The herald., 1896-05-12
IN THE SENATE
The Harbor Matter the Only Serious Business
On Hand

On mana
| Associated Press Special Wire.
| WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE senate
today passed the bill authorizing the
| restora ton of lands within Fort Lewis.
| Colorado, military reservation to the
| public domain.
In reporting the bankruptcy bill from
/ the judiciary committee, Mr.. Teller stat
| ed that it favored the substitution of the
senate bankruptcy bill for that passed
by the house.
Mr. Mitchell (Republican of Oregon}
added that the minority committee IA
vored the house bill.
The joint resolution was passed per-
mitting foreign foreign exhibitors at the
Tennessee centennial exhibition to be
held in Nashville, Tenn. lin 1897, to- bring
to this country foreign 1aborers from
their respective countries for the pur-
pose of preparing for and making their
exhibits, and allowing articles imported
from foreign countries for the sole pur-
pose of exhibition at said exposition to
be imported free of duty, under regula-
tons prescribed by the secretary of the
treasury.
Bills were passed for the use Of ma
tional parks for military maneuvres by
the state or federal forces; authorizing
the county of Navajo, Arizona, to issue
bonds for courthouse. etc; house bill
providing for life-saving station at
Point Bonita, at the Golden Gate, Cali
| fornia; appropriate $3.50, 900 additional
for the public building at Portland, Or
egon, and fixing this as the limit of cost
The river and harbor bill was then
taken up, the question being on the only
remaining amendment for deep water
harbor at Santa Monica, California
Mr.. Berry democrat Of Arkansas a
member of the commerce committee.
/ spoke in opposition to the amendment.
| he declared that this proposed expendi-
IN arraft t,<,f 4 L,
| atlon or government engineers and
against the advice of the California SEN
atofS. was the most unjust and inexcus-
able proposition he had ever seen in con-
nection with rivers and harbors. 1t was
disregard for public interest and dis
resaro Ior pubic sentiment and an ap-
propriation of public money for uses
which viii benefit private individuals
only; 1t was the first effort made, said
Mr.. Berry. to override the government
engineers by private engineers hired bv
private interests and having only pri-
vate interests at stake =
After speaking of the great ir,nor,-
ance OF the river and harbor bill Mr..
Berry declared that If the senate
amendment was forced on the bill u
| would probably defeat the bill for this
| session. He then reviewed the recom-
Inendations of army boards in favor OF
| san Pedro as the proper place for the
| Pacific coast harbor, and spoke of the
action of the commerce committee in set
| ting aside these reports and accepting
! the Judgment of the chairman OF the
| committee (NIr. Frye) who had visited
| Santa Monica.
1T would be better to dump th' .'--.,a
millions into the Pacific ocean," ex-
claimed Mr.. Berry, rather than that
| the country should know that this sem
ate is ready to override army engineers,
| override public sentiment in the interest
| l.,F,, ,,.,.x-T, -
Mr.. Berry said that the evidence
y, company could dictate terms for an en-
trance to Santa Monica. He did not be-
| lieve there was man in the United
| States-save and except c. p. Hunting
| ton--who in the face of the represent
| tations of army engineers. would come
| to congress and ask 1t to give him So, ,000,-
| 900 to build a breakwater
Mr.. Vest. Democrat of Missouri, q
member of the committee on commerce.
| said he could not see the necessity Of
this expenditure either at Santa Monica
or San Pedro. He took no stock, he said,
in the attacks on Mr.. Huntington, be-
cause he was railroad president and Q
rich man. Like other men he looked
after his own interests. Mr.. Vest be-
lieved Mr.. Huntington was sincere in
saying Santa Monica was the best point
| for a harbor. The senator said he drop
ped out of account all talk of monopo-
lies and lobbies. Any United States SEN
ator who would permit q lobby to coii-
troll him was unworthy of seat here.
! said Mr.. Vest. He based his objection