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RALEIGH N. C, TUESDAY MORNING j APRIL 27. 1886.
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Kot by favor, but by merit alone, will 'we-
maintain and increase our unrivalled reputa-
tion. Bigpricea will not do these times, when;
everybody atanda in need of every dollar and
every penny. Among our arrivals this week
we shall place, before our people some
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prices, that will teach you to buy us soon as
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you tee "the goods. Who can tell the waste of
BMney when you get your goods from houses
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iiat buy and ttell on long time 1 Just opening,
some Great Bargain! taught from thetkiughter.
pens in New York, auch as Cottonadex, Catyco,
Bhoea, Laoes and Ilamburgs, Dress
Notion of all descriptions ; good bargains in
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before these goods are nicked over. : We have
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Goods ever' brought to this city, and will sell
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ower than such goods were ever before offered;
The ladies' running this departuient are first-
laas and of great experience. We particu-
larly invite ladies wishing suck goods to' call
before purchasing.
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lUleigh, N. O.
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STOR
CONGRESSIONAL.
THE fttYATK niscrsAEM qiJEsriojrs
OF IN Tt-R-WT ATE COMMERCE.
Soma mmbra Clflm tht fa Ballatr
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Wasumoton, April 26. Sbnat
In the Sjecate today Mr;1 Harris present
ed creditials of WaehiDgton C. Whit-
thorne, iappointed by the Governor of
lennessee to oe umtea isiateB renaior
from tha8tate to fill the vacancy caused
bf the reeignatioQ of Senator Jackson.
The credentials having been read, Mr.
Whitthorne was escorted to the desk by
Mj." ilanru: and the oath of office ad
ministered in due form y the president
pro tern of ' the Senate. . Mr. Whit
thorne then took a seal on the Demo-
cratio side of the chamber on the ex
treme right of the chair and received
(jhe congratulations of 'many Senators.
VV hen the new senator had tagen nis
Seat, Mr. Hoar called attention to the
ijbrm of :his credentials, not having de
sired to say: anything which might seem
liko objection to theswearing-inof Whit
thorne. vThe form off credentials Mr.
Hoax thought defective, inasmuch as
the certificate stated that the appoint-
in cut was for Senator Jackson's unex-
termj ; It should read "until-
the next "meeting of the legislature."
The point: was of no great consequence
at present, but. in case of a close party
division In i the! Senate the question,
Mr; ;Hoar I thought, might become one
of great importance, and public attention
ought to be: directed toiit in order that
the difficulty might, as far as . possible,
be avoided. : Mr. Harris remarked that
Mr; WhiCtiiprne's credentials in using
the word-: term" made reference to a
termi "as fixed bv lawl" He thoueht
this qualifying phrase coverd the point.
' J.ne credentials were. nied. :
I Mrv Hoari reported from the commit
tee on jodioiary the bill extending the
time for the comnletion of the records
of the clerk of the commissioners of Ala
bama claims. ' Passed..
;Mr. Morrill, from the committee on
finance, reported with 'amendments the
House bill j relating to the bonds of
brewers. : The bill as it came from the
House modifies section! 3,336 of the Re
vised Statutes so as to require new bonds
to be filed by the: brewers, not on the
8t of May m heretofore, but whenever
tb,e collector of internal revenue hall
require thein to do bo. The Senate
committee amended the bill so as to re
quire in addition thatat least once in
out years the bonds shall in any event
be renewed, whether; the collector re
quests it.! or &o After some
debate the Senate intendment f was
agreed to, and the bill as amended was
passed. A bill reported by alt. Harris,
an: appropriation to complete
the publie building a Jackson, Tenn.,
on j JAti i Harris's ; request at onoe
passed. ; Mr. jYan Wck desired to take
up the bill taxing? railroad lands,
bat' yielded to "Mr." Blair, who. accord
ing ?io previous notice, then addressed
thej Senate on his i proposed constitu
tional amendment prohibiting the manu
facture or sale of alcoholic liquors.
