The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-01-29

NATIONAL LAWMAKERS AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.

Proceedings of the senate and House or
Representatives = Important Measures
Discussed and Acted On-Gist or the.
Business
IN the Senate, on the 2lst inst. Mr. Blair pre-
scented number OF petitions praying for the
passage OF the Blair educational bill. Mr.. Quay
Introduced bin 20 present to the Gettysburg
Memorial Association specimens OF the arms
aud equipments used by the Union army dur
ing the war. Mr.. Berry made few remarks in.
favor Of the bill TO instruct the Census Commits
sioner 10 ascertain what percentage OF farms in
the United states are under mortgage or free
from incumbiance Some discussion OF the bill
followed Mr.. Berrys remarks, and then calen-
dar business was taken up and the fol-
lo~irg 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 10 the State OF
Calio per cent. OF the net proceeds of the
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
hama TO Fort Sill, Indian Territory. The SEN
ate Then went into executive session and
adjourned after. In the House,
hot discussion arose the absence
uf rules. demand was made fora division On
the pending question when the'right TO such a
demand in the absence Of rules questioned. .
This led 10 general discussion over the absence
OF fulos IN which Messrs. Mills, Crisp, Oates and
others on the Democratic side denounced tbs de-
lay OF the Committee on Rules ana the majority
side OF tho House for the delay in otfea ing and
adopting rules. Mr.. Carlisle also spoke urging
that the rules OF the last Congress be considered
"a precedent upon which the enforcement OF com
mon parliamentary law should be based, but
also urging that definite rules be adopted. On
the Republican side Messrs. 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 vas ordered on motion to table Mills APP
peal The motion was carried by strict party
vote. The House spent the afternoon ON the
OkIahoma bill and adjourned at 80.
IN the Senate on the 22d Senator Chandler
presented concurrent resolution directing the
House and Senate committees on immigration
10 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 recomInitted 10 the Census
Committee; Adopted-yess, %; nays, 20;
Calendar business then taken nlp and
number OF bills passed, among them the
bill 20 present badges 70 the officers and men
Of the Greedy Relief Expedition. The Senate
then went into executive session and shortly
atterward adjourned. In the House Mr.. Grosve-
nor OF Ohio from the Committee on Rivers and
Harbors, reported back the Senate Joint Tesolu-
tion appropriating $3.50 900 for the removal OF
snags and other distractions from the Missouri
River between St Joseph and its mouth The
committee proposed IL substitute reducing the
appropriation 10 $4,000, AID eppropriating
$4,000 for the removal OF snags from tho Column
tit 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 ietty work.
The substitute was agreed TO and the joint
resolution ms amended passed. The Oklahoma.
town-site bill, after some unimpOrtant amend
ments, passed. The bin pas ed provides
for the appointment OF five boards Of commits
sioners each board 20 consist of three members,
10 make entry Of town sites in Oklahoma and
examine the claims OF occupants 10 lots which
they claim TO have entered, and TO make titles
10 those whose proof is sufficient and proper.
The members Of these boards are 10 he ap-
NnIr tod Inv Ha att nf no Int
may be selected from ANY part OF thescourtry,
and shall receive as compensation SlO per day
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 Standardized from the State OF Mon
tana. They were read and referred ION Mr..
Vests motionl 10 the Committee on Privileges
and Elections. On his motion, also, the four
admitted pending the contestl 10 the privileges
OF the floor A number of bills were then
ported and placed on the calendar, after which n
bill appropriating 500 QUO for work at the mouth
'Of the Columbia River passed as re also
the following SApproprating s5l, OOO for tue re-
Inoval of n dangerous obstruction a the en-
trance OF Milwaukee harbor; establ shing n
light station ii Gladstone, Mich. (Sl0.O10l 10
place Gen. George StOneman on tho retired list
as Colonel OF infantry; and the Chandler Joint.
resolution for the investigation OF immigration
matters. Senator ingalls, then spoke on tho
Southern race question, and the senate ad-
journed 10 the 9th. In the House the bill
appropriating SOL 900 for the removal
OF distractions from the mouth Of
the hapbor at Milwaukee
passed. The House then took up the bill from
The Ways. and Means Committee making
changes in the laws affecting the collection OF
customs, aud defining the methods 20 be pur-
sued by Gus ,oIn house officials. An adjourn
nent was taken without vote upon the bin,
which is very long, and will require several
days for considera ion. The report OF the
Committee on Elections in the Smith Jackson
case was submitted TO the House and reconl-
lnitfed
THE House on the 2ith went into committee
OF the whole Air. Burrows. OF Michigan, in the,
chair for the further considerable OF the Gus
toms administrative bill. The pending amend
ment was that offered by Mr. Bayne. OF Penn
sylvania TO section 10, providing for the holding
OF merchandise by the Government during the
pending Of any controversy or litigation about
the amount OF duty 10 be paid. Mr.. La Toilette.
Wisconsin, offered an amendment to the
amendment providing that perishabe goods
may be withdrawn pending litigation.
This was agreed 10, but the Bayne,
amendment, amended defeated. Mir
Carlisle offered IA substitute for the whole
ton. the chief effect OF which is to allow the
courts 10 determine the question OF fact Well
as of law. The substitute was lost-ll2 To IA
This leaves the fifteenth section originally
reported. On motion OF Mr. Breckenridge, of Ken
lucky, amendment was adopted-lO7 70
ply 10 merchandise imported in cartons,
cases, crates boxes sacks and other covering,
which IL subject to a rate OF duty equal 10 or
greater than 60 per cent. The committee then
rose On motion OF Mr.. Perkins of Kansas, "a.
Joint resolution was passed appropHating S1j,-
600 for the purchase of food and clothing for In
dams at the La Pointe Agency. Mr.. Peters, OF
Kansas, introduced bill TO promote the inter
ests OF agriculture by irrigation. Referred. Adj
Journed. The Senate was not in session,