Show THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL finally passed seventysix Seventy Six million on the amount carried A bill Va in tine like history athe united t brawk of uenh tote la the negative riwe agthe the PeA jaw iw NO do IMI am to 40 i I 1 laeli oll to de Ur of indian wars I 1 vials utah oregon A and nd eliw herlone reOne he one teira residence in a territory requisite for a ul DI varee other matters mattera of interest lute washington may I 1 13 t the river and Z harbor appropriation bill was passed b the senate cenate today after an unusually stormy experience lasting many d days ays As A finally passed the bill makes d direct I 1 of and authorizes th or continuing contracts of an aggregate of about during the debate today the statement was made that this was the largest larger it ag gregath for a river and harbor bill in n the history of the government 11 mr r gorman german sought to secure an amendment to the bill limiting the contract expenditures to annual annu all but the amendment was tabled yeas 40 cayll 23 A number of f house bills on the calendar were passed during the da in eluding the bill requiring a years rea rest I 1 r dence in any territory as a requisite to divorces the dupont contest car case e comes up by agreement tomor tomorrow to washington mgt MB 13 the river and harbor bill was taken up as soon as the senate enate convened loday the agreement being that the final vote be taken at 3 p in the pending question was war mr air gor tiana mans amendment directing the acre tary of war tb so apportion contract appropriations that not more than ten mil ilona bee expended on contracts in any one year before proceeding mr vest dem J of missouri gave noth notice e of a mino minority rit report on the filled choose cheese bill by himself and senators walthall of alash I 1 as t ippi harris of tennessee jones of arkansas and white of california the bill was passed for the appoint ment of guardians for pensioners in the district of columbia found to be squandering pension money by drinking or vicious habits with mith the river and harbor bill mr vest opposed the german jorman amendment declaring that it would permit the secretary of war to nullify the river and harbor bill and to substitute tile lits opinion in lieu of that of ton c on greer tie he did not believe there would be any I 1 partisan in fit the chamber who w give such autocratic powers to a tie ff icer cot lie he had never known is a f war to whom he wo would uld extend suan suck powers while he was a democrat and knew the expends tures lures would be made by democratic officials up to march 3 yet that was not a factor to consider as he any buch ab abdication diction of power by congress condri ss and its transfer to one official oT iclal mr gorman german insisted that there was no ab diction of power but merely a limitation of the power of the secretary bec y of war so that not more than ten mil lions ilona would be spent annually it was a nices necessary essaiy provision said mr gorman german in view of the fact that this is the first time in the history of the government that we have gone into the wholesale business of authorizing contracts 11 if he were secretary of war said mr gorman german lie he would apply the rule suggested by mr air sherman of not ing the government for one dollar of these contracts until con congress grebs made pro vision for the revenues va M meet them this amendment was merely a caution to our executive officer that in lew leiv of our condition he must not fiend m more 0 re than ten millions a jear j car the senator expressed his appreciation of the river and harbor bill the most important tant of the appropriation bills but this amend ment would permit ample expenditures with proper limitations in reply to a suggestion of mr air white dem call cat that the sec secretary of war had already shown a disposition to tore restrict and harbor gorman german took occasion to express his hloch personal regard for the present secretary of war but the senator felt that lie he could not conscientiously give his vote to a measure that would put it in the power of one man to spend boncy money that the government did not possess the debate took a wide range under tinder the five minute rule which had been agreed on the amendment by mr air gray wak wab accepted making ti ll e ten million reb lion appl to contracts and not to dirt dirik mr allison propos cdan edan amendment fixing xing 11 the on contrail aLt at annually anni tall mr air vest to table the gorman german irol proposition aillon and all wah which h motion gutlon prevailed yla yian 40 na nays 8 33 23 as follows yeas republicans alari h balker U iker burrows cameron cullom Cul luni dubols dubois el ains frye gallinger odge lodge I 1 me iride mantel mitchell Ml ore nelson nelon akins rk ins pettigrew platt quay sewell 4 ii erman shoup squire thuraton wetmore wilson 25 Deni democrats ocra tf bacon berry caffer george jones ark milli milb pasco pugh vest Walt walthall liall and white ia i j populists lists butter butler jones janet nev and stewart 3 cotal 40 naya republicans Allis uti brown chandler gear hawley proctor 6 Democrats rate Bate faulls ner gorman gray harris harrid HI fit 1 lind sey martin mitchell wl wis roach brn itil