Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-26
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A IMMORTAL from the Legislature of Ari-
urging that certain coal fields IN the White
Mountain Indian Reservation be segregated
from the reservation and the rights Of the dis
ooverers thereof be recognized. was laid before
the Senate on Feb. l6. The postofiice appro-
priation bill next came mp and was re-
ferred. Consideration OF the Indian appro-
priation bill was then proceeded with.
dent to negotiate with the Indians for the sur
render Of their rights in the Oklahoma lands
was stricken out, and the bill passed substan-
In the House of Representatives the
Senate's amendments to the army appro-
pponterence Committee was Sppointed MI slo-
Gums motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill placing General OR mt on the retired list
was lost by a vote Of 1873 yeas to 103 nays, the
necessary two thirds not being obtained Bills
were passed TO regulate the letting OF mail con-
tracts, and TO appropriate s2OO,OOO for medical
library building In Washington, and $4,000 for
a postoffice at Aberdeen. Miss.
The bill authorizing the sale OF part of
the lands Of the winnebago Indians IN Nebras-
ka was passed by the Senate Feb II. A favor
able report was made ON the House bill to per-
init the building OF a horse railroad over Rock
Island, to connect with the Iowa shore. The
up, and an animated discussion ensued.
IA the course OF which there was a
lively psssage-%S eta between Senators
the passage Of the measure, saying he had no
doubt Of it's constitutionality. IL was an exer-
else Of power and right to preserve the life Of
our institutions ana our civilization. 1t was
not intended to exclude any self-reliant man
from coming to tina United States He was glad
s 70 sec ais r VeSt SAID that Mr. sheI
man was himself the father OF a bill to estab-
lish the offina Of ,Commissioner Of Inhnnigra;;
that that ali o contracts tracts" made abroad for for the
repayment or passage money by intending
emigrants shall be binding here, and be a lien
hal xVau md ~
paper accounts, there were 1900 men out OF
employment in the streets Of New York, And
this" Mr. Vest exclaimed, after twenty four
years OF Republican ascendency and protective
tariff" Senator Sherman, entering the cham
Der at this juncture, explained that the immi-
grafton act OF 1864, to which Senator Vest
ure. 1t was passed at a time when
our labor had been taken from our
bellion. The gentleman from Missouri Vest,
being engaged in attempting to break up the
Government, was not familiar with the motives
which influenced Congress In passing the act.
The bill wa unanimously passed, receiving the
votes Of Republicans and Democrats alike.
Soon after the war the act was repealed. Sena-
tor Sherman concluded with the statement that
all measures adopted for the protection of
our laboring classes had emanated from
the Republican party, and that Il was the
1aboring men of this country. Senator Vest
replied tartly that 50 far as Senator Sherman's
status during the war, he would only say that
whatever the opinion OF Others in that regard
he had no sort OF apology TO offer the Senator
condemn in toto the principle of contract
Rompelled to admit that that principle
I'D been appl by the Republican
PARTY to meet the CONTINGENCIES of the
war. The act had never been expressly repealed
either. II it were merely a temporary measure,
intended for the exigencies OF war, how did 1t
happen to stand on the statute books unit 1874,
when it was omitted In the revision? Senator
Sherman explained that he thought the law
had been repealed In an appropriation bill as
early az 1866. Two amendments to the river
by Mr.. Cullom, in case it should be deter
mined to consider the bill in the Commerce
Committee as offered by Mr.. Morgan. One of
these amendments Is the Hennepin Canal pro-
vision and the other proposes to appropriate
$4,000 for canal from Calumet River TO Calu-
met Lake, below Chicago. The House of Rep
resentatives passed the legislative appropriation
bill. Mr.. Dorsheimer introduced bill to regu-
late the coinage. providing for the issue Of cir
4sO grains. bill was passed for the erection Of
public building at Wichita, Kansas, at cost
OF $4,000
THE Ant-Foreign Contract Labor bill
passed the Senate Feb. ls, by vote OF so to Q.
Briefly summed up, the measure forbids the i'm
portation Of aliens into the United States on
contract to perform labor All such CONTRACT
are declared null and void, and punishment is
the bill Exceptions are made in IA
vor of artists, actors. lecturers, sing
ers and domestic servants; bill was
Ga Ss in Michigan ss as hunting asdS and he shSs
reserve. The Committee on Indian Affairs re-
ported bill to enable the President to nego-
penalty OF. fine and imprisonment for entering
upon the lands without authority of law. Mr..
Van Wyck introduced a bill TO appropriate
souri, River opposite Nebraska City Emery
Speer, OF Georgia. was confirmed United
states District Judge Of that State
Republicans except Mr.. Hale of Maine voted for
him and all the Democrats except Mr. Brown OF
Georgia voted against him. The House OF Rep
resentatiyes passed the Senate bill for the cree
ton at Chattanooga OF public building to cost
100000. Considerat on OF the river and har-
Dor bill was resumed. Mr.. Potter opposed the
would benefit the State of Illinois alone. Mr..
Reed spoke against the Mississippi River APP
preparation. He said that the improvements,
Il carried out on the plan proposed, would cost
$4,000 900. The pending amendment offered
as substitute for the Galveston harbor
ParasraP5 o was adopted It appropri;
the harbor and directs the harbor board to
examine the plans and specifications for the
House by the Elections Committee on the Mis-
souri, contested election case of Mclean vs.
firming the right OF the sitting member, Broad
head, 10 his seat.
The House bill FORGETTING lands granted to
the Texas Pacific Road passed the Senate Feb.
10. Fifty-six Senators voted for and only two
Blair and Bowen-against It. Despite the
efforts of the obstructionists, all amendments
which initiated against the effectiveness of the
bill were voted down. 1t declares forfeited
all lands granted to the Texas Pacific Rail-
road Company under the act of 1871, and re-
peals the act OF 1875 for the relief OF
settlers within railroad limits" While the
bill was under discussion there was sharp inter-
change OF amenities between Senators Beck and
Morgan. Mr.. Beck made some severe remarks
about the difficulty of getting any legislation
inimical to the railroads through the Senate, and
Democratic side Mr.. Morgan took this as per-
sonal 10 himself, and replied that he had always
tried to do his duty unawed by public camor.
He had not tried to earn applause by making
himself conspicuous on the popular side Of
every question, regardless of right and
wrong, and, as he had been Democrat longer
than the Senator from Kentucky had enjoyed
the privileges of American citizenship, he did
not intend to take any lessons In Democracy
from that gentleman. The Scotch have often
been accused of intellectual inertia, and Mr..
Beck took this alluslon to his being u natural
lied citizen as an affront. There is no doubt
Scots" but he appeared TO be exactly the
reverse, for he excused himself for being
born in Scotland by saying that he had
no chance to exercise his choice in regard to the
place OF his nativity, and he declared that Mr.
Morgan's allusion to his birth In Scotland was
very unworthy Of him and unworthy OF the
Senate. He added loftily that in what he had
from Alabama He did not think the Senator
from Alabama was so important q person
as that gentleman thought that he was.
In the House OF Representatives Speak
er Carlisle took the chair for the first
time since his recent sickness. He was well
coined back with hearty applause. Considera-
ton Of the river and harbor bill being resumed
an amendment was adopted Increasing
of the Missfssippf River between the Illinoia 4