New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-23
1T GOES TO THE PRESIDENT.
AN AGREEMENT REACHED ON THE RIVER
AND HARBOR BILL.
OPPONENTS OF THE MEASURE MAKE A STUB
BORN But UNAvAIIINo FIGHT IN THE
aoUsE-Ir WILL PROBABLY BE
ASSURE MAKE A STUB

aOUsE-IT WILL PROBABLY BE
PASSED OVER A VETO.
fly TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIPuNE1
wa.hinpton Nav 2a-The opponents OF the River
and Harbor bill In the House Of Representatives
made a stubborn fight against that measure To-Day
but the odds too great, and the most the'
could do was 10 compel vote by yeas ana nays on
the motion to adopt the conference report Inc mo
ton was adopted by vote Of 1s9 10 Sc. Mr.. Dock
cry of Missouri. delivered noisy and by no means
effective speech in opposition. II he couIo haVe
po,nted out a single item in the bill when ought
not to have been there. he would have maze
deeper impression. AS II was, he spent good ueai
of time threshing over old straw ana oealhs OUT
ad1ectives which meant little. because they were
not justified by statements OF fact he ola not oe'
ter his cause especially by his repeated references
TO the IMPOVERISHED" condition Of the National
Treasury for which the party to which ne belongs
"a responsible But Mr.. Dockery was extremely
earnest as well noisy in his denunciations OF the
'r1otous extravaganza and wanton prohigacy' ex-
hibated in the pending bill
Colonel Hepburn Of Iowa, who followed him, did
much better, and his speech was really enecuve'
Under ordinary circumstances II might have changed
the result and opened the bill TO discussion OF the
Senate amendments. which appeared 70 nave oeen
fnspdred by a degree OF liberalty that might De
called excessive. The total amount carried py 'he
bill as 1t passed the House was certainly large
Treasury and but 10 that total the Senate
had added in round figures g 10000 of direct appro-
pratons and $4,000 Of authorized liabilities Inc
House conferrees had succeeded In reducing the
former item OF Increase to about s2ocOW ana the
latter to about $4,000. Items still IN dispute
amounted to 800 600 IN cash and $4,000 In author
lied liabilities
The friends Of the measure felt serenely conf
dent and knowing that they could command an
overwhelming majority when tho vote was TAKEN
they patiently bided their time. After Messrs
Dockery and Hepburn had finished what they had
to cay and for the saying OF which Chairman
Hooker had yielded generous share OF the time at
his disposal to them, he made clear, business
like statement Of what the Senate and the con-
ferrees had done. He generously offered 10 yied
still further time to any opponent OF the Dill VINO
fed by the reports and recommendations or the
sngineers which was peTeG SAFE HookeT ana
sertion that the measure was the best River and
Harbor bill brought before Congressional Is,
Nevertheless the fact remains that the total amount
carried and pledged by Il is some SIC 1000 in excess
OF the largest total carried and pledged by any pre-
vious measure OF the same sort II II should become
q law the ma rnum amount to be expended during
the next two years would be some S4.0O0cc0. or at
the rate of so 600 900 The vote by which the
conference report adopted to-day was signi1-
cant because II indicated certainty that the bill
would easily pass in the House Of Representatives
In the Senate the conference report accepted
without debate by a similarly one-sided vote. a
satisfactory compromise having been reached in
the of the deep-sea harbor in Southern
California. The paragraph will provide for the APP
pointment of commission, as agreed 10 in the Sen
ate and will add certain restrictions preventing
q monopoly In terminal railroad facilities and limit
ing the price TO be charged for stone in the
structon OF the work: also, II the board determines
that the Improvement shall be made San Pedro
instead Of Santa Monica, the inner harbor at San
Pedro shall not be constructed.