The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
RIVERS AND HARBORS
s17,as4,e57 CARRIED BY BILL WHICH
 PAssEs HOUSE.
Many AnAemaments Offered During nays Discusaa0n Esut Only Tkoae
 Which Came From Commit tee Were Adopted.

dollar being added or subtracte6. the river and harbor appropriation bill passed the House today after. the ses- sion had run we'll into the evening. The total amount carried by the bill is s17,2s4,657. Throughout the day the progress of thes bill was impeded by the offering of amendments. but only those presented by the committee were adopted. The host important com mittee amendment agreed to was one giving the supervisor of harbors at New York increased police power and providing for the protection of oyster beds against deposits from dredgings
 The military academy appropriation bill was sent to conference after agreeing to the Senate amendment au- thorixing the President to appoint General Peter J. Osterhaus a briga- dier general on the retired list of the army
 Upon converting today the House adopted resolutions calling on the sec- retary of the Interior for information as to whether any Indian appropria- tfons or funds had been expended for the support Of any sectarian Indian schools ana also requesting copies of the original Foster oil lease in the osage reservation and for the approval of the same.
 The military academy appropriation bill with the Senate amendments was called up by Mir. Hull, Iowa. chairman 1 of the committee on military affairs. All amendments were disagreed to except the one authorizing the Presi- dent to appoint Senator J. R. Hawley of Connecticut. a brigadier general on the retired list. which was reserved for discussion.
 Mir. Hull explained that the Senate claimed in putting on the amnsdment in carrying out q precedent estab- lished by the House in the case of Representative Boutelle of Maine, who was retired as a captain in the navy. If the amendment was aGred to he thought the name of General Peter |. osterhaus should be coupled with it. The reference to General osterhaus l, was greeted with applause. | Mir. Hull then offered an amendment including the name of General oster- haus.
 l The services to the country rendered l by both men were extolled by Messrs. Sulzer, New York. and Hull but the Legislation was criticised by Mir. Bart lett. Ga. on the ground that it was unusual. Both amendments were agred to without division and tae bill was sent to conference, Messrs. Hull la. Parker, N. J., and slayden. Tex, being appointed managers for the Mouse.
 N Consideration of the river and har- bor appropriation bill was then re- sumed. An amendment was agreed to providing that no process for remov. ing hyacinths from the nayigable wa | ter of Florida shall be used which requires the deposit, of poisonous sub stances in such waters.
 A heated attack on the committed was made by MT Gaines Tenn, for It's alleged failure to properly provide fo, the lower Cumberland River. He re. sented the action of some of his Dem ocratic colleagues in humping theis
 desks and derisively applauding him
 and demanded respectful treatment.
 because. he said, he had been
 skinned"
 Mir. Gaines moved to-strike from thc bill the provision authorizing the Cumberland River improvemeTt com. pany, a Kentucky corporation, to i'm. prove the Cumberland River. upon tho ground that 1t was not a valid com. pany.
 Mfr. Burton admonished Mir. Gaines to be more careful in his facts, be. cause the company was in existenct under proper franchise and then ad. vised him not to take up the time by reciting information wholly incorrect
 MT. Gaines disclaimed any knowl. edge of the case as stated by Mir Burton. The amendment was voted down.
 A prolonged discussion was precip. itated over an amendment by Mir. Bou. telle Ill.) to strike out the provision authorizing the transfer to Lake Mich. igan from Boston, Mass. of a governs ment dredge, the charge being made repeatedly that the amendment was fin the interest of the dredging combine in the Great Lakes.
 Messrs Boutelle and Grosvenor l tohio) supported the amendment while 1t was strenuously opposed by Messrs Burton (ohio) and Burgess (Tex. The amendment was lost, 21'to ifs
 After agreeing to meet tomorrow and Monday at II o'clock the House ad- Journed