Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30

fF&' tNorN NnO AIo Ills col
leagues In the United States Senate
Yesterday afternoon the Senator
from Kansas made characteristic
speech to crowded galleries. 1t was
made in reply TO Senator Buffers re
marks In favor Of his proposition tc
send the negroes to Africa.
Speaker Reed is ruling the House
with strong and steady hand, and
now that the republicans have pulled
themselves together and are acting In
concert the democrats find IL utterly
impossible to succeed In any dilatory
tactics. As soon as one of them at
tempts to do anything irregular Mr..
Reed decides promptly against him
and the House stands by the Speakers
decision, or at least the republican
majority does, which amounts to the
same thing. Or course the democrats
who expected to keep the House in a
tangle all the time by fillibustering
are kicking hard and yelling 'usurpa.
tion," but Mr.. Reed only smiles at
them and goes ahead in his own way.
The republicans are congratulating
themselves that no mistake was made
in electing Mr.. Reed to be Speaker.
Senator Chandler has offered con-
current resolution instruoting the
committees on immigration Ia House
and Senate to investigate the working
of all U. 8. and State laws in regard
to immigrating from foreign countries.
and also to investigate the working of
the contracts made by the Secretary
of the Treasury, under Act of Congress,
of August 8, 1882, with various state
boards and officers.
The Western Congressional associa-
ton had house warming here this
week in the quarters that have been
secured for the future home of the
Secretary Blaine is so greatly pros
trated with grief for the death of his
son, Walker, that he has not vet been
able to regularly resume his duties at
the State department..
The House committee OH Rules had
a meeting yesterday, and it is under
TODD practically agreed on the sched-
ale of Rules to be reported to the
House, which may be expected to be
reported at most any day now. There
will of course be two reports, ono by |
he Speaker for the republicans. and
'ne by ex-Speaker Randall, the demo
'ratic members of the committee.
The House isn't making very rapid |
progress in disposing of its Worlds
Fair question, in fact it doesn't seem
o be making any progress at all. The
rouble seems to be that none of the
dvocates of the rival cities wish to
AXE a single step forward unless it
ayors tire particular city for which
hey are working. Unless some
ort Of a compro Sc is
greed upon there will be no Worlds
air.
The President has removed batch
1 Receivers of public moneys on ac-
cunt of their being short in their
ash. The officers removed were in
rizona. California, North Dakota,
olorado and Kansas. There are
lore removals of the same sort al
endy determined upon.
The House committee on Election
.ported in favor of unseating Jackson
lc sitting member from West Virginia.
nd declaring Smith, the republican
ontestant. entitled to the seat. This
the first of the seventeen contested
ection cases to be disposed OF by the
ommittee.
The President and Mrs. Harrison en-
,rtained the diplomatic corps at
tate dinner at the White House Tues
nv evening.
Secretary Tracy has appointed
avail Court of inquiry to gather the
formation asked for by Senator
handlers resolutions. as to Naval
Ulcers banding together to influence
,rtain legislation, recently adopted
y the Senate.
Senator Jones has introduced a bill to
the coinage of So and 81
Did pieces and three-cent nickel
ieces. The coinage of these pieces
as already been practically abandon
by the Government because there
no demand for them.
The House Committee on Reform in
he Civil Service will decide next
Ionday whether it will report favor
bly, on the resolution to investigate
he civil service Commission. The
commission having joined their op-
onents in asking for an investigation :
he committee is almost certain to re-
ort In favor of it.
The House spent the first half of the
eek on the Oklahoma town-site bill,
nd finally passed 1t.