Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-04-06


Mr. Cullom, from the Committee
on territories reported unan imously
resolutions declaring n 10 he the sense
OF the senate that the territory or tan
ought not 10 be admitted into the union
state until 1t Is certainly beyond
doubt that polvgnmy has bee entirety
al abandoned by the inhabitants OF that ter
ritory. ami until it &c tam that the
civil affairs OF that territory are not con
troled by the priesthood OF the Mormon
church. The resolutions went over. Mr..
Biddleherger then Gale up his reso!u-
tion for the consideration OF the hshery
treaty IN open -es ION. The reso utlon
was laid over. The remainder OF the Sos.
sion was devoted 20 the cons deration or
the till for the purchase OF nj ed states
bonds by the secretary OF the treasury.
II Bills Introduced and referred:
20 establish permanent board OF arbitra-
ton between thu uitoI tates anu treat
Rritian and France authori2 IN construc-
tion Of a bridg" across the mo river at
Louisville rendering he thanks OF con
gress to Lieut.. A. ". Greedy and others for
courage. energy AMI tdeiltv ln the con
duct Of the late scientific exp dltion TO
the Arctic seas; 10 enntlize the salaries or
postmnsters Mt presidential postof ces.
20 amend the interstate commerce
law so as 20 prevent railroad
from bringing into state articles which
th- roads within the same state are not
permitted 20 trans ort; Till 10 amend
the naturalization law 20 as TO require
would De citizen. 20 make oath that they
are not polvgarni~t., anarchists or com
munsts was introduced ~ representa-
tive stewart OF tieur IA, on motion OF Mr..
Cox o. ew y DIRK senate bill was passed
apurouriaring tJ.Oli 20 provide TOR the
pay mont of tho funeral Ctpenses o. the
chief in-tice o. the supreme court. Mr..
Springer of M. from committee on terrific
ries reported the hill for the organization
OF the territory OF Alr a. Committee or
the whole. Representative LAWYER or
Illinois. pre ented and had referred 10 the
committee on commerce the letter 70 the
pu' ic from the brotherhood o engineers
in relation 10 the strike on the Chicago,
burlington N uinrv railroad. district
business occupied tue rest OF ihe session.
N,r ~ %. SEvArE-Nr almer intro
ducpd "a bill FOR the purchase OF Fort
Ggc lake ship canal. Mr.. sabine intro
dnrpd a hill for the appoin ment 90 n
commission TO establish the boundary
line tetween Northern Minnesota and the
Canadian province. eferred. Mt bar
ing Of the Tin intro uced W him -ome
tim sine. 20 give Vreference 20 disabled
con tolerate soldiers ~ etween men who
bad been ~ oval in appointm.n 70 rlvll
office. NJ dmuu Is opro-ed the second
rea7iug OF the hill aud hove that the
senate would take uO mr.; or action with
t'e bin. without di~ru@tu" the cues
tou the senate took up the unnnlSh q
1vor- Of Yesterday. Icing the onsliera-
ton O. house bin TO provide Tor he pur
chase OF United tntcs bond 10y the
secretary OF the DaSugy The pending
Question being on tue amen IN Mt OIL
ferei Yesterday " Nr stewart hutno-
r.firg the drpOsit o. Oi or silver
hl'iion and tho issuance of coin certih-
eat es therefor 'Ir. e|cr addre~se1 the
senate AMI rresen'ei rn array @ stats
tics on tho silver .un-tion. Nr. Palmer
moved that tho houd liH B.. re.coWmitted
t. the cOUwittca on fnrnre The motion
was nnte~ei and liI be pending when the
Till i- taken up next week. n motion Of
sir. sherman q commute" OF f'e senators
10 attenl the fuuero o. the iats clisi JUS
tice at Toledo. o., was ordere /. AMI Sena-
tors sherman. Ali ON, Evarts, George and
GRAY were appointed.
II1r-r.--~eV ernI bills were renorfe and
referred. and the louise proceed "a 20 the
consideration of the Mon Pacific fund
ing hil'. after which the general public
lanl bin was taken M. pe ding action on
which the house al burned.
Ma $50 ~r.,rr- \ hil was reported
and placed on the ca 'en lar Tor public
building at lansing, Mich TO cost 500
0el. Mr. Berry of 'rkansas poke for
some time on the 81 ect OF the lresi-
dents me-sage. Among the vi Is passed
were the GLOWING: 70 amend the act OF
March 3. 40. provid ng d tional regu-
lations for homestead ami rrc.emption
entries of publ" lands. n al o tho CEN
tennial and memorial association OF alley
Iorge. ana TO secure the W ashington
headquarters mansion and ground occu-
pied bY tn continen' al army OF l5Ifs.
5 pnropriating son. OOl for the completion
Of the monument TO Mary, the mOther Of
Washington, at FrederickSl urr. VA. To
have copies OF certain national medals
struck and delivered 20 certain depart
ments and 10 the veriou tate and terri.
tories. Total nuwbe OF bills nas.e I'll
IiOr-r.-Alr. Fuoe Of Tenne, &c, report
ed adversely resolution aiiing upon the
postmaster-Ceneral for Information as to
whether instruction had teen given 70
pos Office officials prohibiting American
citizens from using the nited States
mail on the same term as Canadian citi-
Zens After some discus sion he resolu-
tions were laid on the table. The bill was
reported 10 prohibit aliens from acquir-
ing title to or owning lands within the
United states. House calender. The house
went into committee of the whole
on the Indian appropriation bill.
MARCH 30. HoCsr--i nder special order
the bill granting pension OF $1,000 per
annum to Mary :. logan and the senate
bill increasing TO 5000 year the pension
to Appoiin A. Blair were taken mp and
after an animated discussion were passed.
MARCH 81, sen IL MIR. tanford from
the committee on public bull iinrs. report
ed the resolution directing the secretary
of the treasury TO furnish n statement Of
buildings since March >. l>Sj. Apopted.
Mr.. voorhees, introduced n bill for the
issue OF specie certificates redeemable
half in gold coin and half in 81 yer bullion.
joint resolution accepting the invitation
of the French epublic TO take part in the
international exposition IN Paris. from
May TO October. 1888, was passed with
amendments. The amendments increase
the limit of expenditure for the commits
sioner general from So 90 To 600, and
for the nine sub-commiSsioners from
81, 80 10 sl.5O0. an increases the appro-
printlon from S2OO.tD0 to $4,000. The
senate then proceeded 20 the con idera-
ton of bills on the calendar that were not
objected 10. Among bills passed were the
following: For a celebration at the
national capital in The spring of
lSN9 In honor of the centennial Of the
constitution of the United tutes. APP
propriating $250,00O for the establishments
and maintenance OF an Indian industrial
school in Michigan Appropriating 500
600 for public building at Bay City. Mich.
House bin with an amendment. lncreas-
ing the pension OF Mrs. Gen. ". Il. Burnett
60 500 Pc month. To amend the act OF
the 81 of March, IN as to removing the
disabilities of those who. having partici-
pated in the rebellion. afterwards enlisted
in { army and became d~ab ed. Repeal
ing the law which barred utter certain
time the claims TO pension OF state milia-
men. and nlSO ~ fpubtucr tho my en n 20