The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-02-01
SENATE AND HOUSE.
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW
MAKERS.
Proceedings of the Senate and House or
Representatives - Important Measures
Discussed and Acted Upon -Gist OF tho
Business.
The National solons.

Widely differing plans TO meet the cur
rency complication were offered III the
Senate Wednesday by Messrs- Jones' OF
Arkansas. and Smith, of New Jersey.
Senator Turpie made a vigorous speech
against the Nicaragua Canal bill, which
he said had been conceived In fraud.
bill TO Incorporate the National Central
Railway Company, which proposes 20
construct railway from the hudson
River to New York, was offered In tho
House. IneiIiciency of the Behring Sea
regulations to prevent pelagic sealing was
shown by q statement TO the House by
Secretary Carlisle.
I'm the Senate Thursday debate upon
the Nicaragua Canal bill closed. MT. Al
len presented n resolution fayorng annex
alton of Hawaii. The bill for the trans
fer Of n portion Of the exhibit of the De-
partment of State at the Worlds Co
lumbar Exposition to the Columbian
Museum of Chicago was passed. The ex-
hibit transferred covers the La Rabida
Convent and the collection relating TO 1t.
Another new Senator. Mr.. Pritchard. OF
North Carolina. was sworn In. The
House practically agreed upon the Sum
dry Civil bill.
The sundry civil bill passed Friday ir
the shortest time, so far as known, On
record. 1t was under consideration but
three days. As passed, the bill carries
$50, 125, 121. Two propositions by Mr..
Savers and Mr.. Coombs, the formers 70
clothe the Secretary of the Treasury With
power 70 issue United States bonds or
such denominations as he should see tit
instead OF as now to reissue them OF the
same denomination, and the latters TO
Il m a
make them non-receivable for customs
dues after July next, furnished the prin-
cipal theme of discussion. Mr.. Sayres'
proposition was defeated. while that of
Mr.. Coombs was carried. An appropria-
ton of SAC. 900 for a lightship to be sta
toned off the Straits of Fuca, Washing
ton, was adopted. A bill pledgng the
faith of the United States for the con-
struction of the Nicaragua Canal passed
the Senate.
Letters in which Germany disavows re-
taliation in excluding American meat
products were read in the House Satur-
day, during debate on the bill to repeal
the discriminating duty on bounty-paid
sugars. A resolution indorsng the adj
ministration's Hawaiian policy was adopt
cd in the Senate by vote of 2l to %.
Il
and grounds failed to muster a quorum
and the Chicago postoffice bill was not
considered.
The Senate Monday passed the Ute bill
and adopted resolutions calling for in
formation on various subjects. Debate
on the bill to repeal the dfferential duty
OH sugar from bounty-paying countries
was continued in the House. A currency
| in. nd nil q hA
pressed in the Presidents message was
introduced in the House by Mr.. Springer.
President Cleveland sent message to
Congress urging prompt action to restore
confidence in our financial soundness
Commissioner Miller has prepared no
tice, copies of which will be posted in
every city and town, calling attention to
the provisions of the income tax law.
"A compromise currency pan was offered
in the Senate Tuesday by Mr.. Mander-
son, of Nebraska, a Republican. Senator
Chandler offered several amendments to
the railroad pooling bill and secured adop-
ton Of resolution calling for information
regarding the trunk lines. The bank
ruptcy bill was debated, substitute on
the lines of the old Torrey bill being Of
fered. The Senate Committee on FL
nance discussed the various currency bills
before it, "A free silver measure offered
by Chairman Voorhees, was defeated on a
tie vote. \ canvass of the Senate Com
mittee on Public Buildings showed Il ma
jcrity favorable to the Chicago postof-
flee bill. The bill TO repeal the differ
entail duty on sugar from bounty paying
countries was passed by the house-239
To 81. The House Committee OH Elec-
tons decided the Steward-Childs contest
III favor of the latter, who is the sitting
member. The House committee amended
the administration currency bill by strik-
ing out the section requiring import duties
to be paid in gold, reducing the tax on
circulation and shortening the term Of