Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-27
THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.

Otecussou anu Aoeou Oh-Nsss - 's'~
Business.
In the Senate, on the 18th inst. Mr.. Dawes
presented over 2l0 petitions from Massachusetts
praying that the export OF intoxicating liquors
TO Africa be stopped. Mr.. Blair presented pc
titions signed by $1,000 members OF the Grand
Army OF the Republic In favor OF pensions TO
army nurses, and petitions signed by over oO9,-
900 persons in favor Of the educational bill
Mr.. Frye reported from the Committee
ON Pacific Railroads the bill providing
for the adjustment OF the indebtedness OF
the Union and Central Pacific Railroads.
This bill was reported In lieu OF two bills
which had been referred to the committee
After several unimportant Dills were disposed a
his remarks on the educational bill for the
space OF three hours. when the Senate adjourn
proval of the joufnal. Mr.. struble reported
resolution making the bill to provide a tenn.
porary form of government for the territory OF
Oklahoma a special order for consideration on
the following day, not to interfere with the
Worlds Fair bills. which passed without objec-
tion: Mr.. Gambler, Chairman OF the committee
ON the worlds fair, moved to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution offered by him hxing
Feb. 20 and Il, after the reading OF journal, for
consideration Of the worlds fair bills, the vote
to be taken. on Monday, Feb. g. unless the
House shall determine during the debate that
there shall be flo worlds fair A vote was taken
Democrats S % made Il the p point thst S there was no
that there were i72 members IN the
Rn ana TsS deoisiOn caused Ions
discussion between the Speaker and the Demo.
cratic side OF the House, at the conclusion OF
which the worlds fqfr resolution was adopted.
The House bill for the relief Of the Sioux In
dians at Devils Lake, N. Dah.s was passed also
bill providing for an appointment OF thirty
owing to the absence OF quorum no result was
| reached. The House then adjourned.
AMONG the bill reported to the Senate on the
| 18th from gommittees and placed ON the calen-
dar were the following; Approprating $780,
| 900 for public building at Grand Forks, ~ ID.
To provide for the adf1iss ssion of the State OF
Idaho into the Union. Senator Blair continued
his speech in favor OF his educational bill. ON
motion Of Senator Culiom, the Senate proceed
| ed to the consideration Of executive business,
| and after session OF FIVE minutes adjourned.
| The Senate, In executive session, confirmed
| the extradiior tysaty with Great Britain. In
minority side to the approval Of the journal OF
| the previous days proceedings. Upon motion
| of Mr.. O'Neill Of Pennsylvania, Saturday after
noon, March 10, was set apart for the delivery
OF eulogies upon the late Represen-
| tative Kelley of Pennsylvania. Mr..
Morrow Of CslIiiernis from ,, the ssn .idS Ap,
| appropriation bill Referred TO the committee
OF the whole. A conference COMMITTEES was
ordered upon the bill to direct the superintend-
ing OF the TO collect the stati sites OF farm
mortgages and indebtedness. The House spent
| the entire afternoon on the bill to organize the
| territory Of Oklahoma and establish courts in
Indian Territory.
THE Senate pissed Che following bills on the
| 10Th: Appropfiating 500 900 for public build
| ing at Fort Dodge Iowa. and $l00,0J0 for one at
Lansing Mich. Favorable reports have been
authorized ON bills introduced In the House
making appropriations for the ereetion OF pub
| lie buildings as follows Baton Rouge, 100000 ;
$4,000; Allegheny City. Pa, s25o,OOo; Hudson,
N. Y, e75 600; Lafayette Ind, $4,000; Burling
na Mspss9 Iy MnR an opS @ eS6 sas T5s
| ing at Scranton by $4,000 were also favorably
reported. The Secretary OF the Treasury sent
i to the Senate q detailed report OF the ne
gotiations for q site for q public building at
Buffalo, N. T. saying the appropriation OF
$500 0 is not adequate, and suggesting that
| the site be purchased by condemnation to
avoid difficulty over the question OF value.
| The bill appropriating So5.0O for build,
at trf o s Bs we're Re assGSSS S
| the House fo1lowsi Dividing the judicial
| district Of North Dakota into four divisions,
| the sessions Of the courts to be held at Bis
marck, Grand Forks, Fargo, and Devils Lake,
with amendments providing for the division Of
| South Dakota into three divisions, sessions of
the courts TO be held at Sioux Falls, Pierre, and
DeadwOod authorizing the President to con-
| fer brevet rank upon army officers for gallant
services I'm Indian campaigns since 1867.
