The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-07-20
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
MEASURES CONSIDERED AND
ACTED UPON.
At the Nations Capital What La Being
Done by the senate and Household Mat
tiers Disposed OF and New Ones Consid'
cred.



The senate 10 making up for lost time.
and is now disposing OF the appropriation
bills at a rapid rate. The record foi
Wednesday Is three--the diplomatic and
consular the invalid pension ana the mil, MIL
itary academy appropriation bills
In tho House the McRae land
grant forfeiture bill was passed The bill
amends the act OF September ~. lsso'
which In su bstance declared the forfeiture
TO the United States of Iands heretofore
granted to States and corporations to aid
In the construction OF railways to the ex-
tent only OF lands opposite 10 ana coter-
minous with the portions or such rail-
ways as were not com pleted and operated
at that time The bill passed Wednesday
extends the forfeiture TO the portions OF
the several railways 10 aid In the con-
struction of which the grants were
made which were uncompleted whom
the time expired within which the roads
were respectively required to be COM
pleted by the several laws making the
grants The Senate bill granting o right
OF way through the White Earth and Fond
du Lac Indian reservation to the st. Paul.
Minneapolis ana Manitoba Railway was
passed; also bill to authorize the Biloxi
and Backbay Bridge Company to construct
a bridge over the Bay of Biloxi in Missis-
sippi
Thursday two more important appropri-
alton bills we're passed by the Senate, the
bills. while some progress was made on the
river and harbor bill The only interest
ing discussions OF the day occurred during
the consid GRAFTON OF the army BILL Few
eral bills OF minor Importance were
passed. and conferrees we're appointed on
the military academy and diplomatic and
consular appropriation bills. The House
agreed to the Senate amendments to the
bill for the admission OF Utah as State.
and, after discussing a bill for retiring
officers OF the rsyeiue cutter service. I'M
der the special order adopted Wednesday,
It proceeded with the consideration OF bills
reported from the Foreign Affairs Commit.
tee. Eleven bills were passed. mono OF a.
tional Importance
In tie Senate the river and harbor bill
was passed Friday without debate and
Other I'm portant bills taken up. The House
agreed TO the report OF the conferrees on
the pension appropriation BILL 1t makes
but slow progress with the tariff. Tho re-
mainder OF the day was devoted to the
consideration of private bills Although
several were debated none were passed
At 5 o'clock the House took q recess until
& The evening session was devoted to the
consideration of private pension bills
Two more Apr priation bills--the legis-
lative, executive and judicial and the Dis
trict OF Columbia-were disposed OF by the
Senate Monday. This leaves but four
more appropriation bills TO be considered
tho Indian. agricultural sundry civil
and deficiency-and of these only the first
has come from the committee The con-
ference report on the military academy ap-
propriati, bill was agreed to- The House.
by "A vote OF 1875 to 81, adopted a resolution
offered by Mr.. McCreary, OF Kentucky.
indorsing the action OF the President and
the administration in suppressing lswless-
ness In connection with the strike. The
remainder OF the day was spent in en-
effort TO press the Bailey bankruptcy bill.
but, although It was engrossed and read
"A third time, the quorum failed on the
final vote
In the Senate Tuesday, the following
House bills were passed: To authorize the
construction OF IA bridge over the Mlssis-
sippi at Dubuque. Iowa; providing for the
resurvey OF Grant and Hooker Counties,
Nebraska Consideration OF the agri-
cultural appropriation bill was then
resumed. aud Mr. Hansbrough offered
an amendment appropriating 81. O00,-
900 for the destruction OF the Russian
thistle upon the bill as @rideE" point
OF order vas made against IL by Mr. Cock
rell, but ~ vote of 90 to % the Senate
decided the amendment TO be I'm order. and
IL was adopted. % TO "a The House passed
the Bailey voluntary bankruptcy bill by a
vote OF 127 to 81 and devoted the remain
der OF the day to business reported
from the Judiciary Committee Only two
bills. however. were disposed Ozone to
create an additional Circuit Judge for the
Eighth Judicial Circuit and the other maxi
ing United States railroad corporations.
for the purpose OF jurisdiction, citizens or
the States through which they pass or In to
which they GO