Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-23
THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.

Discussed and Acted On = Gist of tho
business.
In the Senate on the 18th inst bills were
reported for public buildings IN st. Paul, MiAn.
ts1.5OO,OO0j Sioux City. Iowa (s5OO,OOOli aiAi
Cedar Rapids Iowa $500 000. The bill to az
thorize railroad bridge across the Missouri
las, or OF sarpy, in Nebraska, and the County
OF Pottawatomie, In Iowa, was amended aud
passed. The resolution heretofore offered
o tSs sanas 1%O Of g. Paul the and Sc
George TO the Alaska Commercial Company,
and for an investigation of the sealing
its favor Messrs. Dawes awe McPhersopp opoAs and nd
Stewart defended the Alaska company, and the
resolution was referred to the Committee on
81 Rsprsssns"s~e Kssy was snnpunc.d % whsTs,
Upon the Senate adjourned. In the House Mr..
vestgatlon Committfe,, submitted q report,
accompanied by bill spPrOpriating s75,-
SC% Ssoo,.nSv Tor the purpose Of supplying
1enciency 1sT a ,,ae. the appropriation Tor the
delegates, occasioned by the recent defalcation
I'm the Office OF the Sergeant-at-arms Messrs.
Indiana, submitted minority reports. They
were all ordered printed in the record and re-
committed. Accompanying Mr.. Hemphill's
report feIsd III Is sn o' authorizing members who sui
the Government in the Court OF Claims.
The states were called, and mum
House then proceeded IN committee OF tho
whole (Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, In the
chair to the consideration OF the bill to pro-
fide for town-site entry OF lands In Oklahoma.
Mr.. Culberson, OF Texas, gave notice OF a pro.
posed amendment providing that the claim Of
any person for any town site or town lot shfll
be deemed invalid II such person entered the
territory or took possession of suoh town site
or town lot in advance OF the date fixed by tho
Presidents proclamation for entering the terri
tory. No action was taken, the committee
rose and the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th inst. the Finance
Committee reported favorably Mr.. sherman's
antitrust bill. The morning hour was con-
sumed in the introduction NJ unimnnrtant
measures. most Of them relating to pensions.
Az the close OF the morning hour Senator Call
called up his resolution with reference TO the
Florida swamp-land frauds upon which he pro-
ceeded to speak at some length. His remarks
caused something OF n sensation. He assailed the
Senate Committee on Public Lands, and claimed
that thousands of acres had been paten ted
swamp lands that were capable OF cultivation.
His attack on the committee aroused Senator
Plum6, who made scathing reply. He said
That Congress had given these lands to Florida
as trust, and that IL there were any frauds
the State alone was responsible for them, and
syery word spoken by Mr., Call was in
length he answered the charges against the
committee and in round terms denounced
Mr.. Calls action in placing his own State In
such light before the Senate. Mr.. Call re-
piled in equally bitter terms, styling Mr..
Plumb's remarks as the contemplate utter
ances OF the gentleman from Kansas. Mr.. Dolph
against the Senate subcommittee The Senate
then went into executive session and adjourned
at o'clock. The House spent the day In dis
cussing the bill TO refund to members the
amount stolen from them by Slcott. At4 30
the House adjourned without action
In the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Sherman intro
duced concurrent resolution providing for the
settlement Of disputes between nations by ar
bitration. After tile Introduction OF a few
measures the resolution TO recognize the repub-
lie OF Brazil was read. Mr.. Turpie proceeded to
make a few remarks on the subject. Mr.
