Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-27
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
IMPORTANT MEASURES CONSIDERED
AND ACTED UPON.

At the Nations Capitol = What Is Being
Done by tho senate and House - Old
Matters Disposed of and New Ones Con-
s'dered. .ri tnfn
Mr.. CHANDLER presented to the senate on the
18th inst, n statement from ninety nine citizens
Of orangebura County, South cmolina, declaring
that the had been prevented from exercising
the right q s.aso ,Sss s iny Sna r,on Of
affairs there. Tho tariff debate was continued.
Tho Senate agreed 10 thu conference re-
thippewa Indians in Minnesota; 10 retire Major
General A. j. Smith as colonel OF cavalry,
granting right OF way TO water conpiny IN
House appropriating s2,0u to pay tho tap-nses
OF the Ford invest eating eommittc1. motion
Of Mr.. sIrnger from me committee ,i,, on as,ri,
the Senate bill for the admission OF tho tate OF
South Dakota aud for the Organization OF tho Ter
ritoy OF North Dakota a special order
from day TO day until disposed OF, pro:
Wiling that the omnibus bill may he o3CrSd
as n substitute therefor Thorenf.e or Other
bills relating to the admission OF Territ cries
snall bo disposed Of In tho oder fixed by the
committee Tho House 10 ised u bill cJrl orat-
Ing tho American His orical A ISOLATION Coo
Bancroft, Andrew ID. White and Justin Windsor
are among the incorroraiors. The "a solution
providing for holiday rJcess from Dee. II until
Jan. was passed by the House and re:er. cd 10
the Finance Committee by tho Senate. Tho
House amended and passed tho Senate bill I'M
creasing TO S65) 900 tie limit OF cost OF the fan
Francis, % public buildn{ Considerable Ali.
buster m occurred over the Oklahoma bill but
no action was taken.
TIE resolution for evening sessions was
taken up by the Senate on tho 18th, and IN
amendment offered 10 IL by Mr.. Morrill, pro-
yiding that. until otherwise ordered, the daily
hour OF meeting OF tho Senate b III a m. and
that at . 10 each day recess be taken till
D. IN was Loaf. Bills were passed 20 permit the
Constructive Of free bridges &C oss the Led
River in La6ota and Of a railroad bridge across
c. nsideraliSn OF the tarin bill, taking II up at
paragraph liO, in reference TO wire reds, ami
various amendments We're ro.ectel new
begun In the senate. Senator Lawes
introduced O bill to remove the political disGbil-
lilies OF Harriet H. Robinson, Of Middlesex
County. Massachusetts and TO declare her cit
izen Of the United States, with all the rights anu
powers OF citizenship. including the pivil $50 OF
voting or being voted Tor. The general appropri;
alton BILL car rymg nearly Sll,O0O,U0O was passed
by the House. After general discussion, OF
rather political nature, ON an alnenuInent 10
the river and harbor bill, the House adjourned
BUT little progress was mado on the tariff bill
by the Senate on th9 10th inst, only three pa OF
being disposed o.. Mr. Voorhees,, after aion
on several amendments, spoke on the Senate
subsii. ute, which he said, was conceived no.
for the reduction OF taxation, but merely 10 "a
a temporary political success. He was followed
by Mr. Hawley, on the other hand, the debate
being quito heated. The following reso-
luton was introduced by Senator Ed
munds and referred TO tie senate
Foreign Relations Committee: "Resotred, That
the Government OF the United States will look
with serious concern and disapproval upon any
connection OF any European government with
the construction or control OF any snip canal
across the L. hnus OF Darien or across central
America, and must regard any such connection
control as injurious 10 the Just rights ana IN
terests OF the United states and as a menace 10
their welfare. ResOlred, I'll ~ the President OF
the United States lie requested TO communicate
this expression OF Ito views OF Congress to
| the Cover nments Il the countries OF Flu
rope" The Senate passed the House bill iEccr-
| porating the American Historical Association.
the bill retiring Gen. A. ]. smith with the rank
| OF Colonel OF cavalry. The House went into
| committee of the whole ON the riN er and harbor
| bill Mr.. Blanchard Qa.l explained that every
item of appropriate In the bill had been in the
bill OF last year. and that tho Sll ,9OOOOO app; D.
priated little less than 3315 per cent. OF the
amount recommended by tho CHEF OF en9ineers
! After considerable Dc bale the House ad ouTned
The Senate non-concurred in the House
amendments to tho direct-tax bill and con-
ference was ordered on the 2cth inst. By
unanimous consent IL was orlered that the
voting ON tho tariff bill and all amendments
thereto shall be. in at l o'clock p m
] January 81, after which there shall be
/ no further debate without unanimous consent
! An amendment was adopted fixing the no tday
recess from Friday. Dee a. tin WedhesSay
| was ordered printed for the appointment OF Q
| committee OF thirteen Senators TO inquire into
| the state Of suffrage throughout the United
| States, especially to investigate the election o.
| State officers at the State elections held in No
| vember in Rhode Island and Louisiana, and tn;
! ! residential election in New York and Indiana
, The House joint resolution for the pay of Con
| gressional officers, clerks, and employees on the
| 10th Of December was passed. The
| House bill to authorize the construction OF
! bridge across tn, Missouri River in lowa ant
Nebraska was passed with amendments. The
tariff bill was taken up, beginning with the sec
kfaV, ala Inn tniNa md ofU tpY
pages were disposed of. The action OF the Sen
| ate on the direct tux bill was rec n
sidered and the bill was referred to the
Finance Committee in order TO afford an oppor
! tunity for the presentation OF arguments before
the committee In support OF the House amend
the lands ut Beaufort, 3. C., some S9O0,COO Mr.
Call introduced a Joint resolution, giving sh'
| thanks of Congress TO Supervising Surgeon
General Hamilton aud other general physician
for their fidelity and efficiency in the treatmen
| OF the yellow fever epidemic in FLORIDA. Re
ferred. All the pension bills on the calendar
ninety In number were passed The legis
tive appropriation bill was referred h
the Committee on Appropriations. Tho Sen
ate bill to open abandoned military res
ervations in Nevada passed. III
Senate in executive session confirmed al
the army and navy nominations that have beel
eo1t an this session except the six new staff ap
nominations of Thomas Burke. to be Chic
Justice OF Washington Territory, AMI ..
Hallam to be Deputy First Auditor OF tn
Treasury. bill appropri1ting SG3.CO) to NEE
deficiency in the appropriation for public print
ing and bind NJ, and 5000 TO enable the Nav
Department observe the eclipse Of the san. wa
passed by the House. In committee OF tn
| vhola ha Hnnaa raaumed rom flaratiOn of tn