vilas 14 populists lists allen veder kyle ke 3 total 33 23 the sabine pass texas project was reduced r from rom to on motion of M mr r fre e M mr r lindsey dem ky offered an amendment directing the secretary of war to adjust contracts that not more than so per cent of any appropriation would be expended in any one year mr smith dem N J said he hoped borne bome amendment limiting expenditures would prevail the aggregate of the bill including contracts reached about oooo an amount unprecedented and double that in the best times of the countr country considering the business conditions odthe of the country and of the treasury part of the money being raised by bonds congress was not justified in appropriating a greater amount than ever before in the thac history of the gov eminent on motion of mr frye the amendment of lindsey wat was tabled yeas 37 pays nays 18 the detail vote was substantially the same as the previous mr allen alien popo pop neb said he was astonished that democratic senators joined with republicans in supporting this bill the vast amount involved depended largely by a republican secretary of war according to the pres ent political outlook he said it would doubtless benefit alican campaigns and the senator said he could understand why republican senators supported it but not why democrats should mr allen alien pointed out in detail the number 0 of f creeks mill ponds lagoons and ditches in the bill nit mr fre vigorously resented mr air at al leus lens remarks the nebraska senator benator did not know what he was talking about declared mr air frye some of the so go called creeks were great arteries of commerce this was an old play on the word creek it was an antiquated worn out play heard time arid and again mr frye said he was sick of hearing senators rising here and talking alono ma in when these there same senators came before the committee and demanded increased appropriations mr allen alien responded that it wits was always possible for an artful mind to cun jure up a subterfuge of defense for any injustice mr bate sought to secure as an increase from to for cumberland river Tenne tennessee tsee the senator created a laugh by declaring that while lie he approved economical appropriations yet it Is hardly to be expected he be would baand by and see people getting a whole aa and be nat gaul 8 a alle k ahe amendment was tabled on motion of mr fryer the bill was war about to be put on its final passage when mr frye asked fit teen minutes to answer criticisms that had been made on the bill ahe benator bloke with great animation and was listened to with never before said mr frye had there been such unanimous demand for river and harbor improvements as there had been this ear rt it had come from all sections section it had been the demand of the american people and in response to that demand this hill bill was passed the bill was war then put on its passage nir mr smith dem of new jersey demanded the yeas aas and nays on the roll call the bill was passed 9 those who voted in the negative were bate tennessee chilton lexas I 1 exas harris tennessee new york smith new jersey and vi las wisconsin democrats brown utah republican at alien ten nebraska and kyle south dakota populists lists the senate named senators frye quay ai d vest as conferees on the river and harbor bill other bills were passed us its follows amending the law as to the practice in the united states courts in the indian amending the act granting pensions to the survivors of indian wars so as to include the survivors of the fevre river ricer war sabine indian disturb ancer caa ca use war the florida seminole wars and the 1 lexas I exas and nev ne mexican indian wars r he california indian dk turhan turban of ibri 52 and the indian wars of utah oregon and wash agton relating to tl tie e sale rate of printed copies copier of patents relating to the guar altees on proposals of naval lieu lleo making it unlawful to shoot or arow stones or any other missiles into any to lo conio co motive tive or car in indian territory making oni years residence in a lord tory tor for a divorce and for the construction of a bridge over the miss aliss river at st louls louis mr air allen alien sought to amend the bill rel biting to the practice in the courts of indian territory so as to apply to the question of contempt in all united stalls s courts except the su supreme court and made a speech in support of the amendment lie he characterize d the abuse of tile the right of tile the injunction is as a form forin of slavery this effort b mr allen alien brought out a statement from hini him that lie he would seek eek to get up the regular bill providing for contempt of court immediately after the disposal of thea for the election of senators by the people mr air mitchell Ml said in turn he would make an effort to secure consideration after the passage of all the appropriation bills except the general deficiency mr allen alien withdrew his amendment and the indian territory rj bill was passed A number of bills were ere passed grant ing condemned cannon balls to the G A R pr ats to one of which mr air chand ler of new secured an amend anent that all remaining Londen condemned ined cannon be given to the hie national G A R at 6 the senate d |