Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-06-26
THE NATIONAL sOLONS.



and Acted ON,
In tho senate on the 10th inst, a message
from tho House asking further conference on
the antitrust bin was presented and the request
was assentod 10 after remarks by Senator'S Ed
munds and Vest The deficiency appropriation
bill for pen sions aud tho census was reported
and passed. The House silver bill was taken up
md Mr. Daniel resumed the speech
begun by him last Friday. He was
Ysst both Of Whom favored the House bin as
amended by the Senate committee. Senators
Ingalls, and Woicott Expressed desire TO adj
executive session the Senate adjourned In the
House Mr.. MiIliken Mel presented and the
House adopted the conference report ON the Dill
limit OF cost Is 100000 also the conference
reTort on a bill for public building at falnc,
Kan. the limit OF cost S5O.00Cl The honse
then went into committee OF the whole, Mr..
Burrows, of Michigan, In the chair. on tho
Mr.. Williams i6hiol, an amendment was agreed
Alfred L. Pearson, OF Pennsylvania, as mem,
btrs OF the board OF managers OF soldiers
homes. Mr.. Sayers (Te4l offered On ainendlnent
indefinite appropriation for the payment OF
back pay and bounty. The aiiendment so Tar
as 1t affected back pay was agreed toll TO 10
but as far as IL affected bounty Was lost-05 10
20. Pending action on the bill the committee
rose and the House adjourned
In the Senate, otter dlsposing OF some routine
business, tho silvor BIZ was taken iup bn the
l7th, and Mr.. wOivott epOhe IN ravor OF ffee
coinage The Senate then proceeded to vote on
the amendments reported by the Finance COM
mittee. The amendment to strike out the
| bullion redemption clause was agreed to-yens
| 81 nays, z, Mr.. Plumb offetd the following
amt ndment In lieu OF the first section OF the
| House | III: THAT from and after the date of
the passage OF this act the unit OF value In the
| United States shall be the dollar, and the Same
may be coined Of 4la's grains Of stand
ard silver, or Of 10 Y.lO grains OK
standard gold and the said eeins shall D.
that thereafter any owner of silver or gold bull
| ion may deposit the same at any mint 81 the
United Sta-es to be formed lnto standar9 uol-
lars or bars for his benefit and without charge !
but IL shall DO lawful to refuse any deposit OF
less value than 500 or any bullion so base as TO
be unsuitable for the operations OF the mint.
| Agreed to-yeas -, nays "a. Mr. Plumb moved
to add a new section To come In as seclion =, as
| follows; THAT the provision OF section , OF
an act to authorize the coinage of the standard
silver dell and to store its legal tender char
acter, which became a law Feb 49, 1915, 10 h re-
by made applicable to this act" Agreed to
without division; Mr., reagan oner Sa,,, sns
for sections 3, and 81 Section b
That the certificates provided Tor In
than 81 nor more than 500; and such certih-
| Gates shall be redeemable in coin OF standard
value. sufficient sum 70 carry out the pro.
|
any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
| priated. The provision OF Section Of the act
OF Feb. %, 1875 entitled an act to authorize the
coinage of the standard dollar and To restore its
| legal tender character which requires the Sec
| rotary Of the Trca sury TO purchase at the mar
| ket price thereof not less than S2O0O,OOO worth
| OF silver bullion month nor more Than $4OON,'
| 090 worth month of such bullion, is hereby re-
| pcaled." Agreed to without division. Mr. Teller
| novel to add the following as n new section
That the certificates provided fer in this act shall
| DO receivable for all taxes and dues to the
United States OF every description, and shall be
a legal tender for the payment OF all debts,
| OF Mr.. Eustisl by adding and all silver GER
| tificatcs already issued, and as 30 modified II
was agreed to-yeas, "a nays, o. Mr.. Plumb
moved to insert the following as ON additional
| section; "The owners Of bullion deposited for
/ coinage shall have the option TO receive
coin or its equivalent in the certificates Ate,
| bullion shall be subsequently coined" Agreed
| to without division. The bill was then ro-
ported to tho Senate and all tho amendments
az reed to in the committee of the whole were
| agreed to in tho Senate-yoas, 40; nays, 2B. The
bin as amended was then passed-yeas, AZ
nays, 2j. The bill for the admission of Wy
| oming O state was taken up, so as 20 make
| it tho unfinished business" and. tho Senate ad-
eTvr-a Bfa1stioss -rOUK Up tv 1ruissd
| appropriations bill and spent the remainder OF
the afternoon upon 1t. ad,ourning &t 5:3J
| o'clock.
