The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-07-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
Work OF the Senate and House OF Rep
resentatives.

TEE river and hArbor bill was finally passed
by the Senate on the III inst, with the waterway
and Hennepin amendments included as they
were adopted by the committee OF the whole
II sppropriates s22, 4H,7s3 an increase of s9l2.-
0Jo over the amount Appropriated by the
s r a a. 5assss the senior House judge
Presidents tariff message. The President
sent 10 the Senate the following nomna-
tions Peter Il. Knight 10 be United States Mar
shal for the Southern District OF Florida, and
Charles ID. Blanc OF Louisiana TO bs United
States Consul at Puerto Cabello. Among the
bills introduced and referred In the House was
one 10y Mr.. Anderson OF Iowa providing for the
control and regulation Of railroads acquired by
the United States under judicial foreclosure or
forfeiture. IL is a long measure and Mr. Ander-
son demanded it's reading in order to consume
time and prevent as long as possible the Offering
OF n motion for the passage OF the Union Pacific
funding bill under suspension OF the rules.
The Mills tariff bill occupied the exclusive at
tention OF the House on the ID inst. The only
changes made we're TO strike out the clause fix
ing a duty on polished plate glass unsilversd
thus leaving the present duty in force restoring
the present rate OF 45 per cent al valorem on
s'eel slabs and billets aud fixing the duty on
ron or steel, fiat, with longitudinal ribs. for
.encing. at s-lO-cent a pound. After completing
oar pages OF the bill the House adjourned The
se nate was not in session.
BILL to make the manufacture preparati on
or sale OF adulterated articles OF food, drink or
medicine a miscemeanor punishable by fine and
imprisonment introduced in the Senate on
the 5th inst. 10y Mr.. Wilson Of Iowa. The SEN
ate Naval Committee made favorable report
on the bill &c authorize the appointment OF an
Assistant Secretary OF the Navy. The session
OF the House was mainly taken up with dis
cussion OF the Immigrant forfeiture bill. The
bill was put upon it's passage, but failed 10 60
through on account OF the absence OF quorum.
The President sent both houses a message veto
ing bill granting q pension TO Mary Anne
Doherty.
TIE President sent TO the Senate, on the 9Th
inst, messages vetoing the bills granting PEN
sions 70 Nathaniel ID. Chase, Harriet Cooper,
William VI. Campbell Jr., and Julia Welsh. In
yetoinc the Cooper bill the President saws: The
husband Of this beneficiary served Major in
an Illinois regiment from Sept. g. 1852, to April
|, 1863, when his resignation was accepted, it
having been rendered on account of business
aftails. II is admitted on all hands that Mai
Cooper drank good deal, but the committee
allege that they cannot arrive at the couclu-
sion that death was attributable 10 that cause
There is some medical testimony tending 10 show
that death caused from rheumatism but
one physician gives IL as his opinion that death
resulted from rheumatism and chronic alcohol
ism The physician who last attended the sol
der testihes that the cause of death was chronic
alcoholism. This should be the most reliable OF
all the medical testimony, and, taken in connec-
ton with the conceded intemperate habits OF
the deceased, ana the fact that the brain WAS in
volyed. il satisfied me that the rejection Of q o
widows claim by the Pension Bureau. on tue
ground that the cause OF death mainly in
temperance, was correct. The other acts are
vetoed on the ground that they are without
merit The tariff debate again taken up in
the House and the remainder OF the sections
preceding the gar schedule were disposed Of
motions made by the Republicans being rejected
without division. The only changes made were
pen-kniyes, and razors, and fixing the duty on
new printing type at Is per cent ad valorem.