Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-05-22
THE NATIONAL SOL0Ns.


and Acted On.
AMONG the petitions presented In the Senate
on the 18th inst and referred was one, by Mr..
Quay, from business men in Philadelphia
demonstrating against the increase OF duty on
dress goods made wholly or rarity from wool ,.
calendar were the following senate bill appro.
pIiating $4,000 for public building at Madi.
Pensions reported back the House substitute
for the Senate dependent pension bill with
written report. and moved that the House sub.
stitute be non-concured In and q conference
asked. Agreed TO. Messrs. Davis, Sawyer, and
Blodgett were appointed conferfees on the part
OF the Senate. The Senate then, at p. m, 70.
Jones' Of Nevada, continued the speech begun
| by him the previous day. At the conclusion OF
tive session and adjourned The House after
| the transa stion OF some routine business went
into COMMITTEES OF the whole (Mr. Payson, OF
illinois, in the chair ON the tariff bill Mr..
| McMillin, OF Tennessee moved to reduce
| the duty ON ammonia. He could see no reason
why THIS article Of necessity. 10 the farmer
| Ohio, opposed the amendment and stated that
| since the tariff had encouraged competition in
this country the price OF ammonia had been re-.
duced from 20 cents to ~ cents per pound. Mr..
| Buttsrworth then made long speech on the
| bill and at it's conclusion. Mr. McMillin's
amendment was rejected. Mr.. Niedringhaus, OF
Missouri moved to amend by reducing the duty
ON refined borax from TO cents per
pound Rejected yeas. 81; nays, 81. Mr.;
the section relating to coal.t tar preparations
as to reduce the duty from 20 TO 10 per cent
Lost. Mr.. Beggs, OF California, offered an
amendment increasing the duty on olive oil
| from b TO GO cents gallon. He advocated tho
| protection OF the olive oil industry In the in
a. 0s other o
| Tered but were rejscted, and after considering
thirteen OF the 1856 pages Of the bill tho COM
mittee rose and the House adjourned
AMONG tho bills reported and placed on the
aaIo H.. fltI l...k "A
the following House bill to establish new haf-
Dor lines in Portage Lake; Houghton County
Michigan; Senate bill subjecting imported
liquors TO the provisions Of the laws Of the sev;
eral States; Mr.. Edmunds introduced bill 70
had IL referred to select committee OF nine
The Senate bill appropriating 100000 for pub
Lie building at Rock Island, Ill, was passed
| The silver bill was taken rp, and Mr.. Teller
addressed the Senate Without concluding
his speech, Mr.. Teller yielded to mo-
the doors were reopened. the silver
| bill was laid aside informally and the Senate
proceeded to business on the calendar. III the
| House insisted on its amendment to the Senate
| dopendent-pension bill and conference was
ordered. The House then went into committee
OF the whole, Mr.. Grosvenor (Ol In the chair, ON
the tariff bill Mr.. Bynum 1nd.l moved to re-
dIce the duty on common earthenware from %
s6. Mr.. Dunneil (Aiinn) moved to reduce the
4 duty on china, porcelain ETC., from IS to 80
per cent ad valorem. Lost-76 to OIL. Mr.. Nc
| Millin (Tenn) moved to reduce the duty on
decorated chinaware from 60 TO 45 per cent.
| Rejected. Various other amendments looking
to reduction OF the duty on earthen aud glass
| ware were made on the Den ocratic side, but
met with success. Mr.. Chandler (Mass.)
| offered an amendment fixing the rate of duty on
SIS to 10. Having considered sixteen OF the 1856
pages OF the bill the committee rose and the
House adjourned
In the Senate Senator Teller concluded his
speech on the silver question, on the 18th.
Senator Coke of Texas then took the floor.
Mr.. Coke styled the bill as nothing more nor
| less than n warehouse bill, proposing as IL
did to turn the United States Treasury into a
vast stores ouse or warehouse in which to de-
post large sums OF silver bullion. He, for one.
was not In favor of the United States going
| into the warehouse business. Tho amendment
proposed by the Senator from Colorado, Mr..
