Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-14
NEWS CONDENSED.
Concise Record OF the Week.
! R0RTY-NINTH CONGRESS-

C0FanEss tcusscmbfoa Nfsef tho holiday ad-
iournment on Tuesday, Jan. g. and at once
opened business IN lively fashion. Numerous
bills were introduced in both houses. IN tho
Virginia. wero prssenisd. &biii wsa 6sssst 70
tegoiizo tho Ninth Territorial Asseintfy'bf wv
oming: Bills wore introduced % Substitute sill
serve funds Of the Treasury: to Increase )" PEN
sions for total helplessAess 70 facilitate promo
vloas IN the army 20 adjust accounts Of laborers
erection 81 monuments ia Waahington 70 AbTas
nan nam L.icoln and y, y. Grant at coat OF 81, 0Oc,
~ SSc6 g ssss5lish national sniyersIsy n
bearing 5per cent. interest; b provide Tor the
allotment OF lands 70 Indians in severalty. res
olution was adopted accepting from the State Of
Ohio q marble statue OF 'ex- PRESIDENT 0erheld
Mr.. Hoar introduced resolution requesting tho
PRESIDENT 70 take measures for including cases OF
emboezlement In oxtradtion treaties Mr.. VIII.
son. OF Iowa. called up the resolution heretofore
offered by him calling ON the Secretary OF the
q e e the fSPS6s Psso ~ sne
toad nom the nrst apiointment Of such direct
ors TO the present time. In support Of his resolu
ton Mr.. Wilson reviewed at considerable length
tho action Of the Government Directors. OF
whom no hod hsrasslf been one. with a Wow to
showing that had the Government paid attention
10 tno Information conveyed and the recon-
mendetions made by tho directors, The relations
% the uoyernment to the reads would to-day be
hotter The biIis introduced in the House
e Of Representations numbered 700 The more
nptabIe we're; 10 remove restrictions on the
coinage Of the ss4Isdard silver dollar; 20 abolish
900 for ; monument To- General s GRANT In New New
, rorki 70 prevent the adulteration of
s0%1 and drugs; to- to provide for the
pSip canalS to reform the civil service to repeal
the duty on sugar to prevent fraudulent entries
on the public domain to repeal the tobacco tax !;
To create an interstate commerce commission
to tax the manufacture and sale OF olemarga-
rine; to give honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors preference s in public SppOntmentS to
Arizona for thS suppression S Of indian Sosti
shs s 81 sG sps Of ss1 s
the Following nominations to the Senate;
John j. ~. hsgins 70 be Collector OF Gus;
Curran, of Maryland, TO be Supervising Inspec-
Cor q Steam Vessels in the Third District; Wiley
Tim e 20 Surveyor Of Customs for San Fran
Consul OF the United States ut San Juan del
Noste Willis II. Patch, Of Maine, to be Consul
0f the United States Mt St Stephen New Bruins
wick; II. M. Jewett Of Massachusetts, to be
Consul at Sivas Orlando v. Powers. OF Michi-
gan. to be Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court Of Utah.
Mr. HoAR introduced in the Senate. on the 9th
inst. bill for longer sessions of Congress, max
ing proceedings commence alternately in Octo-
Der aud November. The silver question was
raised In the Senate on discussion OF the Beck
resolution. Mr.. Gray contended that persistence
tfy to a silver standard. Mr.. Mcpherson de-
clared that In the opinion OF the best author
tiles in the world, point had been reached
beyond which IL would be dangerous to
go. and produced advertisements by Jay
Cooke that the bonds would be paid in gold.
Vie Chair laid before the Senate n letter from
the Postmaster General, complying with the
call OF recent Senate resolution in respect to
the appointment OF Postmastors in Maine, al
legged TO have been procured through the intiu-
ence Of s. 3, Brown. Chairman OF the Demo
uratc committee OF that State Mr. Hale, of
Maine, said tho Postmaster General had turned
these matters Of appointment over to his assist
ant who relied upon Mr.. Brown, but tho Post
master General had not made n complete
answer to the resolution OF the Senate. In
reply Senators Voorhees, and Vest defended
the civil-sorvice policy OF President Cleveland.
Bills were introduced I'm the House OF Repre-.
sentatiyes Tor the free coinage Of the silver doll
lar, 10 limit IL, and suspend Il to force national
banks to keep larger reserve OF silS err to re-
uee the tralo dollar, and e. direct the calling in
OF S50,0OO,t0) in per cent. bonds, payment TO
be made in coin OF standard value-The
President sent the following II limitations to the
Senate; James Shields OF NJ ntana TO be Col
Iector OF Internal Revenue for the District of
Montana- Postmasters-Thomas Ryan, at sault
Ste. Marie, Mich. Charles Holiday, at st. Louis,
Mich. -. c. Morgan. at Koarnsy Mob.
RESOLUTION originally introduced by Mr..
Harrison calling for an investigation OF tho PEN
sion Commissioners Office was adopted by tho
Senate on the 7th inst, after the Incorporation
of amendments offered by Mossrs. Voorhees,
and Logan. AS It now stands tho resolution pro-
1ides for an inquiry as to tho truth of Mr..
Blacks statement that under his prodeces 3ors
party tests were applied to pension claimants
and MS to the present incumbents management
Of his trust There was a long debate ON tho
Utah bill, md Mormons camo In for n share OF
bitter denunciation mt the hands OF Senators
Morgan AMI Cullom Mr.. Teller opposed severe
repressive measures, and acted as the apologist
Of the Saints Tho House of Representatives.
listened impa'iently to the intro lucton of bills
for the a Inn ssion of Dakota and w .shington
Territories, to create postal telegraph TO re-
peal the tobacco tax, for a commission on the
liquor traffic, for volunteer regiments in the
Southwest for thirteen public build ngs, for tho
Hennopin Canal project unlimited silver
dollar and for hundred two other things
Speaker Carlisle announced his committees,
with Morrison Chairman Of WAYS and
Means Randall OF Appropriations Bland OF
Coinage. and Belmont OF Foreign Affairs