Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17


The Chinese treaty was debated for six
hours In the Senate, Monday, yet no def
mite action IVES taken The House began
business by making some committee pro-
vision for the newly elected memberc OF
the House The New York and New Jer-'
ssy bridge bill was passed under suspen-i
zion Of the rules, on motion Of Mr. Dunphy,
10 meets the objections of the President TO
pier IN the river by referring the question
70 Q commission OF engineers. one TO be an
Sngiuoer o6lesr and four to be bridge
builders. ell 70 be- appointed by the Presi-
dent whose duty II shall be TO determine
the question Of the practica bility Of building
3 bridge Of single span. special order
YES adopted making the bills for the erec-
tion Of . new Government printing ONCE
and 8 new hell Of records in the city Of
Washington the business of the House nm
til they are disposed OF The printing
once bill vss discussed until 6:07 o'clock
but long before that hour the debate de-
generated into . tarih discussion AT
b:l2 o'clock the House adjourned.
Tho senate continued Wednesday to en-
tangle itself in the amendment 70 the
tarif bill The House passed the bill TO
authorize the East St. Louis and St Louis
Bridge and Construction Com pany TO build
bridge across the Mississippi River at
St. LouiA ME- Springer. of the
s rS%%''; reported cd fa~oraSly his bill to
suspend the 10 per cent tax on State bank,
issues during money striugencies. and
gave notice that he would call IL up Q
week later. Mr.. Cox gave notice OF
an amendment to repeal for all time the
10 per cent tax. The House theni
went into committee Of the whole
on the naval appropriation bill. 1t hav-
ing been agreed to limit debate 70 seven
hours, each side to have half Mr. Meikle-
John stated that at the proper time he
would OFFER an amendment providing that
II the damage sustained bv the Govern
nent from the ubstitution by the Carne gte
Company of fraudulent plates exceeded
tho sum of s140, 600. the amount OF the dam
age should be recovered from the company
MI. Pendleton replied to the charge that
the President was Influenced by the publ
cation of Andrew Carnegie's letter favor
ing tariff reform. No one would believe
that Mr.. Cleveland would think letter
was worth $40. 900 OF would be worth any
sum at all After some discussion the COM
mittee rose and the House at A:30 adj
journed
John Patton. ,Jr., the new Senator from
Michigan, was sworn Ia Thursday to sue
coed the late Senator stockbridge. Tho
Senate devoted its time TO discussion OF
mourning covered the desk OF the late
preventative Robert f. Brattan, OF
Maryland, on which lay bunch of roses
when the House met. The message OF the
President transmitting Hawaiian corre-
spondence was laid before the House.
Some routine business was transacted, and
Mr. KEN called up the House bill for re-
survey of Grant and Hooker Counties,
Nebraska, and asked unanimous consent
for its consideration. The bill was passed.
The House bill granting the railroad COM
panies in Indian Territory additional
powers TO obtain right OF way
for depot grounds was passed Mr..
Talbot briefly announced the death Of his
colleague, Mr. Brattan. and offered tho
customary resolutions. The resolutions
we're adopted. and the Speaker appointed
the following committee to attend the
funeral. Messrs. Talbot OF Maryland.
Jones, OF Virginia; Causey. of Delaware;
Berry of Kentucky; Meyer. of Louisiana;
Hepburn, of Iowa and Hudson. OF Kansas.
The House then, at 1880 p M, adjourned.
Friday, after q prosy debate and agree
ing tn at hereafter for indefinite time
the tariff should be taken up at noon each
day. the Senate adjourned. After action
on some minor bills the House went into
committee of the whole to consider gem
eral appropriation bills (Mr. Richardson.
of Tennessee, In the chair, and the
naval appropriation bill was taken
mn The debate continued some time,
taking on a very acrimonious character.
and charges and countercharges of "col-
onisationn In the navy yards were freely
nassed At s o'clock, 1t being Friday,
the House, according to custom, took a re-
cess until o'clock. the evening session to
be devoted to private bills on the calendar