Teller, for the free and unlimited coinage OF
silver, he was heartily in favor OF and
| would give 1t his earnest support. Whom
! Mr.. Coke had concluded the Senate
took up and passed bill to authorize the sale
| OF the Menominee tribe OF Indians in the State
Of Wisconsin. In the House Mr.. Mckinley, OF
resolution providing that hereafter the House
shall meet At Il oSl0ek th q sttSE EsSsaiq
| the House shall go into committee Of the whole
| on tie tariff bill; that the bill shall DO read
through, commencing with paragraph III and
shall be open 10 amendment on any part OF the
| bill following paragraph no. and that on Wednes-
| day the 2ist inst, at IL noon the bill with
| pending amendments shall be reported to the
House. After long debate the resolution was
| adopted-yeas 126 nays 93. Messrs Morrill,,
| Sawyer and Yoder were appointed conferrees on
| the Senate dependent pension bill. The House
| then went into committee OF the whole (Air.
| Grosvvnor, OF Ohio, in the chair the tariff
bill and spent the afternoon on the subject. An
evening session Was held for the consideration
| Of pension bills
TIE Senate spent most OF the 10th inst. de-
batting the amendment by Schator Plumb to the
silver bill now under consideration. The amend
ment provides that tho Secretary OF the Treas
ury shall at no time be allowed by law to retain
and hold In tho Treasury Department as sur
| plus an amount to exceed Sll0, 10000. This
amendment provoked running debate, In
which Senators Plumb, ingalls,, Sherman, Ed
murds. Allison, Cockrell, Reagan and Vest par;
| ticipated. All the speakers condemned the
| policy OF boarding money in the treasufy and
| some such measure as Senator Plumb's Is likely
| TO pass. In the House Mr.. Henderson, Of
| sets, kicked over the traces. The tariff
bill was under discussion in the House, and
| including gil IS ch1nneys in the clause relativt
| to thin blown glass at n duty OF 10 cents dozen
and 40 per cent. nd valorem; Mr.. Henderson
| any duty when he lad not the information to
justify that vote. Mr. Gambler stated that his
Of the bill under discussion and that he
| should vote against IL. An amendment
offered by Mr. Henderson to leave the
the present law was defeated by vote of lO7 to
| 103 and the Mckinley amendment was agreed
| to. The wool schedule was next taken up, and
| several minor amendments offered by the
Committee of Ways and Means adopted after
| considerable discussion. The duty on wooden
yarn, which was fixed by the bill at twice the
amount per pound of the duty on wool, was
raised to two and one-half times the rate
wool, and the duty on woods OF the third class
valued at u cents per pound or less was In
| creased TO 80 per cent ad valorem, and on those
| valued at over ID cents per pound was fixed at
| % per cent. ad valorem. At p. m. the House
took = recess until evening for consideration OF
| pension bills.
In the Senate, ON tho 18th inst, Mr.. Hoar,
from the Judiciary Committee, reported back
the House amendment 10 the Senate antitrust
| bill with On amendment. Messrs. Vest and
| Coke 9 atcd that ne members Of tho committee,
they did not concur in the report, and Mr.. Hoar
| explained the effect of the action recommended.
| The matter welt over. The Senate bill to
| AK the times and places for holding Federal
| Courts Ia the District OF Kansas was re-
ported by Mr.. Ingalls,, from the Judiciary
| Committed and was passed. The Senate bin
! appropriatfna goo 900 for building ut Ogden,
| Utah, was reported and placed ON the calendar.
The feature OF the days proceedings was long
| his silver bill He argued I'm favor Of the free
coinage OF silver, increased volume of currency
| and the remonetization Of silver and bimetal-
| ism and warmly defended the silver miners
| from the charge OF selhshness In desiring the
femonetization Of silver. After short
executive session the Senate adjourned.
| In the House Mr., Mckinley OF Ohio
| moved that speeches In general do
| bate ON the tariff bill be limited to one min
| ute. The motion was agreed to, and the House
| went Into committee OF the whole, Mr. Payson,
| OF Illinois, in the chair. Mr.. Anderson offered
nm amendment authorizing the President TO