New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-03
90 rrrrcnAPu TO THE rRIBpNE.l


tiyes to-day passed the River ana ha'oo' WI.
ovor President Cleveland's veto by nhaJo'"s "a
mara than three to one the vote or the main
question being 900 In the affirmative 10 V" III '''
NEGATIVE The result was not unexpected. oo''''
! ~ thc opponents Of the measure were dissus'e"
With tho veto message because the President IN"
,og,ectcd or failed to d. what they had peeh '"a'-
,oogsl "a do when the measure was under cohs'u-
orotion in the House They had pleaded want OF
time and opportunity. and had supposed th''
President Cleveland. with the assistance 81 '''
Secretary Of War and the Chei OF Ens"'
would be able 20 furnish bill OF parucu'"'S al"
snecin, objections which would coniounu 'ie
friends or the measure. This he did not ana couiu
not do and they lost heart
The report Of the River and iarbor Con'"''''"e'
which wac read before the vote was taken 'o-ua''
recommending the passage OF the Dill over '"e
veto was an exceedingly strong ana ap'e aie"
mani While the statements and arguments and
even the false suggestions II the veto meSSaRe
wer. rcsnectfully treated. all OF them were com
nle,olv refuted and a showing was MADE Wh'ch
will command the reepect if not the unquahhed
onroval of every intelligent and unpreJudicei
no., who may study II. Not a sentence VIII be
found IN he repor; to impugn the sincerity OF the
president or suggest evasiveness on his part anu
vet n, intelligent man can read II careluli! WIZ"
ont being forced. to the conclusion that fI"s'"'"-
Cleveland fairly laid himself open TO the "'0u''
ton Of insncerity and evasion
The vote on the motion to re'onrlde' anu i''SN
the bill despite the objections u th' il'S'"'''
was no; a partisan one. thlrty-nine bc'ho''",'
v,,inr IN the affirmative and twen,y-sN I'cP"''
cans in the negative The only Ne"-ho'N Nr"'
crat who voted in the affirmative was MI INN
,r,nps and the only Republican from that Hta'c
tn, ho
man.
THE PRESIDENTS OBJECTIONS ANH" 'N''"
| Tho report Of the Committee on RIVERS ana '''
| hors recommended the passage OF the RIVER anu
,rorhor Authorization bill. THE Objection Oh NV
| president Notwithstanding" was presenter oS vi
Ifooksr ,Rep ~ YJ chairman OF the committee
and read. ,r,a ,to,s CON
tanned IT, the BIZ ali except twen'y-se'e' az ''
nroiect, contained H. bills which have heretofore "
came laws and which have been for years IN process
| -, oo,s,ruc,,or h.. the Government. No ne" prog
ec,s were added to the bill In 1894 It VIII thu' oe
seen the repor; says. thai the pf'h''p" WI" - ~.
committee has been the Investigation an" '~"
ia, ~ improvements to which Congress has re
nea,edlv committed it~i tn" RIVER ana INN"
,u =, ,soo ,norouriatel 81 on 90 AM placed certain
,Ls urA,- the contrac, system which involved
~. additional expenditure OF fi'"''' u appear
therefore that by far the greater hu"io'r % pro-
cots appropriated for In ms nl' "''' '''' "'''N''
a,.i for IN the bill Of lS'. and are not y"' com
p.eted - ,, g.,
Tn. r.por, eSplain7 that that hll was r"'efi"l 20
General Casey then Chet OF Ens'r''rs. VINO re
norted to Precedent Harrison ina on3 's"' "' IT,
toms seemed to De OF limited OF Local otne"' ~
/ gross amount appropriated 'or 'h"@ items VIZ -
-. From his At aiG be seen. The report continue.
NAT IN. larger part Of the projecr o'nair'! IN TIE
s.,, hin u,s-ei the scrutiny AMI re- 'i"ed me ~
/ proval Of Genera Casey. ana nave ho"' WV
/ .nxed until no~. IN" bills %! ~" az" ~ W.
a,nroyed hy President Harrison. ana IN" ID" o.
1894 was permitted by me pf'-'h '''N""'
come law bl limitation.
Tn. commirr.~ im9caches the Precedent '"''"''
ton that many o. the objects fo' "h''h "''"'
approprlaied are not related g. IN" I"h"' ""''"''
Ii asserts nat the bi Mas caf"fGp pt''"'' 49,
exhaustive hearings. ana that u H'fNin''''N
avoided making appropriations not 10 i"' "'''
OF commerce
referring 20 rre-.lc.t cleveland'' criticism .
no, a fe~ - thc Improvements nav Den - -.
pfoyidcutly planrci ana Wor' NC! 90. 80 . -,
/ unwiSc expenditure ~ millions - rvi'''h -" 49,
periments fog th"li ac,,mp fh''n' ,'I, ~, ",ten
tered upon "a" commits Th} "''' ID,
occur ! after a Iroj"ci has been Hd'p''Y 'l
cor iansg VIZ WIN Inn, ih n,efe,s u commerce
CURED that Il greater ana m'i" 'h"'utg '",.t
In such cases !, has long been the 'u-i'" OK 'D.-
gresl order. from time - UNI. -" -. No.
OF thes' projects H. mnh,ns .pg' '.tls ,n'
rordancr win me notifications u Inc ensinceTr
rhs n"rn,nt,., bel ev~s therefore that the PROT
den, may have Inferred b, the lansnag' 20 u'ei
tha, the original plans had been lWpf"t'H'h' arc
ii-advised ana the money wasief. when me money
@spcndcd upon the orlginri plans was lliic.ou-y
expended, anr would have been ,Apenn,' e..
tho moilned plahs had ben crs,naiy st ~, ,r
An instance Of here nGancation' t9.@i IN .ne
York. Wilmington. Dell Savannah. ana o'hef
places , 40. ,....
tho committee In asserting that there i no founia
ton for the Presidents statement that The bill
carries appropriations FOR WORK when private per
sons have actually agreed with the Government to
do In consideration of their occupancy OF p"pi'
csm that the b cSntemplas. an imne lar" can
M ,b o adry Nm Iii fog
contract work. the committee asserts that the iresi-
dent IL in and that only N2.c2lc'o Is To be ex-
80 1898 The statement IL also made tina, the bill
but only TsGi6,co II also shows that II all the
contracts authorized by the bin are promptly ell
, amount that can be- expended In any year
is ya6l2c,l and not 2o0o.c" a. the President as
. referring 10 III Presidents further criticism tina,
the appropriations for the smaller schemes not coy
3 cred by contracts which VII fal due two years
hence viii not o' les than tngo."" the committee
says that the next River and lIarbor bill Will only
cover the cost OF prosecuting these mailer Works
&. for the twc fiscal years ending In is" and that
: will be made for the year 1898
, CHARGES OF EXTRAVAGANCE UNFOUNDED
Passing to the Presidents accusation OF extrava-
gance the committee shows that the average appro-
priatons for the last SIX years have been SIG 700
= year. while. including the present bill and the two
others for the remainder OF this century. the total
amount for these six years Will only average $1,000
V 900 year This IL based partly upon the ground that
y the committees experience with the contract system
4 the belief that contract work which win be dis
3 irbuaen over 20 Isri9S Of SIX yssrS ana Which
- per less than the amount stated. IN other
words for n $1,000 Ths rrpSal repGSaiedy EN-
system as being less expensive to the Government