The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-16
CONGRESSIONAL.
Work Of the Senate ard the House
of Representatives.


Mn REAGAN made a speech In the Senate. on
the 9TH inst in opposition to the pleura- pneu-
aonia bill He believed many OF its features
wore uncons titutionaI and said he had numer-
ouu letters and remonst ces protesting against
the bill, and suggesting that It's on,se. was 20
the hands OF the Chicago syndtcste Inc ssn-
ate, in executive session. ratified the Chinese
treaty without . division. senator Edmunds
has reported the fisheries treaty adversely,
submitting written majority report. ana SEN
ator Morgan submitting Favorable minority
would call up the treaty week hence. Mr..
Palmer withdrew his amendment 10 the land
grant forfeiture bill regarding the exemption
of pre-emption and homestea d clnims and offer
ed a substitutes Mr.. Frye introduced bill ap-
propraJipg 81, 900, o0O TO provide more snicisnt
mail service between the United States and
Central and South America and the West
Indies. The House suspended the rules ana
passed the river and harbor bill. Mr.. Town
shend introduced a bill appropriatng $4,000
for the erection in Washington OF "A statue TO
the memory OF Maj. Gen. w. s. Hancock. Mr..
brown OF Ohio intro iuced a bill modifying the
civil service law. The President has vetoed
the bill providing for the sale OF certain New
York Indian lands in Kansas.
AFTER absence Of nearly woek Mr.. Voor-
bees reappeared OH the floor Of the Senate on
the sth inst, and made public acknowledge
rnent Of and expressed his regret for the lam
guage he used on the occasion OF the rough
aEd-tumble debate between himself aud Mr..
ingalls,. said he -Idesire to say to the senate
that, however severe the proyocation which
WAS given, yet l made use or language
ct that time contrary TO parliament
airy rules and usages and TO the de-
corum of the senate. I regret have
ing used such Language. and tender proper
apology TO tho Senate OF the United States for
doing so. My high respect for tho dignity OF
This body, OF which have been for many years
now IA member az well as my self-kespect,
induces me To make this statement The sem
ate discussed the land-grant forfeiture bill.
Tho House OF Representative devoted another
day to the discussion of the Mills tarin bill.
The principal speech was made by Mr.. Hop
kins OF Illinois, in opposition to the measure.
The other speakers ere MessrB. StockdaIe OF
Mississippi Mansur OF Missouri Richardson OF
New Jersey. Morrow of California, Stone or
Missouri, Chapman of Michigan, and Martin
OF Texas.
TIE railroad land grant forfeiture bill passed
the Senate without division on the 9th inst.
AS passed, the bill declares forfeited TO the
United States all lands granted to aid in the
construction OF railroads opposite TO and CO.
terminous with the portion OF such road not
now completed and in operation; and all such
! lands are declared 10 be part of the public
domain. When the river and harbor bill
came up. Mr.. Cullom offered Hennepin
amendment. 1t is practically the old measure
authorizing the Secretary OF War to construct
/ the canal and feeder on one OF the routes here
tofore surveyed. To begin with, $1,000 o 10
appropriated The Senator also introduced a
waterway amendment, which provides for
survey for ship canal from Chicago TO the
/ Mississippi River. The international copyright
vote of Is TO TO- The bill authoriz-
! iug the executive departments To par
ticipato in the Ohio Valley centennial ex-
] position Mt Cincinnati passed the senate. The
House bill establishing lifo-saving station at
! kewaunee, Wis, was also passed by the Sem
ate. The President sent the following nomine-
tions to the Senate: Robert b. Roosevelt Of New
York to be United States Minister to the
Netherlands; Lawton V. Moor 70 be United
States Consul at Lyons, France. The House
talked all the day on the torin. Messrs. Bou-
telle OF Maine, Bynum Of Indiana; Hooker OF
| Mississippi, Wise OF Virginia, and Kennedy OF
Ohio discussed the Mills bill
Two REPORTS on the fisheries treaty were
made 10 the Senate on the 10th inst. from the
Committee on Foreign Relations. Tho majority
| report, after an extended review OF the obiec-
tions urged and criticisms of the method OF
negotiation, summarizes the objections 10 the
treaty. 1t is held that some OF the bays left
to be visited by American fishermen are value
less, and that whether bay fishing be be
not profitable. the United states ought
not TO give up the right OF is vessels
to visit these bays, which right has
| been exercised for more than q century The
new area Of dslimitation puts American II her
men in great danger of unintentionally inv adj
ing prohibited waters. Objection is taken to the
three-milo limit. and it is held that the pro-
now existing under the treaties OF 1888 and
| 1918, and other agreements. The Presi-
dents action in withholding rart OF the
correspondence incidental To the negotia-
ton of the treaty is resented q
| violation OF continuous practice since the
foundation Of the Government. The minority
report claims that in view OF the grave eIner-
! gency presented by this old und harassing
controversy formal and technical objections
should not be urged, and that the interests OF
the entire country demand that the treaty be
/ ratified IL is urged that to resort to treaty ar
rangements for regulating the fisheries is bet
ter than to depend upon tho law OF nations.
Measures of retaliation, non-intercourse, and
other forms OF hostility are depre-
Gated. ami it is claimed that in the
negotiation Of the treaty the Preside MT
has only performed plain duty, and
has transferred TO the Senate the grave respon-
report reviews the provisions of the treaty in
detail and defends every provision. In the
House Of Representatives Messrs. Cannon,
Lane and Post, OF Illinois wilkins and Newton,
| OF Louisiana, Brumm. Atkinson and Yardley
OF Pennsylvania, Clements and Gambler. Of
Georgia Belden and Tracy, of New York Oar
gan. OF south Carolina. Vance, OF Connecticut,
and White, Of Michigan, aired their views Oh
the Mills tariff bill.
Mr. ScorT, OF Pennsylvania, who is in ac-
cora with the President oil the tariff made q
speech 10 the House moro than two hours long
in support of the Mills bill on the 18th inst
during the delivery OF the speech Mrs. Cleve-
land sat in the gallery for time. and Speaker
Carlisle, Postmaster General Dickinson, and
First Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson
were among Mr.. SCOTS auditors He went
over the arguments for free trade drawn from
the science OF political economy, and derounc ed
those as tho real Bourbons who set their
IaSts VIC Vi hcleuce ana inc
lessons of experience. After defending the
bill, with a warm eulogy on its wisdom he took
up Mr.. Randalls proposed measure, which he
criticised severely He took "A sam ple the
iron and steel schedule. which no declared in
creased the burden upon every Glass in the
community 1t gave the astounding result
that Tor every dollar of reduction OF
duties in the iron schedule S26 was
added TO tho public burden Mr. Gear
Of Iowa, spoke in opposition to tho Mills bill,
which he said would destroy American labor.
He declared that in this contest between free
trade and protection the Republican party had
on its side the interests OF manufacturers and
laborers, while on the other side was n large
portion OF the Democratic party backed by for
eign influence. The passage OF the Mills bill in
the interest OF free trade would be a victory for
the British commerce.
PROF. ARNOLD says: Why salt gathers
on the outside Of butter is because of the