The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-06-17
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Work q the Senate and House
al Representatives

hill passed the Senate on tho 9TH inst. The
oleomargarne bill was referred TO the Commit
tee ON Agriculture The COMMITTEES on Public
Lands made a favorable report on Mr.. STAN
iords bill to grant IA. sss nS %bs senate IN
executive session, confirmed the nomination
of A. p Swineford TO be Governor OF Alaska.
In the House OF Representatives piils were IN
troduced 70 establish military fort near Den
yer; 20 grant a pension OF tlOo month 10 the
widow OF General Durbin Ward 70 prohibit the
employment OF convict or alien labor on puDnc
works; 20 erect monument In BROOKLYN TO the
victims OF prison-ships, and 70 pronipit the op-
struction Of interstate railroad business. Sudgo
Paysons bill repeating the prescription, desert
land, and timber laws, and amending the
comm utation provision OF the homestead
law. was passed by a vote OF loS 10 ~.
the Pension Department. and to report upon the
propriety OF continuing the excessive eSpendi.
lures under the present system mI. Iisp, ..
IN the House in regard to Mr.. Holman, OF In
diana The apology was accepted
A BILL appropriating 600 Tor tne erection
OF branch home for disabled volunteer soldiers
west OF the Rocky Mountains was passed by the
Senate on the eth. A bill was passed providing
for commission OF three persons, 70 De ap-
pointed by the President, to investigate the
truth OF alleged discoveries OF the sPsclnc
cause OF yellow fever In the House
OF Representatives., in moving to expunge
from the Record speech by Mr. wheeler,
of Alabama Mr. Kelley. OF . renms,yi,
of 1862 by Secretary Stanton frankly denning
his attitude toward General Mcclellan. The res
olution offered by Mr. Kelley was referred 10 tne
Committee on Rules An effort in the House 10
get unanimous consent TO report the amenoed
Senate anti-polygamy bill was defeated py
the objection of Caine, the Mormon delegate
from Utah The incident served TO show the
watchfulness OF the Mormon lobby and its de-
termination to throw every obstruction In the
way Of adverse legislation. The House spent
some hours in committee of the whole CMr.
Rlount, OF Georgia, in the chair on the legis-
lative executive, and judicial appropriation DILL
MEASURE was favorably reported TO the Sem
ate. on the 9th inst, prohibiting the transmits
sion Of lottery circulars through the mails.
Bills were reported favorably appropriating the
following named sums for public buildings:
Duluth Mimi, 500 900 FL Paso, Texas, $780, 900;
for repairs and enargenent OK the public build
limit Of cost Of the public uiding at Peoria, Ill,
from S225 900 to S275,0OO, and making an ad-
ditional appropriation of $3.50 for the public
building at Keokuk Iowa Bills were passed,
providing for a portrait Of Gen. George II.
Thomas 20 establish two additional land dis
tricts in Dakota to legaliZe the incorporation
OF trades unions; referring to the Court OF
Claims for examination and report to Congress
certain claims for property seized by
General Albert Sydney Johnston in the Utah
expedition of 1857. The oleomargarine bill
was considered by the Senate. Senator Butler
read n telegram from the Mayor and a large
number Of citizens OF Spartanburg, s. O., urging
the Senators from that State to use their infu-
ence in defeating the oleom argarine bill, which
the signers declare the worst form OF protection.
Let people buy oleomargarine, they say, as
they would any other article Of food" In the
House OF Representatives., while the legis-
lative, executive, and judicial appro-
Mr.. Hit, of Illinois, commented on what he
termed the extraordinary provision that re-
quiring the certifcaton OF the entire list of APP
plicants from each State who passed the exam
ination) which had been fore ed upon an appro-
priation bill TO nullify the civiservice law. Mr..
Cox, OF North Carolina, Chain man OF the Com
mittee on Civil Service Reform, Mr.. Compton
and Mr.. Shaw, OF Maryland, boldly attacked the
law without any disguise, while Mr. Springer.
Mr.. McAdoo, and Mr.. Randall advocated the
!o% eo%%tt esop'isG HIT
Bayne Of Pennsylvania Republicans argued in
favor of the principle Of ciyil-service reform.
Mr.. Hit charged the Appropriation Committee
with having gone out of it's province to inside
ously attack civil-se reform. Mr.. Randall
declared that the regulations enacted had
cheated the representatives of the people out of
rights which they should have stood up and de-
Tended in behalf of their constituents.
Mr. BEcK's bill to prohibit members OF Con-
gress from accepting retainers from subsidized
railroads passed the Senate on the 10th inst,
by a vote of 81 to IL, but Mr.. Hawley secured q
reconsideration of the matter. The Senate also
passed the agricultural appropriation BILL with
items of ST., 900 for the encouragement Of silk
culture, s., 00J 10 bore artesian wells in Oregon
or Washington Territory, and $4,000 for sor-
ghum-making with American machinery. On
motion OF Senator Allison, the Senate passed q
bill appropriating $50 900 additional sum to
complete the Des Moines Iowa public building.
Senator Riddleberger insisted upon the consid-
Grafton by the Senate of the resolution providing
for open executive sessions and the Senate re-
fused TO take it up by a vote of 32 to 8. A bill
was introduced by Senator Mcpherson TO in
crease the naval establishment. IL appropriates
S6,425,0O0. The Senate in secret session rejected
the nomination OF Posey s. Wilson to be assayer
of the mint at Denver, Colo. Among the nomi-
nations for postmasters sent to the Senate were
the following: Reuben Stanley, Crestline, o.
1ol.Va urhs.rsa n ca Al
CLAYTON, Ada, o. c. A. Gallagher, Cheboygan,
Mich. Prior Il. Mayo. North Springfield, Mo.
The report OF the House Judiciary Committee
on the Edmunds anti-polygamy bill was pre-
sented to the House. The committee expresses
its dissent from the twelfth section Of the Sem
ate bill, the effect Of which would be that the
conduct Of the corporate Church of Jesus Christ
OF Latter-Day Saints" would be controlled by
trustees of the church in conjunction with
trustees appointed by the President. This
union OF trustees OF the church and those Of the
government could not be distinguished from q
union OF the church and state and law re-
speeding the establishment Of religion. Nor
could it be other than limitation on the free
exercise Of religion where a majority who con-
troll in matters OF faith and discipline STe ap-
pointed by the President The committee rec
ommends revocation Of the charter and n dis
solution Of the corporation in the line of pub
lie policy, IL il can constitutionally be done
DURING debate in the Senate the North
ern Pacific forfeiture bill on the 4th inst. Mr.
George stated that an area larger than France
or Germany had been donated by Congress to
corporations between 1860 and 1875. Mr.. Sher-
man remarked that all the stock issued by the
Northern Pacific Company would not sell for
the $50, 900 cash put into the road, and that
the passage OF the pending bill would simply
relieve the corporation OF the task OF tunneling
the Cascade range. The House OF Represent
atves passed the Senate bill to legalize the in
corporation OF trades unions. During the con-
sideration Of the legislative, executive and ju-
dtcial appropriation bill, Messrs. Morrison and
Holman engaged in n colloquy which amused
the members, and upon Mr.. Randall attempt
ing to answer question propounded by Mr..
Morrison the latter gentleman exclaimed: Il
was not asking you you are not an economist
up to the standard OF the gentleman from In
diana"
The Same Old Crowd.