The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-26

Washington, Feb. 25.-A long and
somewhat exciting debate over the
question of river and harbor appropria-
tons was precipitated in the house
during the consideration of the sundry
civil appropriation bill. 1t was prac-
tically agreed by all those who par
ticipated that there would be no river
and harbor bill at this session of con-
gress, and this led Mr.. Moody to at
tack the contract items carried in the
sundry civil bill. He selected an ap-
preparation of $3.50. 900 for Rockland,
Me-, which is in Mr.. Dingley's district.
and his remarks in denunciation of
what he termed favoritism approached
the sensational. He said he was will
ing to submit to economy and honest
leadership, but for one he proposed to
rebel against the leadership that gave
an appropriation to Rockland, Me-, an
insignificant port that could be buried
in Boston harbor.
GROSvENOR'S THREAT.
Mr. Grosvenor Rep.. o. attacked
the appropriation and declared that II
the house allowed these river and har-
Dor items to go into the sundry civil
bill, there would be no river and har-
Dor bill. He was amazed, he said, at
the action of the appropriations COM
mittee. and insisted that all the MEM
bers should be on an equality.
Mr.. Cannon replied to the attack. de-
claring that some of the most vicious
river and harbor items ever passed
came from the committee when he
(Grosvenor) was a member of it. He
said that from % to SO per cent of the
money appropriation by a bill he
helped TO report had been worse than
thrown away.
DINGLEY'S REPLY.
Mr.. Dingley answered the personal
attack made upon him. The Rockland
improvement, he said, was not simply
an improvement. 1t included provision
for breakwater and harbOr of
refuge-just such another as was being
built at Sandy bay in Mr. MOody's
district and on which $3.50 GOO had been
spent. He Indignantly repudiated the
intimation that he had ever suggested
or minated that this appropriation
sumed it had been made upon the
recommendations of the corps of en-
gineerS in the public interest.
Only four pages of the bill were dis
posed of today. The senate amend I
ments to the army appropriation bill
were agreed to without debate.
IN THE SENATE.
Hon. Henry w. Corbett's right to a /
seat in the senate from Oregon was I'M 1
der consideration by the senate for |
five hours today Mr. Teller spoke in |
support of the resolution presented by 4
a majority of the committee. He had, /
he said, come to recognize this ques- !
ton as one of constitutional construc- /
ton, but he felt that the senate was
under obligation to the people to make /
such decision as would accord with 4
the facts presented. In conclusion, Mr..
Teller declared his intention to stand /
in this case by the decision reached by
the senate in the Mantle case in 1893.
NO RIGHT TO APPOINT.
Mr.. Allen (Neb.) maintained that in
view of precedents, which he cited, the
fact was established that after the
had been in session and
had failed to elect, the governor had
no right to appoint. He held that
there was no power in the governor to
appoint a senator at the beginning of
an original term, that power lying
wholly in the legislature.
Mr.. Turley (Tenn), a member of the
committee on privileges and elections.
said that the views ne held would COM
pei him TO support the majority of the
committee against the seating of Mr.
Corbett. He held that this was an at
tempt on the part of the governor to
i'll vacancy at the beginning of a new
-erm, after the legislature had had full
to fill the vacancy and
had failed to do so.
Early in the session an. attempt was
made to get up the Alaskan bill. but
t failed.