The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-06-22
THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW
MAKERS.
Proceedings OF tho Senate and House of
Representatives - Important Measures
Discussed and Acted Upon ist of tho
business.
The National solons.

The House on the 18th passed the Senate
Dill 90 protect settlement rights where two
or more persons settle on the same sect 'on
of agricultural public lands before survey
thereof secretary Foster sent letter to
Speaker Crisp asking for an appropriation
OF S250.000 for adequate precautions at
the Worlds Fair for the protection OF reve :
nue. from customs and for the supervision
OF importation. In the Senate the pension
appropriation bill. with amendments. was
reported back by the committee and placed
on the calendar The bill carries total
OF STAG, 1877. 600, which is an increase of
Sill, 0l2. 900 over the House bill and is S327, =
200 less than the estimate.
On the 14th. Representative Fowler re-
ported TO the House from the Committee on
the Merchant Marine the Geary bill, grant
ing an American register to the steamship
China. The bill, says an accompanying
report, grants the same privileges to the
ship as have been recently granted by
Congress- TO the lnman steamships City
OF Paris and City of New York II
this bill be passed the company will not
only build n vessel in an American ship
yard equal IN tonnage to the China rs re-
quired by the bill, but the committee is
assured by the company's representatives
that il will build two vessels of at least
S 900 tons each. The China is a vessel OF
about 5000 tons register. General Eli L.
Stackhouse, member OF Congress from
lHe ClAbu DlSlFlCO Oh SOubn caro-
lima and prominent member of
the Farmers Alliance, died. lie
was one OF the party that accompanied the
remains OF the late Col. l.. L. Polk. Presi-
dent of the Farmers Alliance. to Raleigh,
n. G., last Saturday. The session OF the
Senate was only long enough TO receive Il
message from the House announcing the
death of Mr.. Stackhouse and tC adopt reso-
lutions OF sorrow, and providing for n com
mittee OF five Senators to escort the body
to its place OF burial.
Confcrrees on the river and harbor appro-
priation bill have failed to agree Fortil-
cation measures were discussed at length
I'm the House the 18th. Senator Morgan
spoke TO the Senate in behalf OF free silver
Con- ressman Shively introduced his tin
plate bill i'm the House Senator
PETER has presented petition 10 the
Senate from colored citizens OF Kansas
protesting against Southern outrages
In the Senate the 10th, Mr.. Morrill, spoke
in opposition to free coinage. The Hatch
anticipation bill was referred TO Judiciary
Committee. In the House the time was
passed In debate upon tin. Not "A single
appropriation bill is yet s'gned, and tho
majority of those bills are yet In the hands
Of the committee,
Many hours were wasted over the Sibley
claim i'm the House, on the 18th. They
failed to agree on the river ard harbor bill
report, and further conference was or
dered. Chairman Durborow. with but ms
dissenting vote in committee, reported e
the House bill for the issue of 10, 000,00C
silver half dollars. 10 be used as souvenir
coins in aid Of tho Worlds Fair