Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-08-12
CONGRESSIONAL.
Work Of the Senate and the House
of Representative.

THE Senate passed, over the Preeident's Veto
on the Sd inst. by unanimous vote. fbs House
bill granting pensisn to Jacob Romiser, after
Senator Wilson had expisinsd that the Presi~
having been informed that no application had
been made TO the pension ofice. while, in fact,
an application had been made. The bill grant
ing pension TO Mary j. Nottage failed 70 pass
Senator Sens wiissn 2di Voted Voted in nth the Stiir%assyes
Senator Hoar, in o6JSctins to the consideratio<s
said he thought Che bill reported by him provid-
ing for "itltests under national authority"
should first be considered He referred TO the
mnssacres in the southern States during the
last few years, and said that so far as shown BY
the press a negro and Repubheau was the VIC
tim f.ra = Democrat and VIII TO- man the ag-
gressor. Senator Kenna protested against tho
Introduction On bloody-shirt campaign doe
ument into the el9sing hours OF Conssesss
against the entire population from the Potoinsg
TO tho Rio Grande. He compared the peace and
quiet OF his own State with the tufDuient state
w society in Chicago and the country adjacent
70 n 5,ese nominationa were fe,ecss,n ~ s's. -
Customs for Minnesota; George p. SANFORD t9
be Postmaster at Lansing Mich. and H. -,
Porter. to be Postmaster az Dowagiac' Dow I; MiSh
ter Of tho Land once &c Denver, and
Thomas Cooper TO be Revenue Collect
or for the Eighth Illinois District;
TO 95 passed the river and hnrbor bill, as agreed
upon by the conf renee committees omitting
all provisions for canals except for the survey
of the Hennepin scheme, for which Sl5,Oc was
appropriated The Senate has also adopted the
measure. The House agreed 70 the conference
reports upon the deficiency appropriation and
sundry civil measures.
THE Morrison surplus resolution, aftU bsing
stripped Of the clause providing for the recep-
tion or redemption OF trade dollars, was adopsed
by both houses OF Congress, on the 4th inst. In
the Senate the House bill to restrict the owner
ah of
American citizens was taken up and
passed, with On amendment in the notuf9
The Senate adopted d resolution accepting FROM
w. II. Vanderbilt and Julia Dent Grant varioNS
articles presented to Gen. Grant by foreigu
governments. A bill extending the system OF
Immediate delivery to all articles bsering an
immediate delivery stamp was passeo
tions were made by tho President: Will
liam q. Bowman of Illinois, to be SuryeyoT
General Of Utah Postmasters: Leonard w.
ter, at De Kalb, Ill. Edward HawkinB was con-
hrmed as Marshal for Indiana. The nomination
OF II. A. Beecher to be Customs Collector at Port
Townsend was withdrawn by tho President. The
House took up the resolution requesting tho
President to renew the demand for the releaso
e A A X Cutting by the Mexican G9seEnment 11s Ge
mittee, said he had signed tho report on the
belief that the Mexican Government had reS
fused to release Cutting ON tho demal1q
OF our Government. Since then he had
read the correspondence, which showed
that the Mexican Government had shown every
spirit OF compliance Cutting he said, had re-
fused to be released on bail, declaring that his
case was now an international affair. This was
the work of our mischief fmaking Consul, who
made speeches TO crowds In the streets about
vindicating the rights of his country. Messrs.
Grain, Of Texas, and King, OF Louisiana, de-
Tended Consul Brigham. Pending further dis
cussion the House adjourned.
CONGRESS adjourned sine die at o'clock ~
m. ON Thursday, Aug. s. Senator Plumb, irons
the conference committee ON the bill for the
rapenl of the pre. emption and tim ber-cul-
usual resolution Of thanks to the Presi-
dent OF the Senate Senator sherman was
unanimously parvea. Censiderasiez ton of .is thss
as counsel for Subsidized railways was hxed fos
the second Monday in December The House
bill for the relief OF ceItIin disnTnoiaoly Gus
unteer Infnntry was amended and passed
About forty nominations were left unacted npon
by the senate ;b. eo.iSs SsEs SOu1s T
House adjourned without taking any act on
upon the resolutions In regard to the
| case Of Editor Cutting. The Democratic lenders
seemed to have decided not to permit the matter
to become the subject of q partisan debate on
the last day Of the session, when IL wousa not
be possible to discuss and determine WILD
proper deliberation what, II any, action was oe'
sirable to be taken by Congress. The state De-
partment had not requested any action by Con-
gress Mr.. Bayard had simply submitted the
| correspondence and it was generally felt that
| the statement Of facts presented in the CORE
spondencc submitted 10 the oenate anu nouso
| did not show that the case had arrived az the
| point where the interference Of Congress was
| either necessary or prudent. Congress having
| adjourned sine die, the whole matter now rests
| with tho State Department. Bills passed the
House appropreting an additional sur sum co,T ol sSo
siunnl Library, $50 90 for completing the public
| building at Fort scott, Kan, and sl5O: .UO 1oT @
| public building at Los Angeles, Cal. The Fres-
ident did not sign the -surplas resolution Pc
fore adjournment. and the probability Is that
| it will not be allowed to go. into eteot
| The committee appointed by the House TO
| Investigate the labor troubles in the West
was given permission to sit during the recess on
| Congress. The fortihcations bill, after psssane
| both houses JAILED in conference brief SUM
| mary OF the work Of the session is as follows
| It was In session 241 days; 13 2O2 measures were
| introduced, 10. 32S originating in the House ana
| 29el in the Senate 1,101 passed both houses,
| 2lI being Senate bills and $50 House measures
| SOC became laws with the Presidents approval,
| 1sI became laws by limitation, lib were vetoed,
and one failed by reason OF adIournment Wisn-
| out action bv the Presii lent.