The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-03-28
Tho Proceedings or tho First Session.

The Proceedings OF tho First Session.
In the senate on the 10th Senator Loig'
spoke at length In favor or his oil
TO restrict immigration. Senator Push
talked I'm support OF the silver amenu
ment to the tariff bill and Senator
Morgan made an appeal Tor the Cupan IN,
surgents . In the house bill was passed
prescribing punishment for mutiiatihg
coins and for altering or passing mutilated
or lighteued coins. Bills were introduced
for the deepening OF the channel o! the
Fox river from Green Bay to Depere. Wis.
and for the establishment OF hfe-saV'ns
station at Port Huron. Mich.
In the senate on the 18th Senator Morgan
(Ala.) occupied almost the entire session
speaking In support OF the Cuban resolu-
lions. Senator Pugh (Ala) spoke In favor
Of the free coinage of silver. In the house
tho bill to amend the administrative tarin
act Of 1880 was passed. A bill was favor
ably reported authorizing the transmission
I'm the mails. with one-cent stamps, of writ
ten messages on private mailing cards,
such cards to be sent openly In the mails.
o. no larger size than the ordinary postal
card. An adverse report was made on the
bill to change to the 4th Of March the time
for the converting of congress. A favorable
report was made on the bill providing an
educational test for the admission OF immi-
grants.
During the consideration in the senate
on the 18th of q resolution to open the I'm
compahgre reservation In Utah Secretary
Hoke Smith was severely criticised ana
Senator Vest said there was a disposition
on the part OF the administration not to
treat the people Of the west fairly, and X
the president would hunt fewer ducks In
North Carolina and silver democrats In
Kentucky It would be better for the coun-
try In the house the consideration OF the
resolutions censuring Mr.. Bayard for
speeches delivered by him in England &C.
cupied the time and several speeches were
made for and against the resolutions.
The senate on the 18th passed the house
bill for the construction Of a breakwater
at the entrance to Marquette (Mich) har-
Dor. Bills were favorably reported to adj
NIT New Mexico to statehood. and for
preliminary survey and estimate Of cost
for ship canal from lower Lake Michigan
TO the Wabash river A bill was introduced
providing for head tax Of SO on each i'm
migrant coming to the United States In
vessels not belonging to the United States.
The Cuban question was discussed....In
the house the resolutions to censure Am
tassador Bayard were further discussed.
Senator Morgan presented a new phase
OF the Cuban question to the senate on the
goth by Offering resolution declaring that
state OF war exists In Cuba and recogniz-
ing the insurgents as bellgerents. The bill
for the admission Of Arizona as a state of
the union was reported favorably. as was
also a bill providing for the election OF
United States senators by direct vote OF
the people. The Cuban resolutions were
further discussed. In the house a resolu-
ton was adopted by vote of $50 to Il
censuring Thomas F. Bayard. ambassador
to the court of st. James, for utterances
delivered In an address to the Boston eng
land) grammar school and in an address
before the Edinburgh (Scotland) Philosorh-
zeal institution last fall. A bill was in
PRODUCED to prevent the carrying of oh
scene literature and articles for indecent
and immoral use from one state or terri
tory to another. A resolution was adopted
unseating Mr.. Boatner, representative
from the Fifth district Of Louisiana. and
declaring the seat vacant.