The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-03-28
CONGRESSIONAL.
Work of the Senate and the House
of Representatives.

TIE Judiciary committee 81 the sehhso' %
the 18TH inst. reported adversely Senator frye's
bill to apply the laws Of the several States re-
lating TO the sale Of liquors to imported as we'll
as domestic liquors. The majority Of the COM
mittee mold that the State control over police
regulations is under the Constitution. ss re-
cure against intrusion from ederal an-
thority as the regulation OF foreign COM
merce by the General Government Is from
encroac hment upon that province by state au-
thorfty. II therefore reccmmt nds tn@I ano
nority report signed by Senators Wilson iowa,
Inga Is, and Edmunds says IL would seem tna,
the legislat aud judicial departments Il ne
Government concur i'm the nnswt TIN the char
acter II legis alton pre- sentsd by the bin 10 WITH
in the constitutional power OF Congress; INA IL
does not violate the iniunt tton OF the onstitG-
ton that "all duties, 'imports, and eHeises
shall be uniform Though ut the united
States" An importer OF ardent spirits or OK
any other article OF foreign pro iuction IL en-
titled to no greater protecticn und the Con-
stitution than is the dealer IN like articles OF
ternal tax, the other pays tax leveled by the
custom house, and what Congress may consu-
tutionally say about one It may repeat as To the
other. The Senate passed ftty-nve bills the
most Of them being pension and private Keller
bills The House by vote OF yeas lle, nays
g. passed the bill authorizing the issue OF
fractional silver certificates. A resolution was
introduced by Mr.. Taulbee for the appoint
ment OF u special committee to examine into
the condition OF the civil service in all the DO
partments and branches OF the government.
SENATOR ALDRIcH, from the Committee on
Finance, favorably reported to the Senate, on
March 20, his 2H-per-cent. funding bill, which
provides that the Secretary Of the Treasury
shall issue In exchange for 4-per-cent. bonds an
equal amount Of 215-per-cent bonds payable
in 1907, and that in consideration of the reduc-
tion of interest the Treasurer shall pay TO the
holders Of the i-per-cent. bonds sum equal
10 the present worth Of the difference in
interest, and that in Rscertainng the present
worth interest should be computed at not less
than 214 per cent. per annutn, compounded
quarterly. The bill also provides that national
banks holding these 2iq-Der-cenc bonds shall
be allowed to issue notes upon them to their
full par value. Mr.. Bl air called up his bill,
giving preference to civil-service appointments
among men who had been disloyal during the
war to those who had served in the Confederate
army, and who were suffering from wounds
or disabilities. Several Southern Senators
spoke on the resolution, saying they would not
consent TO any such discrimination in favor OF
Confederate soldiers. The Senate Finance Com
mittee made favorable report on the bill TO
wipe out the charges against the States for
the loan OF 1886. IL amounted 70 between
s2O000,U00 and S 0 600 O0 There was lively
time in the House over the resolution assigning
four days for the consideration OF measures from
the Committee on Labor, the opponents of the
resolution resorting to obstructive tactics TO
vent action. Mr.. ONeill Mo- finally said he
was willing to amend the resolution by striking
out the clause limiting the time OF debate on
each measure called up. After n long debate
the time Limitation clause was stricken out and
the resolution WAC adopted In pursuance Of
the terms OF the resolution the floor was accord
passed for the protection in their wages Of me-
chanics, laborers, and servants in the District
Of Columbia and the Territories, and extending
the provisions OF the eight-hour law To letter
carriers Bills were reported TO the House for
the erection OF public buildings at Sterling, H.,
Richmond Ind, and Burlington Iowa
The following bills were passed by the Senate.
on March 81 To allow soldiers and sailors who,
have lost both hands. or the use Of both hands,
pension OF 500 month House bill TO facili-
tara tba ~ al for i'm
provement OF rivers and harbors House bill to
divide the great Sioux Indian reservation into
separate smaller reservations. Senator Man.
derson introduced bill to appropriate $4,000
for quarters and barracks at the Hampton Mil
waukee and Leavenworth branches OF the Ma
tional Soldiers Home. minority report
was presented from the Senate Com
mittee on Territories opposing the annex
alton OF the Idaho Pan handle to Wash
ington Territory and favoring the admission of
the latter Territory with its present boundaries.
The House passed bills to.prevent the product
Of convict labor, from being furnished to or for
the use Of any department OF the Government,
and from being used in public buildings or
,othes public works, and TO prevent the
ployment OF alien labor public buildings and
other public works and in the various depart
ments OF the Government. The bill TO estab-
lsh e Department of Labor and the bill re-
ferring to the Court Of Claims for adjustment
the accounts of laborers workmen and ms
chanics arising under the eiGht-hour law were
discussed by the House, in committee OF the
whole.
Senate on the 22d OF March, in reply to the reso-
luton requesting him TO transmit TO the Sem
ate copies OF the minutes and daily protocols
Of the meetings Of the Fisheries Commission
ers. He inclosed copy OF the letter received
f-om the Secretary of State on the subject and
said he hoped the information contained
therein would prove satisfactory answer
to the resolution. Secretary Bayard's
letter is IN effect that the discussion was
ried on under the pledge Of secrecy both
sides, that no stenographic report was made
and that il was impossible 10 comply with the
Senate's request In the Senate thirty
measures were passed. the most important bill
being the House bill authorizing the President
20 arrange a conference between the United
States and the republics OF Mexico, Central and
South America, Hayti, San Domingo and
the empire OF Brazil, with amendments
upon which conference ordered. The
Senate also passed bill reported from the
Postofiice Committee reducing the rate of post
age seeds. cuttings, bulbs, roots scions.
etc, TO cent for every four ounces. The
House passed the following bills Providing
that on the trial OF all civil and criminal cases
in Circuit and District Courts the Judge shall
charge the jury in writing. il required by
either party providing that judgments and de-
crees OF United States Courts rendered within
any States shall be liens on property in the
same amer and TO the same extent judg--
ments and DEGREES Of the courts Of that State.
The urgent deficiency bill favorably re-
ported to both houses by the conferees, and
was passed by both branches The bill appro-
PIRATES 81, SIC, 500.