Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-08-14
THE SENATE ANDH0US
WORK or OUR NATIONAL LAW
MAKERS.


Proceedings OF the senate and House Of
Representatives = Important Measures
Discussed and Acted UPon-0iss OF the
Business
THE first week in August opened I'm the
Senate with eighteen pages OF the tarin Dill
disposed Of out Of $50, or 10 per cent. OF the
whole. Ten days have been consumed In
accomplishing that much. At the same
ratio Il VIII take a hundred days In all 10
dispose of the bill. Mr.. Davis offered a
resolution I'm the Senate on tho 4th
calling on the Secretary Of War for Informal
tion respecting the accident to the lock
I'm the Sault. Ste. Marie Canal Mr.. Davis
said this was a serious calamity TO the great
commerce OF the lakes, iniiicting damage to
the commerce between the upper and lower
lakes OF perhaps half a million q day. In
cidentally no referred to the failure OF the
House to act on the bill passed by the Sem
ate several months ago. providing for
second and larger lock. Mr.. Cockrell ex-
pressed surprise that the business branch"
of Congress paid no attention
to the matter. The presiding Of
fcer (Mr. Ingalls) said that he had OBJ
served with regret the growing tendency to
ment to the proceedings of the other house
OF Congress. IL was violation of the fun
damental principles of parliamentary law
TO refer In one house to what was done or
said In the other. The House went into
committee OF the whole, Mr. Payson, OF
Illinois, In the chair, on the general def
cheney appropriation bill. Mr.. Henderson,
OF Iowa, explained that the bill carried an
appropriation of S5,140,000 The items OF
deficiency submitted TO the Committee ON
Appropriations aggregated Si3,5O0,O0O
IN the Senate the glassware and stone
schedules Of the tariff bill were disposed Of
on the 5th. The discussion continued for
lnxxn a. nlN H.. -
offered by Mr.. Mcpherson TO paragraph 100
as to sizes OF window glass was accepted by
Mr.. Aldrich and was agreed to. Paragraph
ITO referred to "Cast polished plate-gl
silver and loOking-glass plates" Mr.. Vest
moved TO reduce the rates on the lowest
size from six to four cents per square foot on
the ground that this German looking glass
was used In cheap furniture and was not pro-
duced In this country. The vote ON Mr..
vests amendment was taken by yeas and
nays The amendment was re1ected-yeas
II; nays, 2S. Mr.. Plumb was the only Re-
publican voting with the Democrats In
the House Mr.. Mckinley, from the Commit
the on Rules. reported resolution asking
the Secretary Of tho Navy for the reasons
for tho increase of the force at the Kittery
Navy Yard. In speaking TO the resolution
Mr.. Cummings of New York said the
order increasing the force OF the Kittery
Navy-Yard looked as though the design was
TO use executive power for partisan purt
poses. Mr.. Boutelle replied to Mr.. Cum
mings. and after long discussion the reso-
luton was adopted.
THE conference report on the original
package bill was agreed to In the House on
the 9Th, by a vote Of 100 yeas TO 90 nays.
1t is as follows: That all fermented, dis
titled or other intoxicating liquors or liquids
transported into any State or Territory
or remaining therein for use, consump-
ton, sale or storage, shall upon arrival
In such State or Territory be subject to
the operation and effect of the laws of
such State or Territory enacted in the exer-
else of its police powers, to the same extent
and I'm the same manner as though such
liquids or liquors had been produced In such
State or Territory, and shall not be exempt
therefrom by reason of being introduced
therein In original packages or otherwise.
The Senate spout the day discussing the
tariff.
In the Senate on the 9TH the tariff bill was
taken up and q number of amendments,
mono of great Importance, werc made The
sundry civil bill was reported and Mr.. ALI
son said the bill as II passed the House had
carried 5000, 900, and had been increased
by the Senate about $5,000,000. The net re-
auctions agreed to in the conference COM
mittee amounted TO 50, 700, 900, so that the bill
carried under the conference report 800, 652s-.
and Elections, reported substitute for the
House election bill, and 1t was placed on tho
calendar. Tho minority of the committee,
he said, dissented from the report. In the
House on motion of Mr.. Bingham Pa.) a
resolution was adopted calling on the Post
master General for copies of the agreements
for the transportation of mails between the
United States and foreign countries, the
conditions upon which the awards are made,
and the rates of payment for the service.
In the Senate, on the eth, tho concurrent
resolution heretofore offered by Mr.. Plumb
expressing the desire OF Congress for the re-
moval of the remains OF 1.-THE illustrlous
soldier and statesman, Ulysses s. Grant,"
to and their interment In the Arlington
National Cemetery, and requesting the
President TO convey TO the widow of that
eminent man such desire, rendering to her,
ON behalf OF the nation, all necessary facili-
ties for such removal and interment, was
taken up and agreed to. The conference
report on the sundry civil appropriation
blu was also agreed TO. The House re-
sumed consideration of the general de-
ficiency bill, but after considerable time II
was discovered that there was no quorum
present and the House adjourned.