Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Work of the Senate and House
Of Representatives

THE sundry civil appropriation bill occupied
the exclusive attention Of the House. at its ses-
sion on June 26 The bill was completed In
committee OF tho whole, after which the House
adjourned The Senate was not In session.
THE river and harbor bill, with amendments,
was reported to the Senate ON the 2sth ult. Tho
conference report on the pension appropriation
bill was presented to the Senate and agreed to.
The House recoded from its disagreements.
The Senate by vote Of 80 20 ~, decided to In
sist upon its amendment to the postoflice APP
Mail steamships. The hO' senate " passsd aSsei
month to the widow Of the late Gen.
President to appoint and retire Alfred Pleason-
ton as Major General was introduced Ina the
Senate. The Senate debated the veto OF the
Dos Mones River land bill without action Sem
ator Eyarts IN. ~ opposing and Senator Allison
iowa favoring the passage OF the bill over the
the name OF William G. Ewing TO DO United
States District Attorney for the Nort.lern
ducod his tariff bill in the House.
Mr.. King, Of louisiana introduced in the House
a resolution condemning tho proposal OF the
French Government to assist the Panama Canal
Company by means Of a lottery loan as opposed
to the Monroe doctrine, and calling on the Sec
retary OF State for all correspondence bearing
ON the subject. Mr. Gallinger, OF New Hamp-
shire introduced in the House a resolution pro-
viding for an inquiry by the Civil-service Re-
form Committee into the truth OF newspaper
ports that the Democratic Campaign Committee
is soliciting contributions from Democratic
Congressmon and others in tho employ
OF the Government Whilo the sundry
civil appropriation bill was under consideration
| In the House Mr.. Laird tNob.l made a severe at
| tack upon Commissioner Sparks in his adminis-
| tration OF the General Land Office Mr.. Cobb
| nndJ defended the Commissioner, declaring
that his action was meeting with the
| ana specuiator In tho public lands.
| Mr.. Payson CIll. said that he, as a member OF
and al mi To
| the order of April B. 1885, and he stood by that
| order to-day. 1t was said that Sparks was
but his enthusiasm in reference to this
| question in favor Of the poor man
who desired to receive home from
to to and-srsbbers that halt was to,
| be called upon them. and he DIr. Paysonl re-
gretted that owing to the pressure that had been
brought by letters written by men stepped i'm
fraud up TO their eyes there had not been suili-
cient backbone OH the part of tho Secretary of
| the Interior to keep that order in existence.
THE Senate passed the Des Moines land bill
| over the Presidents veto, the 18th ult., by q
vote of "a to 15. The Senate agreed to confer
| ence reports ON the army appropriation bill and
| the bill to amend the Pacific Railroad acts. Mr..
Camden (W. Va.l denied newspaper state
ment that he had telegraphed from Washington
that only six votes were necessary to carry
| the Senate for Payne and the Standard Oil
Company would pay 1900 each for them. The
| Sentaor said that mt the time named he
/
without foundation and absurd. A resolution
was adopted appointing Gen. wilfiamJ J. Sewell,
Gen M T. McMShon % and S.4, Capt; John hnn, l.; !.
| for Disabled Soldiers. The Senate took up the
/ legislative, executive, and judicial bill, and
| some amendments reported by the Committee
| force of the State Department gave rise to
| a sharp debate in which Senators Edmunds Of
Vermont, Ingalls,, of Kansas, and Hale OF
Maine criticised the administration. Senator
e9i6se 6se m 81 Mss9ah S Pre2ghs @ the to
| needed no defender in the Senate. The people
| Of the United States would 1.-Two to bow their
knees in everlasting thankfulness to Almighty
| God that Grover Cleveland had become Presi-
dent of the United States. He an honest
man, a brave man, true man. He was doing
people of the United States an honest fearless
economical, aud constitutional administration.
| The discussion having closed, the amendments
House, in committee Of the whole, rejected the
| motion of Mr. Laird Neb.) to strike out tho
clause In the sundry civil bill appropriating S30
900 for protecting the public lands from fraudu-
lent entry. The general deficiency bill was re-
ported to the House. It appropriates SO 062 645.
| The House agreed 10 conference reports ON the
| pension and agricultural appropriation bills.
| SENATOR EDMUNDs introduced in the Senate,
on the 30th ult., bill vesting in the President
| the sole power of appointing a large number Of
officers who are now appointed "by and with the
advice and consent Of the Senate" Among
these are postmasters of all classes collectors
toms, all territorial officers except judges of tho
| Supreme Courts, all district attorneys. and
| United States marshals, Indian agents,
| and district land officers Resolutions
| OF the Portland COregon) board of trade
| were laid before the Senate to the effect
| that the previous resolutions OF that body pro-
| testing against the forfeiture OF the Northern
| Pacific land grant for the uncompleted PORTION
| of the Cascade branch we're inconsiderate and
| illegal and should be expunged from the record
| Of the board. The House In committee of the
whole adopted an amendment presented
| by Mr.. Randall (Pa) appropriating
s14,620 for the service of tho army
and navy hospital at Hot Springs, Ark.
| Chairman Boyle Of the Pan Electric Telephone
| Committee presented report signed by himself
| and Messrs. Oates, Eden, and Hall. The report
| whs accompanied by the following resolution,
| which was concurred in by Mr.. Hale, who also
| presented n report of his owns RESOLVED
| Tint a full, fair, and exhaustive investiga-
| tion has failed TO adduce any evidence
which tends TO show that Attorney General Gar
| land, Solicitor General Goode, Secretary Lar
mar, Indian Commissioner Atkins, Railroad
| Commissioner Johustone, or Senator Harris thoy
| being the officers named in the Pan-Electric
| publications Of the newspaper press which gave
rise to this investiga did any act official
otherwise connected with the matter investi-
| gated which was dishonest, dshonorable, or
censurab1e."