The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-14
RIVER AND HARB0RBI
PASSED BT the SENATE, LEAVING
ONLY 3 1PPROPRIITfON ELLIS
To be Acted Upon-1he Appropriations
Authorized by the House Increased
over Two Millions.

WASHINGTON. May l3.-The river ana
harbor bill was passed in the Senate to-
day. leaving only three Of the annual ap-
propriation bills to be acted upon. These
are the District Of Columbia bill, the
fertilization bill, and the deficiency BILL
but before either Of them is taken up the
Delaware senatorial election case Will
have 10 be disposed Of. and to that case
tomorrow and Friday have been as
signed.
The amendment which had been offered
10 the river and harbor bill yesterday by
Mr.. German lDem.J OF Maryland limit
ing expenditures under the bill 10 ten mill
lions year, was to-day. after a long dis
cussion. laid on the table by vote or
90 10 p. An amendment i'm the same
sense, limiting the expenditures under
contracts 10 ~ per cent. was offered by
Mr.. Bale Oem). Of Tennessee. and met
the like fate, with a vote OF 80 10 Is. and
thcn. after somewhat bitter encounter
OF words between Mr.. Allen uScpl OF
-Nthrdska, ANA the chairman Of the
committee on Commerce. MIR Frye Rcpl
OF Maine, the closing speech in advocacy
of the bill, ana I'm response 10 criticisms
OF IL. was made by Air. Frye. who stated
some facts i'm illustration OF the immense
growth of the railroad and river and
lake commerce Of the United States. The
railroad irelghts. he said. had been cut
down within the last twenty years from
'hfee ana half cents ton q mile 10
ABOUT tree-quarters Of a cent "a ton "a
HhI'' ana yet the people wanted cheaper
lIeshts- Ihat requirement could only be
met ny improving water faciliifc- and
lof mat reason the intelligent people OF
lne United States were everywhere ask
ing Tor river and harbor improvements.
Inc vote ON the passage OF the bin was:
Yeas 81 nays o. as follows:
THE VOTE.
Neas--Mcssrs. Aldrich. Allison Bacon.
Baker. Berry, Blackburn Burrows. But
Ter. Caffery Cameron Cannon. Garter
Chandler COckrell. CullOm. Davis. On
bois, Elkins. Faulkner, Frye. GalHnger.
Gear George Gray. Hansbrough' Haw-
ley. Jones (Nev). Lindsay. Lodge. Nc
Bride Mantle Martin. Mills. Mitchell (Ore).
Mitchell CWis): Nelson. Pasc0 PETER
Perkins. Platt, Pugh. Quay. Roach. Sew
ell. Sherman. Shoup. Squire Stewart
Teller. Thurston. Turpie Vest. Wal
thail Warren, Wetmore, White. and WI
son-57.
Nays-Messrs. Allen. Bate. Brown Chill
ton, Harris, Hill, Kyle Smith, and Villas
3
on motion Of Mr.. Frye the Senate in
sisted upon its amendments. and the
following cOnfcrees We're appointed:
Messrs. Frye, Quay. and Vest.
The bill. as it passed the House. op-
proprlated Sl059i.1S and authorized con-
tracts for thirty-twO projects involving
an aggregate liability Of }5l.12lZ ZlO. As
IL was reported to the Senate. the amount
appropriated was I2Gl4550. That sum
was increased 10y various items put IN
by the Senate, including the provision
ior the deep-sea harDor III Southern Cali
rornfd.
The senate at P. N. adjourned until
tomorrow.
In the House.
WASHINGTON. May 13.-The House
was mainly occupied to-day i'm ihe con-
sideration Of the Rinaker-bOwnine con-
tested-election case. Mr.. Cooke Of lili-
nois. resumed his argument in- favor OF
Rinaker. THE debate continued until
nigbt though several motions 10 adj
ionrn were rejected and defeated during
the session The debate was paruclpa-
ted in by Mr.. Lacey. of Illinois. ln laNor
of Downing. and boy Mr. Dalzell. OF Penn
sylvania. who gave reasons Tor ho' uS-
senting TO the report for unscailn- MT
Downing. Messrs. Hepburn, Of Iowa,
and connolly. Of Illinois. strongly IA
vored the seating Of Mr. Rinaker.
ASP. NJ. the case had not been de-
cidcd. 500 -
An 500 the House. by q vote Of l'S 10
* committed the case to the commit
tee on Elections No. !. with instruction
to recount such parts Of the Vote deemed
proper I'D. rtr,
Tie yea vote was made or HlN'. -.ir
Democrats. sixty-seyen Republicans ana
thr.. Populists. This ended the long ana
I'm some respects unparalleled. parma
mentary struggle. and az $40 o'clock ON
motion Of Mr. Moody the House adjourn
ed until tomorrow