The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-19
THE SHIP CHANNEL.
Chairman Burton Has introduced a Bill
Affecting the Enterprise.
CLEARS THE DEAD WOOD AWAY
And Gives Houston Notice Of What Is
Necessary to Be Done.
TEXANS COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
Ball on Rivers and liarbors and Others Are
Very Well Placed.
EASTERN GOLDBUGS GOT IN THEIR WORK
| About Eleven of Them Voted for re-
publican Gold standard Iniqntty.
Personal Mention of Texans.
TEXANS COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
Ball on Rivers and Harbors and Others Are
Very Well Placed.
EASTERN GOLDBuGS GOT IN THEIR WORK
About Eleven of Them Voted for re-
publicnn Gold standard Iniqutty.
Personal Mention of Texans.


Washington. December lS.-Chairman
Burton of the rivers and harbors commit
tee has introduced a bill TO repeal the
in the last rivers and harbors
bill which reads as follows
For commencing the Improvement OF
the water route from the mouth OF the
tott,es at Galveston. through the existing
ship channel and UP Buffalo bayou tc
Houston, Texas, including harhor al
Houston. in accordance with project sub
mitted by the board of engineers in report
of survey dated November 3, 1897 $780,
OOo; provided. that contracts may be en-
tered into by the secretary of war for the
whole or any part OF such materials and
work as may he required for prosecuting
said Improvement, or the said materials
may he purchased and the work done 9TH
erwise than by contract, to be paid Tor as
appropriations may from time TO time he
made by law. not to exceed in the aggre-
gate $2.oo0,0Oo; provided, further, that
out OF said sum two dredges may be con-
structed for said work.
That section u of the same act be, and
the same is hereby. amended by striking
out the word fourteen after the word
''section" and inserting in lieu theret
the word eleven" That section 20
the same act be- and the same is hereby
amended by striking out the word ten
after the word sections" and inserting
In lieu thereof tho word nine"
This bill simply gets the dead wood out
nph
Houston must make fnisewinter to pass
the bill already offered by Mr.. Ball. 1T
clears the decks OF the incumbranca
caused by the mistake made by the en-
rolling clerk last spring and places the
Iship channel project exactly where ~
would have stood and where In reality IL
stands now provided no mistake nad peeh
made. 1t is notice served on Houston,
however. that some hard work must b=
done to win.
About eleven so-oalcd democrats voted
for the gold standard bill today and sew
eral others were absent, thus giving the
measure forty majority. These alleged
democrats arc al from the East which
corrohorateB all The Post correspondent
has aid heretofore about allowing the
east to stick TO its golden idol and employ
Ian the democratic ammunition IN the
Central West. The people have not yet
awakened to the enormty OF this Dill ana
when they do It will rebound TO the circuit
OF the democratic party Iof lLe position ~
occupies toward IT,
In the committee assignments today the
Texas delegation Jared as well as any
delegation in congress, thus showing The
.,, 1i.,, - tho ,oanhers from Texas
They were assigned as follows'
Judge Burke to committee on elections
No. 8 and on postofices and postroads.
Mr.. Cooper was placed on committee Oh
ways and means.
, Judge Lanham on judiciary.
Mr.. Hawley on interstate and foreisi
commerce. naval affairs and on ievees mr.
,nnrovements of Mississippi river.
Mr. rail goes back on the rivers ana mar
hors committee where his people "sn
lhim. MIR. Burton OF Ohio was naoe cn ',i
= man of that committee and cooper OF 10
consin. a friend to Houston is on Una
y committee entirely and is made onairnnai
# OF the committee on insuisr SILL. !, ma
/. Ton however gets two new friendS on lha
. committee. There will probably pc ~
I, meeting OF the committee until after III
8 Albert BurIeson gets good assignmen
q for a new member on the committee %
: foreign AFFAIRS. n,.. 80
/, ao,nmittee his second choice and
a committee of Importance TO Texas, an
y also on the committee on Pacific ran
Mr. Kleberg goes back to the committe
nm public lands. and John II. stephens o.
Indian affairs.
Texas has lost out on the approprIaaao =.
committee on account OF the warm hsn
In the Texas delegation for the position, =
nradicted In these dispatches. and
: Graffenreid has been assigned 10 commit
Il tee on Territories. railways and canals an
', NTH Mr.. Henry has been given place on IN
new committee on insular snaIs q su !,
u Judge Sheppard was put on the co~ni'
n lee on Pacific railways.
y w NJ. Alexander OF Dallas was 'oaa
n admitted to practice before the suprem
court.
nrvan Houston, formerly Of Texas, no
lof New York. was In the city To-Day
Miss lone Oakley Gorham, dausnte,rI :
te Major j. G. Gorham OF Dallas. y v'sll'n
here. ,.ht 49, ~
YORK and will not return until AFTER y
holidays. He will probably 20 e GAVE
Of ton before returning 20 Wasnipkson...
e, pr, John Grant United rts1ss 49, ~ ny
~ for the Northern district 9 sss.sn s.
j for home today. having peen =
% % On HON orss GEORGE Clark o. waee 4 here ]
: -orrasent the Waters. Fieroo OH oqQl4
a. Ia the appeal from ~ IxtsS. 4
case win probably n = 5svs7e .' q s:lS