Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
SENATE AND HOUSE,
WORK or OUR NATIONAL LAW
MAKERS.
Proceedings OF the senate and House az
Representative = Important Msssurss
Discussed and Acted Upon : 0ist Of the
Businees.
The National soIons.


The McGann bin appropriating 1000.
600 for new postofiice for Chicago
passed the House Monday by a vote Of
19S to 53. Bills authorizing the issue Of
3 per cent. bonds aud repeating the legal
tender act Of 1878 were offered in the
House. Mr.. Frye's Hawaiian resolution,
was again debated in the Senate, Mr..
Gray vigorously defending the admins
tration. The Senate passed the fortifica-
tons appropriation bill and agreed to the.
conference report on the deficiency BILL
The Administrations Hawaiian policy
was again the subject of sharp attack
and defense in the Senate Tuesday. The
railroad pooling bill was favorably Ic-
ported to the Senate from the Committee
on Interstate Commerce. The House
passed the Indian appropriation bill and
the bill to establish a national military
park ut Gettysburg. A bill to abrogate the
discriminating duty on sugar was report
ed to the House from the Ways and
Means Committee. After listening to n
statement by Judge Kicks the House Ju-
dietary Committee defeated the resolu-
ton to impeach him.
Widely differing plans to meet the cur
rency complication were offered in 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. A
bill to incorporate the National Central
Railway Company, which proposes 20
construct railway from the Hudson
River 10 New York, was offered in the
House. Ineiliciency Of the Behring Sea
regulations to prevent pelagic sealing was
shown by statement to the House ~
Secretary Carlisle.
In the Senate Thursday debate upon
the Nicaragua Canal bill closed. Mr.. Al
len presented a resolution fayoring annex
alton of Hawaii. The bill for the trans
fer of II 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 it.
Another new Senator, Mr.. Pritchard. Of
North Carolina. was sworn in. The
House practically agreed upon the Sun
dry Civil bill.
The sUndry civil bill passed Friday In
the shortest time. SO far as known, on
record. 1t was under consideration but
three days. As passed, the bin carries
$39, I'D, 121. Two propositions by Mr..
Savers and Mr.. Coombs, the formers to
clothe the Secretary of the Treasury with
power 10 issue United States bonds of
such denominations as he should see hit
instead of as now 10 reissue them of the
same denomination. and the latters TO
retire and cancel the gold certificates and
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 $4,000 for lightship to be sta
toned off the Straits of Fuca, Washing
ton. was adopted. A bill pledging tho
faith of the United States for the con-
struction Of the Nicaragua Canal passed
the Senate.
Letters in which Germany disavows re-
talation in excluding American meat
products were read i'm the House Satur-
day. during debate on the bill to repeal
the discriminating duty on bounty paid
sugars. n resolution indorsiDg the adj
ministration's Hawaiian policy adopt
eel in the Senate by IL vote Of "a TO %.
The Senate committee on public buildings
and grounds failed to muster a quorum
and the Chicago postofiice bill was not
considered