ISthe Senate, on the 18th inst Mr.. Morrill,
from the Finance Committee, reported back the
tariff bill and said that it was not expected that
it would be brought up for consideration earlier
than n week from Monday, 22d. The con-
ference report on tho antitrust bin was
| presented and agreed TO. Both houses recede
| from their respective amendments and the bill
| remains exactly as IL was passed by the Senate.
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration
OF the legislative, executive, and judicial appro-
| priation bill. An amendment was agreed TO In
| creasing th3 Salary Of twenty-six committee
cleyks from 81, % to a 800 and the salary OF
clerks to Senators from Il 500 to 81 800. The Sem
ate disposed OF seventy pages of the bill and I'D
| journed. In the House, on motion OF Mr.. Pay
son 1lll, LIN was passed to confirm tho title TO
| certail cemetery laid In Sault Sto Marie, Mich.
| The House wont into committee OF the whole,
/ Mr.. Allen (Mich.l in the chair, on the Indian
| appropriation bill. The committee VAS In ses-
| sion but a few moments VIXEN IL rose inform
| ally TO allow the House TO receive a message
| from the Senate As Secretary McCook an
nounced the passage of the silver bill, with sun
| dry amendments the Democratic side of the
House broke out in loud applause, which was
roc i1vfp,s -sosusslsd- sousion, mr.. BiHuu
Mo- moved that tho committee rise
taken on TIE silver iii The vote BY tellsrs re-
| suited "a to 1O5. So the committee refused to
rise. The consideration of the Indian appro-
$1,000 for the Creek Indians, as so1 Tor the Pot.
| tawattomie Indians and S27, goo for the Mexican
| Pottawattomie Indians were stricken from the
| bill. The committee then rose, the bill was
| passed, and the House adjourned.i
AFTER disposing of SONS routine business the
| Senate, on the 10Th inst, resumed consideration
OF the legislative, executive AID judicial appro-
| priation BILL but without action the bill was
laid aside. A message from the President In re-
| lation to reciprocity was read and laid on the
| table, After euloges on the deceased New York
| Representatives, iMessrl. WHITING and Wilbur
| the sonato adjourned. 1hs Journal OF tho
| House having been read, Mr.. Mills (Tex.l OBJ
| jCotCd 10 it's app roval or the ground that the
| clerk had no. read II In full. The Speaker
| omitted TO read such portions rs IL is GUS
| tomdrt not to read. but he directed the full
| reading of the journal The clerk proceeding,
| read the portion OF tho journal which disclosed
| the reference Of the silver bin 10 the Commit
/ leo on Coinage Weights and Measures Dur
| Ing the readlha Massrs. Mills and Mckinley re-
| main standing, anxious TO claim recognition.
| The latter was successful aud he MOVED that
/ the journal be approved. Upon this he de.
| manded the previous question The previous
\ question was vo.ed down. Mr.. Mills offered q
| resolution fecitinG that the order Of reference
| made by the Speaker referring the silver bill to
| the Committee ON Coinage Weights and Measures
was incorrect, under the rules Of tie House, and
was made without authority under tho rules,
! and resolving that the journal be corrected by
striking tberofrom this entry, Mr.. Cannon I'LL
| raised point Of order against the resolution.
| A long discussion ensued, participated In by the
leaders on either side Of the House. The speak
| or i'm rendering his decision, ovenuled the point
Of order to submit the question to the House. Mr..
| Cannon moved to table Mr.. Mills resolution
| On vote by tellers the motion to table was
l0st--yeas, lis nays, l23, The question then
REQUIRED on Mr.. Mills resolution and II was
agreed to-yeas, 121 nays, H. MIR. Mckinley
| was then recognized 10 move a reconsideration
managed to sandv ich in motion TO lay the mo-
| tion to reconsider ON tho table. The motion to
adjourn was lcst-yeas, llg; nays, 10, Inc
vote recurring on Mr.. Mills motion to table the