The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-04-13
THE NATIONAL SOLONS.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-
SENTATIVES.
Our National Lawmakers and What They
Are Doing for tho Good of the Country
Various Measures Proposed, Discussed
and Acted Upon.
Doings OF Congress.

On the 4th, at his first appearance In the
House since his severe illness, VIM. M.
Springer OF Illinois was greeted by uproari :
Gus applause, when he entered with MS
wife He came TO listen t. the closing de-
bate upon HIS free wool bill. and his closing
speech was read by Mr.. Bryan OF Nebraska
The bill was then taken up by paragraphs
for amendments and discussion under ire
five-minute rule. The house passed the
bill excluding from this country every
Chinaman except diplomatic consular offi-
GERS and servants The vote was l7o 10 40.
In the Senate the silver debate has COM
menced.
The time OF the Senate was consumed
on the 5th by considerat on of the bill pro-
posing 10 assign TO army officers the duties
OF Indian agents. 1t was revealed that
one OF the causes of Indian turbulence
is that different lots Of bacon. 10000
pounds in all, have been unfit for food
when distributed. The House Chinese bill
was referred to the proper committee. In
the House, the time was passed over the
free wool bill, and nothing was accom-
pl,shed.
In the House. the 9th. the time allotted
Mr.. Breckenridge, OF Kentucky, to speak
upon the tariff, was three times extended.
Mr. Breckenridge was accorded an ovation
when he closed, and for fully five minutes
the House suspended business while mem
bers from both sides OF the chamber crowd
ed about him to congratulate him on the
eloquelce and force of his speech. Before
the Senate. the Russian Minister, Struvc,
said that the Russian Government would
ever ho.d the people OF the United States
and this Government In grateful remem-
brance for the magni icent manner In which
they la come to the front in this
distressful moment fer the peasants who
were suffering from loss OF crops;
that the Russian Government had al
fhrta1 G110 no n Ia
viat'o1 of her reasants. and that the char
ty directed by our people toward them was
being cared for persona ly by the Gar and
Czarina. He said The suffering had not
cen half described TO this country. and
that our con tributions were never more ad-
vantageou 'ly made.
In the House the 9TH, after the transact
/ on Of routine business, the free wool bill
was called up, and after a short debate the
bill passed Ayes, 1872; noes, G.. The
House then went into COMMITTEES Of the
whole (Mr. Biz cum, OF Georgia, in the chair
Oh the Turner cot on bagging bill. Aftcr
short debate the committee r Sc
and the House adjourned. In the
Senate, resolution was offered by
Mr.. Teller and agreed to, calling on the
secretary of the Ire isury for stateme MT
as to the amount OF silver offered to the
Government each month, since the passage
Of the act of July H. 1890. by whom and at
bullion purchased each month OF that
ime, from whom and at what prices.
and numl or OF days given the sellers
In which to deliver the silver. During the
discussion OF the District appropriation bill,
the bill to place WOOL on the free list and 10
reduce the duty on WOODEN goods was re-
:eived from the House, and after the Dis
srict bill was laid aside the wool bill was
laid before the Senate by the Vice Presi-
tent and was referred to the Finance Com
mittee
Mr.. McCreary in the House, the Sth. in
troduced for Mr.. Springer bill to author
lze the holding of an international mone-
tary congress In Chicago, Aug 3. 1893
Twenty-one delegates are TO represent the
United States. seven to be chosen by the
President; seven by the President OF tho
Senate, and seven by the Speaker of the
House. The Pres dents appointees are to
be citizens not holding Office; the others
are to be Senators and representatives.
rhe appointments are to be divided as
equally as possible between the political
parties The Secretary OF State and the
Director Of the Mint are to be additional
delegates The President Is author
Ized to invite foreign governments 10
send representatives, each government
to determine the number OF It's
representatives. but TO be entitled TO only
one vote The Secretary OF state Il to call
the Congress 10 order and is to preside un-
til n permanent officer 1; elected. In the
Senate, an appropriation out of tho Treas
ury Of the United States of 500, 600 for the
subsistence and quarters OF the visiting old
soldiers attending the National Encamp-
mentwas agreed to yeas, Al; nays, 10.