Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-12
CONGRESS.

CONGRESS roassemOied after the holiday re-
cess on Wednesday, j. l. T. A reply to tho
Presidents tariff reduction message was de-
livered in the Senate By MI. Sherman, who
urged that tho President had Intentionally
ignored other methods of reducing the Treas
ury surplus for the purpose OF advocating such
a reduction OF Gu stoms taxation as would
strike severe blow al American industry.
Senator Voorhees, spoke in defense of the Presi-
dents low-tarin v ,ws. Mr.. Brown Offer
ed resolution dc claring that the practice
of the Government W, correct for the first
three-quarters OF c. dtury Of its existence
when 1t collected T. cessarY revenues
ut the ports or other boundaries by tariff. ex-
cept in case OF war or other great emergencies.
when internal revenue or direct-tax laws were
imposed which were repealed as soo1 as the
emergency ceased; a.Jo that the present in
ternal revenue laws Wore enacted as a war
measure, and that it has now become the inn
perative duty OF Congress to enact APP
p.opriate Legislation f'r their repeal at
tie earliest day Practicable. He asked
and said that next Monday he would submit
remarks upon H. 7. cullom introduced
bill embracing several amendments to his
large number OF bills were introduced, tLclud-
ing the following ly MIR. Symes, Oh Colorado,
for the removal of the southern Utes from Colo
RADIO to Utah; by Mr.. Browne, Of Indiana. re-
pealing the limitation the arrears-of-pen-
sion act by Mr.. Hovey, Oh Indiana, for tho pay.
ment Of service pensions; by Mr.. Holman, Of
Indiana, to maintain the purity OF the ballot
box by Mr. eaver, o. Iowa, for the establish
ment OF postal telegraph; by Mr.. Holmes, OF
Iowa. abollshins the dity on sugar; by Mr.
of goods manufactured wholly or in pait by con-
Wet labor; by Mr.. Perkins, of Kansas, to pre-
vent contraction OF the currency and to in
crease tho circulation OF filver and silver GER
tincates by Mr. Ryan, OF Kansas, appropriating
100000 for the erection OF monument to the
colored soldiers killed in the late war; by Mr..
Morrill, OF Kansas, to abolish all distinctions on
account of rank in pensions hereafter granted !;
by Mr. Anderson, OF Kansas, to create the postal
fala knA tn
letter postage to enc cent an ounce by Mr.;
Peters, of Kansas, for the deposit OF
gold and silver coin or bullion as security
Wheeler, dispensing 18th proof OF loyal
ty during the late war is q condition OF resto-
ration or admission to the pension rolls in the
by Mr.. Reed, Of Maine proposing a constitu-
tonal amendment granting women the right Of
suffrage; by Mr.. Nelson, OF Minnesota, placing
sugar, coal, homp, and manila grass on the free
list Bills also introduced for the erection OF
public buildings in Indiana, ut Evansville and
Indianapolis; in Iowa, at Fort Dodge and Sioux
City in Michigan, 1T Kalamazoo, Muskegon,
Manistee, Bay City and Lansing at Duluth, at
Milwaukee, and at many other cltios. Nine
hundred and two public bills have been intro
duced.
THE Blair educational bill came up in the
Senate on the 9Th inst, and Mr. Reagan, of
Texas, spoke in opposition TO the measure. He
said he opposed the methods OF the bill, but not
its purposes. Congress lacked power to pass
such a law, which would establish the des-
potism of n popular majority, overthrow the
Constitution, and endangor the liberties OF the
people He argued in detail that the Southern
States were not in need of Federal aid for the
support OF their common schools, and showed
that in the State of Texas the school fund
for this year was S3,100,000. Mr. Plumb
offered an amendment providing that the
money shall be distributed among the
several States and Territories in proportion to
their population according to the census OF 1880.
Mr. Mitchell called up his resolution for the APP
pointment OF commission to select a site for
another naval station on the Pacific coast and
advocated it's passage. The Indian Affairs
Committee reported bills to provide for the
compulsory education Of Indian children, and
in relation to marriage between white men
and Indian women. Petitions pre-
sented fayoring a national prohibition amend
ment, opposing the admission of Utah while its
local power is in the hands of the Mormons, and
in favor of prohibition in the District OF Column
bia. Among the bills introduced in the Senate
a postal telegraph system; by Mr.. Plat, for the
formation and admission into the Union of the
State of North Dakota by Mr.. Plumb, TO equal
ize bounties this is the Logan bill OF last Con-
gressl by Mr.. Stockbridge appropri ting $780,
900 for public building ut Lansing, Mich. The
President has sent to Congress n communities
ton from the Secretary of the Interior submit
ting the draft Of a b IL ITO provide for the pro-
lection of the Round Valley Indian reservation"
in California, In the House Of Representatives
Speaker Carlisle announced the standing COM
mittees. A bill was also introduced authorizing
the establishment Of new life ing stations at
Ashtabula, Ohio, and Marquette, Mich. Both
houses ad journed to Monday. the 9th.