The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-06-04
DOINGs OF CONGRESS.
IMPORTANT MEASURES CONSIDERED
AND ACTED UPON.

AT the Nations CapitoI-what II BEING
Done by the senate and House ~ Old
Matters Disposed OF and New Ones Con-
sidered.
IL the Senate, on the o6th inst, Immediately
after the reading OF the journal, the oath Of
Office was administered by the Vice President
90 Mr.. Carlisle as S, nator from the State o;
kentucky for Mr.. Beck's uneXpircd term. MI
Plumb introduced IA bill 10 provide for Tue pur-
chase Of silver Tor use ms lawful money, nnd sac
that IL had been prepared by Banker ~. Johns
of New York. a. ais met mis- own hplfoVal
The Sennte then resumed consideration OF the
naval appropriation bill. the pending que ,iion
being on Mr.. Cockrell's amendment To slilAt
out the provision for the construction OF tire.
hea,ily armed battle ships at cost OF ~, 0JJUJ
each Mr. Coskrells amendment not
agreed to--yeas, IS ravs, %. The I'LL theL
passed Mr.. Mitchell then offered resolution
(which was agreed to- instructing the Commit
tee ON Pensions 10 report an amendment 10 tnt
pension laws so MS u provide in a more hDerat
manner for the widows, minor children i nhe
depend nj relatives OF deceased solditrs. Inc
Senate then nd burned. The House war
called TO order 10y Clerk Mcpherson, and on
motion OF Mr.. Mckinley Mr.. Burrows Mich. d
Wa Elected SPEAK er pro tenn aud took the chai5
amid applause On mo ION Of Mr.. Mckinies
the Senate bill WIS passed for the erecti' IA OF q
public building at ca ton, ONO, a. cost o.
SlUO 600. The floor was then accorded 20 TIA
Committee District of Columbia, ara Mr.
Atkinson Mo- called up the Rock Greek fari
bill, and the vote by Which 10 was recently ne
feated was reconsidsre ed and the bill was assed
After the passage Of several other District billy
the House adjourned.
The session OF the Senate on the 27thinst
WAS occupied principally in discussion II Sen
ator Wilson's bill subjecting imported liquors
10 the provisions OF the laws OF the scvera.
States. IN the House Mr. Mckinley Of Uhic
submitted the conference report upon tue Gus
Observation-Disclosures bill The conference re-
port adopted-yeas, 127; nays, -; tbs
Speaker pro tenn. counting quorum. Ihs
Democrats rs II rule refrained from voting Inc
House then went into committee OF the whols
(Mr Allen OF Michigan in the chair ON the
river and harbor appropriation Dill
An amendment calling Tor 5000 FOR inl
provements at Cedar Islands, Iowa, wa
defeated, was tha5 OF Mr. Stone, OF Kentucky
asking for an appropriation for Hickman Ky
This was followed by the defeat OF an amend
nent calling for $3.50 90 for leyees at Natchez
Miss. a long debate followed an amendment,
offered by Mr.. Loatner Of Louisiana, as 10 the
tml rOYeinents at the mouth OF the Red and tn,
head OF the Atchafalaya Rivers, which was de
feated An amendment offered by the
Chairman OF the River aud Harbor Comm tesi
providing that $4,000 OF the amount allotted tC
the Missouri River shall be expended between
sioux City and south Dakota, and S5O,OU
above south Dakota. Agreed to- Mr.. McCreary
made point Of order against the feature O.
the bill " hich imposes IA fine for obstruction o.
navigable wa.ers or dumping into streams such
articles as may become obstruction, holding
that The committee had no power 10 intict hns
and Imprisonment. Pending discussion, tbs
committee rose and the House ad. burned
IN the Senate on the 2sth, the Senate bill sub
jecting imported liquors to the laws OF the sew
eral States occupie the attention Of the sona-
tors all day. In the House Mr.. Vaux, Mr.
handalIs successor, presented his credentialt
and vas qualified as Representative.
bill was passed appropriating SID 900 Ton
the estabii shnent OF the national military
park ut the battlefield at Chickamauga. a
conference was ordered the naval Hppro-
pria ion bill, and then the House vent
into committee OF the whole MIR. Burrows o
Michigan in the chair on the river and hartoi
bill. ON motion OF Mr.. Dunnell OF Minnesota
section 8 providing that ii shall not be Lawful
70 build bridges over navigable waterways
without first securing the approval of tnt
Secretary Of War TO the proposed plans, auC
providing fine and imprisonment rs PENALTY
Tor violation OF said act, was 30 amencel
as % permit the cases TO be brought
before tae Unitsl Scates courts Instead OF
the Secretary OF War. ON motion OF Mr., Com
stock, OF Mime sofa, all the paragraph callinl
for the survey and the estimated cost Of cutting
new channel TO the Bay OF Superior, opposite
the opening between Rices Point and Counors
Point, was stricken out. A motion 20 recon-
NIT the bill with instructions 70 the comni tee
10 cut out the paragraph making IN appropria-
tion for beginning work upon the hennepir
Caual was defeated-nays, I2S yeas. 81. The
bill then passed, and the House adjourned.
IL the Senate, on the 10Th, most OF the day
was spent in the consideration OF the bill sub
jecting imported liquors to the provisions OF
the laws of the several States and after dis
cussion anticipated in by nearly all the Sena-
tors present finally succeeded in securing "a vote
upon the bill, which resulted: Yeas. "a nays,
10 Those voting in the affirmative were Allen
Allison Blair, Call, Casey, Colquitt. Gull
lon, Davis, Dawes, Dixon. Dolph, Ed
munds George, Hawley Hiscock Hoar
Ingalls,, Jones of Nevada. Mcmillan
Mitchell Moody, Morrill,, Paddock, Plat
Plumb. Power, Pugh sawyer. srooner
Stewart, stockbridge, Walthall, Washburne
Wilson OF Iowa. Those voting in the negative
Bate, Blodgett, Cockrell, Coke, Harris
Jones OF Arkansas, Turpie, Vance, Vest, ano
Voorhees,. The title OF the bin was then amend
ed TO read, "A bill 10 limit the effect the
regulation of between the
States and foreign countries in certain cases
The House spent the entire day in the con
sideration OF bills making appropriations for
public buildings. AT five o clock the committee
OF the whole rose, having passed in COMMITTEES
bills providing for public buildings at thirty
five places, at "a total cost Of "a, 42j OO0.