Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-31
THE NATIONAL SOLONS.


Are Doing for the Good OF the Country
Various Measures Proposed, Discussed
and Acted On.
Mn CocKRELL, from tho Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, reported to the Senate. on tho 2Ist
inst, the Senate bill to authorize the Omaha,
Fort Dodge and Southern Railway Company TO
build It's road across the military reservation in
Kansas, not exec ,ding oas hundred feet In
width, and on molten OF Mr.. Plumb the bill was
passed. Tho Senate occupied the balance
OF the day considering the tariff bill. In the
House Mr. payson ilLh by Introducing inconse-.
full succeeded in the double object Of forcing the
friendn Of the Oklahoma bin 10 yield 70 certain
amendments he desired to have incorporated In
The bill, aud in extracting from tho friends OF
the Union Pacific funding bin a promise that
thoy would not call up that measure.
for the repeal OF the tobacco tax and moved It's
references TO the Committee ON War Claims. The
yeas and nays were ordered, and resulted Yeas
lVO, nays l26--so the motion was agreed 10, and
the bill was referred TO tho Committee on WAYS
and Means. The call Of States was concluded
and then Mr. Warner (Ohio) withdrew his pend
Ing motion TO suspend tho rules and pass
the Oklahoma bill, and In lieu thereof
moved 10 suspend the rules and adopt a
resplution providing for q final vote on that
PGyson ,tIll.) 10 order an amendment to the sec.
ton relative to town sites Agreed to-yeas
reference preamble and ioint resoIn,ion
directing tho Government officials in charge OF
any building which may bo used for the In
augural ball not to permit wine, beer, ale, or
other intoxicating liquors to be sold or served
TO any person on the occasion OF the ball.
The Senate passed the substitute for the
Mills tariff bill by strict party vote, ON the
22d inst. The days proceedings were largely
devoted to disposing OF various amendments
When these had been exhausted the vote
was was taken, first on agreeing to the substitute
votes We're Identical - yeas, 81; nays 30
as follows Yeas idrich, Blair, Bowen, Cam
cq FG%s pHT H%
%snderson. Miachoil. Morrill, ,0"' Pas SdSe,
MAIN p%t st pl%e 9Hs eer s %
SON GaEs2. NAY s-Bate, Eustis. Payne.
Berry, blackburn, Brown, Butler, Call Cockrel,
Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, faulkner. George Glib
son. German, Gray, Harris, Jones (ArkD, Nor
gan, Pasco, Pugh, Ransom, Reagan, Turpie
Vance Vest, Voorhees,, Walthali. Wilson Md
-5O. Mr.. RfddloberGer snid that he had voted
right along with the Republican party and with
this ffnan Committee for the bill. But there
was nothing in the bill which would have justi-
fed him in voting for it after tho adoption of
the amendments OF the Senator from Kansas
INF: Plumb; presumably the customs-commis-
sion provison). Therefore, II he had not been
pairei and had not felt under an obligation to
preserve that pair he should not have voted for
the bill. The House refused to consider tho
smalls. Elliott election contest and took up the
river and habor bill On Mr.. Cutcheon's mo-
tion, Z appropriation for continuing the inn
provements at Portage Lake, Michigan was
increased nom $1,000 to $4,000.
THE concurrent resolution for the counting of
the elec oral vote was passed by the Senate on
the Esd inst 1t p, Divides that tho two houses OF
Congress shall assemble in the hall OF the
Feb. 10, 1889, at p m. !; that the Prosi.
dent OF the Senate shall preside; that two
tellers on tho part Of the Senate AMI two on the
part OF the House shall make list OF the votes
Ehnll declared rOgult
be delivered to the President OF the Senate, who
shall announce The vote and the persons elected
to the two houses, VIII CHI shall be doom I'd n
declaration OF h. persons elect 1 President and
Vice President Of the United States, AMI, to-
gether with a list OF the votes, shall lie entered
on the journals OF the two houses. The Senate
passed tue House hill for the relief OF the State
National Bank of New Orleans, formerly the
Louisiana state Bank, after amending II so
MS TO read "the proceeds of cot ON alleged TO be-
long to said bank" An amendment providing
that it must be made to appear TO the curt OF
Claims that the managers Of the Louisiana
tho cotton in fact loyal TO the United states and
had not been in fact engaged in the rebellion
was rejected-yeas IL, nays 35 Ths bill allows
of the cotton seized by the Government. Sena-
tors Platt and Edmunds opposed the bill on
the ground that the Louisiana State Bank was
the fiscal agent Of the Confederacy. Senator
Hoar championed the bill, holding that what
ever may have been tho charac tr of the State
bank tho national bank was loyal and IL WAS
from the litter that the cotton had been taken
The vote on the passage OF the Dill wus: Yeas
SO; nays, 20. A committee of conference was
appointed. A bill granting the right OF way TO
tho Big Horn Southern Railway through the
Crow reservation in Montana was passed. The
House, i'm committee OF the whole, continued
the consideration OF the sundry civil bill, and
heated debate occurred over an amendment to
fix a royalty on every thousand impressions
made by steam presses.
Both houses of Congress adopted suitable
resolutions, on tho oath inst, on the death Of
Representative James N. Burnes, Of Missouri
and then adjourned as n mark OF respect to his
memory. joint committee consisting Of Sem
ators Vest, Teller and Coke and Representatives
Mansur, Stone, Wade Sayers, Bynum Hender-
son and Perkins was appointed to accompany
tho romans TO St. Joseph NO., where the fun
eral took place. Tho body was in charge of the
committee, and was taken over the Pennsyl-
ygnia Roud
IN the Senate, on tho 2jth inst, Mr.. Allison
moved that the Senate insist on III amendment
TO tho tariff bill, and aske for a conference with
the House on tho bill and amendment. Tho
motion WIS agreed TO without Objection.
The District of Columbia appropriation bill
taken up, amended and passed. One
of the amendments appropriatos S2O0OO for u
geological park nenr tho city OF Washington.
Confcrrees We're appointed on the part OF the SEN
ate and then tho following bills were passed: TO
provide for the salo OF land allotted and patented
TO certain members Of the Black Bob band OF
Shawnee Indians. For tho presentation of suit
NJ 10 medals to the survivors Of tho "Forlorn Hope
Storming Party, "of PORT Hudson, on the 18th Of
June, 1868. The Sonato bill TO establish two ad-
ditional land districts i'll the State of Nebraska.
TO authorize the construction OF bridge or
bridges across tho Mississippi nj In Crosse.
Wis. Among the thirty bills passed. was one Ia
Senate bill increasing the pension Of tho widow
OF General RDusseau to 500 n month. Tho
House went into committee OF the whole on the
sundry civil appropriation bill Tho appropria-
ton for repairs OF lighthouses. was in
creased from 100000 10 S3J5,O0l The
appropriation for tho salarios OF lighthouse
"a
SG2 900. The appropriation for tho ray OF as
sstant custodans and ianitors Of public build
ings was increased from SIGO,000 to Si9O.0
Mr. Randall from the Commiitea ON A ppropria-
tions, reported n Joint resolution making an ap-.
preparation OF $50 00) for. payment TO the legal
representatives OF j. y. Eads. Referred to the
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