Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-20

In the House on Tuesday the civil ser
vice debate ended very tnmely. There
was not even vote on the appropriations
in the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill for the commission up
on which the debate WAS based. The Re-
publicans who are seeking to modify or
repeal the law, decided to let the debate
come to close, but ii required the cast
ing vote of the speaker to accomplish this
-125 to 1876. Mr.. Bailey, the Democratic
leader, made clear statement of the mi
nority position. which indicates that the
minority will vote to repeal, but not to
modify the law. The principal speech Of
the day was made by Mr. Brosius, chair
man of tic Civil Service Committee, who
defended the law in two hours speech.
In the Senate, Senator Davis took the
floor and proceeded TO deliver set speech
in support OF the Hawaiian annexation
treaty. His speech was accepted as prac-
tically the committees report upon the
treaty. Mr.. Allen introduced and secured
the adoption of resolution calling upon
the President for information in his pos
session relative to the boundary line be-
tween Venezuela and British Guiana, and
to inform the Senate whether the United
States now has any clerks or other en-
ployes at work upon the Venezuelan boun-
dairy question.
In the House on "Wednesday an urgent
deficiency bill carrying $1,741, S43 was
passed. One of the items authorizing
further expenditure of $250,000 for the
Soldiers Home at Danviilc, ILL.,. for
which $4,000 was appropriated in the
last sundry civil bill, was used by Mr.. De
Almond Dem., No. as a basis for Bit
ter personal attack upon Chairman Can
non, whose home Is at Danvillc. His
motion to strike out the item was defeat
cd without division. There was lively
debate over the provision in the bill re-
quirng the owners of bullion hereafter
to pay the cost of transporting bullion
from assay offices to the minis. The mo-
ton to strike out the proviso was then de-
feated-125 to 40. Mr. Hit from the
Foreign Affairs Committee reported the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill. In the Senate Mr.. Chandler of the
Committee on Naval Affairs secured the
passage of resolution asking the Secre-
tary of the Navy to furnish Il list of the
active officers of the navy in each corps.
together with those who are at sea, on
shore duty and on waiting orders. The
Senate then went into executive session
and Mr.. Davis concluded his speech on
the Hawaiian treaty.
On Thursday in the House considera-
ton of the agricultural appropriation bill
was completed in committee of the whole,
and then the House adjourned upon the
motion of those opposed to the printing
of another edition of the famous horse
book" There was the annual fight over
the question of free seed distribution to
the farmers. but the effort to strike out
the appropriation (S130,0O0) failed as
usual, the majority against it Thursday
being 1876. One of the important amend
ments adopted provided for the inspec-
ton of horse meat for export purposes
in The same way that the meat of cattle
and other animals is now inspected.
Among the measures reported in the SEN
ate was the pension appropriation bill. 1t
was placed on the calendar at the con-
clusion of the morning business. The
immigration bill was then taken up, and
Mr.. Caffery was recognized for a speech
in opposition to the measure. The eulo-
gies in memory of the late Senator Isham
G. Harris of Tennessee, which were to
have been presented, were postponed at
the request of Senator Bate on account
of the absence Of his colleague, Senator
Turley. They will not be offered until
after the election of Senator by the
Legislature of Tennessee. At the con-
clusion Of Mr.. Caffrey's speech the SEN
ate went into executive session.
In the House ON Friday, it was the in
tention of the managers to proceed with
the diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill, but they relinquished the day to the
Committee on Claims. Before this order
was entered upon the agricultural bill was
passed. When the House adjourned the
night before the amendment to the bill
providing for the publication of another
edition of the 'horse book" was pending.
On Friday the friends of the amendment
compromised with the Appropriations
Committee by agreeing to Il reduction of
the number to be printed from 10000 to
10000. As amended the amendment was
adopted. Most Of the day was consumed
in flibuster against a bill to pay the
publishing house of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church South at Nashville. Tern,
S2SS,OO0 for the seizure and use of the
of that corporation during the
war. In the Senate Mr.. Hoar offered a
joint resolution proposing an amendment
to the constitution extending the term of
Office of the President and Senators to
April 30, 1901, at noon, and making that
day instead of March the commence
ment and termination of official terms in
future. 1t was referred to the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections. Mr..
LoCgc offered resolution, which was
agreed to, calling upon the Secretary of
Agriculture to supply the Senate with
information as to the amount of sugar
imported into the United States: the
amount of beet sugar produced in the
United States; with what sugar. imported
or domestic, the beet sugar comes into
competition. and what effect the Ha-
waiian sugar has or can have upon beet
sugar production in the United States.
The Senate then went into executive SEES
sion and considered the nomination of
Mr.. Mckenna to he justice OF the SUI
premc Court. After the executive session
consideration of bills on the pension cal
endar was begun, and nineteen were
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