Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-11
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.


Southern membsfS for voting for all the pen:
sions asked He then ssTs tOtcs that Is. he would
soldier in need Of it an artificial leg arm Mr..
Weaver, OF Nebraska, discussed the silver quess
| ton, and predicted that the effort Of the
money oiigarchy, assisted by the Executive Of
! hcers Of the nation, 20 double the peoples bur-
dens and cripple the business Of the country by
unsuccessful, now the attention Of the people
| was attracted to the subject: He favored un-
limited coinage, and asserted that II the whole
| Yield OF the mines was coined annually it WOULD
Of the UIfted States would be eqnal to that OF
made without i taxing into sScSs % any increase ease
Of Georgia, submitted an afguD6ent egeinst the
| suspension of silver coinage, aid e6ntended
that there was no sound basis for the prediction
made by the -goldbugs" that the continued
ing gold out Of the country. Mr.. Clements, Of
Georgia thought that the true test of the
value 6f silver was not the gold standard
gold had been enhanced by ths demonetisatior
| 81 silver but the purchasing capacity Of silver.
Tested By iss purchasing capacity & silver S wa wa
there was no ground fof the assertion thst the
standard dollar was a dishonest, dollar.
M - OF s5e tbc 1seS
act. Mr. Perkins. OF Kansas, opposed the sus-
demonstration OF silver in 1873 as the dishonor-
| ing Of American silver, and as bringing in fta
| train business disasters, which had continued
| until tho passage of the Bland act, in 1873.
| There was no session of the Senate.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND sent TO the Senate,
on March l. a special message declining
to furnish unofficial documents relating to
suspensions from ofice, and claiming the
| right to destroy them. When the messags
had been read Mr.. Edmunds said It re-
minded him Of the communication of King
Charles l. to the Parliament. He also said that
the President unintentlonally, no doubt, had en-
| tirely misstated the question involved between
himself and the Senate. 1t was ordered
| printed. The Senate, In executive session, re-
SSsse to be Of Internal ReVsnSe at
| Boston, Mass, and Portland Me-. respectively.
The nomination OF John H. Shaffer to hs Post
ination Of Surveyor General Dement,, Of Utah,
was reported adversely. In the House
Of Representatives a member from South
tribution of the surplus moneys in the
| Treasury, during the next four years, among the
respective States In proportion to their rePresen-
| asked unanimous consent OF the House TO have
printed in the Record q memorial signed by j.
ment Of Daniel Manning, Secretary Of the
| Treasury, for high crimes and misdemeanors In
the execution Of the silver law. Mr.. Beach OBJ
| jected.
THE Blair educational bill was again the sub
| ject of debate in the Senate on the I'd inst Ben
ators Call OF Florida. Riddleberger Of Virginia,
1
Carolina opposed the Allison amendment relat-
ing to colored schools. and Senator Salisbury Of
Delaware opposed the bill with or without the
| amendment. Senator Ingalls, OF Kansas
asked who was to administer the fund
saying that the Secretary q the Interior was
Secretary Montgomery reading many extracts
| from book entitled drops from the Poisoned
Fountain Facts That Are Stranger than Fic-
| ton by Zach Montgomery, OF the California
bar" President Cleveland sent to the Senate
message urging measures to protect Chinameu
in the Western States and territories;
citizens who commit outrages upon them.
In the House the pensions appropriation
Illinois supported it. Mr.. Wilson Of West vir-
| ginia, vigorously defended Pensions Commits
Bioner Black from the attack made in the House
recently. He then said that he saw in the war
the stately stepping OF that Providence which
used the wrath OF men to work out its beneficial
purposes. It had secured :. the preserve; preserve
a greater result than the preservation
| Of the Union in the extinction of slavery
Slavery % eS1 was the utter an humiliation Of any ~
ground, cause, or excuse for further sectional
| prejudice or sectional hate. Mr.. Matson Qnd.)
supported Mr.. Black in his charges against ex-
Commissioner Dudley. Mr.. Butterworth Ohio
criticised Commissioner Blacks report as an in
| suit to every man and woman in the employ OF
the Commiss oner Of Pensions. He spoke bitterly
| of the witnesses before the Warner Committee,
especially Maj. Clark, who were so swift he
said, TO assault tne1f cn1ef JnaU tney m1RnJ De-
come the pampered and favored menials OF a
coming incumbent Mr.. Butterworth declared
that every one knew that wherever Democracy
reigned an honest ballot and a fair count was q
lost art. Secretary Manning sent to the House, in
reply to the Bland resolution calling for informa-
tion in regard to the past and future policy OF the
| Treasury Department on the silver question,
document Of forty pages, containing vast
amount Of correspondence and statistical infor-
nation,
SENATOR HARRISON, of Indiana, supported the
A..
on the Sd inst. and opposed the Allison amend
ment He would leave the fund to be adminis-
tered as all education funds of all the States
were adminstered-in the hands of the people
| Of the States. An amendment Of the Allison
adopted, after which Senator Ednunds
| offered substitute for the Allison amendment.
| Senator Blair accepted IL, and it was agreed to.
| II provides that wherever separate schools for
whites and negroes are maintained the money
| appropriated by the bill shall be paid out for
the support OF such white ana coiored scho3s s1s
| white and colored children between the
ages OF 10 and 21 bear to each other.
| Prior TO the adoption Of the substitute,
Senator Logan made speech in which
| he attacked the South for suppressing
the negro vote, and charged that the present
bill was intended to raise money on the strength
| of the black population Of the South for the
| benefit Of the Southern whites. Mr. Frye pre-
sentea peton from 81 Sins 0i PIT. NeW " % icy
calities under the jurisdiction Of Congress. Mr..
| Evarts introduced a bill to permit the sale Of
goods by sample in any State or Territory by
non residents. In the House the pension appropri
| alton bill was debated Mr.. Weaver Qowa) report
| ed back TO the House the resolution directing the
| House Committee on Expenditures in the Inte-
rior Department TO investigate the past and pres
| ent administration Of the Pension Bureau. The
army appropriation bill was reported to the
| House by Mr.. Bragg. It sets aside s23. .SS7, ,5Sa
THE debate Of the Blair education bill was
| continued in the Senate on the 5th. The Fitz-
John Porter relief bill was reported to the Sem
ate. Secretary Manning reported to the Senate
that SC, ,385, $50 Of the bonds maturing April
| held by national banks The Senate passed
| bill accepting for the United States the Grant
memorial collection presented to the Govern
ment by Mrs. Grant and w. H. Vanderbilt.
| The President nominated James O. Matthew'S,
| Of New York, to be Recorder Of Deeds for the
| District Of Columbia, vice Frederick Douglass,
| whose resignation sent to the President ON Jan.
| g. is made public to-day. On motion OF Senator
Platt Conn, y the Senate adjourned. in express
sion Of their sympathy with Senator Hawly
| Comm in his bereavement. A minority report
on the Eads ship-railway bill was sub
mitted to the House OF Representatives.
IL says that the bill will take from the
| public treasury s37. 900 for the benefit Of
| private corporation, located and to be operated
| exclusively in a foreign country, without any
| corresponding benefit to our country or people.