The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-26
R%IyER-HARB0R BILL.
yorsr rRACTICALLT so DE-
ny A TOTE OF rs TO 10.
-.u,,,,,ons for river and Hnrber I'm.
~ Ap'".,,. Are Included in the sundry
o,nu,-uo Contr"versS Between Cnunon
.,,,,.nor and Moody and ninEieS.

ONo A., - ,h.. House, in Committed OF
vote oil ~ ,r,cticsuy decided that
the WhoIc' o' piy.r and uarbor bill re-
there shou'" .. ~ ,b,s session Of Congress.
ported, AZ ., ,,i,, mi unon the action
This was 'no ,.sei 49, onnoncnts of the motion
Of the comm ,ras t,k,n.
upon Which '"' - y, Mr. parkcr ,Ren
The issue j." =, I'LL. out NJ the hill items
MI. VINO no's' ~ ooo 400 Tor rircr and
npprOpI"'''S for which contracts have
harbor impiU''"', !. Glow ~ tho condi,ion NJ the
not been ui'"'' 49, t,or,o ought MT IN cnter
treasury ne e',' Wv - ,,,. vork. row Tho
upon the 'o,s'l Gatr,nd hsrhor Cal. q
items n"uie' h.rhor s,oo ooo. San
~ C01. hnrbor. 100000; Kentucky River,
feuV nhio River falls Mt Louisville, $167,-
tlOi'ooo' ~. ,.on, Koyc.nov Boy to Lake
$50; waterway iro", t..t pi... 90 zoo
n..,ior .SoGS. OOO; Mississippi RIVER, S.,4SS,-
up,n,,i Riy,r. $500 900.
oOi MlssO-'' na, IN said IN AZ ,bese items
MI. Cannon 't'cP" 1t, nr - ~ -.
,.d been inserted in the bill upon the state
nau ,ho rbicf of Ensineers that contracts
ments py L , II. ,i,h vorl and tbeso
would be made toko U" ~
fppo..n1 1rorhor hill we're passed or not.
b hNel Wv - Noss reuher NJ thu
III. Moody d'op' ""o'.,'
Committee on ArpFopFia.HO ga a.nn.,.,s'
z..lru llNll Dill l1u upbAo
tuna'y ,n, autborized Inv contracts
lions LOT WIN W ~. IN
~. ..rioved the appropriations for Rockland
ho ,I,,.i,, - AZ Dinvlev In tbe naat
hsrbor In tho district u "t. So. 49, 80, o.
amounting since 1850 to over Sooo,ooo. beside
~. 900, nno cnrried in this bill. He spoke of IL
es''|nm,, ,;u.,, md barhnr which
ss an inconspl'uouS ''""s Wv
could DO sunk bet Teen any two OF the Islands
=. po.,on hsrbor, whose total commerce last
In Boston n',oo. -,
year was OUT '3V'''o ,0"
'I am In favor of honest economy SAID
.a. 4, conclusion but | want 1t to be az
MOOD! "aI~aIt sot lam NOT onnos.d IN
broad as the nation ''So"' Ao' o'pooeo w
honest leadership in the House. but when 1t
10. n results like these / am ready to rebel"
leauS o,io and anplausc.l
t'SWass DingIay Iiep. Mel arose to reply, but
M Nv M Mr.. Grosvenor Rep, Oh who
st.JTf thNt in eight years service on the River
XII to carry appropriations for a work not con-
u His way of a river and harbor bill into q
ESnniry Civil bill which would leave unprovid.
"a , ~ proicrts' lie would vote TO strike out
sysrv item not covered by an existing contract.
Cannon said that the gentleman from
ohin vssin error: that provisions to meet obli-
o.,;ons arising under future contracts had al.
S E,rs been carried in the Sundry Civil bill. lie
then turned his guns upon Mr.: eros cenor. as
r,ara resnonsibie Tor the present system OF
I 20 md Ibarbor bills, which had always met
bs onposition.
WI Iirosycnor-Well, they were always fair
hills. took the whole country and didn't prefer
stew choice projects,
M. Cannon almost s~hrieking,-Fair. fair!
VIZ n. Thsirmsn they we're the most in.
,MI;,cus Measures ever brought into tho House
tHErsat Iangh,er Twenty.Hye to "a per cent.
of All the money they appropriated was worse
han ~uselessIy spent. When tho gentleman acts
ss censor and criticises me for IA bill. thar
which no bhl was ever more carefully and hon.
e,tly prepared, | propose to tell HIM the truth.
laughter ! can read between the lines.
M tronbl with the gentleman is that he fears
there viii be no river and harhor bill. and these
irtis hui meritOrious projects about which he Is
10 ,olicitous viii not get into the Treasury with
III fonrs Now. am not the dctcnder Of
thess river mud harbor items: | am net re.non-
INA for their being mere, and have no pride in
them, Strike them out OF the bill, il you want;
cat In
II Grosyenor-I want to say TO the gentle
man from illinois that not a single dollar is
Mr. CannonrrGst 'em ali in now. JLauph.
teri ~
M. Grosyenor-Nor has n dollar ever bsen
AMMAN, rod for INV ,rninct in nv nrasan+ Con.
srsapss Ti.,,io, iot nj hao ~ II ~ preSeI. IN
sess usuaga l mou1I-n oI PVT niysen IN TINS
Who never W" advocates c"s apsropriat.on un', to- ba
expended in his own district, This allusion
% " snG tocaEn9h ana construction or a SOL
vas received win shout. of ieuphfer "'''
Nr. Din9lry, in reply 10 Mr.. Moody's assault
Iaid that Ii, Improvement of Rockland harbor'
ter and harbor Of ranfIrTte, and was beann fftsen
years ago. before the contract system of i'm.
prOvements vas inauguratCG. II was "A similar
Improvement 10 The ono in progress at sandy
Bay, in Mr.. Moody. own iistrict- aud Inon
which over 500 OOha been uireanv eyncndrj
The appropriation for Rncklsnd Mr. hinaior
said, had moi heen snughi nv MI, and no nav
nothing Of il until the hii was renortcd sato
the necessities OF The case he knew noth;re II
the appropriation was ROT needed. cross If out.
II ii was needed. IL should ,c rnntinusS
But | wanted TO repudiate The Elimination
Mr. Diisley cS seuiiu,tlh " iron ! M wos arrnnmsctts
interested in The matter. or that he annronria,
ton was in the bill he ause I had asked fnr it
appeal 70 the members OF the couHnnittce to
bear out the assertion that 7 have snoken IN No
one Of them about il. / am nerTectIw coptentt
that that shall he done which those In charre
Of the matter think should he done for tbc n.
fcrests o. the public service"
Messrs. ". A. Stone NJ pc,,ur,yo,,. o,a
Cooper of Wisconsin Questioned M Wondv
as 10 the authO.i;, Tor hia stafcp,cmt 49,
Hyer.a hnrbur bill would he rcnortcd nv
Mr.. Moody The cannon speech and common
Mr.. Cooper" Whn ha. ,u,bo,,,v 70 u,,
asthtemun,! ouSh
tr. Moody only ,ucuk frop, vbot 7 ho.r
MI. StOnc-Well, I don't hear anvthing IT,
That; The House will demand n river an6 h,r'
Dor bill. ""' A"t