Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-12

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On the I'd. the House passed the bill put
ting binding twine on the free list Nu-
merous petitions were presented In the
Senate against legislation for the clos
ing OF the Worlds Fair on Sunday; also
| n petition from Methodist Church In New
Hampshire urgently protesting against fur
sher adverse legislation against the Chinese.
The House also passed the free ship bill.
This bill admits only two existing ships TO
American registry. the City of New York
and the City OF Paris But II provides that
the company &C once build two similar
vessels In this country to sail under tho
American flag.
In the Senate, the 3D., Mr.. Morgan called
up the message on the subject OF an inter
national conference as 10 silver coinage
MIR. Kyle then proceeded TO address the Sem
alto In favor OF the free coinage of silver. At
the close OF his speech the message was
again laid on the table. Mr.. Morgan giving
notice that he desired to speak upon it.
a he conference report on the exclusion bill
was then laid before the Senate and agreed
TO. The House bill placing binding Irvine
on the free list was laid before the Senate
and referred to the Finance Committee, But
little routine business was done In the
House In the morning. and shortly after the
reading OF the journal the HOUSE. went into
committee OF the whole. With MIR. Oates, OF
Alabama. In the chair, on the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill. Mr..
Blount. OF Georgia, In charge of the bill.
moved to strike out the appropriation OF
SOS, 900 TO continue the preliminary survey
for an intercontinental railway; agreed
10. Mr. Hooker, OF Mississippi. demanded
a separate vote on the amendment striking
out the S65,000 appropriation for the Inter-
continental Railway Commission. 1t was
agreed to The bill then passed. The
Senate amendments TO the army appropria-
ton bill we're nom concurred in. and a con-
ference was ordered
On the 4th, Senate bill 20 convey 20 the
State OF Kansas a D rtion OF the Fort
Hayes military reservation (about 1900
acres) for homes for old soldiers and their
families, and TO open the rest OF the reser-.
walton t. homestead settlement was
amended to make the whole reservation
open only to soldiers, and passed.
The following bills were passed:
Creating two additional land dis
tricts in the State OF Montana;
House bill to authorize the construction OF
bridge across the Usage River between
Warsaw and the mouth OF Turkey Creek.
Mo- Senate bill TO authorize the construc-
of bridge across the Red River of tho
North at Quincy, N. ID. House bill for the
disposition and sale OF the lands of the
klamath River Indian Reservation, Cali
fornia- The House passed its time consid-
ering the Chinese, and river and harbor
appropriation bills.
The House spent the 5th discussing the
river and harbor appropriation bill
letter was also received from the Postmas-
ter General, urging the extension OF the
free delivery experiments to villages and
farming districts. tt was accompanied by
batch Of 472 newspaper opinions, taken
from 326 different papers. all In favor OF
the proposed rural free delivery extension
and eight against IL. all that could be
found. These have been sent In from all
the States and Territories except
Alaska. Indian Territory. New Mexi-
co. aud North Carolina. Senator
NJ whn hnn
ported from the senate committee an
amendment to the postoffice al preparation
bill, appropriating 5000. 900 TO continue the
Postmaster Generals free delivery expert
ments, said that he had every reason to
believe that so far as the Senate was con-
cerned. at least, the amendment would be
adopted. The Canadian Pacific Railway
has sent an agent here to ascertain whether
the administration is In earnest in the mat
ter of ret aliation as to the canal tolls.
After dsposing OF some business OF no
general interest, the Senate. on the 9Th,
took up the resolution heretofore offered
by Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas. for pay ment to
the Choctaw and Chickssaw nations for
their interests In the Cheyenne and Arapa-
hoe Reservation (about 49, 600. 00O) as the
unfinished business, and Mr. Dawes, Chair
man OF the Committee on Indian Affairs,
addressed the Senate In advocacy of the
resolution, but without finishing his ad-
dress. Then Mr.. German offered res
olutions which were agreed 10. ex-
pressing regret at the death, in February.
1891, of the late Senator Wilson q Mary
land, and suspending the business OF the
Senate to enable his associates to pay
proper tribute of regard 70 his character
and distinguished public services. There
was large attendance of members in the
House. The first business in order was
the Sibley bill, but the House refused to
consider 1t and went into committee OF the
whole (Mr. Hatch OF Missouri in the chair)
on the river and harbor bill