Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-07
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REVIEW or THEIR WORK AT
WASHINGTON.
Detailed Proceedings Of Senate and
House- Bills Passed or introduced
In Either Branch Questions of Mo-
ment to the Country at Large.


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The deficiency appropriation bill was
passed by the House Monday. An amend
ment to pay Great Britain $425, 900 in set
Element Of the Boring Sea award was de-
feated. A number of amendments to the
tariff law designed to remove ambiguity
have been suggested by Secretary Car
Isle. President Cleveland is annoyed be-
cause Congress has not authorized him to
seek a way out Of the Samoan entangle-
ment. Ambassador Eustis has been in
structed to make vigorous protest
against the exclusion by France of Ameri-
can cattle.
Amendments providing for payment of
the sugar bounties premnturely cut off by,
the tariff law were added to the sundry
civil bill in the Senate Tuesday. All the
correspondence relative to Samoa since
the ratification of the Berlin treaty was
sent to the Senate McGann's railroad
arbitration bill was passed by the House
without division. Eulogies were deliv-
cred on the late General Post. Mr.. Fifth
ian made a speech eulogizing Governor
Aitgeld and condemning President Cleve-
land for sending troops to Chicago. A
minority House committee submitted
report giving their reasons for opposing
the Pacific Railroad BILL House and
Senate conferees again report their inabil-
ity to agree on the Hawaiian cable amend
ment to the sundry civil bill.
After sharp debate in the Senate We'd
nesday, the financial issue which had
blocked the progress of the appropriation
bills was swept away by the withdrawal
of both Mr.. Germans amendment and
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authorizing the issue of bonds. The day
was wasted in the House, so far as the
purposes for which the day was set aside
were concerned, namely, to consider bills
reported from the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds. The conference
reports on the bill to prohibit the importa-
ton of goods in bond through the United
States into the Mexican free zone, and OH
the pension and post office appropriation
bills, were agreed to. Several pension
and other bills of minor Importance were
passed by unanimous consent.
The Senate Thursday passed the sundry
civil bill, including the items appropriate
ing over $5.00O,00O for sugar bounties
The legislative, executive and judicial APP
preparation bill was also passed. In
speech in the Senate Mr.. Chandler de-
clared Senators Murphy, Roach and Mar
tin had been elected by fraud. The House
decided to further insist on its disagree
ment to the Senate amendment to the dip
iomatic bill providing for cable to Ha-
wall.
Senator Hill, of New York, bitterly scor-
ed Senator Chandler, of New Hampshire,
Friday for his merciless attack upon Sen
ator Roach. Senator Morgan's strong
opposition prevented an appropriation to
defray expenses of the Boring Sea arbi-
traitors. The Senate has confirmed w. L.
Wilson as postmaster general and Judge
Showalter as an assistant judge in the
Chicago district. Bills to protect or kill
seals; to pay West Virginia its share of
refunded tax, and the Senate anti-lottery
bill were passed by the House.
The naval appropriation bill was passed
Saturday by the Senate after it had been
amended to provide for the building Of
but two battleships. The appropriation
for Chicago's new post Office building was
cut down to 100000 by the conference
committee. The Senate receded from the
Hawaiian cable amendment to the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill.
Both houses have adopted a resolution
looking to the participation of Congress I'M
the dedicatory ceremonies at Chicka-.
manga. An agreement was reached by,
both houses on the sundry civil and Indian
bills. A bill granting a
pension to General John G. McClernand
was passed by the House through the eff
forts of General Sickles. A resolution
Speaker Crisp as one of the
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adopted by the House.