Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-26

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Owing 10 the death Of Senator vance
noithsr senate nor House tSsnsacsed puo-
lie business Monday. Resolutions OF re-
cxss c az :s.ss = -. were ssssi-
m0usly adopted Appropriats resoiutione
vsrs also adoptsd IL honor Of the nsnory
of General Henry w. elocum One Of the
new measures submitted TO the House was
: qe6.un- counting rule II = under:tood
quorum b. counting members present and
not voting and also Tor Hniug members who
absent themselves from the House
The Honse Tuesday by an overwhslm-
ine vote decided 70 adopt q quorum count
ine nile Neither undue excitement nor
tumultuous scenes marked the crushing or
the old legislative bsrrierA The parlis-
mentary wheels then began moving again.
A regular gorge of committee reports.
blocked by the recent 6lfbustoring were
presented under the call of the COM
mitteeA The House then. on motion Of MP
whole TO consider the consular and diplo-
matic appropriation BILL After speeches
by Mr.. McCreary In support OF and MP.
Hit (Republican) adverse to the Dill, the
House at 4:40 adjourned. There was
very slim attendance OF visitors
In the galleries when the Senate met
The bill to create the southern 5udicia!
district of Texas and to fix the time ana
place for holding courts In the southern,
eastern, and western districts was passed.
The Senate went into executive Sos
sion at half-past one o'clock Twenty
Eve minutes afterward the doors
were reopened. and Senator Mitchell. OF
Oregon, asked that the resolution to con-
s1der the Chinese treaty In open session DO
laid aside. when Senator Morgan will re-
turn to the Senate This was agreed To
Senator Smith. of New Jersey, made an
earnest speech. which was devoted en-
tirely to an attack on the income tax At
the conclusion of Mr.. Smiths speech the
Senate adjourned
The House devoted the entire day
Wednesday to debate on the consular ana
diplomatic appropriations bill 1t touched
Was brimful of interesting persona lities
The Hawaiian policy OF the pres
emit administration came In for
GOOD share of attention. The ap-
pointment OF Mr. Van Allen az
minister to Italy provoked very extenaed
tion Of stone bridge across the IT Louis
River, between Minnesota and wisconsin,
passed the Senate. The venerable Senator
Morrill,, of.Vermont, spoke en- the tarin, g
did also Senators Turpie, Cameron. ana
Quay. Mr. Harris. at $40 p. M moved al
executive session and 1t was agreed TO-
and at Q: 30 the Senate adjourned
The day in the Senate Thursday was al
most entirely consumed by speech against
the peuding tariff bill by Senator Perkines
OF California. But little business Was
transacted during the morning hour. the
agreement Of tho Senate TO the report
OF the conference committee on the
urgent deficiency bill being the most
important. The PETER resolution for tho
appointment of q committee on COM
munications for the purpose OF nearing ING
grievances of Coxey's army was oeoateo
BY Senators spooner and Allen. ooth OF
whom favored it. but IL went over without
action by the expiration of the morning
hour At s O'Clock eulogies were pro-
nounced on the late Representative W. u.
Euochs, of Ohio after which the senate ~
Sis adjourned The House Is making very
slow progress with the diplomatic ana
consular appropriation bill Almost the
an tire day was devoted to thrashtng
over the old straw in the Hawaiian
controversy. After O'Clock halt the
mem bership OF the House suddenly FADED
away to attend the opening ball game OF
the season, and when this act was OBJ
served Mr.. Cannon carried the committee
of the whole to q vote on an amendment TO
prevent the increase of the salary OF the
Mexican Secretary of legation The DEM
ocrats were unable to produce quorum'
and after a roll call the House adjourned.
There was passage at arms. fgurative-
ly speaking, between Representative Bur-
rows and Wheeler Friday. Mr.. wheeler
was tainted with talking four columns OF
the Congressional Record in precisely one
minute and retorted that protest came with
had grace from one whose hands "were
red with parliamentary murder" Mr.
Burrows recalled q previous example OF
Mr.. wheelers fuepcy, a speech that oc-
cupied ave minutes In the delivery having
taken up fourteen columns of the Record.
A motion was made to refer the subject to
the Committee on Printing, but Mr..
w,thdraw his remarks Outside of
this episode the proceedings were
very undressing Practically no BUSH
ness was transacted. Under the rules,
it being Friday, the day was devoted to
business on the private calendar. Three
small. unimportant bills were passed. and
the rest Of the day was spent In the fruit
less discussion of q bill to settle some Ten
nessee war claims against the Governments
amounting to s22, 600. 1t was finally ended
when Mr. Enloe made the point of no QUO
rum on n motion to recommit the bill The
sveninr session was devoted to pension