Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-10
THE NATIONS SOLONS.
SENATE AND HOUSE or REPRE-
SENTATlvEs.
Our National Law-Maksrs and what Thsyv
Ars Doing for the Good OF the Coantry-'
Various Measures Proposed. Disessss1s
and Acted Upon.



debate on the tarin bill In the senate Mon
day. SENATOR Turpie made bittcr attack
on Senator Aldrich. whom be accused OF
uttering falsshoodG when the House
met 1t noon Mr.. Meiklejohn. called
up the senate bill for the COM
brara River. near the town OF Nebrasks
City. Neh. and IL passed At 1927 the
House went into committee OF the whole
70 consider the army appropriation bill.
Mr. Cultivate offered committee
amendment that no appointment OF Az
Major should be made until the number OF
officers In that grade had been reduced
below four, and that hereafter there
should be only four officers In said grade.
and that future promotions In the adj
branches should be filled from the next
lowest grades. The amendment was
agreed to by vote OF 40 to 80
Mr.. Picker offered an amendment that
no officer Of the army should be detailed
TO act as Indian agent unless The Presi-
dent should consider 1t best to do So
The chairman ruled the amendment
out on a point of order The APP
preparation for the purchase of ma
chine guns, improved musket caliber,
was raised from Si0,o TO $4,000. An
out the provision that hereafter no au-
pointments should be made to the grade OF
assistant surgeon until the number Is re-
duced TO ninety. and that the number
here after should not exceed ninety, was
disagreed to by the vote Of 81 TO 9a Az s
O'Clock the Committee of the whole arose,
and the bill. with amendments was re-
ported TO the House and at 5:1l d m. Il
passed. The House then adjourned
In respect to the late Senator Stock bridge,
the Senate adjourned Tuesday afternoon,
appointing committee OF seven with a
h. nfD
tlves to attend the funeral at Kalamazoo.
Mich The session Of the House was brief.
also, on account OF the death Of Senator
stockbridge, relative to which appropriate
resolutions were moved by Mr.. Burrows
and adopted. and Messrs Burrows, Bynum.
McCreary, Boutelle. Payne New York;.
Aitken, Thomas and Richardson were ap-
pointed a committee to attend the funeral
The Senate proceedings were rather dull
Wednesday, most of the afternoon being
consumed by Senator Squire, OF Washing
ton, who made u carefully prepared speech
IN general opposition to the tarin Before
the tariff bill was taken up Mr. Hoar tried
to pass This anti-lottery bill, but ii
ultimately went over without action.
The House at 1875 took up the
bill to improve the methods of accounting
In the Treasury Department. and it was
agreed that general debate on the bill
should be limited to two hours The House
went into committee of the whole. with
Mr. Hatch, OF Missouri, In the chair. At
present the offices affected by the bill
employ 769 clerks at cost OF 81. 065, 200.
Under the pending bill there will be 624
clerks at An annual cost OF $sS6,000. Mr..
Wanger, of Pennsylvania. moved TO amend
the last paragraph by changing the date
for the bill to 90 into effect from July 1,
1894, to July /. 1895. The amendment
was disagreed to- The committee rose
and the bill was passed without
amendment The House again went into
committee of the whole to consider appro-
priation bills, and Mr.. Catching called up
the river and harbor appropriation bill
Mr. Grosvenor OF Ohio. opposed the pas
sage of a bill carrying nearly $4,000. 900
without some further explanation Ats
o'clock the committee rose and the House
adjourned without taking any action On
the bill
The Senate listened Thursday to two in
stallments of two unfinished speeches on
the tariff, tried to so into executive Sos
sion, failed because of lack OF q quorum,
and adjourned. NO business was trans
acted In the morning hour In the House.
the regular order being demanded whom II
was sought to obtain consideration Of q
bill The time OF the House from 1924 un-
til 4 o'clock was taken up in the considera-
tion of the river and harbor bill Speeches
were made by Messrs Cannon, Wesdock.
Ellis. Hepburn and Ray. At 4 o'clock
Mr.. Catchings sought to have gem
eral debate close ut O'clock Eome
opposition was developed when Mr. Catch
ings moved to close debate In twenty min
utes, and on this demanded the previous
question, which was ordered. and his mo-
ton was agreed to- Discussion was re-
sumed, and Mr.. Boatner opposed the meth
cd of improving the Red River In Louisi-
ana according to the present plan. At $3.50
the House adjourned.
The House Friday went into committee
Of the whole. on motion of Mr. Catchings,
for the purpose of onsidering the river and
barbor bill. with M Hatch In the chain
The appropriation for the outer harbor
1t Michigan City. Mich, was reduced
from SIC, 600 to $1,000. and the sum
taken from this appropriation was added
10 the appropriation'for the inner harbor ut
The same point, making 1t $40. 600. Mr. Boon
offered an amendment appropriating $40. 900
Tor survey OF the Red River OF the North.
which was defeated An amend ment
was agreed to appropriating $1,000 for
The rectifcation OF the channel of the
White River in Arkansas Mr.. Ellis Of
Tered an amendment increasing the ap-
propriat;on for rebuilding lock No In
Green River. Kentucky. from S85. 900 70
100000. The consideration Of the bill
Without action being taken on any further
was continued until shortly
after 6 o'clock. when the committee of the
whole rose, reported the bill to the House
Ind IL was passed. The Senate continued
Is tariff sebste