: At the I conclusiOii of Mr. Blair s
speeoh the in ter-StaJte commerce bill was
taken up and far. van wyck addressed
the Senate on ; it. Through rates from
.thelWest j Mr. Vahf Wyck said, now
nearly amounted to confiscation.: , An
other rise would be : prohibition. : Last
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year ne naa saia uxatwe people in some
sections" of Nebraska were compelled to
burn corn for iuel; and that it required
bushels of corn to purchase one ton
of hard coal. : This Condition did not
apply to the 'entire State, yet last win
ter more tnan hail tne people were
again compelled : to burn corn for
fuel because of the excessive rates of
transportation. The basis of the charges
was 'V All that the; traffic will bear
We were in the midst of depression; yet
All must be laid under contribution so
that full dividends: may be declared by
the railroad companies on Watered stock
and fraudulent bonds. Grain, beef and
pdrk might be reduced one-half in price,
yet there fcould be no abatement in
freight charges. As to the commission
feature of the bill, the people, Mr- Van
Wvck said. were, not demandinjr the
obmmission, but, the-: corporations were
becoming earnest advocates of it. Kail-
load and .'telegraph;' rates west of the
Missouri river were about four tunes
greater thin the rates east of Ohio. For
years capital had Seen organized, un
scrupulous and rapacious, moving, as
Gould had moved. according to his
Sworn testimony, aid as Huntington,
aocording to bis on written history,
had moved, on the Sute legisla
tures, courtfl and Congress, un-
biushintrlv Durchssintr judges and
leaislators; but a 'crisis was coming
There was an irrepressible .conflict be
tween right and wrong. Could the na
tion be made to believe that $4,000,
000,000 f of watered stock and bonds
were honfest property deserving protec
tion front courts orf legislatures, or that
$300,000,000 claimed! by Vapderbilt
and $UO;00O,0UU claimed byutmid were
honestly obtained r lne owners of these
Sams should accord decent treatment
to "the remainder; of mankind,, from'
whom they expected to wrest divedends
knd interest. The Senate committee
failed at ; the precise point .where the
monster evikshould be grasped by law.
If industries were, only required to pay
fair dividends on the real cost of rail
roads the nation would be prosperous.
;.: Mr. Stanford, of California, address
ed tie Senate on the bill. It purported,
he said, to be an act to -regulate com
merce between the States. He had read
it with a' good deal of care, but did not
find anything in it that regulated com
merce. ivervtnmg in ,11 was as to
carriers" only;; fCommeroe" had
'frill defined meaning. It meant trade,
barter, interchange of commodities; mat
ters with which a carrier in the transac
tion of his : legitimate bfisinesi had no
concern whatever. . The title of the bill
ought to be 'changed to express its true
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meaning. msreaa 01 pemg called a
"IJill to regulate cOfamerce," it
should be a " Bill to regulate car
riers." If it wereiia bill to
regulate shippers and owners whose
material the carrier j moved the
title would be more appropriate. He
might be told, perhaps, that there were
judicial decisions to the effect that the
regulation; of a carrier was the regula
tion of commerce, but when legislation
was proposed it was entirely legitimate
to discuss the question as to the original
matter and to determine it upon the
principles which seemed to be involved.
There was a. great difference between
the; possession of power and its exercise,
of course. t The constitution plainly
gave Congress the right to regulate com
merce between the States.; - But as a
carrier had nettling to do with the con
trol of the shipment of goods, wares
and; merchandise or their, ultimate dis
posal; or destination, the; regulation
of him or determining the price
he ; jf should : receive ' for; his ser
vices could have no relation to de
termining commerce between the States
as a national question. Why should the
price; fixed for carrying freights acroro a
nonphysical line between States be
different from what was, charged: for the
same service on either side of that line?
Would it not be making our State lines
more or less obstacles to free intercourse.
