Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-08-05
CONGRESSIONAL.
Work Of the Senate and the House
of Representatives.

THE sundry civil appropriation bill. with the
silver certificate amendment, passed the Senate
ON July a. The amendment reads as follows
"And the Secretary Of the Treasury is hereby
authorized and required to issue silver certih-
Gates in denominations OF 81, $2 and S5 and
tho silver certificates herein authorized
shall be receivable, redeemable, and pay
able i'm like manner and for like purposes
as Ia provided for silver certificates by tho
act OF Feb 26 1875 entitled AN act to author
izo tho coinage OF the standard silver dol
lar and to restore its legal character pro-
vided. That said denominations OF 81, 81, and IS
may be issued in lieu OF silver certifcates OF
larger denominations in the Treasury, and to
that extent said certificates OF larger denomina-
tons shall be cancelled and destroyed" The
House of Representatives passed a naval appro-
pration bill amounting to So, 900, and the
sundry civil Appropriation bill.
The bill directing tho Labor Commission to
n inyestiguto the convict-iaDor system passed vus
Senate July 20. Senator Blair reported favor
ably from the Education and Labor Committee
a joint resolution proposing a constitutional
amendment providing that after the year 1900
the manufacture, sale, and importation OF
alcoholic liquors as a beverage shall cease,
President Cleveland nominated Ezra Baird
TO be Marshal for Idaho and Charles M.
Thomas, of kentucky. to be Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court OF Dakota. Tho President
referred the oleomargarine bill to Attorney
General Garland for recommendations as to it's
constitutionality. The Senate hill forfeiting
certain OF the lands granted to the Northern
the House, with the recommendation that in
lieu thereof the House measure, forfeitng 33,-
100000 acres more than the Senate BILL be sub
stttuted
In the secret session Of the Senate on July
27, tho nomination OF Postmaster Rosette, of
DeKalb, Ill, was summarily and unanimously
rejected. His offense was the writing and pub
fishing OF an obituary of Gen. Grant, In which
the hero was alluded to as tyrant and COM
pared with julius Caesar. w. w. Porter was
confirmed as United States Justice Of the Su-
preme Court of Arizona Territory. The House Of
Representatives., in view of continued disagree
ments with the Senate on the river and harbor
bill, voted to strike out the items for
the Lake Superior Ship Canal, the Improvement
5 8 hf aS The House
the Senate's amendment to the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill for the issuing of silver certih
Gates of small denominations by the Treasury
in place of those Of large denominations, the
latter to be cancelled. The House substitute for
the Senate bill forfeitng the Northern Pacific
land grant passed the lower body, and q con-
ference was requested.
THE fortifcation bill, with important amend
ments, was passed by the Senate on the 2sth
ult. The Senate adopted resolution that it
insist on its amendments to the river and har-
Dor Dill which the House demanded
should be stricken out. A conferences
ence committee OF the two houses dis
posed Of the legislative, executive and judicial
salary bill, which appropriates $40, ,654 436. The
recommending that the bills to pension Dudley
Branch and James O. Chandler be passed over
the Presidents vetoes The resolution in re-
gard to the arrest and detention OF American
citizens in Mexico was reported back by the
Senate Foreigns Relation Committee and placed
upon the calendar. President sent the following
nominations to the Senate: Alvey A. Dee, now
Third Assistant Secretary of State to be
Second Assistant Secretary of State John s.
bama, to Be Minister Resident and 2t oSSssSSI SsSI
General of the United States to Persia Thomas
9. Bach to be Associate Justice of the Supreme
Secretary Bayard sent to the House the corres-
pondence and papers in relation to the impris-
onment and release of julius Santos by the
government Of Ecuador.
A FAVORABLE report was made to the Senate,
on the Goth ult., Of the House bill providing that
manufactured tobacco, snuff, and cigars may be
removed for export to a foreign country without
payment OF tax under prescribed regulations.
Tho Senate and the House conferrees on tho
river and harbor bill were in conference
oil day. An effort was made to effect n COM
promise on the Hennepin Canal amendment
by striking out the appropriation and insert
ing clause by which the Government
accepts the Illinois and Michigan Canal
The Senate in executive session rejected the
nomination OF Henry Ward Beecher's to be
Collector OF Customs ut Port Townsend, w. II.
Beecher was charged with some careless money
transactions, which he endeavored to ex-
plain by putting the blame ON another
man. George A. jerks was nomin-
ated to be Solicitor General by the President.
The House spent the day in committee Of tho
whole (Mr. Hatch of Missouri in the chair upon
the Senate amendments to the general de-
hciency bill. There was no opposition made to
the recommendations Of the Committee on APP
preparations to concurrence or non-concur-
renee in the amendments and their considera-
tion consisted chiefly in their reading The
House subsequently ratified the action of the
ordered, Mr. Burnes, Mr.. Lefevre and Mr.. Nc
Comas being appointed conferrees.