Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-20

.-5s"I Inc SENATOR Cdu Spodk lOi uluSCit,
but not for, anyone else," Mr.. Aldricb
replied sharply, and Mr.. Teller re-
sponded by saying that every resolution
looking to an inquiry had been voted
down.
"Can the Senator of his own Mowl>
edge make specific charge Of malfea-
sance in office that has not been In
vestgated?" Mr. Aldrich asked.
Mr.. Teller replied that 1t was evi-
dent to all that there was corruption in
the Postofflce Department that had
not been uncovered and that the Re
publicans were afraid to let in the
light.
The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was agreed to. the
bill providing form Of government for
the Panama Canal zone was taken up
and read anu amended, but the debate
upon it had not begun when the
ate adjourned. azs ssss ;SS
House Psoceeding ..sss,
The Hauss ednssda passed the
bill repprf cgHmittse on
rivers rive ands haTlssfs ss sSss ropriafing So
O06:100 sfor u estoration or main
StenaIse: :of channels. or Of other river
saSdHarboESimprovements. MIL Bur
s6n ffairman Of the committeEFn,.,:.
splafned Tits provisions and urgeTss
eadoption of. settled principles Ests
regard Ito river and harbor work YEIa5
the view to considering each prd1
according to it's merits. Mr.. Burton
said that the amounts expended for
rivers and harbors when the vast eX-
tent OF our waterways was consider,
ed was very small. He favored the
adoption of policy of pushing mat
ters to completion as rapidly as pos
sible,a and declared that Congress
should not undertake anything which
could not be completed within reas-
onably short time. The system pur-
sued in the United States, he thought,
contrasted most unfavorably with
those of foreign countries. The one
greatidefect in our system was the in
suflciency Of the engineering corps
of the: army. He favored the policy
,,of requiring communities interested
in river and harbor improvements to
participate in the expense and said
that preference should be given to
channels and harbors which benefit
a great area Discussing the ques.
ton Of inland waterways, Mr.. Burton.
called attention to the vast sums,
amounting ito many millions OF dol:
lars, which would be required to con.
struct them, AMI declared that the
adontion OF any one OF them would
furnish precedent for the adoption
of all.
In favoring broad and liberal treat
ment of rivers and harbors. Mr. Rams
dell, Of Louisiana, member OF the
committee, said he would support
bill carrying $1OO,O00,00O because the
people now are ready for 1t and
would applaud its passage. He re-
gretted the present measure simply
was an emergency one. The Ameri.
can people, he said, are not afraid OF
large sums, but rather liked them.
He charged that the Republicans had
been lavish and even reckless Of eX.
pense in all matters except river and
harbor improvement and called at.
tention to the hundreds of millions
which, he said. had been spent in con.
nection with the war with Spain and
on "criminal aggression and passive
warfare"
mfr. Humphreys, of Mississippi, also
a. member Of the committee, spoke OF
the sallacy Of the levee system of i'm
proving the Mississippi river, and
said it was not possible for levee
or a system of lerees TO withstand
floods such as occurred in 1897 and
1903.
General debate was closed by. MIR.
Small, of North Carolina, who spoke
OF the necessity for an inland water
way between Chesapeake Bay and
Beaufort Inlet, N. c.
Mr. Clark, of Missouri, called at
tention to the fact that the river and
harbor committee was made up en-
tirely Of members living on the Gulf
coz ST., the Great Lakes or the ocean.
Seven great States through which
the Missouri river flows or passes are
without a single representative. He
alluded to- the acquisition by the
United Ststes Of the Sandwich Is
lands. the Philippines. Guam and Por.
to Rico, "on the pretext that homes
are wanted for our children" and yet.
he said, there is more farming land
cut of which to make such homes
that is overflowed and destroyed and
made barren by the floods Of the Mis-
souri, river than could be found in all
those islands. 'sJnsteadt" he vigor-
ously declared, amid applause. "of
souandering money to hold the Fill
pines in subsection. and educate the
Hawaiins, and to carry the mall at
an exorbitant price to the cannibals
Of the Fiji Islands, you better be TAX.
ing care of this land you have got at
home"