The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-03-07
WASHINGTON NEWS.

partment until aItcr newspaper man had
identified him.
He said yesterday that he did not pro-
pose making any sweeping changes in the
Treasury Department. and that the few
that may be made will be for the good OF
the service.
Mr.. Paddock moved that the Senate
proceed to the consideration of the SEN
ate bill for preventing the authorization of
food and drugs (popularly known as the
pure food bill). The motion was agreed
to--yeas, 40; nays, IA. The pure food
bill was therefore taken up and became
the unfinished business
Mr.. Dawes was about to call up the In
dian appropriation bill when Mr.. Sherman
interposed motion to proceed to execu-
tive session. That motion was agreed to
yeas, 80; nays, 10.
When the doors were roopened the
Legislative business was proceeded with.
Mr.. Dawes asked unanimous consent to
have the Indian appropriation bill taken
up. He did not make motion to take IL
up because il 1t prevailed 1t would dis
place the unfinished business pure
food bill.
Mr.. Vance objected to unanimous con-
sent being given.
Mr. Dawes-Then moved to take up
the Indian appropriation bill.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr.. Paddock inquired whether the action
just taken had tho effect Of di placing the
pure food bill, and on being informed that
it did he expressed the opinion that 1t was
a gross injustice.
Mr.. Sawyer offered an amendment
creating the Office of Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General. Mr.. Plumb said he
believed the department under its preset mt
management was unnecessarily extrava-
gam and characterized by "A lack of care
full attention to the public expenditures.
This new office would simply enable the
Postmaster-Ge General to devote all his time
to his private business. Mr. Sawyer
withdrew his amendment.
Mr.. Allison reported the Indian APP
preparation bill.
A point of order, which was sustained,
was raised against the amendment appro-
priating 81, 900 for redistricting the Terri
tory of Utah under the eleventh census.
1t appears that the States which
paid the direct tax levied twenty
eight years ago to support the war for the
Union are in u fair way 10 get their money
back. Both branches of Congress have
now passed bill to refund these taxes,
amounting in all to about fifteen and
quarter millions of dollars, but the House
amended the bill and it will have to go to
a conference committee unless the Senate
accepts the amendment.
The amount to which the State of ILL
nois would be entitled by this bill Is S)74,-
sos. The following are the amounts to
be refunded to some of the other States:
I'M 4
New York. 80. :.2i3.3i, PENNSYLVANIA, G4.7ii
Kentucky -. 606,14l Michigan. l26.49s
M hGws sst Ss M M,seesn ..SsS s,
The immigration bill which was
recently passed by the House is an i'm
portant measure and special efforts will
be made to get it through the Senate be-
fore the 4th of March. But that body has
so much business to do within the few re-
naming days the chances of the bill are
doui tful. The bill excludes from admis-
sion into this country all idiots, insane
persons, paupers, persons likely to be-
come a public charge, per-
sons suffering from loathsome or
dangerous contagious Diseases, persons
convicted of felony or other infamous
crime involving moral tuipitude, poly
gemsts and any person whose passage is
who is assisted by others to come, unless
it is atiirmatively shown that such person
does not belong to one of the foregoing ex-
cluded classes or to the class of contract
laborers. But it is specially provided that
persons living in the United states may
assist friends or relatives who are not of
the excluded classes. Persons convicted of
a political oiense, whether such offense be
a felony or not by the laws of their
country, are not to be excluded from i'm
migration. No suit for violation OF the
at prohibiting the importation of foreign
ers under contract is TO be settled, COM
promised, or discontinued wit out the con-
sent of the court and record of the
reasons. To induce immigration by ad-
vertsements of any kind in foreign
countries is prohibited except when done
by States or State immigration bureaus,
and any alien coming to this country in
consequence Of such advertisement is to be
deemed a contract immigrant Steamship,
vessel, and transportation companies are
prohibited from inducing or encouraging
directly or indirectly, except
by ordinary commercial letters or adver.
tisements stating the sailings of their yes.
sells and terms and facilities Of transporta-
ton. A Inc of $1,000 or imprisonment
FOR not more than one year is prescribed
for bringing or aiding in bringing into this
country any alien excluded by law.
The House proceeded to the fur
ther consideration of the General De-
ficicncy Appropriation Lin. Mr.. Sayers
of exas moved to strike out the para
graph appropriating the necessary amount
for the payment to the Pacific railroads
for services performed for the Govern.
ment.
Mr.. Grain opposed the am endment.
Mr.. Dal1ell Of Pennsylvania supported
the proposition to strike out, Addressing
his remarks especially against the Central
Pacific company, and asserting that that
was not only insolvent but
insolvent
Mr.. McKenna Of California opposed the
After considerable debate an alterca-
ton took place between Mr. Cannon and
Mr.. Fithian, in the course of which Mr..
Fithian said that he would not have his
face published in the papers as the gentle
mans had been, to which Mr.. Cannon re-
torted that he had sufficient character to
defend him against such assaults. There
was much confusion in the House, but
the motion to strike out was
agreed to-147 to SO. The committee
then rose and the deficiency bill was