The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-30
CONGRESSIONAL.
Work Of the Senate and the House
of Representative.

consin and Minnesota SlV.uo; MisslssiPpi
OF the Illinois River. slSo,ooO; Tor the
construction OF a movable dam In the ohio
River near tho mouth OF Beaver hiyer, siy yo"o0
Grand rapids, noar Mount Carmel III, sooUVt
Mississippi River. from Minneapolis TO Des
Moines rapids, 500, 900; Black River, Missouri,
$40 600 The item for the purchase OF the upper
lock and dam, Monongahela Navigation COM
pany. West Virginia. 81, 10000 10 struck OUT,
AS Also il the appropriation for Port Clinton u.
senator Blair Introduced a bill which provides
that no person or corporation shall perform, OF
authorize TO be performed any tecuiar MolA.
labor or business 20 the disturbance OF others
works of necessity, mercy. and humanity ex-
cepted-nor shall any person engage IN any
play. game sm1semen's OF ia anv D,sce.
subject TO the exclusive jurisdiction OF the
United States. 1t is made unlawful for any
or service rendered In violation OF this pro-
vision. Bills passed To perpetuate sauit ste.
Marie, Mich, as a port OF delivery wtn
to establish q port OF delivery at Grand
Rapids, Mich declaring that certain water
reserve lands" in Wisconsin are and have been
of-way act" OF March 3. 1875; appropIati
si7, 500 for making the west end Of the Smith
pended the rules and PASSED the Department Of
Agriculture bill by vote OF yeas. 2s3 nays, Is.
Two appropriation bills-the diplomatic and
consular and the District of Columbia-wero
passed The diplomatic bill is identical with
that OF last year, except that an approprf alton
Of $4,000 for the Venezuelan and Haytien
Commissioners 10 not contained In the present
measure.
VARIOUS minor amendments to the House
bill to establish q department OF labor were
adopted by the Senate. at it's session on May
o. and the measure was then passed. Messrs.
Blair, Wilson Qowa). and George were APP
pointed conferrees the part Of the Senate.
The bill provides for department OF labor;
the general design and duties of which shall
be to acquire and difuse among the people
of the United States useful information
on subjects connected with labor in
sense OF that word. and especially upon its re-
lation to capital. the hours Of labor, the earn
ings OF laboring men and women, and the
means of promoting their material social, in.
tellectual, and moral prosperity. The person
mel is to consist Of a commissioner 70 be APP
vice and consent of the Senate. who is to hold
office for four years and to receive salary OF
5000. chief clerk, stenographer, various
Among the bills passed by the Sem
ate were the following Granting
shore and Western Railroad through the Lao
de Flambeau Indian reservation in Wisconsin;
authorizing the construction of bridge at
Nebraska City. Neb.; to incorporate the Ma
tional Academy of Dental Science; appropri-
ating SIS 700 for public building at GAINESVILLE,
o., and 100000 for public building at Vicks-
burg. Miss. increasing the appropriation for
the Winona Mimi public building to $50, 600,
and that for the militia to 500, 900. The Senate
decided by vote OF - TO ~ not TO cOnblQcf the
fisheries treaty in open session, The bill to
restrict the sale OF convict-made foods to the
State in which they are made was discussed in
the House and ordered to third reading.
The House went into committee Of the whole
on the Esd on the postofice appropriation bill,
and was addressed by Mr.. Blount lGa who ex-
planned that the bill carried an appropriation OF
s6O. o35. s4o against appropriation of s55o94,-
$50 for the current fiscal year. This increase
necessary because the expenditures for
postmasters salaries SO far this year ex-
ceeded the total appropriation OF last year by
s2z9, 4sl. At the same time IL appeared
that while in 1886 the gross revenues in
creased at the rate Of 2.26 per cent in
1881 the increase l4.06 per cent. Tho
same large increase is expected this year. An
item of $780, 467 had been inserted for rent,
light and fuel, at third-class offices, which has
heretofore bsen paid for by the postni asters
out of their salaries. The appropriation for
postoffice clerks had been increased $3.50, 900,
and that for the free-delivery service s777, 800.
Judge Littler, OF the Union Pacific Railroad
Commission. addressed the Senate committee
10 which the commissions report was re-
ferred. He said tn It two per cent. interest on
the Central Pacifcs debt Of $50, 000,O0J would
amount to within Sl75,000 of the entire
present income OF the road. He would FIRST
cause TO be ascertained the present income
and it's prospect of future increase. He would
ascertain how much OF this it required to pay
per cent. interest and would devote the BAL
ance to the payment of the principal extend
ing it over a period OF years sufficient to wipe
il out He believed that some of the strong
mately, made millions out of the road would,
in order to avoid further discussion OF their
conduct before the American people, 60 down
into their own pockets and contribute some
thing toward the payment Of the debt, or at
least they would contribute from the earnings
Of the other lines Of road which they owned.
THE feature Of the senate proceedings the
24th was the speech Of Senator Stewart, of Ne
vada, in support of his joint resolution for o
constitutional amendment reducing to a simple
~ ha ota IN ia
idential veto. He charged the President with
administering the Governments for sel6sh ends,
and with pandering to the kings of Wall street,
Ire Senate appropriations Committee made
reports on the revenue deficiency bill and the
Indian appropriation bill In the secret ses-
sion of the Senate Mr.. Sberman's motion to
consider the fisheries treaty with open
doors was debated for two hours,
but no result was reached. The
after adopting an amendment increasing the
appropriation for mail messenger service from
the bill in committee Of the whole several Re-
publican members complained OF the inefh-
cient mail-service in the West. resolution
adopted in the House authorizing the
Committee on Foreign Affairs to inquire into
the facts connected with the imprisonment in
an English Jail of John Curtis Kent, nat
uralzed American citizen. Both houses agreed
TO the conference report on the invalid PEN
sions appropriation bill. The measure is in tho
same form as il passed the Senate There was
n lively debate I'm the House ON the subject OF
admitting South Dakota into the Union
THE resolution to consider the fisheries
treaty with open doors was again discussed in
the Senate secret session on May 25, but no ac-
ton was reached. Mr.. Cullom introduced q
bill TO provide for the reconstruction OF the
Government dam at Rock Island Arsenal de-
stroyed by the recent flood in the Mississippi.
and fo- tho Immediate construction Of a tenn
porary dam. Mr.. Turpie introduced n bill
making IL the duty Of the Commissioner OF
Laber to prepare and publish annually q
Register OF Labor Mr.. Blair INTRO
duced joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution TO the effect that
no State shall ever make or maintain any law
respecting an establishment Of religion OF pro-
hibiting the free exercise thereof, and that ev-
cry State shall establish and maintain n sys-
tenn OF free public schools but that no money
raised by taxation shall ever be appropri ated
applied, or given TO any school, Institution,
corporation. or person whereby instruction 10
given in any doctrine. tencts. beliefs, ceremo-
malls, or observations peculiar to any reiigious
sect. The Legislative executive end judicial
Appropriation bill furnished the &C casion for a
good deal OF political talk in the House, a prop
ositiou 10 Increase the salaries of House en-
ployes being the bone of contention. At it's
evening session tho House passed fifty private
pension bills.
The city of Edinburgh, Scotland,
was burned by Richard H. of England
In. l3S6 and Inv Harry ~ IN 1l0l Il