Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30
THE SENATE ANDHOUSE.
NATIONAL LAw-MAKERs AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.

Proceedings OF the Senate and House OF
Representatives = Important Measures
Discussed and Acted On-Gist or the
Business. a
IN the Senate. on the 2lst inst.". Mr.. Blair pre-
sented number OF petitions praying for the
passage OF the Blair educational bill Mr.. Quay
introduced bill TO present TO the Gettysburg
Memorial Association specimens OF the arms
aud equipments used by the Union army dur
ing the war. Mr.. Berry made n few remarks I'm
favor OF the bill to instruct the Census Commits
sioner to ascertain what percentages of farms In
me, sne on,.eq sSs.es are naef SrIeneS ba Iii
followed Mr.. Berrys remarks, and then calen-
dar business was taken up aud the foi-
lowing bills were passed The Senate bill TO
create the Offices OF Surveyor General for
the States OF South Dakota and North
Dakota the Senate bill granting TO the State OF
California per cont of the net proceeds or tho
cash sales OF public lands in the State the
Senate bill creating three additional land Offices
IN Colorado the Senate Joint resolution grant
ing authority for the removal Of the Apache
Indian prisoners and their families from Ala
bnma to Fort Sill, Indian Territory The Sen.
ate then went into executive session and
adjourned soon after. In the House
hot discussion arose over tho absence
Of rules demand was mado for division ON
the pending question when the right to sucE
demand in the absence Of rules was questioned.
This lod to general discussion over the absence
OF rulos In which Messrs. Mills Crisp, Oatt and
others on the Democratic sido denounced the de-
lay OF the Committee on Rules and the majority
side Of tho House for tho delay in oneiing and
adopting rules. MIR. Carlisle also spoke, urging
that tho rules OF the last Congress be considered
precedent upon which tho enforcement OF COM
mon parliamentary law should be based, but
also urging that definite rules be adopted. ON
tho Republican side Messre. Cannon, Payne,
and Boutelle spoke. The Speaker ruled that
under common parliamentary law the right 10
demand tellers docs not exist. Mr.. Mills APP
pealed from the decision, and yea and nay
vote was ordered n motion to table Mills APP
peal The motion was carried by q strict party
vote. The House spent the afternoon on tie
Oklahoma bill and adjourned at 80.
In the Senate on the 22d Senator Chandler
presented concurrent resolution directing tho
House and Senate committees on immigration
to investigate the immigration laws and asked
its Immediate consideration. Laid over. Dis
cussiOn of the resolution relative to ascertain
ing the percentage OF farms under mortgage
through the census bureau followed. Mr. Teller
moved that IL be recommitted TO the Census
Committed Adopted-yeas, ~ nays ~
a number of bills passed, among them the
bill TO present badges to the officers and men
Of the oreely Relief Expeditlon; Inc s,., senese
afterward adjourned. In the House Mr.. Grosve-
nor Of Ohio, from ths Committee on Rivers and
Harbors reported back the Senate joint resolu-
tion appropriating s25O.OOO for the removal of
snags and other distractions from the Missouri
River between st. Joseph and its mouth The
committee proposed a substitute reducing the
appropriation to $4,000, and appropriating
S75, 900 for the removal Of snags from the Colum-
bia River, Oregon. On motion OF Mr.. Hermann
of Oregon, the substitute was amended so that
the appropriation for the Columbia River may
be expended for continuing the letty Work.
The substitute was agreed to and the joint
resolution as amended passed. The Oklahoma
tOwn-site bill, after some untmportant amend
ments was passed. The bill as passed provides
for the appointment OF FIVE boards OF commits
sioners, each board to consist OF three members;
to make entry Of town sites in Oklahoma and
examine the claims of occupants to lots which
they claim to have entered, aud to make titles
tn WI gufflCient
The members OF these boards are TO be ap-
pointed by the Secretary of the Interior, ana
anT sbaIi receIve M IieRnsstiun sie Per ey
during their term OF service.
In the Senate on the 23d Mr. Vest presented
the credentials Of w. NJ. Clark and Martin Ma
ginnis, as Senators-elect from the State OF Mon
tana. They were read and referred ION Nj
Vests motlon) to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections. On his motion, also, the four
gentlemen claiming to be Senators-elect wcro
admitted (pending the contest to the pryll -
ported and placed on the calendar, after which -
bill appropriating $500 900 for work at the mouth
OF the Columbia River was passed, az were alsp
the following IAppropriating S6l 900 for tho re-
moval OF a dangerous obstruction az no on
trance OF Milwaukee harbor; establishing n
light station at Gladstone Mich. $1,000 -
place Gen. George Stoneman on tho retired list
as Colonel OF infantry; and the Chandler Joint
resolution for the investigation OF immigration
Southern race question, and the Senate ad-
iourned to the 27th. In the House the bill
appropriating S5l 900 for the removal
q obstructions from ,,,tlne the :, mouth of i
passed The House then took up the bill from
the Ways and Means Committee making
changes in the laws affecting the collection OF
customs, and defining the methods 10 be pur-
sued by custom house officials. An ADJOURN
ment was taken without vote upon tne Dill
which Is very long, and will require severai
days for consideration. The report OF tne
Committee on Elections in the Smith jackson
case was submitted to the House ana recon-
mtted. 80
THE House on the 24th went into COMMITTEES
of the whole (Adr. Burrows, of Michigan, IN the
chair for the further consideration Of the Gus
toms administrative bill. The pending amend
ment was that offered by Mr.. Bayne OF Penn
sylvania, to section 15 providing Tor the noldlng
OF merchandise by the Government during tne
| pending Of any controversy or Litigation ABOUT
| the amount of duty to be paid. Mr. La Follette,
Wisconsin, offered an amendment TO the
| amendment providing that per1shable goods
may be withdrawn pending LITIGATION
This was agreed 20 %s but dsfested mr
| Carlisle offered substitute for the whole sec
| ton the chief effect of which Ia to allow the
| courts to determine the question OF TACT as Wen
/ as of law. The substitute was lost-llz TO Ia.
| This leaves tho fifteenth section as originally
! reported On motion OF Mr. Breclkinridge, OF Ken
tucky an amendment was adopted-lO TO
/ 1O4-providing that this section shall not APP
ply TO merchandise imported in cartons,
1 cases crates, boxes sacks, and other covering,
which is subject to rate Of duty equal 70 OF
greater than 60 per cent. The committee tnen
! rose on motion of Mr.. Perkins, OF Kansas, a
! Joint resolution was passed appropriating S.o,-
900 for the purchase OF food ana ciothing IoI In.
dams at the Ia Pointe Agency. Mr.. Peters, OF
Kansas, introduced n bill to promote the in.ef-
| ests of agriculture by irrigation. Referred Ad-
journed The Senate was not in session,