Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-08-16
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.
What Is Being Done by the National
Legislature.

In the Chaplain's opening prayer I'm the SEN
ate tho 9th, was an Indirect but feeling alluson
70 the death OF Gen. sheridan. Az soon as the
reading Of the Journal was concluded, Mr.. Ed
IL lmunds rose ana lid Il ask unanimous
sent 10 offer at this time resolutions ON subject
which every Senator win understand; RESOLVED,
That tho senate has learned with profound
regret OF the death OF Philip III. Sheridan,
late General OF tho armies Of tue United States.
ResoiUed. That tho Senate hereby Expresses its
grateful sense OF his great ind patriotic services
In the cause OF his country. its deep sensibility
of the loss which the nation has sustained ia
his death. and its sympathy with his family In
those resolutions be forwarded to the family OF
the deceased. The resolutions were unani-
%ously adopted or.a bill was ws,srrod intro %
the Committee on Pensions granting
a pension OF 5000 year TO Mrs. Sheridun
OF Gen. Sheridan was read In compliance with
resolution. the Chair appointed the following
Senators committee TO attend Gen; Shtrl-
dams funeral: Hawley, Henderson, Cullom,
stewart Hampton, Gibson and Gray. The Sem
ate then adjourned. In the House inlilar reso-
buttons were adopted and like action taken, ana
after spoeches OF eulogy that body adjourned
SENATOR SIBERIAN addressed tho Senate IN OPP
position to the fisheries treaty the 7th. He
said among other things no would have been
glad TO see in the pending treaty a settlement OF
the controversy with Great Britain, because he
regard sd Il controversy with that nation as more
injurious than controversy with any other
country, for Of all the p3Cp.e who inhabit the
globe The peoples Ct the United States aud
Gre nj Britain were the most intimately allied.
The senatD bill approprinting $1,000 for
post Office building ut Mammoth Hot Springs, in
the Ye 10 ystone National Park, passed.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Jones, OF Arkansas,
instruc;ing tho Committee ON Finance t. make
an inyesti gail III OF the cotton-baeging pool was
taken up an 4 adopted by The Senate. The
Speaker has appointed tho following members OF
tho Military Commi tee as the Honse conferrees
iafip
OF lllinoi' Nj. Maish OF Pennsylvania, and Mr..
Laird OF Nebraska TIE House ipsnt tho day
In discussing the nate Di mak,hg an ap-
departments TO participate in Q Ohio Centen-
nial Exposition 10 be held In Columbus In Sep
tember and October next. Amen0msnts were
adopted providing that any surplus OF the APP
preparation remaining unexpended shall be
used to enable the department to DO repre-
sented at the expos lions TO be held at Augusta,
Ga. and Richmond, Va, appropriating 500 900
to aid the colored race exposition TO be held at
Atlanta, Ga, in 1889 and 1890. appropriating
$4,000 to enable the department 20 he repre-
sented at the Kansas City exposition, to be
held in September and October. The question
then REQUIRED ON the third reading of the bin as
amended, which resulted, yeas, 10 nays VI no
| quorum. Tbs House then ADJOURNED
The speech in the Senate on tie fisheries
treaty was made by Senator Evarts, who spoke
for over two hours and then postponed the re-
mainder Of his remarks ON account of the heat.
He rdicules the idea of reciprocity between the
United States and Canada. The Senate pas sed
the Chin SO prohibition bill without di-
vision The bill provides that from and after
the date of the exchange OF rntifcations OF the
pending trSaty between the United States OF
! America and his imperial majesty the Emperor
! of China signed on the 18th day OF March, 1885,
| 1t shall be unlawful for any Chinese person,
p wnS to enter tho United States except as in
! this bill provided. The Senate passed the bill
directing the Secretary Of War TO place on file
| in the War Department the names OF
| The officers and members OF the frontier
| guards mustered into tie volunteer mil
itary services OF the United States under
sue discharges to them. The bill Is to involve
| no pay, allowance, bounty or pension. Iha
House discussed trusts and tho means TO abol.
| fish them. The majority Of the speakers favored
] the Springer bill to tax the products OF truss
| A resolution appropriating 5000 for the ex-
| penses OF the Committee on Manufactures IN its
| the French spoliation claims clause OF the de-
fciency bill again, but adjourned before reaching
| vote.
Mr.. PALMER introduced a bill for the pur-
chase of the Portage Lake and River Improve
ment Companys canal etc., in the Senate the
9th. II ferred to the Committee ON Commerce.
| Mr.. Mitchell offered resolution calling ON the
Secretary of the Interior concerning his recent
decision in the Guilford Mil land case al
fecting the title to the Northern Pacific lands
| Agreed to- The Senate then PROCEEDED to tho
oonsideration- of the fisheries Treaty in open
executive session, and Mr.. Ei arts concluded his
|
dabats and shaI pa sages Det"oen Morgan %
Alabama and Blair OF New Hampshire
the days discussion camo TO close and
the Senate adjourned. The Speaker laid
before tho House communication from
| the Commissioner OF Agriculture transmitting
| a report Of the expenditures and results OBJ
tn ned by the Ladies' Silk Culture Association
| OF California in experiments for the develop
ment OF the culture of raw silk The report
shows that the orchard near Oakland contains
| about 200 trees from one TO three years old
and as many cuttings. Tho work OF the society
i in raising worms hus necessarily been limited
| to experiments. Mr. Dibble, of South Carolina
submitted the conf ference report ON the bill for
| the erection OF pubic building at Sioux City
Iowa, end il was agreed TO, 1t fixes the limit OF
cost at Sl5O00O. The House then adjourned
WITHOUT discussion the bill to regulate conf
merce carried on by telegraph was passed by
the Senate, the 10TH lit is the bill introduced by
Mr. Spooner on Jan. 81, 1893, and reported back
| from tho Committee on Interstate Commerce
| with amendments, on the 10th OF July. The fol
lowing bills W, re passed; House bill nppropriat.
| ing SlO0 90 for a marine hospital at Evansville
| Ind. with IA formal amendment; Senate bill 70
| ratify agreement with the Indians OF Fo +
| Berthold ng sncy, Dakota: Senate LII nppropri.
| ating S250O TO improve and encourage
| the cultivation and manufacture Of flax
and hemp. The House consumed the
! whole afternoon in tho consderali n OF
a war claim bill, the dscLs sion turning upon
| the loyalty Of the claimant. No acti IN was
| taken. Tho Senate Joint resolution au horizing
| the President to present gold medal to Francis
Jo3ephs for his services in bcrfecting Ii. saving
apparatus was passed. the House passed
| forty-one pension bills, thirty-hve Of them being
| acted upon ut the evening session Both houses
agreed to the conference report ON tho bill grant
| ing aid TO State homes for disable d volunteers
The provisions OF tho bill are extended TO terri
| torial homes, and is benefits are confined 70
homes entirely under the Stale or territorial
| control