Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-30
The Legisla Give Grind.

The Legislative Grind.
The Senate Committee on Military Az
fairs acted favorably Saturday upon the
list Of managers for the soldiers homes,
as agreed to by the House. The House
paid tribute to the memory Of the late
Representative CogsweI Of Massachu-
sets. Gen. Cogswell was one OF the most
popular members Of the House. His ca
reer as n soldier and statesman and the
nobility of his character were eloquently
and warmly portrayed. Before the eulo-
Ries began Mr.. Cannon reported the gen
eral deficiency, the last appropriation bill
Mr.. Talbert (Dem.) Of South Carolina OBJ
jected to a pension bill presented BY Mr..
Cannon Rep) of Illinois. Mr.; Cannon
made a personal appeal to Mr.. Talbert.
He said it was the first time in twenty
years that he had asked for unanimous
consent. He reviewed the pathetic his
tory of the soldier who was a constituent
of his, shot to pieces and almost totally
blind. Mr.. Talbert withdrew his objec-
ton. NH
The Senate Monday discussed sectarian
schools In debating the Indian appropria-
ton BILL but no action was taken. The
House was entertained by hot tariff dis
cussion. Several items in the general de-
fciency bill were finally settled.
The House Tuesday put in the time
with several contested election cases, but
only one was decided. Mr.. Goodwin, of
Alabama, was unseated, in favor Of Mr..
Cobb. In the Senate the bill was passed
granting the abandoned Fort Marcy mil
itary reservation, New Mexico, to the
American Invalid Society for the purpose
of establishing a sanitarium for the treat
ment of pulmonary diseases. Mr.. Can
non Rep., Utah) was recognized for a
speech supporting his resolution for q
huge ground map covering 625 acres, To-
Gated near Washington, showing the en-
tire topography and geography of the
United States. He explained that the
map would give an object lesson of the
extent of our country. The Indian bill
was then taken up, and Mr.. Pettigrew, in
charge of the bill, said an immediate
abandonment of the contract schools
would leave a number Of children without
schools. Mr.. Kyle Pop., s. d. spoke Of
the schools now in operation and the JUS
tice of allowing them to surrender their
work gradually. Mr.. Thurston Rep.,
Neb) expressed his respect for every
church of Christianity. yet he regarded it
as fundamental principle that the pub
lie money of the people should be expend-
ed only for public purposes and only by
public officers and instrumentalities Mr..
Gray said he never learned that the foun-
dations of this Government were not
broad enough for equal justice and toler-
alton to all. Professionalism was not big
otry, he said, and Christianity was not
fanaticism. Mr.. Pettigrew asked that
a time for a vote on the sectarian school
amendment be fixed, but there was objec-
ton to fixing any time.
The Senate Wednesday disposed of the
sectarian school question by adopting
compromise framed by Senator Cockrell
of Missouri. The Indian bill, as it came
from the Senate, provided that no money
therein appropriated shall be paid for
education in sectarian schools. This pro-
vision is struck out by the Cockrell
amendment, as adopted, and it is declared
to be the settled policy of the Government
to make no appropriations for sectarian
schools after July 1, 1898, thus giving
two years for the Abandonment of Sec
tartan schools, instead Of an immediate
abandonment. The amendment was
adopted by the decisive vote of 80 to "a.
The Indian bill was not completed when
the Senate adjourned. The House enter
pension BILL reported from the invalid
pension committee. 1t amends the exist
ing pension laws in some very important
respects. 1t makes presumption of death
of an enlisted man exist if no tidings have
been heard from him for seven years. It
provides that desertion or dishonorabl BILE
discharge shall not be bar to a pension
under the act Of 1890 If the enlisted man
has served ninety days subsequent to such
discharge. 1t provides that pensions al
lowed shall date from their first applica-
ton. 1t fixes the maximum income of a
widow entitled to a pension under the act
of 1890 at $500 per annum. 1t provides
that no pension shall be reduced or dis
continued except for fraud or recovery
from disability and that discontinued pen
sions when reconsidered and reallowed
shall date from their discontinuance.
Several minor bill were passed at the
opening Of the Senate Thursday, includ-
ing the bill authorizing a bridge across
the Missouri river at Boonville, Mo. The
Indian appropriation bill was freely dis
cussed. The Plat amendment extending
the services Of the Dawes commission so
as to terminate the tribal relations of the
Indians, anu dividing their lands in sever.
atty, was ruled out of order as general
legislation, after Senators Jones of Ar.
kansas, Bate and Plat had denounced
the prevalence Of lawlessness in Indian
territory. The bill was then passed, after
the item of $1,OOO,000 for payment of tie
Cherokee outlet fund, stricken ont by
the committee, had been restored 1t will
now go to conference. Bills were passed
Tor an additional circuit Judge in the
sixth judicial circuit and appropriating
Il, I..sl
Lake City. consideration of the PickApr
general pension bill was resumed in the
House. Mr.. Hepburn Rep.) Of Iowa
gave notice Of an amendment instruct;no
the pension Office to construe the pcnsion
laws literally. Mar. Stewart Rep) of
New Jersey closed the debate for the dav
and the House adjourned.
The Senate gave Friday to the sundrv
civil appropriation bill without complet.
ing it. Mr.. Sherman sought to take mn
the Dill proposing repeal Of the law Civ
ing rebate on the tax on alcohol used
In the arts, but the measure went over.
A proposal by Mr.. Bacon Dem) of
Georgia giving the Cotton States Exnosi.
ton Company $4,000 balance of the for.
mer appropriation unexpended was adont.
ed. The bill then went over. The Joint
resolution giving to Senators Mantle Of
Montana and Clark Of Wyoming the sal
airy from March 4, 1894, instead OF from
the date of election, was adopted. The
House decided to proceed with the Pick.
Ter pension bill and the whole day was
consumed In the discussion of that meas.
ure. The House non.concurred in the
Senate amendments to the Indian bill
and agreed to a conference. The evening
session was DEVOTED to. nrivata ,,a,,-;a.