The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-02
IIER AND HARBOR BILL.
swp1URs ATTACKS THE MEASURE
WHEN PRESENTED.
ps0vtsiea of $3.50. 900 for n Texas
rnprov~m~nt, which burton. in
charge of the Hill, wishdrawa.

WASN'T szGs.FFtt1Jsss Fess. f.-Tlsa house. I'M
.,~a.a-esy after the fea4.ng Of the yo4rssa. !,
=. into COMMITTEES Of sae whole and en-
,sr,6 upon IRE Consideration OF tae river
xr1 barber DslL
Eurto4. Rep. OF Ohso, chairman OF the
,4zsr and h.arfoF committee. opened tns
x,Sas4 with a geEsrai statement Of tao
s<rzsssty of continuing tlae work TIE szs-
.srssssas upon asaica this bill gas based AK !.
syexstsd 80. 90, ysi The COMMITTEES ree-
eurnsnssed q .iftie ever xSo6e3g So.
f;ez.sgaI debate waA closed. and the tsi!
ssad for amendment under the ilgs~mlBpte
ss;k
p.sxsns nf iowa protested against the re-
fans o. the committee 20 Recommend an
ssxF,prsati9n for the iugros sTuafG az the
Tppe. Aissssi.ri river. except t6aao far
sasxxsng. lie admitted that the commerce
a ths river had been greatly reduced ow-
- b the railroad cofs pctit.on, t2t urged
"a tie existence OF the river served as u
scnftans cheek ga railroad rates.
Hepburn Denounces the Bill.
Hepburn OF Iowa severely denounced
ac9fppr;atlon bills. IL had been the
pgaet4re 10 conceal the grand axgre-
eAis Of the appropriations lie was
oCpoxesi 10 useless expenditures. he cali
a attention 10 the fact that Ohio the
s;xte OF IN. chairman OF the committee.
eyf Goeo ~ in shis bill. He spoke OF
sofne Ohio gentlemen who had gone down
ID Texas city, Tex, and. after locating "A
eorsprrsa there had demanded for i'm
agreements t.A.sG an amount several
lines Isl excess % the aggregate assessed
;aise Of tae whole city. In conclusion.
he said BE knew II was useless for htu
q oppose the l1ll The xoses 90 pass II
had been arranged and the s-symmetery
the gentleman from Ohio had spoken os
sas the Distribution which mad brought
Ia this measure the support necessary 10
make II a success.
RE general debate closed, and the bill
vas read for amendment under the five
minute rule.
Tongue az Oregon. speaking 10 a pro
forms amendment protested against the
rspssi % the provision for Tag,ina bay.
sar which he said. contracts for the Inn
asesemegt had already been made.
Cummings Of New York made brief
speech IN favor OF the Improvement OF
New York harbor-
HephsIrn AGAIN attacked the Galveston
and Bunaio bayou channel section Bur
Ian offered an amendment to the para
graph approprlating sasnea for the cham
e, frori Galveston 10 Texas City. Tex.
which provided that nothing should be
asse under this paragraph until a favor
Able report had been receised from the
thlss Of engineers as To the feasibility Of
tn project.
Hapiev OF Texas offered as a substitute
fT the paragraph "a provision Tor SUR
ysy and estimate OF the cost of tha pro-
posed project. lie complained that be
kss beer ignored In the preparation Of
sI,e bill. In view Of Hawiey's statement
Bartor, moved ia strike out the Whole
paragraph, saying az he did SO thar the
ouynsiffon 20 this project might arise from
ssssraxtip for Galveston and the Rrazos
r,yer project The latter motion pre-
vailed and the whole paragraph went out
az the bit
Atsss the house adjourned.