Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-05-15

WASHINGTON. D. q. May .. 90.

Inv taIiH QtDute III tue house Win
good, strong. sensible speech in favor
OF The Mckinley tariff bill and also
stating ia nutshell the POSITION of the
republican party on the question. lie
said III any one thing was settled by
the political contest Of 1883 it was that
the protective policy as promulgated
by the republican party in IFS platform
rs maintained by The republican party
through long series os years, should
be secured in any legislation which is
TO be had 10y Congress chosen In
this great contest and upon this mas
tering issue. III this bill shall
become a law the revenues Of the
government will be diminished from
fifty to sixty millions of dollars per
annum." 1t is expected that the gen
eraI debate on the bill will be closed
Saturday night, then will follow eight
days of tlve-minute debate, the final
vote being taken on the 2ath inst.
This bears out your correspondents
prediction that the bill would be pass
ed by the House before June 1.
A republican caucus of the House
has decided upon adjournment not
later than July 1. OF course to make
this decision operative it must be APP
proved by the Senate, and rs the
| Sano4o,c I,a,va oot t1,- ea,,,o .oa,on 70 4.
wishing to get away from Washington
early this year as the Representatives
they may not be willing to hurry them
selves any, aud it may be somewhat
later than the date set before adjourn.
ment actually takes place.
1t has been practically decided by
the republicans of the House that the
river and harbor bill, carrying an ap-
preparation of something like S25, 000,-
000, shall not pass at the present ses-
sion. A number of other measures in
volving more or less heavy appropria
tions will also be quietly shelved. and
it will not he surprising If the demo
cratic campaign of ''extrayagant APP
preparations" shall be turned against
that party in the coming Congressional
campaign by the fact OF the total
amount of money appropriated by the
first session of the Fifty-first Congress
being less than that appropriated by
the first session of the Fiftieth Con-
gress, when the democrats had a ma
jority in the House.
The bill authorizing the Secretary
of War to deliver to the State OF Colo
RADIO all flags carried by Colorado regi-
iuents in the late civil war has become
law.
The Senate took up the Jones silver
bill this week, but owing to the alb
sence of Senator Jones, its author, II
will not be disposed of until next
week, If then.
The sudden death OF Senator Beck
Oh cGturuuy Hrsr, anu ms Ioss~ss.a- 4ai
the Senate. chamber on Tuesday made
q big hole in the Congressional work,
li.tle or no business being done Oh
Monday and Tuesday.
The members of the Senate com
mittee OH Pensions do not take kindly
to the Morrill, service pension bill
which the House passed as a substi
tute for the dependent pension bill
passed by the Senate, and it is prob
able that q report recommending non
currence will he made TO the Senate.
That il adopted by the Senate, would
throw the matter into the hands Of O
conference committee of the House
and Senate and would probably result
in a compromise bill, containing some
thing OF each OF the present bills.
Attorney General Miller has beer
confined to his house for nearly Z
week by sickness, but he is getting
better and expects to be in his Office
Monday.
| Secretary Tracy has sold the resi-
dence in which the disasterous fire oc
Cured that deprived him of wife anl
daughter.
The meeting OF the Republican Ma
tional Committee which was called
for the eth in this City, has been post
poned until Monday the 18th, Il
ob.ige several members who found !
inconvenient TO como earlier.
Mr.. John i. Davenport, Unite,
States supervisor of elections in Ney
York was before the republican eau
Gus committee which is considering
the question of a Federal election law
this week. Mr.. Davenport favors th
main features of the Rowell BILL Til
; committee has not yet reached an
J conclusion; as soon as 1t does anothe
|. caucus will be held and the question
r settled.
, Southern democrats are very muc
interested in the probable successor t
the la.e Senator Beck. IL is suppose
: here that lie will be elected by. tn
t Kentucky legislature, which is now /
session. next week. Representative
!. Carlisle and McCreary are both cor
: sidered as candidates.
| Assistant Postmaster General Clarl
/. son has gone to Iowa to attend til
: funeral of his father.
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