The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-10
THE RIVER AND HARB0R BILL.
Mr. Hepburn Attacks the Measure as
Aiding Local Commerce Only.

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Aiding Local Commerce Only.
II the House today the River and Harbor
Appropriation bill was taken up after rou-
tine matters were disposed Of Mr.. Hep
burn made A violent attack on the meas
ure as aiding only local commerce.
The House met at noon and Mr. Loud
asked that the bill to codify the postal
laws be made a special order when the
River and Harbor bill shall have been
! disposed OF. this order not TO interfere
! with the order making Friday pension day.
/ This was ordered. The following days
were. By unanimous consent, set aside for
eu,ogies: On motion Of Mr. Eddy. Satur-
day, February 2, in memory Of Cushnan
<, Davis; on motion Of Mr. Jones Of Vir-
GINA. Saturday, February 8, il memory Of
Richard = Wise; on motion of Mr. Hep
/ burn, Saturday, January 20, in memory Of
John H. Gear on mcsion OF Mr.. Bingham,
Saturday, February Is, in memory of Jonn
II Hofecker, late a Representative from
Delaware.
Al 1910 o'clock the House went into
/ Committee Of the Whole on the River and
Harbor bill, with Ar. Hopkins in the
chair. Mr. Burton sought to obtain unan-
Irnous consent to close general debate at 3
o clock this afternoon, but Mr.. Cushman
objected.
Mr.. Sh2cklefcFd addressed the chair fer
five minutes in opposition to the abandon
nent Of the work to improve the Mis-
souri, River, which abandonment is con
templated in the pending bill. He gave
notice Of an amendment which he thought
would correct an error of judgment, or
an injustice, in the bill
Mr. Grosvenor addressed the chair He
of committing the Federal Government 10
the Improvement as, he said CT Wes -ern
real estate by means of irrigation. In
reply TO a question by Mr.. Fitzgerald OF
New York. 3ir. GrOsyenor said ne could
see no analogy between subsidies for real
estate and subsidies for ships. The first
was bad, the second was good.
Mr. Jones of Washington followed Mr..
GrcsyenOr, making q vigorous plea for
the Improvement OF Gray's Harbor and the
Chahal5s River.
He thought it unwise to continue to
dig harbo-s deeper at the cost Of millions
Of dollars because some shipbuilder5 III
sisted now and then On building a ship OF
deeper draft than is ordinary. He thought
shipEuilders should make their craft con
form to the harb0rs.
MI Hepburn made violent attack upon
tbs bill, saying that ''w2ntOn and reckless
expenditures characterize this River and
Harbor bill II was not right, he said. to
tax the whole psopIe for the local in
Drcyemelts in aid Of local cOmmerce-nOt
Interstate sommerce-proyided for in The
bill II gave. he said, a great advauta
TO States having rivers and harbors over
those States not having them. He spoke
Of the muddy roads in Iowa which lay an
embargo On traffic between farm and farm
4 member asked 3Ir. Hepburn if he would
provide Government aid for these roads
in River and HarbOr bill
MT- Fitzgerald OF Massa chusetts asked T
Mr. Hepburn did not know that the com
nerce CT the world IS being carried in
ships drawing thirty feet Mr. FITZGERALD
also asked if NJ. Hepburn did not con-
slider II as desirable to spend money for
the accommodation Of commerce IN the
great harb0-s OF the country as TO spend
S154- 0Co eco for the construction Of an
ISthmIan canal.
Mr. Hepburn answered that the com
merce Of the proposed canal would be
more than LEGAL II would be interna-
tlonaI
The desk in the House OF Representa-
tives CT the late Representative Clarke
Of New Hampshire. who died in his home
in Peterb0r0 last night was draped with
black cloth and its top was hidden under
dCvers