Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-29
THE NATIONS SOLONS.
Or Natisnal LAv-l6aksrs and What They
Are Dsa.g fus tAs Good Of the Country-
various Measures Proposed. DiscssssA
ed Acted Upon.



The House Monday devoted the entire
day 20 the consideration Of the sundry
civil bill There was no important busls
ness transacted In the Senate. the entire
day being consumed In the consideration
OF bills on the calendar. Most of these
were measures of small Importance
AMONG them being several of immediate
interest 70 the people OF the District OF
Columbia A number OF bills were taken
from the calendar and passed, among them
. bflI to sregulate the making of property
returns By oflcers of the governments and
an act authorizing the Texarkana and Fort
Smith Railway Company to bridge the
Cslcasieu and Sabine rivers In the etates
Of Louisiana and Texaa Tho Senate re-
csivsd from the President message 10 re-
ragua. and also . message relative TO
Hawaiian AFFAIR."
The sundry civil appropriation bill was
passed BY the House Tuesday without di-
vision. The amendment of the appropri-
alton for the General Land ONCE. amend
ing the provision Of the act OF 1891
repeating tho timber culture and pre-
emption acts. which was adopted In the
committee at the suggestion Of Mr.. Hol-
man and which was bitterly opposed by the
western members, was defeated In the
House The clauses which sought TO re-
quire an accounting by the disbursing
Officers OF SOLDIERS homes to the Treas
by the boards to the Secretary OF
War fell under Mr.. Blacks poiut
of order The bill as passed carries
es17, more than it did as reported from
the COMMITTEES or, on s n,'r The
House District of Colum bia. pension. forth
Hcation and sundry civil carry a net re-
duction of s24. 315, 05s as compared with
the same bills for the current fiscal year
The Senate bill for the construction OF a
bridge across the Monongahela River at
Pittsburg passed the House Thursday, and
the balance OF the time was spent In lliv
clustering over the O'Neil-Joy contested
trict The report OF the committees
10 in favor OF unseating Mr. JOY
(Repl For ave hours they hli-
bustered and kept the House deadlocked
The highest number Of Democratic votes
cast during the day was 160. thirteen short
Of quorum An unsuccessful attempt
was made TO adjourn over Friday. The
6enato's principal business was the conhr.
m alton Of lot of postma sters and consid,
GRAFTON Of the tariff bill ~
The House met at noon Friday. Mr.,
6ayers presented for Immediate considera-
tton joint resolution approprtatfng S10.~
900 for tho salaries and expenses of addi-.
ssioPal deputy collectors Of internal revenue
exclusion act as amended by thejoint reso-
luton passed Dec. last 1t was agreed to.
The struggle over the ONeil- Joy contest
cd election case from Missouri was post
poned until next week. In the case of
Whatley va Cobb, from the Fifth Alabama
District the report Of The committee ypapl-
mousiy confirmed Cobb's Title to the
ssst and wes adopted. The House
Vent intb committee OF the whole
TO consider the military academy appro-
pristion bill The amount carried by the
Bill was s4oo, 4aS, against s4a2. $40 for the
current year The original estimates for
the next fiscal year aggregated $500. 46a
They were reduced by the Secretary OF
War to el65, 14o, and the bill was passed.
Several private pension bills were passed
at the night session. the House adjourning
at 1880 O clio ck The Senate did nothing.