Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-23
IN CONGRESS.
What IL Belng Done by the Lawmakers
at the Nations Capital.

sESATE.-sixth day-A bill, to provide for
the punishment OF offenses on the high seas,
was passed. a House bill was passed To al
low the secretary of the treasury an addl-
Rosencrans register OF the treasury. The
secretary OF the treasury was called upon
for copies or correspondence regarding
cholera and immigration. The bill, provid-
Ing for a commission To treat with the civil
lied tribes In the Indian Territory 10 In
duce them 10 take homesteads In severalty.
was discussed and laid over Executive
session Adjourned. HoUsE-When Speaker
Crisp entered the House and assembled To
his chair, there was spontaneous Outburst
OF applause from all parties on the iiOor and
from the occupants of the gallery-a tribute
OF sympathy with the speaker IN his un-
dinner in New York City. A joint resolu-
ton, which passed. gives the secretary OF
tho treasury authority TO appoint register
OF the treasury TO serve during the illness
of Gen. kOsencrans. The army appfOpria-
tion bill was received and referred. A bill
TO prohibit the employment OF convict labor
on public works was placed on the calendar.
Bills were passed abandoning certain mill
tary reservations in Wyoming and creating
additional land districts in New Mexico.
sENATE.-seventh day-The joint resolu-
tion To appoint an Indian commission 10
make an agreement with the i've civilized
tribes To aliOt their lands in severalty and
was discussed and went over without action.
The anti-option bill also came In for good
share of the session, but no action was
taken. Bills introduced and referred: For
the suspension Of immigration under GER
tain circumstances; 10 facilitate promotion
In the navy TO provide for a natiomal en-
campment of the militia at the World
Columbian Exposition; 10 amend the inter
state commerce law; TO extend the Jurisdic-
ton of the courts In Oklahoma Territory
and of the United STATES court in the ln-
dian Territory. a resolution was offered
(but went over without action calling on
the civil service commissioners Tor sue
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which are inside or outside OF the civil SER
vice rules; the methods OF applications ana
examination; the quota OF each state, filled
or vacant; and what positions are open TO
appointment outside OF civil service rules,
the purpose being to procure IN compact
form information for the use OF those desir-
ing TO enter the government service. Exc
cutive session. Adjourned. liOUSE.-Ihere
was q pretty contest between the ways ana
means committee ana the AUTHORIZATIONS
committee rs TO which should conduct the
investigation OF the condition or the treas
ury under the operations or the present
laWs-particularly the Mckinley law. The
matter was referred 10 the committee on
rules which reported favoring the ways and
means committee. The following resolution
was then unanimously adopted: Resolved
That the committee on ways ana means DC
authorized and Instructed TO inquire aud
report rs 10 the present condition or the
treasury and the future probable revenues
under existing laws; and 10 that end the
committee is particularly instructed 10 as
certain the AMOUNTS, rs near as max be,that
VIII NC It'ulItN lfiI INC ililN VI ptiiNioho
prior to June %. 1894; the amount OF ureX-
pended appropriations and the amount re-
quircd TO complete works now authorized
by law; the Items of the sums TO the cfeclt
OF disbursing officers; the item of probable
revenue between this date and June 30, 1894,
and the dates at which the same viii be col
lccted by the treasury; together with all
other facts which may be useful TO show the
present and future condition OF the treas
ury. The remainder OF the session of the
House was consumed in the consideration
of unimpOrtant measures.