The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-25
THE RECORD IN CONGRESS.
Notes Of the Business Done by the Ma
tionai Legislatures.


tionai legislature.
WAsHiSsSo. CITY. April iS.-The senate
yesterday adopted the joint resolution re-
questing information on the practicability,
etc, Of tunneling Detroit river, and passed
the house bill to retire John c. Fremont rs
a major general, and several public build
ing bills. The bill to appoint thirty medical
examiners for the pension Office came up,
and led to a sharp debate. in which the DEM
ocrats charged that it was intended as a
blow at civil service reform. An amend
ment was finady adopted providing taat the
presd ut should prescribe regulations for
the examination Of the applicants for these
positions, the vote being SO to S-Daniel,
Davis, Dixon, Moody, Plumb, Sawyer, Stew
art and Teller. Without finishing the bill
the senate ad journed
The house adjourned on Butterworth's
motion as soon as the journal had been read,
In honor or the memory of Samuel j. Ran
dali.
WASHINGTON CITY. April 19.-Platt in
troduced in the senate yesterday bill for
the admission of New Mexico, stating that
he did SO by request and without commit
tluR nlIllScl loi VI n ConhiCO tucu
took place as to what business should be
taken up, and an attempt to consider the
Worlds fair bill was defeated, Blackburn of
kentucky seying there would be good deal
of opposition to the bill. The senate went
into secret session on the leakage question,
and upon reopening the doors ssed few
public building bills for eastern states and
then adjourned.
To, Et,1na loi a1 Of chor
against him in The New York Press with
reference to a southern claims bill intro
duced by him, and said these charges were
falae, and then the house went into
committee ON the private calendar, spend
ing the time on the court of claims bill,
which was recommtted for two weeks. A
recess to p. m. was. then taken, at which
time number Of private pension bills were
taken up and passed.
WASHINGTON CITY, April 2l.-The senate
Saturday passed bills for the payment of
back pay and emoluments to the widow of
the late Col N. II. Mclean, who resigned
from the army in 1864 and was restored by
special act in 1875 (the amount is $50, 000),
and for the purchase OF ground for SUI
preme court building-$600, 000 A bill APP
propriating 100000 for an equestrian statue
of Gen. Grant in this city was reported
favorably, and q number of bills of little
general interest were passed, after which the
senate went into secret session, and when the
doors reopened adjourned.
After some routine business in the house
public business was suspended and eulogies
ON the late s. s. Cox were pronounced by
Cummings of New York, Lawler of Illinois,
Holman Banks and others, and several
more members were given leave to print
The house then, as further mark of re-
spect, adjourned.
WASHINGTON CITY, April %. Bills were
introduced in the senate yesterday repeating
the sub-treasury laws and providing for the
deposit Of government bonds in banks Far-
welD, and repeating all laws for the retire.
ment of army and navy officers witty pa
Reagan) The worlds fair bill came up,
and after a long debate passed with an
amendment providing for naval review at
New York. Blair got in an amendment
prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors
In the limits of the fair grounds. There
were thirteen votes against the passage of
the bill-Barbour, Berry, Blackburn, Cock
rell, Coke, George, Hampton, Morgan, Pugh,
Reagan, Vance, Vest and Walthall. The
senate then adjourned.
In the house the conference report on the
Oklahoma bill was presented. 1t excludes
the Cherokee outlet, but provides that
when the Indian title shall be extinguished
said outlet shall become part Of the terri
tory. After short debate the report was
adopted. The bill to appropriate $685., 500
to provide vaults fer the public money was
passed The bill to pension prisoners of
war then came up, and Tarsney, who is an
ex-prisoner of Andersonville, opposed it on
the ground that it made no discrimination
between good soldiers and shirks. Hopkins
of Illinois, Cutcheon and others defended
the bill, but on a motion to suspend the
rules and pass it the vote was-yeas, 143;
nays, 7S-not the necessary two-thirds.
The house then adjourned.
WASHINGTON CITY, April 23.-The bill
passed by the senate Saturday providing for
a site for a supreme court building was re-
considered yesterday and amended so as to
give the District supreme court power to de-
eide cases of real estate valuation, and then
passed again. A resolution was adopted
calling upon the superintendent of census
to send to the senate his scheme for obtain
tanning statistics of farm MOI tgages, etc
Mitchell spoke in favor Of his bill to elect
senator's by popular vote, and in the course
of his speech denounced the secret session as
'relic of monarchy" The District appro-
priation bill was passed, as was the zoologi-
cal park bill, and the senate adjourned.
Caldwell introduced q bill in the house ex-
tending the provision of the eight hour-day
act to all persons employed on work for the
government Dingley reported a bill class
flying worsteds as woolens The diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill was report
ell to the house. 1t carries $l,49o,925. The
Worlds fair bill was taken up, the senate
amendment agreed to and the bill passed.