AFTER some routine business had been dis
posed OF on the 10th inst the Senate took up
Mr.. Chandlers resolution calling on the Attor-
ney General for information as TO the assassi-
natioii st Quincy Fiai of United States Deputy
remarks and Mr.. Hale replied to him. after
which the resolution was adopted. Mr.. Blair
then took the floor and closed his remarks on
sesn ssnI, part Of the sD National Republican
pIIa form since I Iss4 At Il had been inSorRorated
| in quite number OF the Northern States and
| In some of the Southern States. 1t had been
| approved by President Harrison, who had voted
twice for IL almost exactly as IL now stood IN
| 1884 and 1856. In fact, the Presidents hand
| had been conspicuous In fashioning many OF its
details when the bill first passed In spite OF
all opposition he believed that the
sense Of self-pteservation would cause
| the bill to be enacted into law. The House on
| the goth inst devoted the day to the discussion
| of the WoIld's Fair bills. Chicago's claims
were presented by Messrs; Hit, Adams, Taylor,
| and LAWYER, Of Illinois; Messrs. Cutcheon and
| Chapman, OF Michigan Mr.. Perkins Of Kansas,
| and Mr.. McCreafy, OF Kentucky. Messrs
! Frank Niedringhaus, and Dockery OF Missouri
Mr. Breckenridge, of Arkansas and Mr.. Caruth,
| of Kentucky spoke for St. Louis. McComas OF
Indiana, Lee Of Virginia, Coleman of Louisiana,
Compton, o. Sna fe
| Messrs. Flower, C6tefti Cummings Tracy, and
| Quinn Of New York, and Mr.. Moore, OF New
Hampshire, advocated New York's Claims, after
which the House adjourned.
The House. ON the 21st, again discussed the
| Worlds Fair bill. Each city having had an
hour since the beginning Of tbs debate Tor tho
presentment of its claims, the Speaker allowed
| the anti Worlds Fair men hour fof giving
| their reasons why a government subsidy should
not be given for a fair in any city. Mr.: Mills OF
Mr.. Mi1la yielded ten minutes to Elijah j. Morse,
| the ~rising sum statesman Of Boston, who was
| opposed to n fair anywhere on constitutional
grounds, Mr.. Peters, Of Kansas, said We were
| n patriotic people, but that Worlds Fair
| was q luxury, and before we bought 1t
we should examine into our finances and
see whether we could afford It, The estimates
OF revenue fof the coming fiscal year were $3.50, :
| 100000. He presented an itemized statement OF
/ the needs OF the Government, amounting TO
/ S4O7 200, ,OO0 which, with the miscellaneous ap-
| propriations OF SiO, 900 and the deficiency
bill Of s25 0O0,0 ,000 made In oil grand aggregate
| Of $40, 100000. In the Senate Mr.. Cullom In
/ troduced the Cowdon bill to make the Lake
| Borgne outlet and improve the low water chan
| mel of the lower Mississippi River. This bill
| ms been pending In Congress for many years.
| It provides that when Cowdon shall have opened
/ the Lake Borgne outlet and established q low
/ water channel OF eight feet between Cairo and
/ New Orleans he shall be paid S4OO,0OO, and that
/ he shall receive 81, 100000 for each additional
/ foot which the river is deepened within five
years from the time Of the completion of the
/ outlet. The following bills We're passed: In
creasing limits for cost of public building at
| fan Fancisco (site) to $500, 600; Sacramento 70
| $4,000; El Paso, Texas, 70 S200OOO; Omaha,
| Neb 5000, 900. For public buildings at Annap-
| oils, Md, $4,000; Kansas City, $2,5O0OO0j Los
Angeles, Cal. ladditionaD, S3j0,O00; Allegheny,
Pa $3.50, 900; Beaver Falls, Pa, $4,000; Atchi-
son, Kan, 100000; Martinsburg, w: Va, $l25,-
O00 Selma, Kan, s15O, 900 GAINESVILLE, o., EN-
| Doria Kan. Danburv Conn. and Waterbury,