The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-05-18
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
MEASURES CONSIDERED AND
ACTED UPON.
At the Nations Capital--what Is Being
Done by tho Senate and Household
Matters Disposed or and New Ones Con-
sidorcd.


In the Senate. the 9th. the House bill con-
ferring an American registry uIon the In
man steamships City OF New York and City
OF Paris was passed by vote Of four TO one.
and bill reported by the foi elgn relations
committee comforting jurisdiction upon
United States courts In cases OF crime
against State laws committed on aliens
started lively debate. which was In pro-
gress at Adjournment In the House, after
two hours spent Ia considering amend
ments TO the river and harbor bill TO re-
commit II aud curtatf its powers. the meas
ure was finally passed by vote of 1856
TO IS.
On the 10th, after passing several resolu-
tions for printing various government re-
ports, including the thirteenth annuPl re-
port OF the geological survey. the last re-
ports of the fish commission aud OF the
bureau OF animal industry, the House pro-
ceeded with the sundry civil appropriation,
hir. Cogswell, OF Massachusetts, op-
posing the policy Of the committee In
ncylecting to make proper provision for
certain public works, nota bly, public build
ings and lighthouses. whilo Mr. Wilson OF
Washington. Mr. Sweet of Idaho, Mr. Clark
or Wyoming. and Mr.. Hermann of Oregon
all spoke Ia favor OF larger appropriations
for surveying the public lands. Mr..
Enloe. Tennessee. criticised the coast
and geodetic survey and Mr. Ding
ley. OF Maine. closed the debate
mittee on Appropriations for the duplicity
displayed In the pending bill. The House
then adjourned. In the Senate. bill was
passed changing the boundaries of the yell
lowstOne National Park Four bills for this
purpose have been pending I'm the Senate.
and the measure passed Is a sort OF COM
promise
In the House, the 18th, the appropriation
of 100000 for the purchase OF a site and
commencement OF q new building for new
mint at Philadelphia was struck from the
sundry civil bill. This was done upon mo-
tion Of Mr.. Holman. The Vice President,
having gone to New York to act as pail
bearer at the funeral of the late Mr.. Astor.
his chair was occupied by Mr.. Man
derson. President pro tenn. who laid before
the Senate the resolution OF the general
conference OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church assembled at Omaha, Neb. (repre-
senting $500, 900 members and 10,000. 900
adhereEts), heartily approving the Worlds
Fair appropriation bill. "providing express
ly that 1t be conditioned on closing the Ex
position on Sunday" The following bills
were passed.: House bill TO provide for
term of the United States Circuit
and District Court at Evanston. Mo. House
bill authorizing the construction of wagen
and motor bridge over the Missouri River
at st. Charles. Mo- Appropriating 100000
for public building ut Pierre. S. d. The
presiding officer laid before the Senate a
ntSStHc lTOIl lDt VI tnc
States transmitting the seventh annual re-
port of the Commissioners OF Labor After
an executive session the Senate adjourned
In the House, the 18th, resolution for the
Investigation of the Pinkerton agency was
adopted after a sharp debate. the confer
ence report on the bill fer the sale Of the
Klamath River Indian Reservation was
also adopted The House then went
into committee of the whole (Mr
Lester Of Georgia in the chair on
the sundry civil appropriation bill.
Among the bills introduced in the Senate
and referred we're the following: Author
iZing the President TO proclaim n general
holiday: concentrating the four hun
dredth anniversary of the discovery Of
America, Oct IL. 1892; to encour-
age American shipbuilding, EXTEND
ing to the steamship China the same
privileges as have been extended to the
City OF Paris and City of New York. The
China is a steamship OF 5000 tons, built in
Glasgow i'm 1850. She plies between San
Francisco and China, on the Pacific Mail
line but flies the British flag. The message
of the President on the subject OF an Inter-
national conference on bimetalism and the
naval appropriation bill consumed the rest
of the time.
In the Senate the 18th, the river and
barber bill was reported back from the
Committee on Commerce with amend
ments The consideration of the naval
bill was resumed. Mr.. Mcpherson Cffered
an amendment appropriating $3.50, 900 to-
ward the construction of dry dock at
Algiers. Louisiana. 1t was rejected.
Mr. Mcpherson, from the Naval Committee.
offered an amendment t. the Senate amend :
ment providing for three harbor defense
double turret ships OF the monitor type i'm
stead of one ship. Mr. German spoke at
length on lines OF economy, but not against
charging the navy. After further
debate and without action on Mr.. Nc
Pher ons amendment the Senate ad-
journed In the House, the Sibley tent
claim bill again came to the fore on re-
port from the committee OF the whole
referring the claim TO the Court OF Claims
for final adjudication. To this substitute
there was pending an amendment providing
that the reference should he merely for In
quiry. and report to Congress. The amends
ment Mns LOST.