Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-06-05

Wednes lay night on special tran
for Cleveland. Ohio, where thew are
to take part in the ceremonies attend
ant upon the unwilling OF the Garfield
statute to-day The President expects
to get back to Washington tomorrow
night. Mr.. Morton will go from CIeve-
land TO his country residence In New
York where he will spend two weeks
with his family who have already gone
there for the summer.
The House, owing to the fact that
many Of the Members desired to spend
Memorial day out of the city adjourn
ed from yesterday to Monday, June 2.
A party of Congressman have gone to
Gettysburg to take part in the Memo
rial ceremonies to-day, and many of
them were at Arlington cemetery
where the G.. A. r. held interesting
services.
Speaker Reed did an excellent thing
in issuing an order prohibiting the sale
of liquor in the House restaurant, and
now II similar order is issued and
strictly enforced on the Senate side.
the disgracefal srec' acle of two openly
conducted bar-rooms, one in each end
of the Capitol building. will be seen no
more. The sale of drinks to any and
everybody who chooses to purchase
by the keepers of these restaurants
has gone quite far enough to disgust
people who are not prohibitionists.
The House Ways and Means com
mittee has set down on the Farmers
Alliance very heavily by unanimously
agreeing 10 make an adverse report on
the Alliance bill providing for sub
treasures for the deposit of agricultu-
raj products. The members OF the
committee refused to consider politics
in this matter hence the unanimous
vote. 1t was courageous thing for
some OF them to do, because they had
received notification that unless they
supported this bill the Farmers ALI
ance would oppose them In their dis-
tricts.
The Senate bill subiecting imported
liquors TO the laws of the States has
obliterated party lines in the Senate
for the time being, and the dignifled
Senators are INDUCING in speeches pro
and con on the constitutionality OF the
bill.
The river and harbor bill has not
yet passed the House, but that it will
is now certain.
1t had to come at last. New York
City, the wealthiest city on this CONT
nent, confesses, through one of her
Representatives, who is himself mil
lionaire, her inability to raise the
...A..s y-sA-aAasa-y Ia -oloot -inonninant
TO Gen. Grant, and asks Congress to
pass !. joint resolution which has been
introduced by Representative Flower,
appropriating $3.50, 900 to help pay for
n monument. This is generally re.
garded as a piece of monumental
cheek, and the impression is that Con
eress will refuse to appropriate money
for the erection of monument TO
Gen. Grant at any other place than
ut the National Capital, where If the
g. A. r. can have It's way, his body
will find its linal resting place.
A meeting Of the Republican Nation
al Committee was held at the residence
Of Senator Quay here to-day. but moth
ing has up to this writing been made
public relating to its action.
A reunion OF the surviving members
of the Thirty-fonrth Congress, which
I Is memorable forthe sixty day contest
over the Speakership. which resulted
in the election of N. u. Banks. who is
a member OF the present House was
held here yesterday. Among those
present were Elk Representatives Sid
ney Dean, Edward Dodd, II. L. Hag-
Ter, viii Cumbach. John A. Bingham,
James Bishop. James Ii. Campbell and
a. g. Cragin.
The Members of the Republican
Congressional campaign committee
have. been selected but thew have not
yet elected the chairman and secre-
tary.
The Senate has decided to go into
the whole tariff question in detail, and
it is not expected that the Finance com
mittec can report the bill to the Senate
before July.
The conference committee on the
pension bills passed by the House and
Senate respectively has not yet reach.
ed an agreement.
Senator Blair, from the Committee
on Education and Labor, has reported
favorably to the Senate the bill re
Gently passed by the House providing
for the appointment OF commission
to investigate the liquor traffic in al
its branches.
The good work of carrying out tile
recommendation of the Pan-American
Congress the draft OF bill to incor
porate the international Amendment
Bank, aud naming the following com
lnissioners John II. Henderson, ol