Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29

On Monday the Senate passed the legis-
lative, executive mad judicial appropria-
ton bill, carrying more than 25,OOO,OO0.
and the measure providing for the APP
pointment of a commission to adjudicate
and settle claims Of the people OF the
United States growing out Of the war
with Spain. For brief time the Porto
Rican government and tariff measure was
under consideration. Mr.. Foraker, in
charge of the bill, submitted some COM
mittee amendments. A few of them were
agreed TO, but the important ones were
left pending. A free trade amendment
to the bill was offered by Senator Bev-
eridge. The House refused to concur in
the Senate amendments to the Porto
Rican tariff bill and conferees were APP
pointed. Rest of the day devoted to
District of Columbia business.
The Senate on Tuesday received ma
jority report from the committee on priv
ileges and elections declaring Senator
Scott of West Virginia entitled to his
seat. Listened to extended speech by
Mr.. Morgan on the Porto Rico bill. In
the House Mr.. Sulzer of New York at
tackled the administration in speech
upon his resolution calling upon the War
Department for information as to what
Notifications Great Britain was erecting
on the Canadian border. The committee
on military affairs submitted a reply OF
Adjutant General Corbin, saying such
information was secret, but that Great
Britain was erecting no works which
threatened American rights. The COM
mittee recommended that the resolution
lie upon the table, and this was done by
a vote of ITO to 81. Consideration of the
Loud bill to restrict the character OF pub
locations entitled to pound rates as sec
ond-class mail matter was then taken up.
Mr.. Loud defended it in a long speech.
The other speakers were III. q. Smith
(Mich.), in favor of the BILL and Messrs.
Little (Ark.). Bell (Coio.), Henry Miss,
Stokes Is. CO. and Brown Ohio in oppo-
sition to il.
In the Senate on Wednesday Mr.. Tur-
ner (Wash.) stated he was informed by
the Governor of Alaska that exclusive
concessions for gold mining in the bed Of
the sea near Cape Nome. Alaska, had
been granted by the Secretary of War,
and upon that statement he based a res
olution of inquiry. Senator Turner said
if such grant had been made it was "a
shame, a reproach and a scandal" The
resolution was agreed to. The additional
urgent deficiency bill was passed. Dur
ing the debate in the House upon the
Loud bill relating to second class mail
matter Mr.. Mcpherson rep. Iowa.
charged that Mr.. Lentz Dem, Ohio was
the attorney of the lobby which is fight
ing the bill. Otherwise the debate was
without incident. Mr.. Loud agreed TO
accept amendments to increase the num-
Der of sample copies which newspapers
a,
500 to 1000 and to limit the provision re-
quiring newspapers to separate their mail
to those having in excess of 5000 circu-
lation The speakers were Messrs Brom-
well (Ohio), Griggs (Ga), Mcpherson
Qowa) Burke (TeXas), Bingham pa,
Heatwole (Minn.) and Latimer Is. Co. in
favor of the bill and Messrs. Moon
(Tenn.), Lentz (Ohio) Vandiver (Mo),
Snodgrass (Tenn.), Cochran MOI and
Neville (Neb9 against it.
On Thursday the Senate passed a reso-
luton by Mr. Butler asking the Secre-
tary of the Treasury for information as
to the bank charters granted since the
passage of the currency bill, and for 9TH
er information concerning the operations
of the new law. Devoted the rest of the
day to debate on the Porto Rico prob
recommtted to the committee on post
Office the Loud bill relating to second
class mail matter. 1t is not thought the
bill will reappear in the present session.
The Senate on Friday agreed TO send
the diplomatic and consular bill TO con-
ference. Passed the Porto Rico ST.
100000 appropriation bill as amended in
conference by vote of 30 to 10. The
House passed ths bill, introduced at the
request of northwestern lumbermen, au-
thorizing the Secretary of War to make
regulations permitting the running OF
loose logs, RATS and lumber on streams
in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Passed 142
private pension bills. Agreed to vote on
the conference report of the Porto Ri
can appropriation bill Mt / O'clock Satur-
day Afternoon, March "A.
On Saturday the Senate recommitted
the bill providing for a civil government
for Porto Rico. Accepted statue of
Oliver T.. Morton from the State of In
diana to be placed in Statuary Hail.
Passed bills to equaliZe the duties of dis
trict federal judges in Alabama; to pay
James Drake, marshal of Washington,
81 ,529 expended by him. and appropriate
ing $4,000 to pay the expenses of a
to study commercial condi-
tons in the Orient. The House agreed
TO the conference report on the Porto
Rico relief bill by a vote of 135 to 81.
Passed the bill appropriating $1,000 for
plans for Grant memorial TO be erected
in Washington.