Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-10
rha NatlnnaI soIons.


In the House. on the Goth. ON motion oA
Mr. Loud. OF California. a bill was passed
setting apart tract OF land for tho use OF
the Lick Observatory, University OF Cali
fPrnia A resolution was also passed au-
thorlzing the joint Committee ON Immi-
grafton TO investigate the operation OF
the immigration laws. the importation
OF contract labor, and 10 inquire par
ticularly into the immigration OF persons
affected with typhus fever into the port OF
New York. The House Committee on Rules
agreed TO report a resolution making the
silver bill the order OF business for three
days. beginning March 90 No date was
fixed for measures concerning the tarin.
Indian sectarian schools was the subject
of three hours acrimonious discussion In
the House on the 1st The Indian appro-
priation bill was the measure under con-
sideration and the immediate cause OF the
discussion was the section making APP
Precipitation for the Carlisle Indian
school The bill was passed. Mr. McMii-
lin, of Tennessee, reported the free wooi
bill, which was referred to the committee
of the whole. Mr Bryan. of Nebraska.
and Mr.. Turner. OF Georgia, respectively.
from the same committee, reported
bills for the free entry OF binding twfne
and cotton bagging and ties, which were
referred to the committee OF the whole
and leave was granted to Mr. Payne
OF New York. and Mr.. Dalzell of Pennsyl-
vania. TO present the views or the minority
on the measure. In the Senate, after the
transaction of routine business the Idaho
election case was taken up and Mr.. SAM
ders addressed the Senate In defense or Mr..
Claggett's right TO the seat MIR. Morgan
made a legal and constitunal argument
against the right of Mr.. Dubois TO occupy
a seat In the Senate
In the Senate. on the I'd Mr. Doiph pre-
| sented petitions from his State favortnR
government aid for the Nicaragua canal.
The Idaho election case was taken up ana
Mr.. George stated the reasons which
! would control his own action in
! casting his vote for the contestant
1 Mr. Villas argued that the sitting member.
! Mr.. Dubois, was legally elected and en-
/ titled to the seat On the suggestion or
Mr.. Gray that some Senators were absent
who desired TO record their votes on the
/ question, the vote was postponed.
| The proceedings OF the House were
quite uninteresting and confined
strictly to the consideration OF the
/ District Of Columbia appropriation bill. On
only one occasion did Party politics find
| Mace in the discussion and that was when
Mr.. Hemphill. of the Democratic side, pro-
! posed an amendment reducing the Sll'Vvv
or $4,000 salary which the Recorder OF
Deeds Of the District OF Columbia receives
! in the way of fees to fixed salary OF
$4,000 pcr annum All fees are to be
turned into the public Treasury AFTER 1e-
auctions for necessary clerk hire Inc
House adjourned with the bill still undis-
posed Of.
the Idaho contested election case was
closed, and the voting was began. Inc
question Of the minority resolutions In
favor of Mr. Claggetts right to the sea'
was decided In the negative-yeas, q nays
S. The vote was then taken on the ma
jority resolutions affirming the right OF Mr..
Dubois to retain his seat. and It was decid-
ed in the Acknowledgements, So; nays, D.
The pure food bill was then taken up, but
no action was taken on the bill. IN
House resumed consideration of the Dis
trict OF Columbia appropriation DILL also
the bill allowing railroad companies to give
special rates to commercial travellers. Mr..
Otis. Of Kansas. antagonized the measure
1t was q stroke directed mt the funda-
mental principle upon which the Interstate
commerce law was founded. Mr.. simpson
in speaking of the bill. referred to the
author OF the interstate commerce ACT
(Senator Cullom) as an ubiquitous rail-
road attorney" when he was promptly
called TO order by Mr.. Lind. of MINI esota
The bill will now go on the calendar OF un'
finished business
In the Senate on the 4th the pure 1000
bill was taken up. and MIR. Vest stated
at some length his position In regard
to it and to such legislation II
to help enact the bill into law. Eulo-
qies were delivered In respect 70
the memory of the late Representative Lee
Of Virginia, and the Senate adjourned TIL
the 9TH. The House Committee on Military
Affairs completed consideration of the army
appropriation bill The most important
provision In the bill relates to payment FOL
TRANSPORTATION over bond-aid railroads
The total appropriation carried by the oil
is s24 245,649, which is 1857, $50 less than thu
appropriation Cor the current fiscal year
The House Naval Affairs Committee prac-
tically completed the consideration or tn
naval appropriation bill. The bill In roun'
: figures apprepriates s24.0OO,Oo A new dry
dock at Aigiers, La, is provided foS In thu
bill. the ultimate cost of which Will b.
more than S.. 100000 At the conclusion
the consideration Of unimportant bills Gree
met Greek in the House, and for the spac
of FIVE minutes a parliamentary colloquy wa
: witnessed which In aptness of retort ma
had no precedent in the present session
On the one side was Speaker Crisp, wh
stands as the sponsor OF the rules OF tn
Bifty-socond Congress. and on the othe
D was ex-St eaker Reed, who stands as tn
defender of the rules and methods OF tn
!, Fifty first Congress