Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-10-04
THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.

Proceedings OF the Senate aud House Of
Representatives = Important Measures
Discussed and Acted On = Gist of tho
Business.
The general deficiency appropriation bill was
passed by the Senate the Path inst, after
amendments appropriating nearly s1,OO) 900 had
been added The principal new approp riations
are slS4 l42 TO re mburse Chickasaw funds for
mon Us improperly disbursed therefrom $40 OCO
In further aid OF Industrial Christian Home
Association OF Utah; S77 ,05s for compen alton
OF postmasters under the nc OF March3 1883
S144 ,001 for the New York Central RAILROAD Com
pany, being the amount OF finding by the
Court OF Claims $aO.OOJ fer steam yacht for
the collector ut Key West. Fla. TO enforce
smuggling and quarantine laws; STAG 292 for
Government trnnspOrtations by Baltimore aud
Ohio and Pennsyi, ania Railroad Companies
and The Hoboken aud Improvement Com
pany: aud $27G.OO for indemnity for
Chinese outrages in tho Territories. An
additional section was a'so inserted in
the bill extending all the criminal laws OF the
United States 10 -No-Man's Land" and placing
that territory witbia the Judicial district OF
Kansas. The Senate passed a bill allowing any
person who has abandoned or relinquished
homestead entry before the expiration Of the
requisite six months TO make another entry not
exceeding quarter section OF land The House
agreed TO the conference report on the sundry
civil appr priation bill except the Congressional
Library Building feature; further conference
report was ordered. The La Crosse (Wisl
bride bill was passed by the House.
The Senate passed all the pension bills on the
calendar, ia in number, on the 25th inst
Among them was the bill granting pension OF
s3, 500 year TO the widow OF Gen. Sheridan Mr.
Berry said he was opposed to the bill, but would
content himself with voting mo" on Il passage
Among other bills passed were those giving
right OF way through the Indian Territory TO the
Leavenworth and Rio Grande and the St. Louis
and San Francisco Railroads, for the relief OF
settlers upon the old Camp Sheridan military
re eservation in Nebraska, and amending section
i44 IL. s., as TO permits for the use OF petro-
The bill 10 regulate the course at the Naval
Academy was passed by the House, with an
amendment making the maximum age for the ad-
mission OF n cadet 2l years, and the minimum 10
years. A favorable report was made to the House
ON the Senate bill providing for the ascertain
nent OF the amount due the Pottawatomie In
dians OF Michigan and Indiana under certain
treaty provisions The House passed the JOINT
resolution requesting the President TO negotiate
with Mexico for the creation OF an international
commission to determine all questions touch
ing the boundary line where it follows the bed OF
the Rio Grande and Rio Colorado.
THE Senate joint resolution appropr1atfug
100000 for the relief OF the yellow-fever suffer-
ers amended that the money may be
given to State organizations for use In the aid of
the sufferers. and was passed in this form with
OssseS tSe MeRae on bin % TO forfeit the 9nearned
land grant of the Northern Pacific Road
It provides that all the lands granted to the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company by the act
Of July q 1854, except such as are adjacent to
and coterminous with roa1 constructed prior
to July 4, 1879, with the right Of way through
the remainder of the route including all neces-
sary grounds for station buildings, shops de-
pots, switches side tracks, turntables, and ex-
cepting also oil lands included within the limits
OF any village, town, or city be and the same are
hereby declared to be for cited and restored to the
public domain because OF the failure OF the CONF
pany to perform the conditions on which the
grant was made The forfeiture shall not extend
to lands adjacent to and coterminous with COM
pleted road sold by said company prior to Jan l.
1928, TO bona-fde purchasers for value, but the
title OF such lands is confirmed to such purchas-
ers upon condition that they present their claims
within one year. The House non-concurred
In the Senate amendments 10 the general def
cheney bill and ordere y - conference
THE resolution offered by Mr.. Chandler for an
inquiry into the last Loui election. involv-
ing the choice Of United Statos Senator'S was
taken up 1OusU
in heated discus sion Of personal nature No
action was taken. The House amendment to
the senate BILL appropriating 500, 900 in aid of
the yellow-fever sufferers, having been laid be-
fore the Senate, Mr.. Edmunds said it missed
the point aimed at-the capacity to use the
money In aid of those who were sick and in dam
ger OF starvation. In the hope that some. hing
better could be done, he moved that the Senate
for a conference, which was ordered. Both
houses OF Congress agreed to the conference re-
port on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
A RESOLUTION calling on the Secretary OF the
Treasury to report whether the Treasury De-
partm ent has information Of any violation Of
the navigation laws, and II so whether any steps
have been taken to vacate the American regis
ters OF vessels commanded by foreigners, was
adopted by the House the 26th. The House
passed thirty private pension bills at tts
evening session.