Would it not be converting our State
lines into something very nearly akin to
a frontier? W hat did our;, mend say
whO had been always so anxious to claim
that we were of right one great family,
with,.free business, and ; what did our
States! rights friend say to the general
government lntefemng and controll
ing il their : local institutions?: Mr.
Stanford said that admitting the
powlr of Congress it was pertinent to
inquire the wisdom of this kind of leg
islation. If investment in railroads was
so beneficial to the public! why should
not the investors be permitted to reap
some1; full rewards of the wisdom of their
investment,' their industry! -and their
management and direction thereof, as
though the ; same capital, wisdom and
industry had been engaged in a busi
ness iless important to the interests of
the1 if State and: in whose; I behalf the
State could .not, if solicited, exercise
the tight of eminent domain. In dis
cussing the question of ;the right to
regu3atetralroad fares and freights in
a manner which would neoeessarily un-
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pair a ; the , ; earning ; eapacity of
these ' roads,; we should not
forget : thai investments, :were ; made
by individuals. If railroads were, so
pmportant i& the public -iurely these 1
maiyiauai investors ougnt, not: to oe 1
discouraged by the apprehension that
the value of their investments might be
tessenea Dy aaverse xegisiauon. ; xn au
these efforts at regulation Mr. btanford
found no protection to railroad com
panies, ho guarantee against impairment
Of income. ; If legislation interfered to
decrease income the value of property
was affected to the extent of the dimT-
nntion ef income. This :H was taking
property withoutrcompensation. i It was
confiscation j Practically this bill denied
to the various railroad, companies
the ;' i right : of competition. It
precluded j shippers from reaping
their rightful advantage : of com
petition ana : causea w uem ana tne
railroad companies aosoiute; loss. . u a
low: rate for a longer distance meant a
reduction for the shorter r;carriers must
submit to loss from the usual rates on
short distances, of else ; abandon busi
ness t competing po!ints f;
M. Plmnb, from the appropriations
committee, reported; the postomce ap
propriation 1 bill with amendments. It
was placed on the calendar,? Mr. Plumb
saying he would call it npl Wednesday
' -a 1 tit
morning. The questions of ; detail in-1
volyed in Mr. Camden s pending amend-
ment to the inter-State eommercO bill as
to lOng and short hauls were then taken up
and discussed by Messrs. vamden, Harris,
Platte Brown, Wilson, of Iowa, and
Cullonu. , Mt. Brown :: said that
under ; the , provisions ; of; Mr.
Camden s ; proposed i amendment it
would . be impossible for the railroads
to transact the business of the crountrv.
If they attempted it; either they would
be driven into bankruptcy; or else the
products of the West would be driven
from 1 the- markets of the East 'and of
-course also from foreign markets. In
other word$,the railroads would have to
put their local freights so 10 w that they
could not not: pay fixed expenses, or
put such hijgh rates on through freights
as. to prohibit all shipments of produce
for a longer distance than 500 or 600
miles. No railroad could continue run
ning unless it could pay its fixed ex
pensesj and it. limited to ;nxed expenses
it could pay no dividends, neither could
it bav anv interest on canital invested
As to watering stock Mr, JtJrown utterly
condemned; it, but he could not see how
the railroad could keeD out of the hands
of receiver or maintain their track and
rolling stock in proper or j safe oonditon
if they were not allowed to make reason
able charges.; 'If a rule were established
bv eovernment, limiting the roads to a
charge that ; would pay! the fixed ex
penses only, it would pe a practical
confiscation of railroad capital for public
use without compensations
HOUSB.
The House committee
railroads today adopted
on the Pacific
a bill formu-
lated by a sub-committee providing for
an extension of seventy years of the
bonded debt, of the Pacific railroad to
the government. The bill will be re
ported to the House this afternoon if
an opriortnnitv presents itself.
: Mr. Dunn, of Arkansas asked leave
to offer a resolution setting apart the
12th of May for the eonsideration of
measures reported from the committee
on railroads.
