The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-26

appropriation bill were agreed to without
debate
Washington, Feb. 25.-The house TODAY
resumed consideration of the sundry civil
bill Quite a debate developed on n mo-
ton to strike out the appropriation of
$4,000 for work at Oakland, California,
its opponents alleging that no contract
had yet been made for the work and as
serting that a river and harbor bill was
to be suppressed and a favored few given
appropriations in the sundry civil bill
Representative Moody made a sensation
al attack upon an appropriation in the
sundry civil bill of $4,000 for the harbor
at Rockland, Maine which is in Mr. Ding
ley's district He said he was willing to
submit to economy and to honest leader
ship, but. for one, he proposed to rebel
against the leadership that gave an ap
preparation TO Rockland, Maine, so insig
nidcant port that it could be buried in
Boston harbor.
Mr.. Grosvenor (Rep., Ohio attacked the
appropriation and declared that If the
house allowed these river and harbor
items to go into the sundry We'll bill there
would be no river and harbor BILL He
was amazed, he said, at the action of
the appropriations committee and insisted
that all the members should be on an
equality.
Mr.. Cannon replied TO the attack, de-
clarfng that some of the most vicious
river and harbor items ever reported
came from the committee when he (Gros-
venom was a member of it. He said that
1f nn mo n
nronriated by a bill he helped TO report
mad been worse than thrown away
Mr.. Dingley answered the personal at
tack made upon him. The Rockiand I'M
movement. he said, was not simply an
Improvement. It included provision Ior
braalvater and a harbor of refuge-Just
e,1cb another as was built at Sandy HOOK
in Mr. Moodv's district, and on when SOW
m had been spent. He Indignantly repu-
5iated the intimation that he had ever
oryqestad or intimated that this appIo-
,,riatior should be made in this Dill lie
nresumed it had been made upon inc
of the corps OF engineers
in the public interest.
Mr. Catchirgs Dem, Miss) oeIehueu
49, ootio, Of the appropriations commit
tee. IT.. -.-
The Oakland horbor Appropriation
manned in the bill by a vote Of lbs 10 10
When the item appropriating S4oJ'Vo" Io'
San Pedro. Cal, was reached there W.
some debate, IN the course OF Whlch MI
Coorer (Ren.. WIS., reviewed the Wno!e
ri.torv of the protraoted contest between
san Pedro and Santa Monica, character
izing it as the most astounding chapter III
our legislative history. If there was any
thing in the bill that ought 70 pass, ne
said II was this. The item passed with
out amendment.
A, unsuccessful effort was made 70
secure consideration Of the bill passed oy
the senate fer two additional regiments OF
artillery. but on objection from Mr. Cox
dem. TennD II went over.
An amendment appropriating $4,000
for Yaauina Bay, Oregon. was pending
whom the house. at O'Clock recessed until
S o'clock, the evening session 10 be de-
voted 70 private pension bills.
The evening session was largely vast
ed. Six private pension bills were ordered
to be favorably reported 10 the house
by the committee Of the whole, but on the
next Mr.. Sullivan OF Mississippi raised
the point Of no quorum. 10 business
could be transacted until a majority of
the members appeared and answered tie
roll call. and that could not be secured.
Among the bills acted upon was one
granting a pension OF 81 month 70 the /
widow Of General William J. Landau Of |
Kentucky.
Az 1879 o'clock .he house was declared !
adjourned until tomorrow.