Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-02

Tne senate ana nOuoos ,
| the debate on the tariff in the Senate
house, which was forced 10 adjourn for
! lack of q quorum. In q speech which
occupied three hours In delivering
Senator German charged the Presi-
dent with duplicity In connection with
the tariff bill Three OF HIS associates tes-
titled 70 the truth of his charges Among
the nominations sent to the Senate were
those of G. II. Robinson for pension agent
It Des Moines and + II. Hunter for post
master at the same place.
The Presidents letter on the tariff again
occupied the Senate on Tuesday. Mr.
Hill spoke earnestly In defense OF the
executive, replying TO Mr.. Germans at
tack. In the House. bill was passed to
reinstate Democratic postal clerks dis
missed from service by Mr.. Wanamaker In
1889.
The debate in the Senate Wednesday was
rather tame. The galleries wore crowded.
rs usual, In expectation of renewal OF
the great struggle of the past few days
Mr. Caffery got the floor early and re-
sumed his speech His remarks did not
we're soon visibly thinned out Mr.. Hunton,
OF Virginia, and his colleague, Mr.. Daniel.
followed with short and uninterestfng
speeches. and at 1880 the Senate went into
executive session, and shortly afterward
adjourned. In the Hou,> bill was passed
permitting fourth class postmasters to adj
minister caths to pensioners in remote
districts.
In the Senate Thursday only six votes
were cast for free coal and iron ore, Hills
motion to recede being defeated. The days
proceed ings In the House were dull In the
extreme and one by one the mem bers left
their desks, until by 80 o'clock there were
not half hundred members in the chamber.
The conference report on the Notifications
bill was agreed to- The day had been as
signed to the committee on Interstate and
foreign commerce. and some twenty or
thirty bills reported from this committee
were passed. among them the following:
To establish a Lighthouse ut the en-
trance to Galveston harbor. Texas,
at q cost OF $4,000, making Oak
land, Cal, port of entry; amend
ing the act for the construction OF bridge
across the St Louis River between Minne-
sofa and Wisconsin; to bridge the Usage
River in Missouri and the Missouri River
near Dewitt. Mo-, and to authorize the st,
Louis. Avoyelles and South western Rail-
wav Company to bridge Bayou Des CLASSES
and Atchafalava River In louisiana Az
4:52 p the House adjourned
The Senate is still occur pied with the tar
III. The measure has been reported back
to conference. There was not quorum OF
members In the House Friday at any time,
and all the business transacted was by
unanimous consent Only once was there
hitch, and in this case advantage was
action on n bill The message announcing
that the Senate insisted on its amend
ments to the tariff bill and agreed to the
request Of the House for a further confer
ence was received by the House at 3:15 p
m. without giving rise to any demonstra-
ton. At s o'clock the House took recess
until O'clock The evening session was
devoted to private bills.
The Senate's work Saturday was alto
gether with the tariff. The House held
short session, but managed In two and one
quarter hours TO transact good deal OF
business of a private character Half
dozen private bills, heretofore favorably
acted upon at the Friday night ses-
sions, were passed, as were also
number OF other Senate and House bills.
The only thing Of Importance In the days
proceedings was the discussion without
action of bill TO amend the Revised
Statutes so as to give Federal courts addi-
tional powers In dealing with violations of
the copyright law as IL applies to plays
and operas A joint resolution was
adopted still further extending the appro-
priations for 1894 until Aug. b. and as the
thermometer was within speaking distance
of the century mark at 2:20 p m. the
House adjourned.