Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-03-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
Work Of the Senate and the House
Of Representatives.

TIE Judiciary Committee OF the Senate. ON
the 18th inst. reported adversely Senator trye's
bill to apply the laws Of the several States re
lating to the sale Of liquors to imported as well
as domestic liquors. The majority OF the COM
mittee mold that the State control over police
regulations 10, under the Constitution, as So
cure against intrusion from ederal au-
,horty as the % Ieguisti0aa aovt noso,sp I. s0m sTom
encroachm 1T upon that province by ttats au-
thority. 1t Therefore reccmmt nds that the
que .,ion be 10 as e isgs Judicial M one, Ga mi
Inga Is. ind Edmun Is say IL would seem t1at
the legislative aud judicial departments tf ma
Cove nment concur in the bnswtr r that the char
a,t legls at on pr sentsd by the bill Is with,
In the oons tltutioI q! power OF CoLR 81 iha II
does not violate the injun, tion OF the onstitu-
D shall 's' be an m fSrm % shs oa H. us the United
States An importer OF ardent sp rits or tf
any other arti,le OF foreig1 pio lucton 1, en-
az Hsion "A Il sas dealer IN IKE sssess Of
custom house. and what Congress may consti-
tutionally say about one 1t may repeat as 70 the
other The Senate passed hfty-nve bills, the
most of them being pension and private RELIEF
bills. The House BY vote Of yeas 17s, nays
81, passed the bill authorizing the issue OF
fractional silvor certificates. a resolution was
introduced by Mr.. Taulbee for the appoint
ment OF q special committee to examine into
the condition OF the civil service in all the de-
partments and branches OF the government
SENATOR ALDRIcH, from the Committee on
Finance, favorably reported to the Senate, on
March 20, his az H-per-cent. funding bill, which
provides that the Secretary of the Treasury
shall issue In exchange for 4-percent. bonds an
equal amount OF 21a-per-cent. bonds payable
in 1907, and that In consideration OF the reduc-
tion Of interest tho Treasurer shall pay TO the
holders of the 4-per-cent bonds q sum equal
to the present worth OF the difference in
interest, and that in ascertaining the present
worth interest should bo computed at not less
than 2h per cent. per annum, comp pounded
dual terly The bill also provides that national
banks holding these 22-per-cent. bonds shall
be allowed TO issue notes upon them TO their
full par value. Mr.. Bl air callod up his bill,
giving preference to civil service appointments
among men who had been disloyal during the
war to those who had served In the Confederate
army, and who we've suffering from wounds
or disabilities. Several Southern senators
spoke on the resolution, saving they would not OF
Confederate soldiers. The Senate Finance Com
mittee made a favorable report OF the bill to
wipe out the charges against the etates Tor
S20,OvO,, % and s O, 900, 900. There was lively
time in the House over the resolution assigning
four days for the consideration OF measures from
the Committee on Labor, the opponents OF the
resolution resortng to obstructive tactics to pre-
vent action. Mr. O'Neill (Mo.) finally said he
was willing to amend the resolution by striking
out the clause limiting the time OF debate on
each measure called up. After long debate
the tme-limitation clause was stricken out and
the resolution was adopted: In pursuance OF
the terms OF the resolution the floor was accord
ed to the Committee on Labor and bills were
passed for the protection in their wages OF me-
chanics, laborers, and servants in the District
OF Colum bia aud the Territories. and extending
the provisions OF the eight-hour law to letter
carriers. Bills were reported to the House for
the erection Of public buildings at Sterling, ILL.,,
Richmond, Ind, and Burlington, Iowa.
THE following bills were passed by the Senate
on March 21: To allow soldiers and sailors who
have lost both hands. or the use of both hands.
a pension OF 500 month; House bill to facili-
tate the prosecution OF works projected for i'm
provement of rivers and harbors; House bill to
divide the great Sioux Indian reservation into
aePsdn S 70 SpProprate
for quarters and barracks at the Hampton, Mil
tional Soldiers Home. A minority report
was presented from the Senete Com
mittee Territories opposing the annex
alton OF the Idaho Panhandle to Wash.
ington Territory and favoring the admission OF
the latter Territory with its present boundaries.
The House passed bills to prevent the product
of convict labor from being furnished to or for
the use Of any department Of the Government,
and from being used in public buildings or
othes public works, and to prevent the en-
ployment OF alien labor on public buildings and
other public works and In the various depart
ments OF the Government. The bill to estab-
| lish Department OF Labor and the bill re-
the accounts Of laborers, workmen and me
| chanics arising under the eight-hour law, were
discussed by the House, in committee OF the
whole.
THE President sent brief message to the
Senate on the 22d OF March, in reply to the reso-
luton requesting him to transmit to the SEN
ate copies OF the minutes and daily protocols
of the meetings OF the Fisheries Commission.
| ors. He inclosed n copy Of the letter received
f:om tho Secretary of State on the subject and
| said he hoped the information contained
| therein would prove satisfactory answer
to the resolution, Secretary Bayard't
letter is in effect that the discussion was car
| ried on under the pledge of secrecy ON bott
| sides, that no stenographic report was made
| and that IL was impossible to comply with the
Senates request. In the Senate thirty onf
| measures were passed, the most important bill
being the House bill authorizing the President
to arrange a conference between the United
| States and the republics OF Mexico Central and
South America, Hayti, San Domingo, and
the empire of Brazil with amendments
| upon which q conference was ordered. The
| Senate also passed q bill reported from the
Postofhce Committee reducing the rate Of post
age ON seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions
etc., to one cent for every four ounces. The
| House passed the following bills: Providing
that on the trial OF all civil and criminal cases
| in Circuit and District Courts the Judge shall
charge the jury in writing. II 80 required by
crees OF United States Courts rendered within
| any States shall be lions on property in the
same m amer and to the same extent as judg
ments and decrees of the courts OF that State
| The urgent deficiency bill was fayorably re
| ported to both houses by the conferrees, and
| was passed by both branches. The bill appro
PIRATES S., ,676, 500.