The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-13
Debate ON HARBoR bills
Senate Listens to Advocates of San
Pedro and Santa Monica.
THEY CLAMOR FOR $3,OOO,0OO
A Trifie Asked to Pay the Expense Of
Seooping Out q uarbOr on tho
Pacific Coast Business Trans.
acted In the House.

Washington. May 12-The long
drawn-out controversy between the ad-
vocates OF the harbor Of San Pedro
and those Of the harbor Of Santa Mon
lea, as to which OF those two points
shall he selected for the expenditure Of
some $4,000. 900 in the construction Of a
breakwater, and the making Of Il deep
sea harbor in southern California, was
brought to close today by a settle
ment In the way of a compromise. The
debate had gone on since Friday last,
to the exclusion of almost every other
subject and when 1t closed after four
hours talk an amendment was Offered
by the chairman Of the committee on
commerce (Mr. Frye. Rep, Me), an
advocate Of Santa Monica, and was ac-
cepted by Senators White (Dem.. Cal.)
and Vest (Dem.. MOI. PascOe (Dem.
Fla.>. and the other minority members
Of the committee and agreed to by the
senate without division
AS the matter now stands, the SEN
ate amendment provides for a board
consisting Of an officer Of the navy to
be detailed by the secretary Of the navy,
an officer Of the coast and geodic sur
vey to be detailed by the superintend-
ent Of that survey and three civil en-
gineers skilled In riparian work to be
appointed by the president Of the Unit
ed States to examine the two harbors;
the report Of the majority to be final.
and It provides that, whenever the
board shall have settled the location
and made Its report to the secretary OF
war. the secretary Of war shall make
contracts for the completion Of the har-
Dor as selected by the board, according
not exceeding in the aggregate $500, =
00O After that question was thus dis
posed of, an amendment was offered by
Mr.. German CDem., Md limiting the
annual expenditure under this and
former river and harbOr bills to $10,-
100000. A motion to lay that amend
ment on the table was made by Mr..
Vest (Dem., MOI and was defeated
yeas, 26; nays, 81.
The senate at $40 adjourned until
tomorrow with the understanding that
the vote shall be taken on the bill and
amendments at y. IN. tomorrow.
SESSION IN THE HOUSE.
An hour and half was occupied
after the opening of today's session in
disposing Of a motion made by Mr..
Perkins (Rep., Iowa) chairman Of the
| committee on printing, to exclude from
the permanent record certain matters
inserted BY Mr.. Wheeler (Dem.. Ala.)
TOT WHICH IL WhS dSoGItEu Wy MI. Ci
kins he had received no permission MIR.
| Wheeler contended that he had q right
| to insert the matter complained Of but
the house voted otherwise and by a
vote Of IA to rs the matter was or
| dered to be Excluded.
The remainder of the day was spent
| in discussing the contested election case
| of Rinaker VS.. Downing from the Six
teenth district of Illinois. The major
| ity Of elections committee No recon-
mended the unseating of Downing
| (DemOcrat) the principal speech of the
day was that by Mr.. Moody (Rep..
Mass.) who has Joined the minority in
sustaining Downing's right to the seat
| at last until a recount Of all the votes
ordered by the house shall demonstrate
that he Is not entitled to 1t. The dis
| cussiOn will be resumed tomorrow. the
special order making private pension
bills the business Of that session, haV-
| ing been postponed until Thursday.