Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-20


and the principle OF majority rule vim
Dictated. Under the new rules the
House will be able to transact business
more expeditiously than for many
years past. The country Is indebted
to Dir. Reed and the republicans OF tho
House, for having the courage to top
pie over the numbo- jumbo of pre-
cedent and give the people their rights.
The people do not elect majority OF
the House of Representative to have
1t controlled by the minority.
The Senate spent a goodly portion
of its time this week listening to q
speech of Senator Blair In favor of his
educational bill. The enemies of the
measure are now claiming that they
have enough votes pledged to defeat
II in the Senate, but the probabilities
are that they are blnffing. for the pur-
pose of influencing several Of the new
Senators who have not committed
themselves either way.
The House spent the week, to date
including several night essions, in a
discussion of the rules. Soms very
good short speeches were made two.
Here is plain business-like statement
made by Representative Morse. OF
Massachusetts,: 1.-THE business men
of the country are demanding business
legislation and that the 'do-nothing
policy of Congress for the last ten
years shall change, and how shall you
change it without amending the rules
that bind this body hand and footl
The business men want bankrupt
law, they want radical amendments to
the interstate commerce law, they
want greatly needed public buildings
in centers of population and business;
they want life-saving stations, light
houses and needed improvements to
rivers and harbors; they want laws
regulating and restricting immigra ton
they want wise revision of the tariff
on prot. c.ion lines and they want a
dependent pension law, a law which
DEGREES that no ex- Union soldier shall
die in the poor house. and which they
would have had before this if it had
not been vetoed by Grover Cleveland. "
Secretary Tracy is far from being a
well man. He has not yet regularly
resumed his duties and is still under
the care of n physician.
Governor Hovey of Indiana, who is
president of the service pension asso-
citation, has made statements this week
before the Pension committees in both
House and Senate in favor of a service
pension.
The committee investigating the
Ohio ballot-box forgeries closed its
hearings Wednesday, discharged all
the witnesses and adjourned subject
the man who furnished Governor
Foraker the forged document, at
tempted to make a sensation at the
last minute by stating that Governor
Foraker, MADDEN and himself got up
the forgeries. but he has been convic-
ted of so many lies that nobody would
believe anything lie might say.
Senator Moody has introduced bill
providing for the erection by the Post
master General, upon request, post
office buildings in all towns having a
population of 1000 or more. Tie
buildings to cost from $40, 900 to $780,
900. The bill carries an appropriation
of So. 600. 900.
Senator Pierce has introduced bill
to create an agricultural commission
to investigate the causes of the present
depressed condition of the agricultural
Interests.
Every member of the cabinet was
present at the last meeting. 1t has
been more than month since they
were all together before, and Secretary
Tracy would probably not have been
present had he not been an inmate of
the White House at the time.
We are now pretty certain to have
at least two new states ut this session
as bills for the admission of Idaho and
Wyoming have been favorabIy report
ed in both House and Senate.
Senator Hoar has introduced bill
providing that no change shall be
made in the present boundaries of any
Congressional district in the United
States until the new apportionment Of
Representatives shall be made by
Congress on the census to be taken
this year. Ills idea is to put stop tc
gcrrymandering. The same bill hal
also been introduced in the House.
The fight which has been going or
before the Senate for several months
against the confirmation of Indiar
Commissioner Morgan, has been end
ed by that gentleman's confirmation
Only two republican Senators, Ingall
and Pierce, voted against him.
At the Presidents request the open
ing of the free public library at Pitts
burg was postponed until next week s,