; In response to a question, Mr. Dunn
stated that the measures which would
probably be called up would be the bill
requiring the Northern Pacific, to pay
the cost of surveying its lands; the res
olution' providing for a general investi
gation of the accounts of the Pacific
railroads, and the bill providing for the'
payment of the debts of those roads.
i MrV Warner, of Ohio,; inquired
whether the order would include the
Pacific railroad funding bill, and upon
receiving an affirmative answer.objected
to the present consideration of the res
olution. ' 'j i.
: Mr. Dunn explained that the bill pro
vided for the payment of $41,000 of
the debt before it became due under the
existing law. It did not postpone; it
anticipated the debt. He asked that
the resolution be referred, but Mr.
Cbwles, of North Carolina,1 objected.
,and the resolution WMot recrved.
; Under the call of States bills were in
troduced and referred as follows :
By Mr. Springer, of Illinois, for the
admission of the whole of Dakota into
the Union; also to establish a depart
ment of labor and to create a board for
the arbitration of controversies between
labor and capital. (The general duties
of the department provided for by the
bill are to acquire and diffuse among the
people useful information on subjects
connected with labor in the most gen
eral and comprehensive sense of that
word, and especially upon its relation
to capital; the hours of labor; the earn
ings of laboring men and women and the
means of promoting their material, so
cial, intellectual and moral' prosperity.
In the department there si all be estab
lished a commission of labor, consisting
of three members, who shall be charged
with the consideration and t settlement.
by means of arbitration when possible,
of all controversies between labor and
capital. The commissioner in charge
of the department shall receive a
salary of $4,Q00 and he and two
assistant commissioners, to be ap
pointed by the President, shall
constitute a commission of labor. The
commission of labor shall have power
to investigate the causes of all contro
versies and disputes between labor and
capital, whether such controversies and
disputes are submitted fori arbitration
or not, and to reoort thereon to the
President, who shall transmit their re
ports to Congress. In all controversies
or disturbances which may interfere with
transit and commerce between the
States, it shall be the duty of the com
mission of labor to act as a board of ar
bitration for the peaceful settlement of
such controversies whenever the concil
iatory offices of said commission may be
invoked by parties thereto, and in all
controversies
between laboring men
employers, the con-
and their
sequences of whieh
may ' threaten
intervention of
domestic violence, the
such commission may be tendered by
the President for the purpose of settling
such controversies by arbitration, on
application by. the legislature of such
State or of the executive when the leg
islature cannot be convened.; All ques
tions submitted for arbitration shall be
in writing and signed by the parties re
spectively, and a decision or award shall
have such effect only aS is provided in
the articles of submission. All awards
shall be entered on a record and a copy
furnished to each of the parties and one
copy shall be transmitted to any 00 art
which may be authorised to take action
thereon. The proceedings of the com
mission shall be public, except when
the commissioners are in consultation.
Machinery is provided to I enable the
commissioners to' perform : their duties.
ISy Mr. McUomas, of Maryland, au
thorizing the select committee: investi
gating the labor troubles to investigate
the disputes between mine-owners and
miners in the bituminous regions of
Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
; By Mr. O'Neil, of Missouri, sympa-
thuing with Mr. Gladstone in his efforts
to secure a free parliament for Ireland
iiy Mr. Warner, Of Uhio, to regulate
in ter-Stae commerce and provide for
boards of arbitration.
In the moraine hour, on motion of
Mr. Oates, of Alabama, a bill waspassed
providing for the appointment of a dis
trict judtre for the southern district of
Alabama. The House again went into
committee of the whole on the river and
harbor bill.
Tba Awful Wark. fTrala Wrtektn.
j Atchtsos, Kansas, April 26i A tram
on the .Northern jfaoino railroad was
ditched near Wyandotte, Kansas, last
evening. Spikes were pulled out of the
ties and the angle-plates, were taken off
the rails. Fireman Horton and brake
man Carlisle were instantly killed, and
engineer . Fowler severely; injured.
Hoxie has offere'd a reward of $2,500
for the arrest and conviction of the
Wreckers
Craaca ( DlaartnaA.
