The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-02-17
THE WEEK In CONGRESS.
A SUMMARY OF THE DolNoS IN SEN
Ate AND HOUSE.

The Delayed Deficiency Bill OF Last Year
Passed by the House with Senate Amend.
nAents-Important Bills and Resolutions
introduced I'm Both Houses-work Of
tho National soions.
WAsHINoToS Cry, JAN &c. The senate
passed a resolution Wednesday appropriate
ing 81, 0v0 to Lucas for his expenses in con.
testing the seat OF Senator Faulkner Chan
dler's resolution asking information of tho
naval office as to contracts etc., for building
a new navy was1ext-nied to take In each
year from and including 1880. and adopted.
The deficiency bill was then resumed, amend
ed in soma upimportant particulars, and
passed An executive session was then held,
after which the senate adjourned
The house, after some undressing bust
ness had been transacted, took up the resou-
ton Of Mason OF Illinois for an investiga.
ton Of trusts, pools, etc, AMI after making
1t apply to every combination or corporation
which may affect prices Of necessaries or
commerce. adopted 1t. A resolution was re-
ported calling OH the treasury for informl-
ton "a to whether the greeuback circulation
is up to the legal limit OF SS40. 64l, 900 The
bill TO authorizs bridge across the Misss-
sippi at Burlington. Iowa. was passed.
Springer introl ucsd "A memorial for the or
gan;zation of the "p iblc land strip" into the
territory of Cimarron. AT 3:l5 the horse
adjourned
WAsHIHorc:J CITY. Jan. 2Z-The senate
received petitions Thursi1y: From the Chi
cago board OF trade asking for retaliatory
legi lation against France and Germany for
excluding American meats; aga INST the ad.
mission Of Utah as a state; for Prohibition in
the District; and for the license of railway
conductors The agricultural experimental
stst'on appropriation was reported and
put on the calendar The bill increasing
the pension for total deafness to So per
mor,th and proportionately increasing that
for partial deafness was passed. A
number Of bills of no special Importance
were also passed, and then the bills to PEN
sion Mrs. Gen. Logan and Mrs Gen. F. P.
Blair were passed. The pensions are g., 0OO
per anuum. The vote was IS ayes and
noes-Berry, Colquitt, Coke, Harris, Reagan,
Salisbury and Vance An executive session
was then held, and at its conclusion Blair
spoke for his educational bill. The senate
then adjourned until Monday.
A memorial from the Quakers of the
United States England, Canada and Ireland
in favor OF international arbitration was pre-
sented to the house. A bill to discontinue 8.
cent coinage was reported. A bill was passed
relieving the plaintiff from security for costs
in cases removed from state to federal
courts, when plaintiff is a citizen Of the state
in which the suit originated; also bill pro-
viding for terms of court as . Iincy, Ills.
An attempt to set aside the time after the
morning hour, from Feu 81, for public build
u
house adjourned without action on the mat
ter.
WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. 2S.--The house
passed the "little" deficiency bill Friday, as
amended by the senate. A bill was intro
duced providing for the appointment of
commissioner OF forests with four assistants,
whose duties 1t shall be to classify the timber
lands, decide what shall be sold and what
reserved, end have general control of the
same The bill prohibits the cutting OF tim
Der from public lands except in case of farm
ers and miners. The private calendar occu-
pied the remainder of the day, but without
action the house adjourned until Monday.
WASHINGTON CITY. Jan. 3l.--The first
business of the senate Monday, az usual, was
the receipt of numerous petitions for Pro-
hibition The proposition to reduce letter
postage was reported adversely. A bill was
introduced for forest protection. The con-
stitutional amendment TO change the date of
the presidents inauguration and termination
of the short session of congress from March
4 to April 50 was reported favorably. Plumb
introduced a resolution for an investigation
OF alleged inefficiency in the postal service.
Morgan aud Blair made speeches against
and for the educational bill At 4:3O the
senate went into secret session and at $50
adjourned.
The house passed the bill authorizing a
bridge across the Missouri river below St
Charles, Mo. Among the bills etc, intro
duced were the following: To prevent aliens
acquiring public lands; authorizing the ap-
pointment of clerks to members OF congress-;
to take the tax Off salt and oleomargarine;
for a bounty on exported wheat, corn and
-four; to prevent trusts, combinations, etc.
for the issue of fractional silver certificates
for the further coinage of silver and re-
demption Of national bank notes; fer survey
for a waterway from Lake Michigan to the
Mississippi. The reports In the Lowry
White contest, from Indiana, were
presented, tho majority declaring for
new election, and the minority favoring the
contestee. A letter from the public printer
was read denying the charges of delay In
public work. and after some debate resolu.
ton was adopted for IN investigation of the
Office under the present head, and under Mr.
Rounds, deceased. The senate amendments
10 the bill appropriating for agricultural ex-
pertinent stations were concurred in, and the
house ad journed.
WARRINGTON CITY, Feb I.-Riddleberger
made another effort Tuesday to advance his
movement TO abolish secret senate sessions
He first offered resolution for consideration
IN open senate of the British America, ex-
tradition treaty, and this failing on Ed.
nun Isl objection, Riddleberger offered an.
other resolution amending the senate rules 30
that the treaty should be openly discussed.
The resolution went over, did Plumb's re-
solution for an investigation of the alleged
inefiiciency OF the postal service. Stewart
introduced a bill to further restrict Chinese
immigration. A bill was passed for q ST.
zoe, 0o0 public building at Omaha, Neb. The
joint resolution was adopted proposing an
amendment TO the constitution changing tho
date Of Inauguration of president, and close
Of the congressional term, from March TO
April So Evarts advocated the Blair bill
and Bates opposed, and after an executive
session, st 4;i5 p. IN, tho senate adjourned
The house PASSED tho bill authorizing tho
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