Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-09

The Senate and House.
The Senate wore an aspect OF peace anu
serenity Monday. IN striking v SGcss Prs.io
dent Stevenson had returned ana occu-
pied his accustomed scat Among the dis
introduced IN the Senate Monday WAS
one BY Mr. Allen to provide for sns
70 be distributed pro rata. among
the States @for the relief OF tne
worthy poor IL was referred to she,
finance committee. The report OF tho con-|
ferrees on the agricultural appropriation
bill, announcing agreement on all the
amendments but the one appropristinE
q. 900. 600 for the DETERMINATION OF thel
Russian thistle. was agreed to Tee
Senate formally insisted ON this amenc7
enca The sundry civil bill was pre-
sented and Mr.. Cockreli gave notice that
the deficiency bill would be reported. The
House joint resolution further extending
the appropriations until Aug. IA was
passed, as was also bill authorizing the
lffe-saying service OF the Treasury De-
partment to employ crews ana man the
stations along the Atlantic ana Gulf
coasts from Aug. 1 In each year un-
Gil June 1 of the succeeding year,
and along the lake coasts from the OPEN
ing to the close OF navigation In each year.
Beyond the passage OF a few unimportant
bills by unanimous consent nothing was
accomplished by The House. Mr. Boutelle
offered a resolution CONTEMPLATING and
recognizing the Hawaiian Republic, but on
a point Of order 1t was referred TO Com
nittee on Foreign Affairs
The only feature of interest in the pro-
ceedings In the Senate Tuesday was
discussion of the site for new Govern
ment printing Office The general de-
fciency appropriation bill was re-
ported to the Senate and placed on
the calendar. as was also the House
bill to provide q uniform system OF
bankruptcy. The report OF the CONFER
ence committee on the Indian appropria-
tion bill was adopted. The session OF the
House was brief. Much of the time was
spent discussing the Senate amendment TO
the agricultural bill appropriating Si.o oo-
900 for the destruction OF the Russian
thistle In the North western States. The
House instructed the conferrees to fur
Their insist on It's disagreement to this
amendment Representative Boon, OF Min
nesota, has introduced a bill TO abolish
national banks He would make it uniaw-
full to charter bank or provide ad-
ditional currency for those already char
tered and directs the secretary 10 with
draw all deposits OF public money from tho
banks and return them to the treasury.
The Senate on Thursday passed the sun
dry civil bill The most Important amend
ments adopted were the increase OF the
quarantine fund from S6240o0 TO $1,000
600, and donating 100000 acres OF
adcsertn lands to the States to which
the desert land laws apply. as VOL
as to Nebraska, Kansas. Utah, Arr
IONA, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
In the House the contested electi>in case
of Moore VS., Funston was decided In favor
of Moore. fhe 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 and
Railway Company. A bill was passed
to remove the charge OF dishonora-
BILE dismissal from the record OF Cyrus
Paine. An hour was spent In the discus
sion of bill to authorize the Secretary OF
the Navy to establish and maintain free
public schools for children under IL years
of age at Worthington, on the Pensacola
Bay, Fla. but no action was taken.
The last of the appropriations. the de-
ficiency BILL was passed by the Senate Fri,
day evening after It had been under dis
cussion nearly the entire day. The House
bill for the protection of persons furnish
ing materials aud labor for the construc-
tion OF public works was passed.
The House spent large portion
of the day discussing two bills.
one for Reconsideration of the railway mail
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 the river and harbor
bill was agreed to without division. An
evening session was devoted TO pension