Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-03-26
GRAVE SENATORS.
Work In the Extra Session Of the
United States Senate.

THE resolution offered by Mr.. Van WICK CALI
ing upon the Secretary OF the Interior for infor-
nation respecting the issuance Of land patents
10 the Backbone Railroad. and inouiring
whether there was undue haste used In execut-
ing said patents. was taken up In tne
ss6ss az so% D1 length. speechss being
Van wyck. On motion of Mr. Morrill, the Sen
nominations OF John G. Black, OF Illinois. to be
Commissioner OF Pensions. and Lieutenant y:
l. Wilson; OF the District o. v Columbia ah 10
Lieutenants in the navy. and when the doors
were reopened, adjourned.
THE Chair laid before the Senate the resolu-
ton offered by Senator BLAIR authorizing the
Committee on Education and Labor TO continue,
with view to its completion during the ensu-
ing vacation. the investigation OF the relations
between labor and capital. and II was
adopted, on the 18th inst. Inc resoiu-
ton offered the previous day by Senator
Cullom that a select committee OF nve De ap-
pointed to investigate and report upon the sub
ject of the regulation OF commerce among the
several States, with authority TO SIT during sne
recess OF Congress, was taken up Mr.. Conger
Thought the Committee on Commerce should
make the proposed Investigation. Mr.; HaIfi-
SON did not think the thu hSn exD ~ s
of the various special investigations propos-
ed. Messrs. Miller, Allison, Dawes and Maxey
favored the resolution. Mr. SALISBURY oppos-
ed Il. 1t was finally modified 80 as 10 make
IL an Investigation of the regulation OF the
transportation by railroads and water routes in
connection Herewith OF freight and passen-
gers between the several states and. as thus
modified, was adopted. The resolution en-
powers the committee to summon witnesses ana
to do whatever is necessary for full examina-
ton OF the subject A resolution was also
Rasseab dsib e rsas from casrynr on his
scheme Of annexing neighboring republics
THE Chair laid before the Senate. March IS,
the resolution offered by Mr.. Miller. OF New
York, authorizing the Committee on Agriculture
and Forestry to sit during the recess TO consider
the best means Of preserving the forests upon
the public domain, and to employ clerk.
that the only object OF the resolution was TO
give employment to the clerk OF the COM
mittee named during the recess IL was agreed
party lines except in the case OF Call who voted
| In the affirmative. and Riddleberger and Sher-
man, who voted in the negative The President
ham, Of Kentucky, to be First Comptroller
of the Treasury; William Garrard, OF Ne
vsda to be Of an sSs MiRs
Mint Mint at Carson City. New: NAL
Postmaster General; Martin v. Montgomery, Of
| Michigan to be Commissioner Of Patents; Da-
vid s. Baker, Jr., of Rhode Island, to be United
States attorney for the District OF Rhode Island:
| Benjamin II. Hill, Jr., OF Georgia, to be United
| States Attorney for the Northern District OF
Georgia. The Senate then went into executive
| session.
EPHRAII X. WILSON, Senator-elect from
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also George Gray, of Delaware. successor Of
Senator Bayard. The Committee on Printing
! was authorized to sit during the recess The
resolution offered last week relating to the sale
| of lands granted Florida to aid railroads was
| referred. Mr.. ingalls, resolution, offered last
week, calling for information relating to the
| illegal occupancy of Oklahoma lands.
| was laid before the Senate, Mr.. ingalls,
| said since the resolution offered
| it had been practically answered by the
Presidents MESSAGE He moved 1t be laid ON
| resolution providing that a committee of five
| Senators be appointed to proceed to Alaska to
| make Investigations; laid over. In executive
session Mr.. Sherman offered "A resolution pro-
| viding for the appointment OF two Senators to
| wait upon the President and inform him that
| unless he had some further communication to
make the Senate was ready to adjourn without
| day, which was laid over