Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

Inc Maine rcnel Dill WAS pdsscu uuuuf
mously by the House on Monday. The
Senate bill TO satisfy the claim OF the
legal representatives of John Roach.
amounting to 1881 ,151, for labor. material
and dockage furnished by Roach, and the
occupation of his yards by the gunboats
Chicago, Boston and Atlanta, was taken
up out of its order and long and bitter
fight followed. Without action upon the
claim, the House took a recess until
o'clock. The evening session was devo-
ted to the consideration of private pension
bills. In the Senate Mr.. Bacon introduced
an amendment which he announced he
would offer to the resolution providing for
the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands
10 the United States. The amendment
provides that the resolution shall not be
effective until the question of annexation
shall have been submitted to the qualified
electors of Hawaii and passed upon af-
frmatively by them. Mr.. Allen secured
the passage of a resolution calling upon
the Secretary of the Interior for inforna-
tion as to the number of all classes OF
pensioners, including the percentage of
men and women and children, carried on
the pension rolls. A number of bills of
minor importance were passed.
In the House on Tuesday the naval APP
preparation bill was reported, but as 1t had
not been printed the contested election
case of Thorpe versus Eppes, from the
fourth Virginia district. was taken up and
debated until o'clock, when, owing TO
the illness of Mr.. Rhea Of Kentucky, who
was to have spoken in the afternoon. the
House adjourned. In the Senate the
quarantine bill was further debated. Mr..
Carter of the Committee on Territories
called up the measure reported by him
making further provisions for civil gov
eminent of Alaska, and addressed the
Senate at length upon it. Mr.. GallingeT,
who recently returned from trip TO Cuba,
announced that he would briefly address
the Senate upon his observations in Cuba.
Mr. Foraker presented the credentials of
his colleague, Mr.. Hanna, for the term
as United States Senator covering six
years from March 4, 1899. The creden-
tails were read and ordered filed. Among
the bills passed was that to raise the age
of protection for girls in the District Of
Columbia and the territories to Is years.
In the House on Wednesday r. Il.
Thorp was given the seat from the fourth
Virginia district. Sidney p. Epes, who
obtained the certificate of election, was
unseated by strict party vote. The Re-
publcans without a break voted for
Thorp, and the Democrats and Populists,
with the exception of Mr.. Howard of Ala
bama, Populist, voted for Epes. Mr..
Thorp contested the seat of Mr.. Kenney
in the last Congress and was seated. The
Republican majority in the House, which
was 81 when the House convened last
summer, is now "a. In the Senate the
bill for the relief of the Maine victims
was passed without debate. Senator Gal
linger related his observations in Cuba.
The Senate then resumed consideration OF
the bill making further provision for a
civil government in Alaska, and later took
up the national quarantine bill. Its con-
sideration had not been concluded when
the Senate adjourned.
Debate on the naval appropriation bin
consumed the day in the House on Thurs
day. Adjourned until Friday. In the
Senate Mr.. Thurston in thrilling speech
told what he saw in Cuba. A number of
bills on the calendar were passed. Mr..
Bate presented resolutions in memory of
the late Senator Isham G. Harris of Ten
nessee, and euIogies were delivered by Mr..
Bate, Mr.. Morrill, (VermonD, Mr.. Nor
gan (Alabama). Mr.. Hoar (Massachu-
setts). Mr. Walthall (MississippD Mr..
Hawley (Connecticut), Mr.. Cockrell mis-
souri,. Mr.. Stewart (Nevada). Mr.. Chill
| ton (Texas) and Mr.. Turley CTennessee).
The Senate adjourned until Monday.
Friday in the House was spent in con-
| sideration Of the naval appropriation bin
There was much filibustering and only
four pages of the bill were gone over. Ad-
journed until Saturday. The Senate was
not in session.
The House spent Saturday in consider
| alton of the naval appropriation bill. A
strong effort was made during the day
| to increase the appropriation for the ma
val reserves, but it failed. Another effort
| to have the government uniform the ma
val militia also failed. The main contest
of the day was over proposition to de-
| crease the number of timber dry docks au-
thorized by the bill from four to three. 1t
led Mr.. Cannon, chairman Of the Appro-
priations Committee, who made the mo-
| ton, to discuss the whole question of war
preparations and to inveigh against undue
| extravaganza. He was voted down--7S to
107. An amendment was adopted to per-
nit the Secretary of the Navy to use any
portion of Michigan's naval militia fund
| to repair the damage to the Yantic.