The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-03-07

tionnI Legislature.
THE bill to incorporate the Maritime Canal
Company of Nicaragua passed the Senate on
the 9th ult.. by vote Of 3s to IS. All the Sen
ators voting in the negative hall from the
Southern States. The senate considered ~
length the bill granting pensions to ex-soldiers
and sailors who are incapacitated for the per-
formancs OF manual labor ana 20 . as
sailors. In the House OF Repre-
sentatives. Mr.. Matson. from the Committee on
Invalid Pension reported sGvsrss r % Sr
Gen. Black Commissioner OF Pensions, aud d.
rectiug the committee to inquire whether any
Noncompliance with the requests contained
therein. Mr.. Matson said that guch circular
had been issued, and that Its effect had been
yeas to 30 nays. Mr. Long, at the request OF
the Home Market Club OF Boston, introduced
bill reducing the tariff ON sugar There -
Of 81 for every ton Of beets or sugar cane
raised and anufactured into sugar I'm the
United States. and for every 100 pounds q
tree. The taxes ON domestic manufacturer
tobacco are to be reduced 30 per cent. ~ Are
also special taxes on retail dealers IN the same
commodity. Provision IL made for the with
drawal free OF tax from bonded warehouses OF
distilled spirits or alcohol to be used for ecien-
n bil u fop t the sSssion Of Wyoming was in
troducsd by Delegate Carey.
THE Senate resumed conside ration of the
grand army pension bill on the 2 9Th ult the
question being ON Mr.. Calls amendment max
ing the bill apply also to those who served In
the war with Mexico or for thirty days. In any
of the Indian wars. The Amendments was agreed
TO after quite a protracted partisan debate.
Senator Sherman introduced a bill authorizing
the Comptroller OF the Treasury 70
TO the amount Of 100 per cent OF the
par value Of the bonds deposited with
the Treasurer of the United States to secure
the payment of circulating notes upon the
bank making proper application therefor; but
at no time shall the total amount OF notes %
issued to any such bank exceed the amount as
the time actually paid in Of It's capital stock.
The House passed the following public-bufld-
ing measures: Appropriating s40o goo treduoed
from sVooo Tor no PSn,sins y Bar H ssG
Me-, SOS. 900 reduced from $50, 0OO); New York
Appraisers building and site), 81 SOC, 900 Tex
apoiis additional eround1, $4,000; Bay CITY.
Mich. $500 Milwaukee, Wis, S40O0oO.
WHEN the Senate resumed consideration Of
the Grand Army pension bill, on the goth uit.,
Mr.. Wilson Qowa) moved to insert the words
-from the infrmities of age" so az to pension
all ex-soldiers suffering from the infrmities
Of age or from mental or physical disability"
tcipated in by Msssrs. Wilson OF Iowa.
West, Plumb, Plstt Teller, and Wilson
OF Maryland. Mr.. sherman from the Foreign
the bill to amend the Chinese restriction acts.
Mr. Sherman also reported resolution request
ing the President to negotiate treaty with
China containing q provision that no Chinese
laborers shall enter the United States. The
bill for the compulsory education or children
and the bill to establish national art commits
sion passed the Senate. In the House there
was q warm debate on the bill authorizing the
Secretary Of the Treasury to purchase bonds
with the surplus revenue; in the course Of
tackled and Mr.. Breckenridge, OF Ken
tucky, defended the policy Of tho ad-
The The House also passed the bill dividing
the State OF Minnesota into two collection ais-
tricts, and making St. Paul q port OF entry and
Seth c. Moffat Of Michigan were delivered by
Messrs. Cutcheon. Ford Oates, ODonnel1s
Whiting, Cannon, Hayes, Allen, Wade. Os-
borne, Chapman. Gallinger, and Conger. Reso-
lutions reciting the past services and worth Of
the decea sed were adopted upon motion OF Mr..
Burrows. and "a a further mark OF respect the
House adjourned.
TIE resolution reported from the Foreign
Affairs Committee requesting the President to
negotiate q treaty with the Emperor Of China
containing q provision that no Chinese laborer
shall enter the United States, was adopted by
the Senate on the lst inst. The Senate resumed
consideration Of the Grand Army pension bill,
the pending question being on MIR. Wilson's
Iowa amendment to add the words from the
infirmities OF age" Mr.. Beck delivered q set
speech against the bill, and without
reaching vote the Senate adjourned to
the 5th inst. The House OF Representatives
passed the joint resolution, reported from the
Foreign Affairs Committee, accepting the invi-
tation to take part in the international exhibit
tion to be held in Paris in 1859. The House
also passed the joint resolution authorizing tho
President to arrange a conference to be held in
Washington in 1889 for the purpose Of promot-
ing arbitration and encouraging reciprocal COM
merciel relations between the United States
and republics of Central and South America
and the empire OF Brazil.
A BILL creating the Office of Assistant Super
intendent Of the railway mail service, with .
salary of SO, 600 per annum, and ffty-four chief
clerks ut 81, OO0 with allowances or So per day
for expenses while actually travelling was ia
vorably reported to the House of Representa-
tives on the I'd inst The House
passed the Omnibus bill, which provides for
Z the payment OF thirty odd claims for supplies
used for the army during the war; The House
adopted a resolution providing for an evening
session overy Friday for the consideration Of
private pension and political disability bills. A
bill granting right OF way to the Aberdeen, Bis
marck and Northwestern Railway Company
through the Sioux reservation in Dakota was
placed on the calendar. The Senate was not In
session.
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