The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-10-06

AJAX for n conference. So ordered. mr.. Cali
offered a resolution instructing the Committee
ON Epidemic Diseases 70 consider and report
before adjournment OF this session OF Con-
gress such additional legislation a. may
I've necessary and useful To prevent the impor-
tasion OF contagious or infectious diseases
from foreign countries on the coast To bound-
aries Of the United States, or TO prevent or
suppress II In inter state commerce and DIR
The subsistence Of such persons as may b de-
tanned by the public authorities. In connoc-
ton with IL he rad letter from Mayor
Hewitt. OF New York inclosing one reeoiNod
nv Mr.. Hewitt from Mr.. yanhook, OF FLORIDA.
Mr.. Hewitt suggests 10 Mr.. Call that The lat
ter should introduce some resolution that
would lead 10 action before Congrss all
iourned. The subject was one (tho latter
Said) which interested every part oi the
Inited States and particularly the city OF Nov
York. That city was subscribing literally FOR
the relief OF Florida sufferers, but was Iow-
rricss except by local quarantine, 10 proN0nf
the spread 81 confaglon. The remedy ought
10 BE- applied i'm places where The icvcr Az
isled, aud ON system so comprehensive ~
% assure the country that every praekoabie
effort Is made 10 stamp out the disease. The
matter went over I'LL Monday. Mr.. sherman.
from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
reported back. without any accommodation,
the resolution offered by him FOR nm inquiry
~ 10 the ht4ilf OF the ltl1tion~ bthWcth tuo
United States and Great Britain and tho Do
minion OF Canada, and IL was PLACED on he
calendar. he conference report on tho sun
dry civil appropriations bill was presented
and agreed q.
HousE.-Thc House on the 9th adoptal
the conference report on the sundry civil APP
preparation bill. In the consideration morn
Ing hour Mr.. Blout, OF Georgia, called ap tlc
bill providing for "A general superintendent
Of the railway mail service nj salary of
1900, an assistant superintendent az salary
OF $1,000, chief clerk "a be employed la
Washington AT salary S2,cOO, and ~ many
chief clerks elsewhere as may he necessary at
o salary Of 81 800. Pending action tbs LDuf
expired and the House adjourned.
SENATE presidents message ap-
proving the Chinese exclusion bill was noad
on the Let. Mr.. sherman moved that H De
printed and referred 10 the committee on mr.
cign relations. lie remarked that tho only
legislative suggestion made In it hal bnca al
ready acted ON, an appropriation az St8, 600
having been put in the deficiency bill o In
dcmnify Chinese Tor losses Inii ted on honi
in the I rritores. Mr.. Hale remarked unat
that item was now In conference bctv con thc
two houses. Mr.. DOlph said that that WIS
not the only matter suggested for lCgitatoB
in The me sage. IL also recommended im-
mediate legislation 20 authorize Ito lard
ing OF Chinese laborcrs now on their
way with certificates. lie regarded IL n a
very extraordinary proposition for 3 Presi-
dent to approve a bill cutting n summar,ly
and completely the entrance OF Chlnnse and
then ask Congress- % disapproyc Of IL and II
amend it. Tie message was referred o. the
committee on foreign relations. The Senate
took up the senate bill restoring t. tie
Unit'd states certain OF the lEds granted 60
the Northern Pacific company and Wa ME
drtssed b. dr. Berry. IL contrasted the
position lie Dcmccr " ne OF Repro
ii a a II. ~.
cuesii' % Z raj road forfeiture. aud
. Claimed at while the l,a wink pnsd The
Senate "a session onl, on between tive
and SIX mil ion acres tie amendment 20 Il
adopted by the House AMI whlch WA now
in conference between the two IIosscs
fort iie1 thirtv-six million ncrCs. On mo-
ton Of Mr.. Dolph The House bill on the
same subject was substituted for the S0nnte
bill, and then Mr.. Dolph offered the Senate
bill as n substitute for the House bill, the
subject and effect being the passage OF rhc
House bill with an amendment. Pending
acton the bill went over as unfinished besi-
moss. Senator Sabin reported favorabiy, w Ia
amendments. the House bill authorizing The
secretary Of the interior 70 appoint c0InIuif-
sioners 10 negotiate with the Chippewa
Indians OF Minnesota for the REIMBURSEMENT
Of their right TO all Indian reservations In
Minnesota, except tho White Earth and ncd
Lake reservations, and TO so much OF these
| two a. is not required for the allotment OF
lands in scveralty 10 the Chippewas. The
Senate bin for the disposal OF the Fort Wal
lace military reservation, which has been
amended since the presidents veto, paased.
House, over thirty leaves Of absrnce
were granted 10 members Of tho HOUSE
on the lst, all for an indefinite period.
! There are only about sixty members In Wash.
/ ington now--about ore hundred less tian "A
qiortlIi- and since no business can DO trans
acted. except by unanimous consent, thr
House Is little better than dissolved even
now. No business was transacted nj to-day
session beyond the introduction Of bills, all
attempts u call up measures b ing provcDi-
Cd by thu point OF mo quorum" being ralsd.
Among the bills presented was orc pro-
yidiug that unc-third OF the members OF
each house shall constitute quorum. Dir.
McCrcary of Kentucky acted ~ speaker pro
! tenn. The following bills were introduced
and REFEREED Proposing u constitutional
amcndmcst providing that onc-thlrd OF the
members OF each house shall constitute n quo
rum. Providing for the appointment OF a
board Of yellow-feycr commissioners 10 inves-
tiyate the sanitary condition az foreign In
fected places. 70; the appointment OF q sab
committee OF the committee on public build
ings and grounds 10 proceed 20 Chicago for
the purpose Of inspecting the post-ofine
building and rscriaining the necessity, il
any, for It's eiIlnrg meni.