing tho committee to Wait
the Pacific coast imm sdiatsly after the
adjournment OF congress- and inspect
San Pedro and other hnroors. Various
reasons are given for shelving the bill
Tor this session, but the principal one
aesms to be the apparently hopsleua d.
vision in thu committee.
CONVINCED OF SAN PsDao's MERITS.
- Several ot the members are entirely
convinced OF San Pedro's msrits and
stand up for it steadily. For varioua
reasons others favor substituting Santa
Monica, while the majority OF the COM
mittee say they can not decide until
hey hsve seen the two places. Every
member, without exception, favors an
appropriation for one or the other.
A. tho last se,sion OF congress reso-
luton was adopted auth fixing tho com.
mittes to visit California. But no less
than sevsn of tho me mbsrs were candi-
da.eB for reelection last fall. and the
best efforts OF Senators Raneom and
White were unavailing to persu Jade them
to 20 west. just before the Cbriatmas
holiday fresh effort was made by
these two senators to induce the COM
mittee to visit the coast during the re-
cesp, but it fell through az before. Sem
ator Ransom then promised to press
the resolution abovc referred to. This
throws the matter into the next con-
greas, whore the complexion Of the COM
mittee will be different.
HOW THE SENATORS STAND.
OF its Is mem bers, two. Ransom Of
North Carolina. and Coke OF Texas. have
been defeated; three. Cullom of Illinois,
Dolph OF Oregon and Washburn Of Min
nesota, have their t ate still hanging in
the balance.
OF the eight remaining. White OF CAL
ifornin and Berry OF Arkansas uncom-
prisingly favor San Pedro. while Frye of
M aine and Jones of Nevada are equally
Aehement for Santa Monica, Quay Of
Pennsylvania and Veut OF Missouri lean
toward San Pedro, and Murphy Of New
York toward Santa Monica. Cullom ia
for San Pedro, Dolph for Santa Monica
and Washburn non.committal. The
committee is thus very evenly divided,
and their final decision will largely de.
pend on their reception when they visit
California next March.
1t 10 unfortunate for San Pedro that
the Repu blicans will control the next
senate, ~ the three leading Repu blicans
on the committee. including Frye. who
will probably be the chairman, are all
Santa Monica men. Senator White,
speaking of the matter today, said:
Il have done my best to secure action
but have been unable to do 30. and now
have no hope of an appropriation at
this session. think there ia no case on
record OF 80 large an appropriation
nearly 1000, O00-for such a purpose
being passed in short sesBion like this.
Besides. the treasury has no money
even for necessary expenses, and such
on ;ncrease will be impossible. The
committee ia divided. too. Most OF the
mem bers are only anxious to do what ia
best. and they will not decide between
the opposing harbors until they have
neen them. They cannos do this until
after March. There is no possible way