Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-12

O01ngu OF C009roos
The principal interest in the senee
Monday cs.tered In the spescn 2. 49,. -
FINANCE, who thus launched the terin
ouegtion upon the sea of senatorial debAea
"a the House for ave hours roll
call followed roll call In an end
les attempt TO bring the n i,ousscp
case 70 . close. but at no time was the
House able 70 muster o quorum. and the
0sht VA finally abandoned for tho Gay.
Just before the House adjourned ME- ret-
terson gave notice that upon reassemnnng
he would ask the House 10 sit In continq-
ous session until the case was decided
40 vas the high water mark touched ON
any roll-calL This Is nine short OF Q
quorum.
the ONeill JOY contested eiecuon cSsy
Patters0n. Chairman of the Committee|
on Elections, informed the House
that he proposed to insist upon the
confederation OF the pending election
case until vote was reached, some OF tno
members who have been lodging suddenly
decided TO help make q quorum. Tho re-
suit was vote In which quorum WAS
shown and the case was taken MP This
action was 90 sudden and unexpected that
even the contestee In the case was absent
from the House at the time So quickly was
he found tn at he was no longer Congress-
nan. In his absence he had been uuseated
and Mr. O'Neill had been sworn In as the
riRhtful member from the North St Louis
district. The House then immediately
proceeded with the consideration Of the
English Hiiborn case two hours being AZ
lowed for debate. The resolution deciar-
ing Mr.. Hiiburn elected was lost by vote
of SO TO 1886. The quorum failed. ana 9
truce was then declared for the night AZ
A..1t 10. AA ha
Tn the House, on Wednesday. the motion
10 mass the seign forage bill over the Pres
dents veto was defeated. 10 the contest
bet veen Messrs Hilborn and English for
seat from California. Mr. Hiltorn was
hesten The Senate continued It's debate.
with the tariff bill as the subject
The Senate Thursday considered. with
out Anal action, several minor matters,
and continued the tarin debate. Tne
urgent deficiency BILL appropriating some
thing over 81, 00o, 900. was passed by the
House James Izler. elected to succeed
Mr.. Brawley as Representative OF the First
South Carolina District, took his seat The
Senate bill to give effect to the award OF
the Paris tribunal. prescribing reguia-
lions for the protection OF iur seals 10
Behring Sea. was passed Bills were
passed authorizing the construction OF
brid pes across the St Louis River between
Wisconsin and Minnesota at Dulutn ana
Grosso Point After the denciency was
disnosed of the consideration OF the post
once appropriation bill was resumed.
ONLY one amendment was adopted setting
aside s3o, 900 for the establishment OF star
routes to new postoffices
The Sen ate does not appear 70 relish us
own puddiug, for on Friday the tarin de-
hate was delayed by lack OF quorum.
The House went ahead with appropriation
bills again. First however. Dill autnor-
izing the city of Hastings, Mimi, TO con-
struct q wagon brige across the Missis-
sippi River was passed. A OIL 70
increase the amount OF lands IN
the Yellowstone Park Reservation now
leased for hotel purposes from Ten
to twenty acres was passed.
Mr.. Henderson sent to the clerks desk
and had read an appeal to Congress
ainst the further extension OF second
class mail privileges More than 2oo.ooo.-
600 pounds of second class mall matter
wa carried by the mails last year. y
said: 6, 492 news publications were started
last year, and the efficiency OF the mall
service was crippled by the limitless guam
titles of second class mall matter carried.
Mr. Loud, of California. opposed inc
amendment on the ground IL would swamp
the department 1t would cost the United
States. he declared. $40. 000 900 annually.
Mr.. Loud offered and advocated an amend
ment to increase the approximation for
railroad trans portation from S25 SOC, 600 TO
900. 900. 600 on the ground that the former
sum would prove inadequate. 1t was de-
feated The evening session was devoted
to nensfoa ,tlls