Turpie criticised severely the terdiness
OF the administration in recognizing the
republic. He quoted the action OF former
of Grant in regard to France, and closel by
saying: -The delay OF our recognition has al
ready been misconstrued. hope It may come
soon enough 20 prevent further mistakes" The
Senate won't into executive session at 40 aud
adjourned at 80 In the House, confederation
Moi Oh Ine blll provi,ang for an appropriation of
by members by silcotts defalcation was re-
sumed and the debate continued throughout
the afternoon. On Mr.. Hemphill's substitute,
which proposed sending the entire question to
the Court OF Claims, the vote was 1876 yeas and
1873 nays. On Mr.. Adams BILL which appropri-
az ates g, the money for the repayment TO members
li2 nays. The bill being thus defeated, mo-
ton was made to reconsider Pending vote ON
the session MI Hit, OF Illinois, rising TO ques-
tion OF privilege, denied the charge that he in
troduced a bill for the abolition OF the tax on
oleomargarine.
In the Senate, on the 10th, after the intro
duction OF miscellaneous business, Mr..
Butler began speech on his bill to
provide for tho emigration OF the negroes
OF the South, at Government expense un-
der the direction OF the Quartermaster Cen
eral OF the army, and dppropTiating 80 900 900 TO
carry out the purpose OF the bin. AT the conclu-
gave notice that he would at an early tlay address
the Senate upon the question of Federal control
OF Presidential elections, and then Senator
Hoar addressed the Senate in response to Mr.
Butler. The Senate On the conclusion OF Mr.
Hoars speech went into executive session and
adjourned In the House, Mr.. Mckinley, of
Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, reported a |
resolution for the appointment OF a committee
on the worlds fair, TO consist Of thirteen men,
bers, which committee shall within three days
report a plan by which the House can deter |
mine the site Of the proposed fair and sub |
sequently report bill providing for the fair. |
nir. Cannon, OF Illinois, as the minority OF |
the committee, reported substitute resolution |
that the Committee Foreign Affairs be in4 |
structed TO report resolution providing n |
method OF selecting the locality Of the Worlds |
tatives. An exciting discussion ensued in which |
Messrs. Hit, OF Illinois; Morrow, of California
Springer, OF Illinois; McCreary, Of kentucky; |
Chapman, OF Michigan; and Hooker, of Missis- |
sippi, spoke in favor of Mr.. Cannon's |
amendment, while Messrs. Hatch, of Mis- |
souri, Frank, OF Maine; aud Payne, of New |
York, spoke in favor of the majority report. Mr..
butterworth, OF Ohio, sided with Chicago. At /
10 p m. Mr.. Cannon, having modified his |
resolution, offered 1t as substitute for the /
reported by Mr. Mckinley and It was
adopted by l37 yeas TO l34 nays. On the main /
question, whether the substitute should pass /
the vote stood lSl TO 134, when Mr.. Springer Of
Illinois changed his vote TO no for the purpose /
Of moving fora reconsideration, which motion
was pending when the House adjourned.
IL the House, on the 17th, Mr. Mckinley called
mp his motion to table Mr. springer's motion to
recon slider the vote by which the House the pre-
yious day refused to substitute the resolution
reported by the Committee on Rules Caa amend
ed by the adoption OF the Cannon resolution
Tor the original esolution referred to the COM
nittee. The motion to table the motion to re-
consider was agreed to-yeas, IA; nays, 142.
Inc question then recurred on the adoption Of
he original resolution, as follows: "ResOIpcd,
That committee Of nine members be appoint
ID by the Speaker, to be called the worlds fair |
committee, to which shall be referred all mat
'ers relating TO the proposed celebration of
me Tour hundredth anniversary OF the discovery |
IL America, or the Worlds Fair of 19J2.' The
resolution was ndopted-yeas 141 nays, 1876. |
Mr, Flower, of New York introduced the New |
York Worlds Fair bill and It was referred to |
ne special committee appointed. Mr. Raincs, |
u New York, offered resolution increa sing the
OF that committee from nine to !
Referred TO Committee on Rules. The
House then went into committee of whole, Mr..
5urrows, OF Michigan, In the chair, on the bill |
o provide for town-Bite entries of land I'm
oklahoma. Tho bill was debated throughout
'ction. The Senate was not in session.
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