Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-08-07
DolNGs OF CONGRESS.
MEASURES CONSIDERED AND
ACTED UPON.

Matters Disposed " ana New ones Oon-
sidersd-
THE Senate. ON the 2sth. passed the Sem
ate bill 70 pension all surviving officers and
men of Powoll's battalion OF Missouri
mounted volusifeofs raised during the war
with MoxIco. Mr. Aldrich offered a resolu-
tion fixing the hour OF meeting OF the Sem
ate at ii a. M, which was finally agreed TO,
with tho understanding that the Senate
should adjourn at o'clock. During the
discussion Mr.. ingalls, said that the morn
Ing hour should last two hours daily Tor
the consideration of business on the cal
endar. He said that as soon as the
tariff bill. the appropriation bills and the
election bill were passed Congress would un-
doubtedly adjourn promptly. Mr.. Coleman,
OF Louisiana, introduced In the House Dill
10 create q bureau OF Health and to prevent
the Introduction and extension OF contagious
and infectious diseases In the United States.
The bill authorizes the President TO appoint
a Chief Commissioners OF Health at salary
OF IS, 900 per annum, who shall be under tho
Secretary OF the Interior, and who shall
hold his Office until seventy years OF age,
unless removed by the President The
President Is also authorized to appoint
Health Commission OF twenty members, d.
vided as follows: Five Commissioners for
the yellow fever section and three each for
the following sections: Cholera, smallpox,
diphtheria, typhoid fever and scarlet fever,
each Commissioner To receive salary OF
g., 900 per annum. The commission Is to
designate five of their number To be known
as the Quarantine Commission" The bill
appropriates 100000 to pay the first years
salaries and the expenses OF the Commits
sion. The bill was referred TO the Commit
tee on Commerce.
In the Senate, on the goth ult., Mr. Sher-
man offered resolution, which went over,
for the daily meeting of the Senate at 10 a.
m. The Senate Committee on Judiciary has
practically concluded its consideration OF
the bill for the relief OF the Supreme Court
and will report It to the Senate I'm few
days. In the House. Mr.. Cannon Qllinois),
from the Committee on Appropriations, re-
ported a joint resolution providing tempora-
rlly (until Aug. IA for such of the expendi-
lures of the Government as have not been
provided for by the appropriation bills
which have already become laws. Passed.
The House then went into committee OF the
whole, Mr.. Burrows (Mich.) I'm the chair, on
the Senate amendment to the snndry civil
appropriation bill. The House Committee
on Indian affairs has decided to recommend
that the House non-concur In all OF the Sem
ate amendments 10 the Indian appropria-
tion bill and ask conference. The House
Committee on Commerce has ordered a IA
vorable report on the bill providing for a
! steam vessel at Chicago, to cost $3.50 to
be used under the direction OF the Treasury
to board and inspect incoming vessels Rep
resentative Farquhar of New York has in
| troduced bill TO create commission, TO be
| known as the United States Commission of
| the Worlds Congress of Labor, to consist of
nine members to be appointed by the Presl-
dent.
THE President sent to the Senate the fol-
lowing nominations on the 30th ult: Thad-
deus 5. Sharrett, of Maryland, to be General
| Appraiser of Merchandise, under the pro-
| visions of the act approved June 10, 1890;
| Louis Desmarais, OF Louisiana, to be Conner
| OF the Mint at New Orleans. Indian Agents
ID. II. Roger, at the Pine Ridge Agency in
South Dakota; George Steel, at the Black
| foot Agency In Montana. POstmasters-A.
| ID. Lawrence, Tecumseh, Mich; ii. @. Bulls,
| DEBORAH, Iowa; Charles ii. Schorcgge,
| Sleepy Eye, MINI. Withdrawn-Mrs. Min
mic b. Taylor at Hlcksvillc, Ohio lat her own
| request). A favorable report has been order
| cd on the bill introduced by Senator Sher-
man to incorporate the Society of the Red
| Cross, with Clara Barton, George KEENAN,
and other prominent people as incorporat-
| ors. The Speaker laid before the House
| fifteen requests for leaves OF absence. The
| bill taxing manufacturers and dealers In
compound lard anS SpS 70 r ff aht the With
recommendation that II pass. Tho bill
taxes compound lard mills per pound and
| fixes the annual license of manufacturers
at SOC per year, Wholesale dealers at S24 per
| year, retail dealers at S1.92 per year, and
| requires that all lard be branded in all
| packages as compound lard" and when
| sold in other than the original packages to
be inclosed In wrappers or receptacles bear
| ing such label
| Az executive communication from Secre-
tary Noble, inclosng a long letter from
Major Powell, director of the Geological
| Survey, on the subject OF irrigation and
canal sites was laid before the Senate on
| the 31st ult., and Mr.. German asked to have
| IL read. This led to sharp discussion
| about printing such documents In the rcc-
ord, and some warm words passed between
Mr., German and Mr.. sherman. The former
insisted upon having the letter read. Mr.
| Sherman objected 10 the further read
| ing OF the letter. Mr.. German re-
marked that IL the Senator for Ohio
| had been In the chamber In time
under his own resolution the document
| could have been read and the public bust
ness facilitated. Mr. Sherman resented the
emphasizing of the fact that he had come
| into the chamber fifteen minutes after the
hour nevsi -fvs ssseottrrs.- nc fuu Deen en-
gagged during these fifteen minutes In pub
| lie business, which he considered of more
importance than listening to the reading of
| the journal Mr. German, with some warmth
| resented the insinuation that because he
wanted IL read he was delaying public
business. The Senate decided that the doc
ument should not be read. The presiding
officer then said the letter would be
| printed as a miscellaneous document. The
conference report on the District of Column
| bia appropriation bill was agreed to and
| then the tariff bill was taken up. In the
| House, Mr.. Oates, OF Alabama, as question
| OF privilege, offered resolution for the in
| vestlgation of the charges OF corruption In
| connection with the passage Of the silver
bill, against members of the House, con-
| tained In recent editorial Of the National
| Economist. The Speaker decided the motion
| was not q privileged one Mr.. Oates APP
| pealcd from the decision, which, however,
wis sustained by vote OF 05 to II. The
| House then went into the committee Of the
| whole on the Senate amendments TO the sun
| dry civil appropriation bill and discussion
| OF the irrigation clause was renewed.
Tbs journal OF the previous day having
been read In tho Senate on the list inst, Mr..
| Edmunds moved to correct and amend II by
| inserting the names of the thirty-two Sena-
| tors who were present when the roll was
| first called. Mfr. Sherman doubted whether
| this change ought to be made. IL IL we're
| he would Insist on having IL applied to all
| the calls OF the Senate Such a rule, no
| said, wouid only incumber the journal.
| Finally, after fifteen or twenty minutes dis
| cussion of the question, Mr.. Edmunds motion
| was rejected. Mr. Blair offered a resolution
| looking to the Incorporation OF the previous
| question in the rules OF the Senate, and
| asked for its immediate consideration, but
! on objection from the Democratic side the
| resolution went over After a few moments
| spent In the reception OF reports, bills, and
| memorials, at 10:45 consideration of the
| tariff bill was resumed. In the House, on
| motion of Mr. Taylor, of Illinois, a resolu-
| ton was adopted calling on the Secretary
OF War for copies of the report of the en-