Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-06-05
THE NATIONAL S0L0Ns.



Our National Law-Makers and What They
Are Doing for the Good OF the Country
Various Measures Proposed, Discussed
and Acted ON.
IN the Senate, ON the 9oth inst. Immediately
after the reading OF the journal. tho oath OF
Office was administered by the Vice President
TO Mr.. Carlisle as 81 nator from the State OF
Kentucky for Mr.. Beck's unoxpired term. Mr..
Plumb INTRODUCED bin 70 provide for the pur..
that II had been prepared by Banker Sc. Johns,
OF New York. lt nls) INST his own approval
The Senate then resumed consideration OF the
naval appropriation BILL the pending question
being ON Mr.. Cockrell's amendment to strike
out the provision for the construction OF three
heavily armed battle. ships at cost OF - 600 COG
agreed to-yeas, IS nays, 80. The bill then
passed. MI. Mitchell then offered a resolution
(which was agreed tot instructing tho Commit
too on Pensions TO report an amendment 70 the
pension laws so as % provide In n more liberal
manner for the widows, minor children, and
dependant relatives OF deceased soldisrs. The
called to ordcr by Clerk Mcpherson. and on
motion of Mr.. Mckinley Mr.. Burrows Mich
was elected Speaker pro tenn and took the chair
the Senate bill was passed for the erection OF a
public building at Canton, Ohio, at a cost OF
Cemmittee ON District of Columbia ard Mr.
Atkinson MOI called up tho Rock Creek Park
bill, and the vote by which IL was recently de-
fcated WAS reconsidsred and the bill was Tassed.
After the passage OF several other District bills
the House adjourned
THE session OF the Senate ON the 9th inst
was occupied principally in a discussion en- Sem
ator Wilson's bill subjecting imported liquors
to tho provisions OF the laws OF the several
stetoe. In tho House Mr.. Mckinley OF Ohio
submitted the conference report upon the GUS
toms-administrative bill. The conference re-
port was adopted-yeas, 127; nays, 10; the
Speaker pro tenn. counting quorum. The
Democrats as a rule refrained from voting. The
(Mr. Allen OF Michigan in the chair on the
river and harbor appropriation bill.
An amendment calling for 5000 for i'm
defeated, was that OF Mr. Stone of Kentucky
a.kng for an appropriation for Hickman, Ky.
This was followed by the defeat OF an amend
lnent calling for $3.50 0J0 for leyees at Natchcz,
Miss A long debate followed an amendment
offered by Mr.. Eoatner OF Louisiana, as TO the
inn royenents at the mouth OF the Red and the
head OF the Atchafalaya Rivers, which was de-
feated An amendment was offered by the
Chairman OF the River aud Harbor Commit tee
providing that $4,000 of the amount allotted to
tho Missouri River shall be expended between
sioux City and South Dakota, and $4,000
above South Dakota. Agreed to. Mr.. McCreary
made point Of order against the feature OF
the bill which imposes n fine for obstruction OF
nayigable wa,ers or dumping into streams such
articles rs may become an obstruction, holding
that the comni.tee hsd no power to infiict fine
committee rose and the Houfe ad. burned.
IN the Senate on the 2sth the Senate bill SUBJ
jecting imported liquors to the laws of the sew
eral States occupe the attention OF the sena-
tors all day. In the House Mr. vaux. Mr..
Randalrs successor. presented his credentials
and was qualified az n Representative. a
bill was passed appropriating sl25, 900 for
tho ostnbl shmcnt of the national military
park at tho battlefield ut Chickamauga. A
conference was ordered ON the naval appro-
into committee of the whole (Nlr. Burrows OF
Michigan in tho chair on the river and harl or
bill. ON motion of Mr.. Dunnell of Minnesota
section 8, providing that it shall not be lawful
TO build bridges over nayigable waterways
without first securing the approval OF tho
Secretary OF War to tho proposed plans, and
for violation OF eaid act, was so amended
as to psrmit the cases to be brought
before the Uni el Scates courts instead OF
the Secretary of War. On motion OF Mr., Com
stock, OF Mime Sofa all the paragraph calling
for the survey aud the estimated cost Of cutting
n now channel 10 tho Bay OF Superior, opposite
the opening between Rice's Point and Connors
Point was stricken out. motion to recon-
NIT the bill, With instructions to the commi tee
to cut out the paragraph making an appropria-
ton for beginning work upon tho Hennepin
Canal, was defeated-nays, l2s; yeas, 81. The
bill then passed, and the House adjourned
IN the Senate, on the 10Th, most OF the day
was spent in tho consideration of the bill sub
jecting imported liquors to the provisions OF
the laws of the several States and after a dis
tors present finally succeeded in securing vote
upon the BILL which resulted: Yeas. 81; nays,
TO- Those voting in the Affirmative were: Allen,
Allison. Blair, Call Casey, Colquitt, Gull
lom, Davis, Dawes, Dixon. Dolph, Ed
munds, George, Hawley Hiscock. Hoar,
Ingalls,, Jones of Nevada, Mcmillan,
Mitchell, Moody Morrill,, Paddock, Plttt,
Plumb, Power, Pugh, saxyer, Spooner,
Stewart, Stockbridge, Walthall, Washburne,
Wilson of Iowa. Those voting in the negative
were Bate, Blodgett, Cockrell, Coke, Harris,
Jones OF Arkansas, Turpie, Vance, Vest, and
Voorhees, The title OF the bill was then amend
ed to read, "A bill to limit the effect of the
regulation Of commerce between the several
States ind foreign countries ia certain cases"
The House spent the entire day in the con-
sideration OF bills making appropriations for
public buildings. At Eve o clock the committee
of the whole rose, having passed in committee
bills providing for public buildings at thirty
ivo places, at Il total cost Of a, $4,000