Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-07
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.
What is Being Done by the National
Legislature.

THH following resolution. offered by Mr..
Sherman, was adopted by the Senate ON the
2sth ult. by strict party vote Resolved, That
the injunction OF secrecy DO removed from all
the proceedings OF the Senate In refer
encs TO the treaty with Great Britain
river and harbor hill was reported
to the Senate. The bill as IL came from the
House carried an aggregate appropriation OF
S9,605, 7sJ. As reported to the Senate IL appro-
pirates 81, ,3S6, ,76j. The House was engaged in
the consideration OF the legislative. executive,
and judicial appropriation bill Mr.. Town
shsnd, from the Committee on Military Affairs,
reported the army appropriation BILL and Il
was referred to the committee OF the whole
The pill sPpropriates s2!,ase zoo. an increase
In the item OF $4,000 for dynamite guns.
The estimates were S25, 1854, 1924. Among the
we're the following By Mr.. Gsst anu sppropriss, rSSa
ing S275, 900 for the rebuilding Of tho govern
ment dam at Rock Island Arsenal; by Mr..
Cheadle, to retire soldiers and sailors no
have been wounded in battle after twenty-one
years OF service in the civil service; by Mr..
Townshend. providing for an assistant Secre-
tary OF War; by Mr.. Plumb. to provide for
issuing bonds to refund the national debt
THE bill to revive the grade of General OF the
Army and comforting it on Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan
was passed by the Senate ON the 18th ult.-yeas
"a, nays THE negative votes being given by
Senators Berry, Coke, Harris Reagan Sauls-
bury, Vance, and Wilson Md The Senate went
and was addressed by Mr.. Frye, who denounced
the treaty as "disgrnceful humiliating, and
cowardly surrender Of American rights" Mr..
Gray obtained the floor to make q speech upon
the treaty but its further consideration was ON
motion OF Mr. Beck, who said he and other Sena-
tors desired to attend the st. Louis Convention,
postponed till Monday, June II. The President
sent to the Senate message vetoing the
Youngstown Ohio public-building bill. Mr..
Sherman Immediately took the floor and
accused the President Of partiality. Mr.. Sher-
mans remarks were replied to by Mr.. Vest and
Mr.. Call and after considerable debate the mes
sage was referred to the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds. The bill to reimburse
depositors Of the Freedmen's Bank was reported
TO the Senate, with amendments. The session
OF the House was devoted TO consideration OF the
legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation
bill In committee of the whole.
THE debate on the Mills bill was begun in the
House In real earnest on the 31st ult. Shortly
after noon Mr. Mills called up the bill for consid-
OF tcSSo f ai Ss Ban mig BY moving 60
strike out July l. 1888, and insert Jan. ]. 1889,
when the proposed law shall take effect. The
debate ran along all the afternoon ON free lum-
Der, every man taking his i've minutes ON
the Adams amendment. There was great
activity among the members who spoke most,
many Of them talking at one and the same time.
Mr.. Lind OF Minnesota made the chief speech
of the afternoon. Although a Republican he ear
nestly advocated free lumber. He declared that
1t was inconsistent to encourage the destruction
of our forests by maintaining duty on foreign
away immense bodies Of lands under the timber
culture law. The House, by vote of So to 40,
adopted the amendment to the Legislative
appropriation bill increasing the clerical force
Of the civil-service commission The bill TO
quiet the title Of settlers on the Des Moines
River lands in Iowa was passed by the SEN
ate by vote OF yeas %, nays IL. The
Senate passed the Mitchell joint resolution pro-
viding for the appointment OF a commission OF
naval offices to select a suitable site for naval
station, navy yard, and docks ON the Pacific
coast. The Pacific Railroad telegraph bill was
favorably reported to the Senate Both houses
accepted the conference report on the bill TO
create u department of labor and passed the bill.
THE Senate bill, reviving for the benefit OF
Lieutenant General Sheridan the rank of General
of the Army, passed the House ON the 1st inst.
The President promptly signed the bin, and sent
General Sheridan's name to the Senate for con-
frmation, and the Senate Immediately confirmed
It. Mr. Adams amendment to the tariff bill
postponing the application OF the free list until
Jan. 2, 1889, was defeated in the House: The
vote was: Yeas, 81; nays, 11S. The House
passed the Legislative appropriation bill with
the blank salaries filed In as 1t was reported
from the Appropriation Committee. The Senate
passed the Indian appropriation bill.