Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-01
MAKE DEFENSE
OF WATERWAYS
OF NEW JERSEY
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Tuckerton Creek, and SO 200 for I'M
proving Woodbridge Creek.
This bill Is full of items OF that
kind. l do not know where these
important national demands come
from, but have Just ground to be-
lieve that the form of the bill Is due
to the very great activity of indiv-
iduals who are concerned In promot-
ing the private interests Of some
small locality at the public expense
and, incidentally, at the expense OF
the people of Oklahoma. ! am op-
posed to the form of this bill; l am
opposed to the whole principle upon
which 1t seems to p oceed. 1t seeks
to serve number of unimportant In
terests of local character: and by
engaging the interest of Members Of
either House in that way 1t is sought
to pass this bill through both Houses
and put an enormous expenditure
upon the people of the United States
without serving any adequate nation
al purpose. Therefore | have intro
duced this proposed amendment to
allow the President OF the United
States the right to disapprove any
particular item Of the bill within the
time stated.
II understand the point of order
made by tho Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Nelson), who. in his interest IN
this bill. sees a great danger to tho
Constitution of the United States and
would make the point Of order that
we have no right to amend the Con-
stttution of the United States by an
amendment of this character. Tho
Constitution of the United States
givss a right OF veto to the President
of the United States whether we
VIII or whether we will not:
but the Constitution of the
United States also places the power
of legislation In this body--fn Con-
gress. We have rieht here to make
law, and we have right to put on
this bill proviso that the head of
the executive branch of the Govern
ment may return any item in the bill
with his dfsapproval. ! wish to take
the voice OF the Senate upon that
question.
II should like to know what the
ruling of the Chair is whether or
order"
Ac L pro
''The Chair sustained the point OF
order on the ground that the Sem
ator's amendment was general legis-
lation on an appropriation bill"
Senator MARITIME In replying to the
senator from Oklahoma, gave the
senate some plain facts about the
waterways of New Jersey. He said:
81 was absent from the chamber
during the remarks OF the Senator
from Oklahoma (Mr. Owen), but /
feel that | would be utterly an in
sufficient senator If l should keep
my mouth closed after the unfort-
unate reference made in belittling
way to the appropriations for the
commonwealth which / in part rep
esent.
Il realize that many of these
names may not seem dignified to the
Senator from Oklahoma-Raccoon
Creek, Toms River, Shrewsbury
River, Tuckerton Creek, Woodbridge
! Greek. How blessed Oklahoma
would be If 1T had the most insight
ficant one of these creeks wander
ing through your commonwealth! !"
I'VE would be glad 10 have them"
interi ected Md. Owen.
"My friend from Oklahoma refers
in belittling way to these various
appropriations. such as the Eliza
beth River Improvement. Accord
ing to the report submitted the
amount Is st5.543. Let me say to
you. | am proud of 1t that | appear
ed before the committee OF the
House and urged that that appro-
priation should be made $4,000,
and | did it for this reason:
81 realize that KIN Won Kull and
Elizabeth river, passing up from the
great harbor OF New YorR city, bears
a tonnage each year that outstrips
the tonnage that passes through the
great Suez canal. The great contest
| is for cheaper transportation, cheap
/ er bread and butter. The wharves
and docks in the great city of New
| York, my birthplace, are fairly con-
gasted, until now the problem con
, fronts us, where can the great ships
| that are building for maritime com
merce of the world find a mooring? /?
"There seems to be no hope on
the New York side, but just across
| tha Hudson river the state of New
! Jersey offers them an abiding place,
and the worlds commerce, in fact,
may be taken care of there.
eve ask that this channel of Kill
Won Kun and the improving of Eliz-
abeth river may have attention in
order TO afford better shipping fa-
cilities and thereby cheaper food,
cheaper bread to the country and to
| the world.
Here, for Newark Bay and the
Passaic river and improvements,
100000 is appropriated. Remem-
her. this is right at the Threshold
| of the great metropolis of this
country. The city of Newark has
| a population today of about $4,000
| people. We are thriving hive OF
| industry. Everything In the manu-
featuring line from a cambric needle
to locomotive, is manufactured
| there. We are a great shipping point.
| For improving Shrewsbury river
and maintenance is the sum Of s10,-
000. The shipping that passes
| through there each year runs into
| hundreds of thousands of tons.
| Toms river is not dignified much In
name, but they only ask for q pit
| tance of $1,000. That is one Of
the paltry sums that my friend
| would sneeringly refer to.
| Woodbridge creek Is within
eight miles of my home. II 1t were
called Woodbridge river 1t would
| have more character, for the name