Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-12

The Senate plunged into real business
Tuesday. Naturally the Presidents mes
sage attracted the main attention of the
day, but aside from this there were stir
ring resolutions on the Monroe doctrine
and the Cuban rebellion, and after that
the usual deluge of bills and resolutions.
The message was given the closest atten-
ton. At it's conclusion Mr.. Lodge, OF
Massachusetts, offered a resolution, Wig
orous in terms, reafiirming the principles
of the Monroe doctrine and presenting
them in such form as to permit their en-
actment as a permanent law rather than
an expression of the policy advocated by
President Monroe. In the same line was
a resolution by Mr.. Cullom, of Illinois,
and another by Mr.. Allen, of Nebraska.
There were 272 bills and sixteen reso-
buttons introduced in the Senate alto
gether but large majority of the bills
were reprints of measures which failed
to pass last session. Many of these, as
also large proportion of the new bills,
were for private purposes. There were
also several for the modification of the
pension laws. Senators PETER, Stewart,
and Squire reintroduced their bills of last
session pertaining to silver coinage. SEN
ator Pettigrew introduced bill to es-
tablish a uniform system of bankruptcy
and rentroduced his bill of last session
to prevent the determination of the fur
bearing animals of Alaska. Senator
Vest reintroduccd his bill of last session
to prohibit monopoly in the transportation
of cattle to foreign countries, and also
his bills for the compulsory education OF
Indian children and the settlement OF pri-
vate land claims. Senator Chandler re-
introduced his bill for the exclusion of
alien anarchists and also his bill for the
regulati ton of immigration Senator Frye
introduced bill providing for the amend7
ment of the tariff laws, so as to admit
free of duty all material used in the con-
struction or equipment of vessels built
in the United States. He also presented
several other bills for the encouragement
of American shipping and American ship
building and general bills to amend the
laws relating to navigation and to pre-
vent discrimination against American
trade. Among the large number of bills
offered by Mr.. PETER pop, Kan.) were
those limiting the Presidents term to six
years without reelection, repeating all
laws permitting the issuance of bonds,
the limitation of the power of injunction.
The Cuban situation received attention
from both the Florida Senators. The
Call resolution and the Monroe doctrine
will receive early attention. At the
brief executive session the nominations
of Mr.. Olney as Secretary of State and
Mr.. Harmon as Attorney General were
confirmed, and that of Rufus w. Peck
ham to the Supreme bench referred to
the Judiciary Committee. In the House
a large number of bills and joint resolu
tons were introduced, many of them
measures that failed during the last ses-
sion. The session of the House was, how
ever, brief ami consumed almost entirely
by the reading Of the Presidents mes
sage. This was listened TO with fair at
tention, but the features of the document
received no signs either of approval or
disapproval from the members until the
conclusion of the reading, when several
Democrats created slight demonsra-
ton. When it was finished the House
Immediately adjourned until Friday.
The Senate worked Wednesday. but
most of the business transacted was of
a routine character Mr.. Hoar offered
a resolution denouncing the recent afro
cities in Turkey and assuring the execu-
tive branch of the cordial Endorsement
by Congress of vigorous course for the
protection of American citizens in Tur-
key and the suppression of the barbara
ties against Christianity. The first for
NAL speech of the session was made by
Mr.. Allen, of Nebraska, on Cuba and the
Monroe doctrine. Mr.. Allen urged the
recognition of the Cuban insurgents, the
annexation of Cuba and a strong for
eign policy. The influx of bills contin-
ued. Among them was one increasing
all pensions granted under the ect Of
1890 to $12.
The session of the Senate was brief
Thursday. Its only feature beyond the
introduction of a bill by Mr.. Chandler
for the free coinage of silver when En-
gland. France and Germany enact sim
liar legislation, and resolution by his
colleague, Mr.. Gallinger, declaring it to
be the sense of the Senate that il was
unwise and inexpedient to retire the
greenbacks, was n short speech by Mr..
Call in favor of the recognition of the
Cuban revolutionists as belligerents.