London. April 26. The statement that
the. Greek army would be disarmed is
confirmed. The Greek chamber of de
Suties has been convoxea. lne com
ined fleet of the powers, which had
1 s 1 1 " . MM
assembled to coerce Greece, has departed
The sudden termination of the probability
Of war is received by tne yrreek people
with consternation.
Tata Wlllla EdaeaMaaal Bill.
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ooMirrrrss on labor kxithsb ap
PBOVIS NOS DI8APPROVS8 IT.
Washwoton, April 26. In the House
committee on labor today, ; after a ful
and lengthy discussion, a vote was taken
On motion to report Dir. w uiis edu
National bill without recommendation
The motion was carried, but a motion
to reconsider was made, and pending
action thereon tne nonr or ,IA arrived
sad the committee took a recess.
RICHMOND MOIsT.
THE STATE tY CAPITAL OF TTBttlXIA
; COM FOR THE WET TICK KT.
Tlia VuU Cxpet4lljr Haavy
Ctltrtd Volt MM ftr Aatl-
Prohibition,
RicHMoiw, Va., April 26. Prohibi
tion met with an overwhelming defeat
here today, the election -resulting in
8,941 votes being east for the "wet"
ticket and 3,260 for the "dry" ticket,
a majority of 5,681 in favor of licensing
the sale of liqors. The vote in Manchester
was "wet" 974, dry" ticket 348; anti
prohibition majority 626. Lynchburg
goes for the "wet" ticket. The vote in
both this oity and Manchester was nearly
as large as in the Presidential election.
The unexpected heavy majority against
prohibition in this city will doubtless
kill any future agitation of tho subject
here. Under the law it cannot be renewed
for, two years. The colored vote was
almost unanimous for anti-prohibition
A SEW STEP.
IaHttetaaanta Fannd Aftlatt tba Em p Ira
Niw York, April 26. Before the
grand jury adjourned for the day their
or em an banded a bundle of indictments
to recorder Smyth. Among them was
voluminous document which the re
corder examined 'carefully. He ad
journed the court and retired to his pri
vate chamber. 1 he paper was an in
dictment found upon affidavits made by
the Third avenue. railroad officials. It
charges several persons with conspiracy.
While the names of the parties could
not be ascertained, it is generally be-
ieved that it is against the committee
of the Empire protective association.
whose names were affixed to the order
for a general "tie-up" of the surface
roads of this city last week.
i A VEST OHOSS OViRAeC
Cretan oil I7aal to Sllanca a Ravlvallat.
St. Louis, April 26. A special from
Benton, Mo., states that Bev. Benjamin
Deering, of St. Louis, had been for
some days past holding a series of tem
perance revival meetings which have
been' wonderfully successful. -Last night
. a . . a a .
some one, as yet unknown, placed m
pitcher of water which the revivalist
had placed upon the speaker's desk a
aage quantity of croton oil. Several
persons drank of the water before the
service began and became deathly sick.
but7 not knowing the cause of their ill
ness failed to warn Deering not to drink
from the pitcher. The latter during
his discourse drank a glass of water and
was immediately taken sick. All who
tasted the water are today in a preca
rious condition. Two saloon keepers
have been arrested on suspicion, and it
is thought they poisoned the water in
order to end the services, which were
baying inch a depresssng effect upon
their business.
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Jcbskt Crrr, N. J., April 26. Late
ast night in a crowded street-car James
Forrester, an engineer on one of the
Anchor line steamers, and a companion
rose to give their seats to a lady carry-
aa a.-a w. '.a
mg a child, when two Italians, took pos
session of the vacant places. Explana
tion and protest had no effect open the
talians, when- Forrester took one of
them by the collar to lift him from the
seat. .. The Italian plunged a knife into
Forrester's back. A police captain was
close by and captured the Italian with
thO bloody knife in his hand. The
knife was a clasp-knife with a blade
nearly a foot long. The affair created
a panic in the car, and in the rush sev
eral passengers were knocked down and
trampled upon. Forrester will proba
bly die. ;
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WssHicoTON, April 26: A motion to
reconsider the vote by which Boseorans
nomination as register of the treasury
was confirmed was made by a member of
the. senate nnanoe committee. The
nomination was favorably reported bv
the committee long ago, but before it
was acted upon by the Senate some
question as to bis qualifications for the
office of register of the treasury arose
and delayed action, and finally charges
are said to have been filed, to the effect
that he was in some way connected with
. a a a a ' .
