Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

In the House on Monday a couple OF
hours were devoted to business relating to
the District of Columbia, and the remain
der of the day was occupied with the
Indian appropriation bill. A lively de-
bate was precipitated by an allusion made
by Mr.. Simpson Pop., Kan.) to an alleg
ed interview with the President ON the
subject Of immigration. Mr.. Grosvenor
took occasion to express the opinion that
the President had never used some of the
language imputed to him. and the debate
drifted into u general discussion Of our
Industrial conditions. In the Senate pro-
posed annexation OF Hawaii was some
what extensively reviewed by Mr.. Nor
gan OF Alabama while speaking to a ques-
ton of personal privilege. One of the
features Of the session was an elaborate
speech by Mr.. Turpie of Indiana in sup
port of the Teller resolution. The pension
appropriation bill was debated for nearly
three hours, but was not passed, the Sem
ate adjourning pending the disposal of a
point of order made against an amend
ment offered by Mr.. Allen of Nebraska
to the pending bill.
Under the parliamentary fiction Of dis
cussing the Indian appropriation bill, the
House devoted almost the entire day
Tuesday to political debate in which
the main question was whether prosper
ity had come to the country as result Of
the advent Of the present administration.
Mr.. Smith, the delegate from Arizona,
made an attack on the system of educat-
ing the Indians. and Mr.. Walker moved
to strike out the appropriation for the
Carlisle school. No vote was taken on
the motion. A bill. was passed granting
American register to the foreign built
steamer Navajo. In the Senate the ses-
sion was characterized by heated, al
most acrimonious, discussion of the fnan-
cial question. For nearly four hours the
Teller resolution was under consideration,
the principal speeches being made by Mr..
Allison Qowa), Mr.. Berry (Arkansas) and
Mr.. Hoar (Massachusetts).
Consideration of the Indian appropria-
tion bill consumed the entire day in the
House on Wednesday. The debate was
chiefly on extraneous subjects. The mo
ton to strike out the appropriation for
the Carlisle Indian school was defeated
after considerable debate, % to Go. Ten
pages of the bill were disposed Of The
conference report on the urgent deficiency
bill was adopted. In the Senate the day
was spent in discussion of the Teller
silver resolution.
The Indian appropriation bill was pass
ed by the House on Thursday and the
political debate which had been raging
since Monday was transferred to the Dis
tT'ict of Columbia bill, which followed ii.
The only two important changes made in
the Indian bill as passed were the elimi-
nation Of the provisions for the leasing
OF the gilsonte mineral lands Of the
Kiowa, Comanche, Apache and Wichita
reservations. both of which went out on
points of order. The features Of the de-
bate Thursday were the speeches Of Mr..
Hartman (silver Republican, Mont.), in
denunciation OF the financial policy of the
administration, and Of Mr.. Dolliver Gre
publican, Iowa., in reply to the general at
tacks of the opposition. In the Senate
the day was spent in debate on the Teller
resolution.
The bill to pay the book publishing COM
pany of the Methodist Episcopal Church
south $2SS,000 for damages sustained by
that corporation during the war, after
encountering an obstinate filibuster,
which STAYED off vote on two previous
private bill days, was pioted to its pas
sage in the House on Friday by Mr.. Coop
err OF Texas. who was in charge of the
message. The friends of the measure
proved themselves in an overwhelming
majority, and the opposition, finding it
could hold out no longer. reluctantly yield
ed. The vote on the bill was 1SS to 81.
An evening session for the consideration
of other private bills was held. In the
Senate the entire day was taken up by
consideration of the Teller silver resslu-
ton. 1t was passed by a vote of AZ to
81.
The District Of Columbia appropriation
bill was before the House OH Saturday,
but the day was spent in political debate.
The controversial question as to whether
prosperity had arrived attracted the most
attention and interest, and testimony pro
and con was offered throughout the day.
At times considerable acrimony was dis
played, but as rule the debate was good
natured. both sides seeming to recognize
that it was merely n struggle to score
political advantage. The Senate was not
in session.