Show t In argulpg for the river and harbor bill tho other day Representative Burgess Bur-gess of Texas said certain criticisms of the bill were without point unless the Insinuation Is to be indulged inthat these men the supporters of the bill yield to these clamorous appeals for appropriations against the real Interests Inter-ests of the country and by combination I pilfer froth the treasury amounts in excess ex-cess of the Just deserts of these pro jects The eentleman stales the case very Veil that Is not only the insinuation Insinua-tion It Is the settled belief and well gjoundcd opinion of the country Only In place of taking amounts in excess of the just deserts of these projects he might well have said that a large proportIon I pro-portion of the bill made up of Items that have no deserts at all |