the public land frauds m California
The frauds : consisted in procuring the-
entry? 01 claims oy homesteaders and
-- a .a a
preemptprsand the immediate transfer of
claims to other parties. : What his al
leged; connection with the matter is can'
not be learned. An. attempt will prob
ably' be made to have the matter further
looked into by the committee before the
nomination is returned ; to tne Jrresi
dent. ; . ;
i In Utmarr ar tba Daad.
Acocsta, Ga., April 26. Decoration
day was observed here today by a sus
pension Of business. Uol. G. U. Jones,
Jr., delivered an address at noon be
fore the Confederate survivors' associa
tion and resolutions were adopted ex
pressing profound regret of the death
of ;the 'poet priest" of the South,
Bev. UL. S. Ryan. There was a parade
of the military this afternoon, an oration
at the; cemetery and decoration oi the
soldiers graves.
1 A Jury Equally Divided.
BaI-timors, April 26.! The jury in
the ease of the car strikers who assaulted
the nw. drivers who retired on Satur
day, came into, court' today unable to
agree and was discharged, the jury being
equally divided. The same parties are
to be tried for assaulting the nolice and
another trial will be had in the case of
the ear drivers.
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: The; next event of interest is the cat
tlt abow Ms 0.
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BTartb Carolina In Cowsraaa.
April 22d; in the House, pending the
consideration of the river and harbor
bill, the immediate matter before the
Houso being the clause of the bill pro
viding for continuing the improvement
of the Cape Fear river; $125,000, of
which sum $15,000 are to be expended
above Wilmington, Mr. Bennett moved
an amendment, which was adopted, pro
viding that the bulk of the appropria
tion shall be expended "below and op
posite the city of Wilmington, includ
ing as much of its northeast branch as
lies in front of Wilmington' within the
city limits."
When the clause providing for the
'improvement of the Neuse river; con
tinuing imprSvement, $10,000," was
read, Mr. Green referred to the impor
ance of an inland line ; of navigation
along the coast of the two Carolinas,
Georgia and Florida, not: only for com
mercial but for military and strategic
purposes. He dwelt upon the faet that
various engineers have reported that by
dredging the sounds could be rendered
available for heavier tonnage and thus
in course of time a continuous line could
be established from the Virginia capes
almost all the way down to cape Sable
and showed that the population contig
uous to the stretch of water within the
banks is dependent almost entirely upon
this mode of getting its produce to mar
ket.. : !.;!
Mr. Skinner ably sustained the claim
of eastern Carolina to the; consideration
of Congress. He made the point that
the river around Swansborough, White
Oak river, runs . through ;a body of the
finest timber lands in the United States,
and that in the same section there are
40,000 acres of the best oyster lands in
the world, which, with the declining
and disappearing supply of 'oysters,
ought to be cultivated and brought into
the market. "Every man," he said,
wbo loves the delicious bivalve ought
to feel bound to aid that section in the
development of those lands."
Mr. McAdoo (of JNew Jerseys. Let
me ask the gentleman from North Caro
lina if -you shake the oyster trees On that
land? Laughter.!
Mr. Skinner. Oh, yea I We gather
them from September to May; every
month that has an "r" in it will do to
gather oysters in, and very frequently
when we get a little hungry we spell
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r- .: - i : '
Mr. Green's amendment was rejected.
The clerk read as follows :
"Improving Black river, . North Car
olina: Continuing improvement,; $3.
