Our Lawmakers At Work

SLNATE-N!afty-flrst day-Ooean mail subsidies brougiu ko an animated diacusssion during the uon;..1-ation of the postofflce aupropriation bill. ïe subsidy item was re?Srv5!,lor'asepiuí'í: T0te aad tfle balance of the bill was eomp.eted. Mr. Cali, of Florida lntroducedareso:i.1ouof a radical character' concermng Cuba, proposing the immediate use i „, a. u"ited States naval force to R . i A.mer'cl"ls i Cuba from atrsoi.? an(1, 'or humane reasons lu general Ine resolution went over under the rul Ir GeorBe. of MissisaiDpi. then resumed ip leen' ín oppoaition to theclaims of Mr. Dun=oi toa seat in the Seimte'. Tao Housn pricf.cally cotnpleted the oonsideratlon of the 3und?v civil bilL In the eourse of the debate on an Kmendment to appiopriatc 75,00 for commencini the w ash. Mr. Cannon, the chairman of the appropriations committee, made an appeal for economy on the ground that the condition of?he treasurv was siirh thf nn „„_ "". _ï' Xtt be enterad upon by this congress." He was su portedin his appeal by Mr. Urosvenor, of Ohlo who in some plaln-spoken words. Insistéd that tbe necoBslties of the situatlon must govfí ; .. H? called ention to the act that dunng the first 19 months of the operation of the present tarifl law the recelpts nad been exceeded by the expenditures -76.01W - (XJü. Some minor business was transacted at the opening of the session. A blli was passed to.a.utbonze the llghthouse board to pïoceed with the construction of a lighthouse and tig signal on North Manitou island Lake Michigan SENATK.-Ninety-second day.- The postofflce appropriation bill served to bring out some sharp discussion on the proprlety of abolishini country postofflce ancf absorbing them af branches of city ornees. Mr. Gorman ODposed the plan as undemocratic. He stated that the Baltimore postotBce territory included two congressional districts. and this postofflce power was exerted toward influenclng the semS'"0?,?' meQ ior cons-ress. Af ter a speech by Mr. klkms advocating subsides and othe'r means of extending American commerce on the seas, the postofflce bill went over. Mr PettiSífWK -re Vrteá the Indlan appropriation bill. The bül authonzing the lighthouse board t proceed with the buildins of the lighthouse at H?ï-, Tnh toa lsla.nd' Lake passed. HousK-The question of appropriating publio money for private or sectarian instftutions. consideraron of the District of Oolumbla appropriation bili in oonnection withsome appropnations for charttable institutions in Washington, was agaln fought over for hours On the foriner occasion the contest was managed by Mr. Linton, of Michigan, who is one of the pronounced A. P. A. members in Congreas 1 hat contest was successful, and by a vote of 14S to 1J5 the bill was recommitted. This last bone of contention was the Howard university a colored institution. for which an approuriation of 32,600 was inserted in the sundry civil bill on motion of Mr. Evans. Rep., Ky The House voted 128 to 105 to retain the appropriation, thus, in a measure. reversing lts action when the district bill was up The sundry civil bill, as amended. was passed Mr. Danford. of Ohio, reportea from the immigration committee the Stone bill providing for the inspection of ïmmigrants before thev start for this country by U. S. consuls. The object being to force existin liiws nnr .i, awsasmay hereafter be passed by congres restricting immW?ration. Statistics show that with a foreign population of 14.77 per cent, more than hali of our white penltentiary convicts and more than half of our white inmates of our poor houses are foreigners, and prove that of the immigrants coming here durin the past few yeais too many of them are deficiënt in moráis and are incapable, physic.Uly, of selfs . pport. Ninety-third day.- Mo session of the Senate. House. -The agitation of the questioa of i Cuban belligerency was revived in connectioa with the conference report on the Cuban resolutions. lt was not expected that there would be much debate, but Mr. Boutelle, by his vigor0U3 opposition. prevented action. Mr. Hitt, ! ehairman of the loreign aBairs committee in I presenting the conference report, made a very températe speech, ia course of whica he expressed the greatest oonfldence that the President, although the resolutions being concurrent, and had no binding on the executive, would not 'be so recreant to his duty as to disregard the express wish of congress." He. in lact. refused to entertain the suggestion that Mr. Cleveland mitcht not recognize the belligerency of the Cubans as a result of the adoption of the resoiutions. Ninety-foutth day - No session of the Senate. House.- The day and night sessions were uucupieu oy speeches on tüe Cuban resolutlons. Sknate- Ninety-üfth day- The Senate spent the enlire day on the postofiflee appriation bill, but did r.ot complete it. The bill served to brin out sonM sharp criticisms by Senator Gorman on thP adiuinL.trat Ion of the postofflce department. and by Senator Allen on alleged lrregularitie.1 resulting from the ciyil service svstem. House- The conference report on the Cuban resolutions was adopted by a vote of 244 to 27 and the river and harbor bill passed under suspension of the rules after a lively debate of 40 minutes by a vote of 16 to u. The riyer and harbor bill carries In actual appropriations 10,330.560 and authorizes eontracts for 3i new projects with a limit of coat of 51,7U1.2I0. By adopting the conference report on Cuba the House afreed to the Senate resolutlons and disposes of the Cuban question for the present. Those resolutlons were as followa: "Kesolyed. that ín the opinión of Congress, a condltion of public warexists between the (fovernment of Spain and the government proclaimed and for some time rnaintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba. and that the Cnited States öf America snoukl maintain a strict neutrahty Deineen me con'.enümg powers according to each all the rigbts of beüigerents in tbe pons and terrllory of the United States. Resolved i further. That the f riendly offices of the United. States should be offered by the President to lae Spanish overnment ior the recognition of the independence of Cuba." Concurrent resolutions do not usually have to be sent to the President, but these do, us they express the opinión that he should tender the offlce of the United States to Spain for the recognition of Cuban independence. and are thereíore a direction to him in so fur as congress óan direct the President in such a proceeding.