Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-02

returns from its corps of correspondents
in every important point IN the territory
Ii is simply Impossible that news has been
suppre ,sed, for the journals epOrts have
been verified entirely by those of this
morninl's papers. How man who con-
fesses TO have been showed up for the past
nine DAYS can estimate the loss OF Ire
with more accuracy than newspapers in
constant telegra lhic communication with
the whole territory is incomprehensible.
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY
JANUARY. 10, SENATE-The bill providing
that steamboats, under i've tons and used
for private purposes, shall not be subject
to license was adversely reported. A
number Of bills were introduced, among
them the following: To grant a service
| pension to all survivors or the late war.
| Ii provides that all officers and enlisted
| men who served in the army, navy or
! marine corps, including regulars ana
| volunteers, subseque ntly to March H. 1861,
and prior to July !, 1885, shall be entitled
| TO pension at the rate of one cent for
| each days service, this sum to be in ad-
dition TO any pension granted for dlsabill-
| ty; for the erection OF public building at
| Grand Haven; authorizing the secretary
| of the treasury to pay TO any captain,
| pilot, engineer or mate OF steam vessels
| the sums paid by them as a license fee and
| for a certificate authorizing them co
| prosecute their business between 1871 and
| 1882, less 80 cents for each certificate is
| sued during that time. The senate ad-
journed until Monday.
HoUsE.-The consideration of invitations
TO participate in the Melbourne exhibition
and TO participate in the fall of the bastile
occupied some time, and both matters
were referred.-The committee on apprO-
priatiOns reported the iuvalis pension ap-
| preparation bill. discussion of the wilkins
banking bill occupied the remainder of the
session
JANUARY 2O-HoUsE.-The Thnbe. Carlisle
| on NaA al .trag NIr.f a1trt,
ter under discussion. The discussion was,
from the very nature of the case, purely
partisan, and OF no public interest.
January 81, HoUsE.-Mr Crisp of Geor-
gia, called up the contested election case
OF Thoebe against Carlsle-the pending
question being on the resolution of the
majority of the committee on elections
confirming Mr.. Carlsle's title TO his seat
| The vote taken disclosed the fact that no
quorum was present and the House adj
journed.
January %, SENATE.-Mr. Hoar of Massa-
chusetts presented the Governor of MaSsa-
chusetts, the Mayor of Boston, presidents
of colleges and IA large number of other
distinguished persons representing mass
meeting held in fremont Temple on the
| 18th of November last to welcome the
| British peace deputation. This message
of peace, he said, was good thing TO come
from one country TO another, and was
|
| American people. Mr.. Frye of Maine
called up the motion TO refer TO the com
mittee on finance the Presidents annual
| message, and proceeded TO deliver tariff
| speech OF some length. AT the close OF
Mr. trye'S remarks Mr.. Blair OF New
Hampshire spoke for an hour on his edu-
catlona, bill, aud the senate adj iourned.
HoUsE.-After some preliminary wrang-
ling the Thoebe-C Carlisle contest was called
up and the resolution confirming Speaker
| Cariisle's title to his seat was adopted
| Yeas "a; nays, .. Among the bills and
! resolutions introduced were the following:
| Amending the civil servl q law by forbid
ding the debarment of any person on ac-
count of age. Authorizing the institution
| o judicial proceedings against the Pacific
railroad companies. Prop, sing consti-
| tutional amendment prohibiting the re-
peal OF general pension laws. Resolution
for the appointment of a special commit
tee to investigate the truth OF the charges
made by the governor of Alaska against
the Alaska commercial company in his
report 90 the secretary of the interior.
| resolution declaring 10 to DO
the sense OF the House that the
United States should, in the interest of
peace and amity between the nations and
| in response to the demans of manufactur-
ers, merchants and producers for the ex-
tension of the trade and commerce of tho
country, use al proper means 10 secure an
honorable, speedy and permanent adjust
| ment of all differences and controversies
between the United States and Great
| Britain and Canada in regard TO the
fisheries; provided that in such settlement
the claim that vessels OF the United States
shall have and enjoy the same rights in
Canadian ports as are accorded to Cana.
| dian vessels in the ports of the United
| States shall be maintained. Appropriate
ing Sl5O,O0O TO A. De Baussell to build an
air line ship to convey passengers through
the air. Referred to the committee on
| ventilation
| Il is
cussion to refer the Presidents message on
| the Pacific railroads TO n special commit
tee of seven senator's (changed from five
was agreed to-yeas "a; nays 15.-Mr.
Palmer addressed the senate on the subject
of the bill introduced by him on the 18th
inst. to regulate immigration. He said
that if the standard of American labor
was to be maintained we must impose
restraints on the foreign influx, which de-
grades by undue competition, From Ger
many and Bohemia, mingled with honest
immigrants, are coming horde of anarch-
lists, social wolves honoring no flag, defy
ing laws persons and property, whose EN-
blem is colored with blood, lighted by in
cendiary torches and saluted by dynamite
bombs. In the present condition of
the labor market there is no room
excluded like the Chinese. Tho Haymarket
crime was un-Amertcan and foreign. We
should have moral quarantine as well as
| "a physical one We have 10000 600 for
eigners here to-day, but the country is
now beyond the need of immigration, and
should exercise the right of selection. 1t
is time for America to stop allowing this
country to be the dumping ground Jr the
scum of foreign countries. We have the
highest wages, the largest liberty and the
most comfort of the world, and we should
exercise discretion in allowing these adj
vantages to be shared. The bill was re-
ferred to the committee on foreign rela-
tons and the senate proceeded to the
consideration of the Deficiency bill.
HoUsE-The proceedings in the house
were of a routine character and devoid OF
public interest.
January 25 SENATE.-The resolutions
offered by Mr.. Chandler some days ago,
calling on the navy department for infor-
nation as to the purchase Of plans and
specifications in foreign countries of ships
OF war; and as to contracts made for ships
and ordinance since March f. 1885, were
taken up. The first of them was adopted
and the second referred to committee on
naval affairs. As to the third, Mr.. Butler
moved to amend it so as to substitute 1850
for 1885. Chandler said he had not the
slightest objection TO extending the call as
desired, and to have all the contracts made