Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16

The Senate aud House.
The periods OF the Senate Monday were
| OF a character at once interesting and Inn
portant The junior representative from
| New York, Senator Hill. made the motion
| OF which he had given notice last Friday
| TO proceed TO the considera ton OF the bill
| TO repeal the Sherman silver purchase act
land IN support OF the motion delivered a
/ carefully prepared speech. IN which he de-
| clared himself Internationally friend OF
| free bimetallic coinage The motion was
defeated by nearly two-thirds majority,
| the vote being yeas 20. nays ~ After
| ward the quarantine bill was taken up
| and passed without division. also n bill
i for the payment out OF the treasury OF To-
4 Cal taxes on lands held by indians In sew
| crafty. Finally the automatical- cor pier
| bill was taken up and discussed for a time.
when It went over Senator Hill presented
| a petition OF the business men OF Roches-
ter. N. Y, irrespective OF party, in favor
| OF the repeal of the Sherman act. Senate
| bill 10 authorize bridge over the Monon-
gahela River from Pittsburgh 10 Home
| stead was passed This was suspension
| day ia the House. and Mr.. KiIgore, of
| Texas. soon began hlibustering motions. His
| apparent object was 10 prevent the consid-
GRAFTON OF the anti-option bill, but deeper
!, than this was his antagonsm TO the bank
| ruptcy bill. which public rumor had put
down on the slate for the day. II was at
| ter o'clock when the various Hlibustering
| motions OF Mr.. Kilgore we're disposed of
| and the journal approved Thei Mr. Bum
| moved tn suspend the rules and pass n bill
appropriating $4,000 for the relief OF the
heirs of Adelicia Choteau. Mr. Burrows
4 demanded a second. and. as no quorum
voted. on motion OF Mr. Kilgore a call OF
| the House was ordered. The call showed
| the presence OF a quorum and tellers were
| again ordered. Again no quorum voted
| and again a call of the House was ordered.
| After several other roll calls the House adj
| journed without having reached tho anti
| option or the bankruptcy bill
The House Tuesday made fair progress
| with one OF the great appropriation bills
| That legislative bill appropriates upward
| OF S21. 500, 900. Aside from a review Of the
condition OF the treasury by Messrs Ding
| ley and Dockery divergent views-and an
attack on the civil-service law by Mr..
Dearmond the proceedings were uDinter-
| esting. Senator Chandler managed to give
political twist TO the debate In the Senate
| on the automatic coupler bill He brought
| up resolution in the National Demo-
cratic platform which denounces the
Republican party and the Republican
Senate for not having provided Log
| islation for the protection OF rail-
road employees. and he insisted that the
| position OF so many Democratic Senators
| against the bill was inconsistent with their
| party fealty. He twitted them with the
| fact that only seven OF them had voted TO
| take up the bill for the repeal OF the Sher-
| man act, knowing the declaration of the
National Democratic Convention on the sub
| ject of silver. and knowing the entreaties-
| Of the President elect to have the sherman
| act repealed before March 4. Mr.. Wolcott,
while arguing against the automatic
| coupler BILL said that no other Senator
| than Mr. Chandler could have found a po-
litical advantage In It, After great deal
of talk back and forth no action was taken
on the bill
On Wednesday the Senate resumed con-.
sideration of the railway car-coupler bill
Mr.. PETER took exception TO some remarks
made by Mr. Wolcott rejecting. as Mr..
| PETER thought on the fcrmers and work.
| ingmen OF the country, and he hoped that
| the bill would pass, no matter how much IL
| might cost the railway companies He had
no Qualms OF conscience on that point
Mr.. German argued that the organization
of railway employees could accomplish
more In the way OF Improvement than
| all the legislation that could he piled on the
| statute book Mr.. Cullom declared IL had
| got to be a question whether Congress
would put money against the blood OF rail-
ROAD employees, and whether money was.
| more valuable than the lives OF these men.
| Various amendments were offered, but
| without action the Senate after an execu-
| tive session, adjourned. The Speaker laid
| before the House the House quarantine
| bill. with Senate amendment, and Mr.. Ray
| nor moved a concurrence few mo-
ments before o'clock Doorkeeper
Turner announced the presence OF the Vice
President and Senate Of the United States,
and the vast assemblage rose with one ac-
| cord 10 do them honor The Vice President
| took the chair assigned TO him at the right
| of the Speaker, and the Senators occupied
| the first four rows OF the seats TO the right
| of the presiding officer. The counting OF
| the electoral vote was then proceeded
| with. and at its completion the Senate re-
turned to its own hall When the Senate
retired the House resumed in committee
| the consideration OF the legislative appro-
| priation bill Without disposing OF the bill
the committee and the House adjourned
Thursday was silver day In the House.
| and the friends OF silver were victorious in
the fight by a majority Of O They sustained
| tho demand for the previous question on
the resolution setting apart Thursday and
| Friday for the consideration of the bill
| repeating the Sherman act The whole OF
| the days session OF the Senate after the
| morning hour was devoted TO a discussion
| of the railway automatic car coupler bill.
| At noon the Senate went into executive
| session and the doors remained closed for
more than half an hour. When they wore
reopened the unfinished business, the uto-
matte car-coupler bill. was taken up. but
without concluding the consideration sof
the bill the Senate adjourned.
The time OF the House Friday was taken
mp by the pension debate. The bill pro-
poses an expenditure OF $3.50, 900. n cut.
| of 5000, 900 from what was asked. Mr..
Mutchler argued In support OF the changes
| in the pension laws recommended by the
committee. There were. he said. thousands
and many thousands OF men who we're on
| the pension rolls to-day who had never
heard the whistle OF the bullet or yet tho
| roar of artillery. Mr.. Grout admitted that
| the amount OF money required for the pay
ment Of pensions was large one But IL
must be remembered that the bulk OF IL
was for invalid veterans or for
the widows OF men who had lain down
| their lives for their country. He was op-
| posed TO the transfer OF the Pension Blu
reau as proposed by the bill Wit out
closing the general debate the committee
rose and the House took recess The de-
| bate ia the Senate on the automatic car
| coupler bill was not of an enllvenIng or
even an interesting character. The Vice
| President presented the memorial OF the
| Chicago Chamber Of Commerce favoring
| the annexation OF the Hawaiian Islands. and
| it was referred to the Committee on For
eign Relations The bill to provide for
| sundry light houses and other aids to nav
cation was passed as IL came from the
House The calendar was taken mp and
several minor bills we're passed The con-
ference report on the bill 70 restore to the
public domain portion Of the White
Mountain Apache Indian Reservation was
presented and agreed Tn, and the Senate ad-
James @. blaine.
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