Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-07
THE NATIONS SOL Ns'
SENATE AND HOUSE or REPRE-
sENTATIvEs.
OR Natiosal Law-Makers and Whist 1hsy
Are Doing for tho Good Of the Country
vassops Measures Proposed. Discsssee
"a Acted Upon.


Ooon8o Of ConBrceS
The eenste spent eight hours Monday
Not : vote was taken. The tariff bill
|. places lumber In the rough on the FREQ
list The debate was upon Mr. Hale's
proposition to transfer lumber to the
dutiab,e list A. the rates hI Ho,. IN
the Brawiey bill for the repeal OF
the 10 per cent tax on State bank
issues vas side tracked temporarily, and
the few members present gave partial at
tsntion to District Of Columbia bills. An
intsresting event of the day was the read
INF of Z letter from the sons OF Louis Kos
sufh In reply TO the letter recently sent BY
Speaker Crisp under direction OF the House.
The Senate bill TO Ak the northern bound
AIRY line of the Warm Springs Indian Res
ervstion in Oregon was passed. a. were
suudry House biiia At IS o'clock the House
adjourned
The Senate was occupied Tuesday with
its old Job, tariff. and made no progresA
In the House the bill TO repeal the state
bank tax was taken up ana NE COX, OF
Tennessee. opened the debate for tne
friends of unconditional repeal Mr.. John
son. of Indiana. opened the debate for tho
opponents of repeal Mr.. johnson con-
ciuded with discussion OF the ma
tional bank system. praising IL As .
system for banks of discount ana oeposis
and for the soundness and uniformity OF
its circulating notes, but admitting that 10
had some defects, which could. however.
be cured by amendment Shortly after :
O'Clock Mr. Johnson concluded his speech
and was followed by Mr.. Black. OF Georgia,
in favor of the bill. Before Mr. Black I'm
ished his speech the committee rose, and
the House, at 5:03 p M. adjourned until
Thursday at ~ o'clock.
In the Senate Thursday Senator Turpie
offered a Joint resolution declaring that IT
was no longer to the interest Of the United
States to continue the treaty with Russia
ratified April 81, and that notice %
served upon the Emperor OF Russia
that the United States purposes to
terminate that treaty at the expiration
Of six months. the time required TO De
given BY the treaty. He also Reported
resolution. with a unanimous recommen-
dalton that IL pass, u substitute for the
Hawaiian resolution reported some months
ago It made no reference TO Annexetion
and passed unanimously. The tarin piii
was then taken up General Sickles In
troduced and the House passed a resolution
instructing the Secretary of War to 90
what Is necessary under the act OF March =
1893, for the preservation OF the 6ettys.
burg battlefield. The bill for an additiCnei
Judge for the northern district of Illinois
passed. after which the bill to repeal the
tax on State bank circulation was taken
mp
The sugar schedule was Fridays topic in
the senate's tariff talk The House passed
the Senate resolution directing the secre-
tarv of War to transmit to the Senate re.
POETS of any surveys or estimates for the
Construction OF locks or dams In the Mis-.
sissippi River between the Chicago. St Paul
and Milwaukee Railway bridge and the
falls OF ST. Anthony which he might have
IN his possession. The Senate bill provid-
ing for the carrying out OF the award of
the Paris tribunal of arbitration for the
projection of seals In Behring Sea was
also passed. resolution directing
the President to give six months no
tica To the Russian Government of the
sbrog ation of the last treaty between the
two countries under the rules was sent to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs Tho
House then went into committee OF the
whole to consider the Brawley State bank
bill A. An evening session several pri-
yate pension bills were passed.