The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-27
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS
Doings at the Capitol and Wash
ington Items in General.

After long debate the House passed
the Apportionmcnt bill without amcnd-
ment. Yeas. 1877 nays. 50. The bill gives
Congressman 10 the different States AZ fol-
lows; Alabama o.; Arkansas. !; California
=; Colorado. =; Connecticut 4 Delaware,
l; Florida. .; Georgia. IL ldaho,i Illinois,
%; Montana 4; Nebraska, q; Nevada. /
New Hampshire. 2; New Jersey. s; New
York, 81; North Carolina o.; North
Dakota, 4; Ohio. 81; Oregon, .;
Indiana 10: Iowa. IL; Kansas. s; Ken
lucky, IL; Louisiana, q; Maine. A. Mary
land, q; Massachusetts. 10; Michigan. IL;
Minnesota, 4; Mississippi. 4; Missouri, 10;
Pennsylvania. 90, Rhode Island. 2; south
Carolina. Z; South Dakota, .: Tennessee.
10; Texas. IL; Vermont p; Virginia, 10;
Washington. ?: West Virginia 4; Wisccn-
sin, 10; Wyoming. l.
The following bills were passed. by the
senate: senate bill approprlatimg 100000
for public building az Danyllc. Ill. senate
bill for the relief OF the First National Bank
OF Newton. Mass. allowing interest nj 4 IL
per cent on Judgment against the United
States for sJsl.0OO from March. 1861, 10 The
time OF payment House bills for public
buildings nj Rome. Ca. $4,000; Reidsyille.
n. c.. $4,000; South Bend. Ind, $4,000.
aud bloomington. ILL.,. s75oo0-being an
amendment reducing the amount from ! l00.-
600.
Tho President sent 10 the senate the fol-
lowing nominations; The Rev. Edward j.
Nattman OF Ohio aud the Rev. Cephas q.
Bateman of oregon 10 be Post Chapains in
the army A. II. Brinsmade attorney for
the northern district OF Ohio; Il. w. Col
Inns marshal for the southern district OF
Mississippi; VI. l.. j. kennard assistant
treasurer Mt Boston. poStmasters~ X.
Henry, Elmwood. Ill. Robert Robinson.
III Paso. Ill; G.. Il. Reed, River Falls, Wis. (;
w. j. Mailman, Sheboygan, Wis. M. :.
Russell, Tuskegee, Ala. Nj. ID. Todd, Cyn-
thianu, Ky. J. j. Irvine. Bardstown. Ky. /;
J. NJ. Thompson. Sank Centre. MINI; G..
w. Darling. Wellston. Ohio; e. IL. kim
ball. Medina. Ohio.
Senator sherman, from the Committee on
Foreign Relations. reported bill providing
that the Mckinley Tariff net shall not be
held TO impede or impair the force OF any
treaty between the United States and any
other government. IL was placed on the
calendar.
In regard to the Worlds Fair Represen-
tatiye Morse OF Massachusetts, introduced
for reference the following bill: That no
exhibition or exposition for which appro-
priatIon is made 10y Congress shall bc opened
sunday. Any violation Of this act shall he
punishable by tinc not less than 800 or
more than $1,000.
Though tho senate threatens 10 take no
holiday recess good many OF the senators
are going home for CHRISTMAS. Senator Al
lison left for Iowa and senator ingalls, for
Kansas. The kansa, legislature does not
begin balloting Till the latter part OF Janu-
airy. aud the senator may come back TO
Washington for time. Senator Pierce will
be IN North Dakota 10y Jan. ]. The lcgis-
lature OF that state meets the 9th aud he
wants TO DO on hsnd. senator Moody will
yet out To South Dakota To see whether the
Farmers Alliance 10 really In earnest about
making a combination 10 beat him. senator
Teller won't 90 to Colorado ~ long as sill
yer legislation Is pending. senator Farwell
has gone 10 Chicago.