New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-04-30
NEWS OF THE CAPITAL.
STRAY GOVERNMENTAL TOPICS.

President in regard to the Indian Territory
was not issued too soon, for an organized
movement is on foot to invade the Ierrltoly'
announcement is extended i'll Washington 10
the proposed Worlds Fair.
THE AVALANCHE OF NEW BILLS.
WHAT THE DREADFUL LOAD OF 1865 NEW MEAS
UREs, WHICH WERE INTRODUCED IN siNuih
DAY, AIM TO PROVIDE FOR.
ley TELEGRAPH THE TRIBuNEl
WASHINGTON, April 29.-Of the 1865 bills and
Joint resolutions introduced into the House OF KEEP
resentatives last Monday week, not one-haif nave
yet been printed. and under new and very reason
able rule of the House, many Of them never VIII De-
as they relate to private claims. and have aireaoy
been printed at least once and some OF them dozen
times That considerable saving is effected by the
new rule is evident from the fact that OF the 1850
bills above mentioned, Sji are of private nature.
These may be su6divided as follows Individual
pension bills 344; war claims, Sc; referred TO
Committee of Claims, 100 other private bills re-
derred 10 different committees. 274.
The next most numerous class of bills comprises
those relating to public buildings and internal i'm
provements. of which there were, 40. A large ma
iority of these were offered by Southern members
for that section. Thus there 20 bills for the i'm
movement of Southern rivers alone while Dllls 1or
fourteen public buildings in Southern States
were offered Among other bills in this clasG are two
70 aid in the construction of the Southern Texas
Pacific Railroad.
OF bulls relating to the coinage and currency, or
affecting the manner of paying the public debt there
are 49, OF these % relate to silver coin
aCe IA provide for the issue of silver certificates
lone of them requiring the Government to buy
bullion and issue certificates therefor), and to
increase the coinage capacity of the mlnts ma
iority of the silver bills intended to provide for
,,oy;p0 no trade dollar q the Mexican dollar q
lecal-tender There bills toreire the National
bank notes and Issue greenbacks in lieu thereof;
10 pay the principal and interest of the bonds III
greenbacks. and to pay them in silver coin. One
hin provdes that lcgal-tender notes shall be sub
ject to taxation by local authority. Two provide
for the issue of National bank notes of smaller
denominations than So, and one requires that
bank reserves shall consist of coin. Mr. Weaver,
of Iowa. offered bill to provide for the issue of
5000 OO0O 600 in greenbacks and $5O,OOO.OOO IN
fractional currency. This is in addition to the
81 600 900 900 provided for by Mr. De La Martyrs
bill Mr. Alexander II. Stephens offered bill to
amend the Coinage laws; another providing for anew
metric gold coin for the issue OF gooid COINS,
and one for the mntng of ingots of gold alloy and
goloid alloy. and the issue of certificates based
thereon.
MIR. Young. of Ohio offered bill to authorize the
ssue of United States bonds in payment of arrear-
ages due pensioners
There were AZ bills offered which affect the
revenue laws. OF these 10 exempt sales of to-
bacco bv producers from license or other tax. -Four
abolish tho taxes- spirits nnanufaot ured from
peaches apples and other fruits. One proposes to
refund all such taxes that have already been paid
Five abolish the duty quinine One repeats the
duty on salt One exempts savings deposits from
taxation One proposes to refund direct paid In
insurrectionary States Three repeal taxes on State
.I,aN rttx rfaOr lla IUnnO rfpH
for monumental purposes. All except three Of these
PROPOSITIONS to reduce the revenue were offered by
Southern members, but, ON the other hand, South
ern members offered three of the four bills offered to
impose an income tax. The character of the other
ravenue bills offered cannot be inferred from their
titles.
There were offered 80 bills to amend or
repeal certain specified sections OF the Revised
Statutes several of which relate to the elective
franchise but majority of them. judging by their
reference to the Committee on Ways and Means.
relate TO the revenue laws
There are % bills which relate to bounties
and pensions OF these 10 grant pensions to
soldiers of the Seminole, Black Hawk, Mexican and
other wars. The familiar measure for the equaliza-
ton of bOunties is represented by different
bills The remainder of the bills i'll this class are
for various amendments to the, Pension laws.
Two of them, both introduced by Mr.. Thomas
Turner of kentucky, are for the amendment OF
that section of the Revised Statutes which pro-
hibits payments to pensioners who nave been DIS
lOyal. -, -,
OF the % bills affecting Indian tribes, the
most notable the one providing for the
consolidation Of Indian tribes tnat Tor the aliot-
memt of lands i'll severalty to Indians and that for
the establishment OF police regulations on Indian
reservations The Oklahoma bill made It's reap |
pearance also. -,
number relate to patents about 80 To public |
land OF which two provide for the repeal or the Pre-
enption laws dozen or more to Naval AFFAIRS |
and about 90 to the practice, JuTisdicuon etc. OF
United States Courts.
Several familiar subsidy bills have been already
introduced; Among these are the 9nes for the Bra
Shin Canal and the Dismal swamp Canal. Mr.. |
Harris of Massachusetts, introduced bill 10 extend |
the time for the completion OF the Northern Paclllc
Railroad. , 49,. .
There arc three bills reletng to the distribution
of the Geneva Award. one To the japanese indem- |
nifty fund.- one restricting the Immigration OF Cni-
neSe one prohibiting contracts for servlle labor,
two for the education of the people," one tor the
general removal of political disabilities, ana one 10
provide for the erection OF monument TO UTherid
HerkimeT of Revolutionary faine. MI. Challuers' |
of the famous shOestring" district in Mississippi,
introduced bill u prevent corruption IN elections,
and Mr.. FELTON,, of Georgia, one prescribing q FORM !
of oath to be administered 70 members OF Congress.
III this latter bill should become law II Will wipe
ont the last distinction IN the practice OF the House
that exists between members who have been loyal |
aud those who have been IN rebellion.
Ii is "a cOnsOling reflection that this immense |
avalanche OF bills does not signify so many |
more new laws. a large majority OF these bills |
have been offered once, twice or "a dozen times |
before; many OF them are duplicates OF each other.
Moreover, experience proves That only about 4 |
per cent of the bills introduced in any session OF |
Congress ever become laws
A CHANCE FOR THE ARMY.
INDIAN TERRITORY TO BE INVADED BY HORDE |
OF SETTLERS IN TIE INTEREST OF IRREsPoNsI- |
BILE RAILROADS.