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were made by different members to inject
river and harbor items into the bill, three
Oh tnem being successful; amendments ap-
propriating $4,000 for Cleveland harbor
| $Ao,0o for Wilmington. Del. and increas-
lngt the appropriation for Boston harboI
from 100000 to $25o, 200. were adopted. AS
! contracts for this work were authorized
| they were In order under the rules.
The house resumed consideration of the
sundry civil bill Immediately after the
reading of the Journal the pending amend
ment being that of Tongue Republican. of
Oregon. to appropriate $l500Oo for Yaqu!na
bay, Or.
Dockery. Democrat, of Missouri. vigor-
ously opposed the amendment. that he
said. would make the government liable
for an expenditure of over million dol
lars on a project that was an engineering
imposs ibility
The amendment was lost-36 to 76.
An amendment appropriating $500, 600 for
the harbor of Cleveland. Ohio, offered by
Burton, Republican, of Ohio, was adopted.
Representative Lewis of Washington this
afternoon offered as an amendment to the
sundry civil appropriation bill resolution
condemning Minister Woodford for giving
a banquet to the Spanish cabinet. He de-
clared that he was opposed TO feasting the
murderers Of those whom the nation was
burying. The amendment was ruled out on
a point OF order.
Lewis, Democrat. of Washington, Great
ed something of a sensation by offering the
following resolution as an amendments:
Resolved. That congress disapproves of
Minister Woodford's rendering a banquet
to the Spanish cabinet In behalf of the
United States and expressing the sense
that the relations between Spain and the
United States should. until the inquiry as
to the cause of the Maine disaster, be de-
fnrmtpp6 n In nj IN, tha fA,
official way demanded by the needs of the
respective nations"
Lewis was proceeding to remark upon
the "ghoui!sh spectacle" of Minister
Woodford banquetting the Spanish cabinet
while the country was mourning the loss
or go brave sailors, who were the victims
of Spanish hate, when Cannon interposed
q point OF order against the amendment
and was promptly sustained by the chair
Lewis attempted to debate the point of
order, saying the amendment was certainly
pertinent to the paragraph under consid-
eration-what happened to relate to ma
tional cemeteries.
Il am opposed" he said, "to our people
burying their dead while our official repre-
sentative abroad is feasting their murder
ers"
At this point Lewis was cut off and the
Incident closed
An amendment offered by Moody. Re-
publican, OF Massachusetts. and warmly
supported by Fitzgerald Democrat of
NJ massachusetts,. to increase the appropra-
.ion .n Tor Boston harbor from 100000 to
s25O,oOO was adopted
An amendment offered by Grosvenor. |
republican, of Ohio, appropriating SIS. $50 |
for the continuation of the publication of
the records of the rebellion was adopted.
AT 5:l5 p. m the committee of the whole
rose without having completed the con-
sideration of the bill.
Mcl,eary' Republican, of Minnesota, was
recognized by the speaker on question of
personal privilege. He said that q purport-
I'd interview with him was published this
morning relative to the disaster to the
Maine. In Justice to himself he said the
interview was entirely unwarranted and
lnauthorized. 1t did not in any correct
manner represent his views on the ques-
The house, at 5:2O D. M. adjourned nntiI