The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-07-28

WORK NEGLECTED IN CON
GRESS.
Measures that Failed to Receive
Action.



Notwithstanding the great length Of the
session Of Congress which closed yesterday
nearly eight months-quite a number
OF important measures failed They will
go over a7 legacios to the next session, and
some Of them will, perhaps, never be heard
Of again. There were about two dozen
bills on the speaker table yesterday when
the hour OF adjournment was reached. OF
this number at least dozen and half are
land grabs bills donating public lands
TO railroad companies Some of them
have been moving along for two or three
sessions, and are no nearer success now
than wien they were first introduced
Nothing but the dogged pcrsistrncv Of their
projectors keeps them before Congress-
Probably the most
IMPORTANT BILL THAT FAILED
was that providing for the apportionment
OF representatives among the several states,
better known as the appor,onment bill
Its defeat has settled the question Of in
creasing the number Of members Of the
House Of Representatives until the Forty
second Congress, and it has prevented the
West and the South from getting any in
crease in their representation. The clc>
ments Of opposition to this measure wera
rather Singular and an aIusion to them
VII show what slim chance il had. First
Of all, the New England DELEGATION were
against it for the double reason that while
it would increase the strength Of other
sections Of the country in the House, it
would cauie the New England states to lose
a portion Of their representatives New
ork and Pennsylvania were generally op-
posed to II because while it would have
given them one or two addsional members
each, the Republicans feared they might
be Democrats, and as the Republican
strength IS already large enough, they cons
sidercd Il best to let well enough alone.
As a general ruie, the South and West
wanted the bin passed, because all those
sections would have been most largely ben
Gifted by It's provisions. There was some
opposition to it, however, even among the
western men. Certain Of the Democrats
opposed it on the ground that it would
give Republicans strongholds, like the
State Of Iowa, chance to increase The Re
publican majority in the House, and. on
! the Their hand. Republicans did not favor
| il because it might add to the Democratic
( minority in some instances. Is soon as
/ the census is taken it will be absolutely
necessary to pass this bill, ana the chances
are that it will go through at the next ses-
sion. Perhaps by that time the contend
ing elements will have havmOnizcd, The
, bill
/ FIXING THE THE FOR TIE ELECTION OF
CONGRESSMEN
/ failed in consequence OF the Senate having
! put it Oh as an amendment to the appor>
! tI0nment bill. There was no particular
4 objection to it, and had is been allowed to
/ sand unon It's own merits it would UNI
! doult cdIy have gone through. 1t
/ was sort OF party measure, got up by the
4 Republicans as one Of a series of measures
4 to head oil the alleged re eating aud
coloniZ;ng' prOclI2ites of the Democrats.
I 1t provided that the elections for meuters
/ OF the House Of Representatives should
/ take place in all the states on the same
| day, the Tuesday after the first Monday i,
| November. Some Of the states now elect
/ in November, some ia October, and some
/ in the spring months Another object OF
! this measure was to have each new Con,
gross complete on the day when its prede-
cessor expired, the 4th Of March. This /:
far more important than the Interior pur.
pose for which the bill was originally in.
troduced. The bill for the
REORGANIZATION OF THE NAVY
never came out OF the committe room o.
naval affairs after it was printed and re
committed. 1t was less fortunate than thu
bill for the reorganization of tire army
which, under the lead Of Logan, was push,
cd through both Houses, though in some
what different Shape from what it came
from the house military committee The
truth i, the committee on naval affair.
was not equal to the task Not a singl,
member :! that committee knows anything
practically, Of the navy or of naval affair
in general. Unlike the u litary Committee
it has no members who has served in th,
navy, and, therefore, none who had an ex
perence that might be turned to somt
account. Ga the vexed questions Of lin,
and staff the members OF the committee
were as much divided as the officers of the
navy themselves, or their various friend:
outside. What was worst of all, the com.
mitlea would take no advice, nor would
they consult with men who are supposed Il
know something about our navy rom then
( long connection with it. To be sure, the!
sent fer Admiral Porter halfa-d0Zeu times
and had two or three letters from Admira
Farracut : bat after getting the OPTIONS 81
these officers as TO hat was needed TO in
sure the efficiency OF tue service, they I'M
mediatey set about to do the opposite. =
Perhaps, on lla ELg,a, il IS better that lhl