The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-26
DINGLEY ON THE DEFENSIVE.
Fcfutes Getting n Harbor Appropri-
alton in the Sundry CiviI nil.


Washington, Feb 25-The House to-day
resumed the consideration of the sundry
civil appropriation bill Quite a debate
developed on the motion to strike out the
appropriation of $13S,o so for The work at
Oakland, Cal, its opponents alleging that
no contract had as yet been made for the
work and asserting that the river and
harbor bill was TO be suppressed ana a
favored few given appropr atoms in the
sundry civil bill.
Mr.. Moody made a sensational attack
upon the appropriation in the sundry civn
bill Of $960OOO for the Rockland (Me) har-
Dor, which is in Mr.. Dingleys district He
said he was willing to submit to economy
and honest leadership, but for one he pro-
posed TO rebei against a leadership tha .
gave an appropriation to Rockland, Me,
an insignificant port.
Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio attacked the APP
preparation and declared thal If the House
allowed these river ana harbor items to
go into the sundry civl bill there would
be no river and harbor bill. lie was ana2-
ed, he said. at the action OF the aDpropra-
ton committee and iusisted thar all the
members should be on an equality.
Mr.. Cannon replied to the attack declar-
ing that some of Che most ci0us river md
harbor items ever reported came from the
committee when he (Mr Grosvenor) was
a member of it. lie said that from - to
80 per cent. Of the money appropriated by
a bill he had helped 10 report, had been
worse than thrown away.
Mr.. Dingley answered the personal at
tack made upon him. The E9tkiaud i'm
provement, he said, was not simply an i'm
provemsnt, II included a provision for u
breakwater and harbor of refuge just such
another as WAS beirg built At Sandy Pay
in Mr.. Moody's district, and on w1icn $780,
900 had been spent. lie Indignantly repu-
dated the intimation that he had over
suggested or animated that th's apbro-
priatlon SHOULD De made in this bill lie
presumed it had been made upon Che re-
commentators of the Corps OF Erglncers
for the public interest
Mr. Catchings of Mississippi defended
the action of the committee
When the item appropriatlng $4,000 for
San Pedro, Cal, was reached, there
was some debate. in the course OF which
Mr. Cooper, Rep, of Wisconsin. reviewed
the whole history of the protracted con-
test between San Pedro and Santa M0nlca,
characterzing it as the most astounding
chapter in our legislative history II
there was anything in the bill thar ought
to pass, he said, It was ths. TIC item
was passed without amendment.
An unsuccessful effort was made TO Sc
cure consideration Of the bill passed by
the Senate for two additional. regiments
Of artillery, but on objection from MIR.
Cox, Dem, of Tennessee, it went over
The House a 5 o'clock recessed until s
o'clock, the evening session TO be devoted
to private pension bills
The evening session was largely wasted
Six private pension bills were ordered to
be favorably reported to the House by the
committee of the whole. but on the next
Mr.. Sullivan Of Mississippi. ra,s2d the po mt
of no quorum. No business could be trans
acted until "A majority of the members APP
peared and answered the roll call and that
could not be secured. At 1880 o'clock the
House was declared adjourned until to-
morrow.