000. Provided, That all claims Of pri
vate parties to the navigation . of the
aaa a a. . 1, . TT a , a
river -shall be ceded to 'the umtea
States, free of charge, before th5 com'
mencement 01 saia improvement. ;
The committee recommended the adop
tion of the following amendment : l
' 'Strike out, m lines 578 and 1 579,
the words 'continuing improvement.' "
Mr. Green offered : an; amendment.
Strike out all after "improvement." in
line 579 to line 583, and insert : "That
all claims of private parties to the ex
clusive navigation of said river shall be
ceded to the United States upon the
payment of $2,000, whiqh amount is
hereby appropriated therefor, before the
commencement of raid improvement."
The amendment proposed , by the com
mittee was agreed to.
Mr. Green then said : "Mr. Ghair-
man, I do not propose to increase tne
appropriation recommended by the. com
mittee, for I know that that is virtually
an impossibility, but I do wish to make
the small amount recommended by them
available for use, and therefore I send
up the proviso just read as a substitute
for the other. Captain Bixby, the en
gineer in charge of the eastern rivers of
our State, recommends in his report that
at least $10,000 shall be appropriated
for- the improvement of Black river.
The, committee has seen fit to cut .down
this amount to less than one-third, and
to saddle it with a proviso that would
render even this small amount entirely
nugatory and of no avail. Permit me
to explain. ; ,
"The legislature of North Carolina, in
its session of 1876-77, granted' a char
ter to certain parties extending through
fifty years, for the exclusive navigation
of this stream, in consideration of ser
vices tb be rendered in cleaning it ' out
and putting at in navigable shape.
Whether they have complied with the
full requirement of the act Or not is not
far me to say. . At all events they en
joy the prima facie right to hold exclu
sively, and hence would not be likely to
surrender it without an equivalent un
less their claim is declared invalid by
judicial decision. It is to cover this
contingency that the small appropriation
recommended to quiet their claim is
submitted, so that the other may be
utilized. - ' j
"In my opinion there is not a more de
serving clause in the bill under consid
eration." .'..
Mr. Willis (of Kentucky). I desire
briefly to say that the committee did not
feel authorized to make this appropria
tion without the proviso for the reason
that by the statute law of the State of
North Carolina the Black; river naviga
tion company is given exclusive control
of this river. It was represented to the:
committee that this charter was worth
less, and in order to test the matter we re
commend this appropriation with the
desire. to improve the river-if that were
the fact. We hav8 allowed not a large
appropriation, but as large ; as could be
given within the limits of the bill, and
with a proviso that this ; matter should
be' tested before the commencement Of
the improvement, and that the franchise
should be declared void before the got'
ernment undertakes to ' spend, any
money.'-' :)
The question being taken ; oh i the
amendment of Mr. Green, it was reject
ed. ; '''! J -iH
Mr. Hepburn (of Indiana.) 1 1
o oaU tne attentios of the chalri
desire
nan of j
the committee on rivers and harbors to
the language of this proviso :
Provided, That all claims of private
parties to the navigation of the river
shall be ceded to the United 8tates,
free of charge, before the commence
ment of said improvement.
It seems to mc that by the use of this
language the committee has provided
that no improvements shall be made un
til everybody has surrendered the (right
to use the river.
Mr. Willis. That is rather abroad
conetruction. Laughter.
Mr. Hepburn. The proviso does not
stipulate that the right to collect tolls
shall be relinquished, but the right to
navigate the river. i
Mr. Willis. II have great confidence
in the ability of the . other branch of
Congress to, correct any imperfection
there may be in this language ; and I
believe I will stand by it. ,
The clerk read as follows: !
Improving Roanoke river, North Car
olina : Continuing improvement, $10,-
000.. - ; ;
Mr. O'Hara. I move to amend by in
serting after the paragraph just read the
following : ,
Two thousand five hundred dollars,
or so much thereof as may be necessary
of the aforesaid $10.00Q, shall be used
for the purpose of removing obstruction
in the Thoroughfare and Cohoke croek.
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