Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-12-24
MEMS CONDENSED.


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Brf.Ls 10 suspend the coinage OF the standard
silver dollar, to make the postal rate on second
cIasd matt6r cont per pound, and for the cree
ton OF public buildings ut Lafayette. Indiana.
and Newport. Kentucky, were introduced IN the
Senate ON the 1lth inst The chair presented =
memorial from the Vuusetutioral Convention Of
which admission TO the Union ~ asked Mr., Har-
rison announced that No wouldn't an early date
introduce bin TO confer statehood ON the ter
ritory. A message was received from the Presi-
dent transmitting the correspondence between
the State Department and the Italian Govern
ment m reeard TO the. appointment Of A. ~
Keiieyas Minister TO the latter country, and
also the Austrian protests against receiving the
wouid-be diplomat az Vienna The corresRondi-
eRee NTH tes Italian Government M Vas x s51sf
as Minister 70 Rome ON the ground
OF hiH utterances in condemnation OF the italian
Sra ecinsd 10 To feo these o.
jections and the Government refused 20 cancoi
Mr.. Keiley's appointment, but the controversy
pointment OF another Minister. He was
then .ap'pointed Minister 70 Austria. where
urm Court Kalnolv protested on the ground
ded to Sewess would be untenable and
even impossible in Vienna" Secretary Bayard
replied In vigorous note, In which no declared
religious faith OF any Citizen. or consider his
creed, much less that Of his wife, as having any
bearing upon his fitness for Official station;
dseiinod q receive Mr.. Kelley on the ground
that Ualv had objected TO him. Secretary
Bay4rd then wrote our Secretary Of Legation at
the Austrian Court rs follows: From the cor
reepona eile1 two facts appear; First that the
alleged race and religious aith o. the welded
wife OF an envov OF the United States is held
a cause OF his rejection: and, further, that
objections bv a third party-'a friendly
power ARE necessary 60 be removed In order TO
allow proper reception to be extended These
conditions are simply intolerable and are, in the
case Of the United States, not only inhibited by
we plain letter and sp1 81 9ar tb
OF 60000,000 Of freemen to accept tho posi-
ton Of a. diplomatic dependency Of
the friendly pow9r sn whose @,s,ssos oehes is
and carried out by Austro- Hungary in the pres
emit instance. The session Of the House, on
the 14th inst, lasted only thirty minutes. The
with some amendments. Mr.. Randall presented
a minority report. which was in the nature OF q
protest against the action Of the majority
BILLS for the admission Of portion OF the
Territory Of Dakota as a State, for a public
building at Saltwater. Minnesota, for Govern
ment aid to the Atlantic and Pacific ship rail-
way, to pension soldiers Of the Mexican war, for
the sale OF the Kickapoo diminished reservation
In Kansas, for commission to report ON a
method Of incubation to prevent yellow fever,
giving to Mrs. u. s. Grant pension Of &, 900 per
Rnnum and the Thanking privilege and relieving
from political disabilities Gen. Alexander X.
lnWtOn, OF georgia, were introduced DeudJO
on the 18th inst. Mr.. Cockrell introduced an
amendment to the joint code Of rules, providing
that no liquor be sold in the Capitol, and dis
missing any officer or employee who violates or
connives at such sale, and making any Senator
or member OF the House liable to expulsion for
the violation of the rule, or for the con-
sued some interesting facts as to the
whisky drinking capacity of the Senators
were developed; The :, "a amendment n 1s was
The time Of the House of Representatives was
taken up in debating the revision OF tho rules
Of that body, speeches being made by MesSrs.
Morrison, Randall, Hammond, and Others The
President transmitted to the House a report
from the Secretary of the Interior upon the con-
the Rosebud and Tongue Rivers, in Montana,
the inadequacy of the appropriation made for
their support, and requesting legislative author
fly for the use Of certain funds indicated for
their relief.
Mr. TELLER introduced bill in the Senate on
the 10th inst, to provide for the free and unlim-
tied coinage of the silver dollar. Mr.. Sawyer
pre- ented n measure for the purchase OF the
Sturgeon Bay Canal. Mr.. Butler offered q
resolution directing the Committee on Ter
ritories to report by what authority Legs-
iatire has been organized in the Territory OF
Dakota A message from the President was re-
ceived, asking authority to use certain funds for
the relief Of the Cheyenne Indians. When Mr.,
Hoar's Presidential succession bill came up
Messrs. Maxey, Beck, Edmunds, and Morgan
voiced their views The House passed the Son.
ate Dill removing tno poilJlcal ulsdolllIleb OF
Alexander r. Lawton, of Georgia, and devoted
the remainder Of the day to discussion OF the
proposed ru les.
Mr.. HoAR's Presidential succession bill
on the resolution regarding the unauthorized
organization OF q State government for Dakota
Mr.. Butler declared that no question
OF politics was involved, and asked il
Mr. Harrison would SUSTAIN similar action by
the Territory OF Utah. John Nipple Mitchell, OF
oregon, was sworn In. Bills were introduced
for the sale Of the Cherokee reservation In
Arkansas, TO encourage the erection OF monu-
ments on Revolutionary battle fields to locate a
branch soldiers home, costing S25 900, in the
Northwest; to provide for the issue OF silver
certihcates; for the warehousing Of fruit