The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-08-10
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
MEASURES CONSIDERED AND
ACTED UPON.
At tho Nations Capital = What Ii Beins
Done by the senate and Household Mat
ters Disposed or and New Dues Consid-
The Senate and House.


The Senate on Thursday passed the sun
dry civil bill The most important amend
ments adopted were the Increase or the
quarantine fund from $624.OOO to 'l,oOO, -
600, and donating 1.00o.0 600 acres or
adesertp lands To the States to which
as to Nebraska, Kansas, Utah, Ari-
zona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
In the House the contested election case
OF Moore VS.. Funston was decided In favor
OF Moore The conference report on the
District of Columbia appropriation Dill
was agreed to- The House passed Dill
authorizing the purchase of the property
and the franchise OF the Choctaw Coal ana
Railway Company. A bill was passed
to remove the charge OF dishonora-
bic dismissal from tho record OF Cyrus
Paine An hour was spent In the discus
sion OF q bill TO authorize the Secretary or
the Navy to establish and maintain free
public schools for children under IL years
OF age at Worthingtor. on the Pensacola
Bay, Fla. but no action was taken
The last OF the appropriations, the de-
fciency bill, was passed by the Senate Fri
day evening after 1t had been under dis
cussion nearly the entire day. The House
bill for the protection OF persons furnish
ing materials and labor for the construc-
tion of public works was passed.
of the day discussing two bills.
one for Reconsideration of the railway mall
clerks and one for the classification OF
clerks In the first and second class post
Offices, but neither was acted upon. The
conference report on tho river and harbor
bill was agreed to without division. An
evening session was devoted to pension
bills
The bill for the restriction OF immigra-
tion, better known as the anti anarchist
bill, was passed by the Senate Monday. In
the House Mr.. Johnson. as IA matter or
ixrfl fod hn rIa1 nj
Central Labor Union OF Cleveland praying
for the Impeachment OF Augustus j.
Kicks. United States Judge OF the
Northern District of Ohio. The me-
mortal recited the charges against
Judge Kicks (already published). al
leging misappropriation of fees amount
ing to S1.165, alleging other "crimes, mis-
demeanors, and corruptiou,n for which i'm
parchment proceedings were prayed. The
memor al was referred TO the Committee
on Judiciary. Mr. Johnson has requested
the Judiciary Committee TO give IL con-
sideration as soon as possible Judge
Kicks issued one OF the first injunctions
against the railroad employees In the Ann
Arbor strike
TIE Senate held short and uninterest-
Ing session on Tuesday, ad journing at 2:4J
D. IN. The most important event was the
passage OF resolution directing the Pres
ident TO take steps for the release OF Amer
lean citizens confined In the Island OF Cuba
for participation in the recent rebell-
ions. Senator George offered add itionai
amendments TO the uniform bankruptcy
bill as IL passed the House. Preference to
debts due to servants and laborers Is i'm
tied to those for labor done within one
year Those debts due TO any person aris-
ing from the debtor's dealing with the per-
son while minor as executor or guardian
are excepted fIom the preferences Pro-
vision is made for auditors to be appointed
by courts for carry ing out the business in
trusted to them under the act and their
powers and duties are defined Oaths may
be administered by authorized State Off
GERS Dockets must be kept with records
of cases. The House Judiciary committee
has decided to report against the admls-
sion OF Japanese to citizenship In Veto
ing the bill for the relief OF Eugene Wells
President Cleveland gave Congress his
views on special legislation for the retire.
ment OF army officers.