The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-02-15
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.


ton reported in the Senate. on the 9th inst. a
Joint resolution providing, in addition to such
other celebration as may hereafter he provided
for, that the two houses OF Con grsss snail meet
that the Chief Justice OF the United states shall
deliver an Grafton" The resolution wac
adopted Mr. Platt addressed the Senate
In Opposition to the tariff views expressed
in the Presidents message. Mr.. Carlisle re-
sumed his duties as Speaker OF the House
after two weeks absence. The Lowry-White
contest as decided in favor OF Mr.. White, the
sitting member, by the decisive vote OF lS7 to
Loo. Forty-seven Democrats voted with the
Republicans in favor Of White Among the
bills and resolutions introduced in the House
were the following BY Mr.. Chapman, resolu-
tions Of the Detroit Board OF Trade in favor OF
a postal telegraph; by Mr. Lsndes, for
public building at Olney, Ill; by Mr..
tawlsr, to protect the consumers of but
tor by on sns to
an annual tax Of 81; also to repeal the oleo-
margarine tax; by Mr.. wa. Caswef, for a
directing the Committee ON Military
Affairs to inquire into the expodiency OF the
Government purchasing the site OF Old Fort
Chartres, Illinois; by Mr. Peters, for public
building at Hutchinson, Kan. by Mr. O'Neal
for public building at Vincennes. Ind.
Mr.. SAWYER OF Wisconsin, introduced bill.
in the Senate, on the 7th inst, providing that
all soldiers who served at least ninety days in,
the late war and were honorably mustered out
or dischare cd on surgeons certificates of disa-
bounty to which they would have been entitled
had their full term OF enlistment been served
out. Mr. Stockbridge, of Mich gan, introduced
q bill rounding to pilots, en9ineers and mates
OF steam vessels, or their heirs, tie license
fees which they have paid since the law was
passed in 1864; Licenses hereafter arr,
to be free. He also introduced bill
making it obligatory upon every sort Of
steamer to carry at all times n full comple mont
of licensed officers and a full crew. The law
now applies only to passenger steamers The
Senate also adopted a resolution direct
ing the Commerce Committee to inquire into
the right and expediency of Congress assum-
ing control of the erection OF bridges over navi-
gable waters within State limits bill to
grant q pension of SO per month to army nurses
was reported favorably from the Senate Com
mittee on Pensions. The House OF Repre- senta-J
tives adopted Gen. Weayer's resolution calling
on the Secretary Of the Treasury for de>ailed
information relative TO the recent policy OF the
department OF purchasing bonds with surplus
money and to the present policy OF depositing
funds in a large number OF national banks
The House also adopted the resolution of
Mr.. Landes calling on the Secretary OF the
Treasury for information regarding the amount
when the act of 1873 limiting their issue was
passed. and whether any have been lost or de-
stroyed since. Among the measures passed by
the House were bills providing for the punish-
mont of bank examiners for false reports or
suppressing f@cts in their reports; to.
abolish the minimum punishment in in
ternal-revenue cases, and authorizing the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue to COM
promise cases under the law; to amend the law
casting away vessels 80 as to allow punish
ment by hne or imprisonment if there is no loss.
of life. The Committee on Military Affairs re-
ported bill authorizing the President to ap-
point and retire Alfred Pleasanton as a Briga-
der General. The Foreign Affairs Committee
reported the diplomatic and consular eppropri-
alton bill 1t appropriates 81 ,4o3 s57. Mr.. Till
man, from the Military Committee reported
the military academy appropriation bill
The bill directing The Secretary of the Treas
ury to omit all duties upon importations Of
animals for breeding purposes, whether inn
ported for the importers OWL or for sale.
passed the Senate on the 9Th inst 1t provides
that the fact of such importation shall be a.
Messrs. Stewart and Mitchell advo-
Gated the passage OF tn. bill allow
ing the sale OF certain mineral lands to aliens.
The House of Representatives pissed
the bill making bills OF lading con-
elusive evidence in certain casss 1t
provides that whenever any common carrier or
its agent signs and delivers any bill of lading,
purport,ng to be for merchandise received by
such carrier for transportation from one state
to another within the United States or to any
foreign country. such bill Of lading i'm the,
hands Of any bona-fd holder, for valuable
consideration, who acquired the same in the.
usual course OF trade without any notice of
any defect therein, shall be conclusive owl
dence that the goods described therein were
actually received by such carrier in the man
ner and for the purpose therein stated.
WHEN the bill requiring the subsidized rail-
graph lines came up in the House OF Repre-
sentatives on the 9th inst. Mr. Anderson, of.
Kansas, the author of the bill, vigorously
supported it, The railroad companies
had bartered away their franchises by
entering into contract with the West
ern Union by which the railroad conpa-
MES refused to perform their teleerapnic
services, and by which they gave toe West
ern Union absolute monop bly, over the western
half OF the continent. Through the genius Of
the most INSCRIPTIONS pirate OF the century,
jay Hawk Gould. that monopoly had bee Gre
ated. The pending bill was simply PROPOSE
ton to inject a little bit of Gods burning just
ice between the people and Jay Gould. The
people OF the country were praying for relief
from the nlerciless grind OF the most eXtrava-
CANT, enormous, interruptions, plratcal set Of
Incorporated scoundres on the continent This
bill was square blow between the eyes of
Mr.. Gould, the Western Union monopoly, and
each Of the Pacific Railroad compan es.
In the Senate Mr.. Henderson, from the Conn.,
init 90 on Printing, reported r. 10 mt res olutionI
Tor the disposition OF undistributed copies OF
the records of the rebellion, the reports of the
tenth census, and the reports of the Public
Lands Commit ssioner. The resolution gave,
rise to some discussion. but was finally passed.
Tho Committee on Indian Affairs re l,ortTd fay
orably the bill providing for the OF esiug to set
Element OF the Sioux Indian reservations in Da-
kota. The President sent the following nom-
nations to the Senate Benjamin +. Wad,, OF
Ohio, to be Marshal Of the United States for
the Northern District Of Chic; j. Marion
Brooks. of California. to be Attorney of the
United States for the Southern District of
California,
Mr.. PERKINS resolution, directing the Post T.
master General TO report to the House regard
ing the complaints from the West Iecause of
defe tive mail service, and whether the unsat-
isfnctory service resulted from the employ
ment of inexperienced and incapable employ es
or insufficient appropriations, was passed by
the House of Representatives on the 10th inst.
The House passed the Senate bill authori ing
the appointment of Andrew d. White as a re-
gent If the Snit hsonian Institution, and the
bill granting right of way throS gin Indian Ter
rtory TO the Choctaw Coal and railroad Com
pany Favorable reports wero made ON n bill
to create an arbitration board to settle tho diff
ferences between the United States and Texas,
regarding Greer County, Texas, and tho reso--
tuition calling on the Secretary of VAR for in-
formation relative to the alleged obstruction
of the Wabash River by bridge OF the Louis
vile and Evansville Railroad Company The
Senate was not in session.
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