Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-08

- Aeeoo Upon.
.Dei.gs Of Congrsss.
The proceediugs in the House ON Nom
| day were full OF exciting incidents over
| the Bland seigniorAgs bill There vs.
good attendance both on the floor end IN
Che gallerieA Immsdiatslv after theFead.
| Ing Of the journal. Mr. Hatch. Chairman Of
the Com mittoe ON Agriculture, stated that
| HIS committee claimed jurisdiction over
the antioptions bill, which had been 70.
forred BY the Speaker to the ways ana
Means Committee. and he moved that IL
be referred 10 tho Agricultural Committee
Mr.. Hatch's motion was carried Mr Bou-
| telle, Is q privileged question. then had
| read Q long resolution expressing II - the
sense of the House that Mr.. Willis should
| be recalled from Hawaii The battle over
the silver bill was then resumed At
ter speeches By Represen tativos Pence, !.
Patterson. Fithian. Tracey. Bland, and
NELL came . row between Mr. Pence and
several gentlemen whom he attached MI.
Pence was called to order and the LANGUAGE
| excepted to was read. after which no vas AL
| lowed 70 explain. His explanation did not
satisfy. and the House voted By 90 70 30
not 70 permit him 20 proceed. Inc eenete
held short session Mr. Morgan. Chair
man of the Committee on Foreign heia-
tions presented the report on the Hawaiian
| Investigation. and Mr. Frye gave notice
that he would address the Senate on that
| subject The Senator passed the JOINT
resolution providing for the appointments
Of o commission TO tho Antwerp lnterne-
tional Exposition. and at 1887 went into
executive session. At 1:20 the Senate
adjourned.
RESOLUTIONS we're presented in the House
Tuesday afternoon by Congressman 6om-
tion Of several United States Judges who
have issued injunctions In railroad cases,
most prominent among them Justice
Brewer, of the Supreme Court They
include also United States Judge
judge Pardee. of Texas; Judge Beatty, Of
ID aho and Judge Dundy, OF Nebraska
These cases all involve the rights OF labor,
ing men to strike and the decisions which
are called In question extend over
braska. introduced In the House
bill TO amend the Revised Statetes SO AZ to
permit in civil cases the verdict OF three
fourths. of tho jurors constituting the jury
20 stand as the verdict OF the Jury and
such verdict to have the same force and
effect a. q unanimous verdict said ME-
Bryan: Disbursements are usually
caused BY one or two members OF
the jury and three fourths verdict WOULD
settle most cases, making great saving OF
costan The Senate held another brief ses-
sion in which nothing of Importance was
accomplished. and at l:20 O'CLOCK ao-
journed, after an executive session OF half
an hour. In order that the caucus might
be continued
After two weeks of obstruction Repre-
sentative Bland on Wednesday finally Sc
cured the adoption OF his motion TO limit
debate on the seigniora2e bill a quorum
having been secured. Mr. Outhwsite, from
the Committee on Rules, reported special
order to DISCHARGE the committee OF the
whole from further consideration Of
the pending bill and providing that
after two hours consideration in the
House the previous question should be con-
| at ord m ba nd
amendments no intervening motion to be
in order. He demanded the previous
question. The speaker had his name
called on the demand OF the previous
question on the adoption Of the special or
der and It was sustained ITO to 10 one more
than a quorum. The vote was then taken
on the adoption OF the special order The
quorum was lost on the vote on the
adoption of the special order-165 to IL,
three short Of a quorum. Mr.. Outhwaite.
stating that this question would come mp
as soon as the house convened again moved
an adjournment 1t was carried. The
senate held two hours session the whole
of which was given to a speech by Senator
Frye in opposition to President Cleve-
lands Hawaiian policy. After a short OK
ecutive session the senate adjourned
The Bland bill for the coinage OF the sill.
yer seigniorage and the silver bullion In
the Treasury pass ed the House Thursday
by a vote of 1877 to 1870 The bill as passed
was in the nature OF substitute for the
original text of the measure, but the
changes do not affect the material
features of the bill An analysis OF the
vote shows that lao Democrats. 10
Republicans, and 8 Populists (total 1917
voyed for 1t, and 10 Republicans and 81
Democrats (total $780, voted against It. The
bill for the rescue of the arm ament OF the
wrecked Kearsarge passed just before adj
Senate took place. confirmation of the fol-
lowing nominations being the only
feature: Granville Stuart. Of Nom
tana. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to Paraguay and Uruguay;
collector OF customs, Martin J. Russell, Chi
cago Collectors Of Internal Revenue
James W. Hunter. Fifth District of I'LL
noia Iowa: Bert ]. Wellman at Manches-
ter. Illinois: Thomas A. McIlvaine at
Tuscola, Thomas E Garner At Paris.
Beall ut Nation, Christian w. Barnhart
at Wilmington. The Senate adjourned TO
meet next Monday.
The House Friday entered upon the con-
sideration OF appropriation billa The for
tiHcation BILL carrying something over
e. 600. 900. was passed In twent;- ave min
utes and then the pension appropriation
bill was taken up An alteration occurred
between Mr. Meredith of Virginia and ME-
Funk Of Illinois over the formers attempt
to prove that there were many fraudu-
lent pensions on the rolls which al
Mr. Meredith, who was the aggressor,
rushed over to the place where Mr.
Funk was standing and shook his Est In
the latter's face Hot words were spoken,
but friends interfered. and the Speaker re-
stored order before any blows we're struck.
Mr. Bankhead. Chairman OF the Committee.
on Public Buildings, offered a resolution
for the appoint ment of q subcommittee 70
90 to Chicago and investigate the POST
ONCE Building there. with a view to deter
mining the question of It's safety. etc. Mr.
Bankhead explained the pressing necessity
for examinA nation. The amount involved
was large and the committees were un will
ing to make a recommendation without a
personal Investigation. The resolution
carried an appropriation OF $1,000. II was
passed.