Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-14
THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL Passed the Senate by a Vote of
 57 to 9. S10,594,7E APPROPRIATED Only Thre.s, ore Appropriation Bills to Be Acted Upon. MIR. aMAN'S MOTION WAS TABLED lS The Senate Does Not Propose to Limit Ex- penditures Under the River and Her.
 bor Bill to Ten Millions
 Year.
aMAN'S MOTION WAS TABLED

harbor bill was passed In the senate to- day, leaving only three of the annual appropriation 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 to be disposed of and to that case tomorrow and Friday have been asa signed. The amendment which had been offered to the river and harbor bill yes- terday by MT. German, democrat, of Maryland, limiting expenditures under the bill to $10,000.000 a year, was today after long discussion, laid on the table by vote of 40 to 23. An amendment In the same sense limiting the expenditures under contracts to 20 per cent was offer ed by MT. Bate, democrat of Tennessee and met a like fate with a vote of 37 to 18 and then, after a somewhat bitter encounter of words between MT. Allen, populist, of Nebraska, and the chairman pr the committee on commerce, MT. Frye, republican, of Maine, the closing speech, in advocacy of the bill and in re- sponse to criticisms, was made by Mr, Frye. who stated some facts In illustraT tion Of the immense growth of the faifs road and river and lake dofiimerog of tjia United States The ratgoad freights, hY said, had been cut down within the last twenty years from 31h cents ton Q mii4 to abopt A cent ton mile. And yet the people wanted cheaper freights. That requirement could only be met by inn proving water facilities, and for that reason the intelligent people of the Unit ed States were everywhere asking for river and harbor improvements. The vote on the passage of the bill was ysao 57, nays 9, as follows:
 Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Bacon, Baker, Berry, Blackburn, Burrows But Ter, Caffery, Cameron, Cannon, Carter Chandler, Cockrell, Cullom, Davis, Dur 6ois. Elkins, Faulkner, Frye. Gallinger; Mcbride, Mantle Martin, Mills, Mitchell of oregon, Mitchell of Wisconsin, NeisoE Pasco, .Peffer, Perkins, Platt, PugH Sauye S1a FsSsSn seas seTe Ter shsspman sh%a pie, Vest, Waltha1l. Warren, WetmoTe, White and Wilson-57
 Nays-Messrs. Allen, Bate. Brown, Chil- ton, Harris, Hill, Kyle, Smith and Villas g.
 On motion of Mr. Frye the senate ln- sisted upon its amendments, and the fol- lowing conferees were appointed: Messrs. Frye, Quay and Vest.
 The bill as 1t passed the house appro- priated slO6s471S and authorized con- ass 9s eyES of RSe1s it hnv2Rg was rs ported to the senate the amount approy pria ted was $12, ,614,55O. That sum was aii- creased by various items put on in the senate, including the provision for the deep-sea harbpr in southern Calflrnlai The senate at D. m adjourned until to- morrow.
 The House.
 The house was mainly occupied today in the considerauon Qf the Rinakey} Downing contested election case, MT, Cooke of Illinois resuming his argument in favor of Rnaker. The debate contln- ued until night, though several motions to adjourn were interjected and defeated during the discussions. The debate was participated In by MT. Lacey of Illinois in favor of Downing and MT Dalzell ot Pennsylvania, who gave reasons for not assentng to the report for unseatlng MT. Downing. Messrs. Hepburn of Iowa and Connolly of Illinois strongly favored thd seating of MT. Rinaker. At 8 D. m. the case had not been decided.
 At S:20 the house, by vote of 139 to 35, recommitted the case to the committee on elections No. 1, with instructions to re- count such parts of the vote deemed proper.
 The yea vote was made up of sixty nine democrats, sixty-seven republicans and three populists This ended the long and-in some respects-unparaleled par lamentary struggle, and at S:45 o'clock, on motion of MT. Moody, the house ad- journed until tomorrow.