Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-24

calling for information as to the concen-
trados in Cuba was adopted. Another res
olution calling for the correspondence re-
lating to the exclusion of American fruit.
beef and horses from Germany was
adopted. The remainder of the day was
devoted to District of Columbia business.
A feature OF the Senate session was
speech In advocacy Of the free coinage OF
standard silver dollars by Mr.. Allen. Mr..
Harris introduced resolution calling for
information regarding the abandonment
of the Governments purpose to bid in the
Kansas Pacific Railway under guarnn-
tee of the full amount Of the principal or
the debt. On Mr.. Chambers objection Ii
went over one day.
In the House on Tuesday the time was
devoted t. the consideration Of bills and
joint resolutions and sixteen of more or
less public importance were passed. An
order was entered by unanimous consent
for the consideration of the Loud bill re-
lating TO second-class mail matter. on
MIrch /, Q and 3. and the order for the
consideration of the bankruptcy bill was
modified so that the final vote shall be
taken on Saturday instead OF Monday.
The Senate bill amending the navigation
laws was passed. rs was the bill TO make
ii lawful to transmit through the mails
private postal cards with a 1-cent stamp
affixed. In the Senate a resolution was
passed. after Il spirited debate. calling for
information regarding the sale OF the
Union Pacific road.
The debate on the bankruptcy bill open
ed in the House on Wednesday. but it at
tracted little attention. the interest of
the members being entirely absorbed by
the disaster to the Maine. At times the
hall af h. al, Aet Al fnI
the members being congregated in the lob
bies or cloak rooms discussing the acct
dent and specializing upon its probable
consequences. Just before the House adj
journed Mr.. Boutelle, chairman Of the
naval committee. presented n resolution.
which was unanimously adopted, express
ing regret for the disaster. coincidence
with the families Of those who lost their
lives and sympathy with the injured. A
discussion upon the coast defenscs was
the interesting feature of the Senate.
Many Senators took the ground that the
appropriations should be for the full
amount Of the estimates by the War De-
partment instead of some 81 ,000. 600 less.
Senators Perkins and Hale said that IL
was,the policy of the appropriations Com
mittce TO make an annual expenditure sf
$10.000.000 for Notifications. Sena-
tors Stewart, Hawley. Chandler and
Lodge spoke in favor of increases. Sen
ator Teller also advocated liberal expen-
ditures. and during his remarks made sig
nificant illusions TO Cuba and Hawaii.
In the early part of the day there was n
discussion of the Kansas Pacific Railroad
sale. but no action was taken.
In the House the debate on the bank
ruptcy bill continued on Thursday. Messrs.
1.-
y. y, Broderick tRep.. Kan.), Mccall
(Rep., Mass.). Knox Rep., Mass), Crum-
packer Qep., Ind and Dolliver (Rep.,
Iowa. spoke for it, and Messrs. Little
Dem. Ky.). Smith Dem. Ky.), Wilson
dem. s. c., Maddox Dem., Ga.), Spark
man tDem.. Fla) and Bartlett (Dem.
Ca against it. In the Senate by vote
of "a TO 20 the resolution of Mr.. Turpie,
declaring the Senate's opposition to the
confirmation of the sale of the Kansas Pa
cifc Railroad. was agreed to. The Cor
bett senatorial case was discussed by MIR.
Pettus and Mr.. Hoar. An agreement was
reached to take final vote upon the case
Feb. IS.
Aside from adoption OF the resolution
giving the Secretary of the Navy permits
sion to use 100000 in the work of rails
ing the battle ship Maine, Friday in the
House was devoted to n continuation of
the debate on the bankruptcy bill. The
sneakers were Messrs. Sulzer Dem., n.
". Strobe Rep., Neb.), Connolly rep,
I'D, Rixey Dem.. Va, Grosvenor (Rep.,
o., Sayers Dem, Texas) and Ray Rep.,
y. " in favor of the bill, and Messrs.
Ktchins Rep., n. c., Linney rep, N.
c., Love Dem., Miss.), Ball Dem, Tex.),
Henry dem. Miss.), Mcguire Dem.,
Cali, Bland dem, Mo-, Ball Pop,
Colo.l, De Almond Dem, Mo-, Wheel
or Dcm.. Ala.) and Lloyd Dem., Mo-
against it. In the Senate the Iaine dis
aster and the Cuban question occupied the
entire day.
After four days of consideration the
House on Saturday passed the bankrupt
cy bill reported by the House Committee
on judiciary as a substitute for the Mel
son bill passed by the Senate at the extra
session last Sinner. The bill is known
as the Henderson bill, and contains both
voluntary and involuntary features. 1t
is considered less drastic than the meas
ure passed by the last House by vote
of 151 to 81. The Involuntary feature.
however. had but 16 majority. On Sat
urday Il motion to strike out the inyolun-
tary feature was defeated by a majority
of 10, and the bill was passed by major
ity of %, the vote standing, yeas 1873.
nays 10. Eighteen Republicans voted
against the bill and twelve Democrats for
il. The Populists, with one exception.
voted against it.