Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.


ANUMBER Of petitions from local assemblies
of Knights OF Labor throughout the country
favoring the building OF the Hennepin Canal,
were presented in the Senate ON March 10. Also
memorials OF the knights OF Labor protesting
against the denial OF the extra pay which had
been provided for by law for workingnen in the
Government service who worked more than eight
hours per day. In presenting one of these memo
rails, Mr. Ingalls, said the complaint was just
one, and the nation had been djsgraced by the vi
olation OF the law complained of in the memorial
Mr.. Ingalls, presented a joint resolution pro-
posing n constitutional amendment providing
that the 30th OF April shall be the day for the
beginning OF the successive administrations OF
the Government hereafter instead of the 4th Of
March The Senate adopted, by vote Of 25 to
offered by Senator Van wyck, providing that
the pensions of children who are idiotic
istencSs of such idocy AIpa 81 ifthssnify.
THE bill to increase the pensions of soldiers
H'6fHS H6feHKS and ot tasf ffetn fst Just
as it camo from the House. Senators Morrill,,
Cullom, Maxey, and Dolph addressed the Sem
ate on the Duskin resolutions. Senator Morrill,
supported the resolutions in very brief speech.
Senator Cullom made a long argument in sup
port Of the resolutions. The refusal OF the At
torney General to furnish tho papers called for
by the senate ne said, was Vas & denial OF the rgnt
public office. Senator Maxey opposed the res
olutions. However much the issue might be
disguised, he said, the real object was 20 ascer-
tain the Presidents reasons for suspensions or
removals of officers. Complaint, he said, was
made in that majority report that CAB suspen-
sions had been made under this administration.
The complaint made by the people, Mr.. Maxey
said. was that there had not been ten times CAB
removals. Bills or resolutions were introduced
in the House to pay to Mrs. Thomas A. Hend-
ricks the salary Of the Vice President for one
year, TO establish postoffice savings banks, to
provide for q conference of American nations on
O common standard silver coin, and for COM
mission to Investigate the claims Of loyal
citizens OF tho border States. The House passed,
under suspension . OF the % rules; Dill r 19r tne
Court also tho Senate bill authorizing the
Comptroller of the Currency TO permit the
ceiver OF n national bank to use the trust funds
for the purchase of property upon which the
bank holds mortgage or other evidence OF in
debtedness.
Mr. VAN WICK offered the following resolu-
tion in the Senate March II -ResolUed, That the
Committee on Public Lands be directed to ex-
amino the nature and extent Of the alleged use
and destruction of timber on the public lands
adjoining the line of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road, particularly by the Montana improvement
Company, and report what II any, additonai
legislation is necessary to protect timber ON the
public domain, and that the committee have
power to send for persons and papers. Tho
resolution was agreed TO- The Chair laid before
Hoar addressed the Senate on the BILL and at the
conclusion of his remarks the bill was passed
without division Mr. Dolph addressed the
Senate in support OF the Edmunds resolution.
Mr. Coke and Mr. Wilson, of Maryland, spoke
upon the resolution, and then Mr.. Beck took the
floor I'm opposition and he and Mr.. Edmunos
had quite a wrangle upon q question Of order,
during which Mr.. Edmunds moved an executive
session. In secret session motion was entered
to reconsider the vote by which X. B. Dement,
was confirmed as Surveyor General Of Utah. In
the House Mr.. Burnes, of Missouri, reported
back the urgent deficiency appropriation Dill,
with Senate amendments. Concurrence was
recommended re in some amendments, and non
concurrence I'm others. The report was agreed TO-
Mr.. Dorgan, of South Carolina, from the Com
n
niace nnservil aahie ordnance issrrad 70 tho
militia of Statee and Territories. Mr.. Peel, OF
Arkansas from the Committe on Indian Affairs,
reported back Senate bill granting the right OF
way through the Choctaw and Chickasaw lands
to the st. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Company
WHEN the Duskin resolutions came up in the
Senate on the 18th Of March, Mr.. Van Wyck
moved that these words be added to them "And
In all such cases of removal the matter Of confr-
nation shall be considered in open session OF
the Senate" Mr.. Brown, Of Georgia, opposed
the resolutions and made long argument TO
show that the power OF removals IS vested py
the Constitution in the President alone. Mr..
Spooner, Of Wisconsin, followed Senator Brown
with q long argument in support OF the
resolutions The power claimed by the Presl.
dent would enable him, at his will, to shut out
the sunlight of investigation from the public
offices. He did not think that because papers
were written by private citizens they We're
therefore private papers Their contents deter
mined their character. The Senate passed with
out debate the bill providing for commission
Of FIVE persons to investigate the al
revenue and taxation, and its general
economic, criminal, moral, and sctentihc as
poets also the bill. providing for the sS9dy IN IN
the schools OF the Territories and the District
OF Columbia of the nature of ALCOHOLIC stmu-
lants and narcotics. In the House, the Com
mittee on Ways and Means made a favorable
report on bill to authorize the establishment
of factories for the manufacture OF tobacco ex-
clusively for expectation.