The herald., 1896-05-23
THE OCTOPUS IS DEFEATED
The Deep Water narbor Will 0o Where
II Belongs
The River and Harbor Bill Will Go to the
President Today
Under the Modified Agreement San Pedro
harbor 10 Certain to Be Thoroughly
Improvsd-It Has Been
Great Fight
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald. r"-- --'
WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
White has won his fight and the ennis
saries of c. p. Huntington and the
Southern Pacific railroad company are
knocked out. Senator Frye and the
other paid employees Of the California
octopus. Hooker Of New York, were
forced to yield under the heavy fire of
the California delegation in congress
and to adopt the senate amendment to
the river and harbor bill providing for
. commission of five to investigate the
harbors of San Pedro and Santa Monica
and also that the harbor favored by
them should get the appropriation of
three millions. with the provision that
II the decision Is In favor Of San Pedro
the appropriation Of $780,. 900 is to be can
celed. and but s5o. 900 will be spent on the
inner harbor during the next fiscal year.
There Is another paragraph in the bill
providing for survey of the inner har-
Dor. with a view to deepening the chan
mel to twenty-five feet. The agreement
of the conferees will be reported to both
houses tomorrow.
At a meeting between Senator White
and Representative Mcguire last night
plan of campaign was agreed upon,
but it was only necessary to carry out
part of 1t. This program was that If
any attempt was made in the house
this morning to insist upon naming the
commission in the bill. there was to be
introduced in the open house such a
mass Of facts and figures as would show
up the attempted steal in such way as
to bring the blush of shame to the har-
dened cheeks of the chairman of the
river and harbor committee, Mr..
Hooker.
In the senate at the meeting of the
conference committee, Senator White
was to appear and state very plainly
what he intended to show in the higher
branch of the national legislature, just
the position that the rejection of the
senate compromise adopted would put
Mr. Frye of Maine into and the infer
ence which would be drawn from his ac-
tons.
It was not necessary to carry out the
first part Of the campaign, for Mr.. Hook
er simply reported that the conferees
having the bill under consideration had
agreed upon all Of it, except the clause
making appropriation for disputed har-
bors In California. and recommended
that the request of the senator for fur
ther conference be agreed to- This re-
port was adapted. Judge Mcguire
stood ready. however, to place the black
record Of change of front on the part
of the chairman of the house commit
tee before the house, but the latter, who
was astute enough to see the danger
that lay therein for him, did not dare
to take such course.
After the adoption Of the conference
report by the house. the war was trans
ferred to the other end Of the capitol
and Senator White had his innings. He
went into the committee room fully pre-
pared to tell the committee what he in
tended to do in the event that they did
not agree to report the senate amend
ment. He did show them. He called
the attention of the various members of
the committee to certain statements
which they had made in which they de-
clared themselves in favor of the SEN
ate amendment. and had. through some
Interior influence. backed down
squarely.
These men were Frye, who had proved
himself traitor in the senate by at
tempting to overthrow the unanimous
action of that body; Hermann Of Ore
gon, who had declared to at least two
members of the California delegation
that he was in favor of the senate pro-
vision without any change, and Hooker,
who, when the matter was disposed of
after the three days fight waged by Sem
ator White, went to that gentleman and
sincerely congratulated him upon the
determination of the fight He had not,
at that time, probably, received his or
uers from Huntington to oppose any
provision that would be likely to defeat
the end OF having the government pay
Tor breakwater for the Southern Pa
chic Railroad company. Senator White
stayed with the committee all the after
noon, and, finally, seeing determination
written large upon his brow, Hermann
said that he would agree to report an
agreement upon the senate amendment
With the provision as above stated. SEN