Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-03-10
Bills that Failed.

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without passing into laws the mos t use.
full measures which we're before ii.
Among those which made more or less
progress but failed Of enactment at the
session just closed are the following:
The legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill without which the
wheels Of government must cease to re-
volve, and which failed to DO passed
on account Of the partisan and revolu-
ito nary opposition Of the Democracy.
The bill to regulate interstate COM
merce. This bill would have been a
beneficial one in equalizing and regu-
lating the freights between the States,
but the opposition Of monied monopC-
lies was stronger than Congress and
the bill fell. The Geneva award bill
and the bill to establish Postal Saving g
Banks, both useful and needed meas
ures, both fell by the way. The bill
for the repeal Of the resumption act one
Of the worst which occupied a consider
sble length Of time, was happily de-
feated by the great success of resump-
tion while Congress was in session.
The bill granting pensions to survivors
Of the Mexican war, not bad in itself
but made obnoxious because the Dem
ocrats wanted to include jeff. Davis
among the pensioners. The "Sugar
BILL" because it would have favored
home manufacture Of sugar also went
by the board. The bill to prevent
Chinese immigration, one of the most
iniquitours and foolish measures be-
fore Congress was only prevented
from becoming a law by the veto
of Republican President. The
joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution prohibiting
the payment of disloyal claims, Of
course fell, although so many ex-rebels
from the South pretended to be in favor
of the measure. The bill 20 provide
for the enforcement Of tho eight hour
law, and the prop sition to transfer the
Indian Bureau to the War Department,
both failed, the latter on account of tho
opposition If the Democracy 10 the
army, which it made every effort to de-
stroy. The Mississippi levee bill and
bho bill providing for commission on
the improvement OF the Mississippi
river, both meritorious, fell through
wrangling factious jealous Of each 9TH
II. The bill for extending the time for
the comple elton Of the Northern Pacific
railroad, which justice and the true in
tsrests of the country demanded, stood
no chance whatever, and the bill for
granting aid to the Brazilian mail SER
vice was numerically slaughtered in
the -x-rebel House ostensibly because
the ship yards on the Delaware would
have got few ships to build, and
America would have got share of the
South American trade, which the Brit
ISL now monopolize. The bill provid-
ing for the humane transportation Of
live stock was entirely too humane for
favorA'lo consideration by a Congress
that tried to repeal every safe guard to
the general section law, and give
free LICENSE to murder ii the
SOuth. The bill to provide for
the sal" of the public lands, the pro-
ce-ds to be applied to educational pur-
poses, stood no chance in Congress
which dependei upon Icing kept in
power through the narrow prejudices
and ignorance of the masses. The bill
to provide for railroad companies to
construct and maintain lines of tele.
graph for commercial purposes, being
a blow at the Western Union monopoly
which had plenty Of money, of course
fell. The Burnside Army reorganiza-
ton bill, ike al other bills for the
benefit of the army, was defeated on
account Of the opposition Ct the Demo-
cracy to the army. The bill 10 revise
the patent laws Japanese AMI Chinese
Indemnity fund bill the var Gus meas
ures reported from House committee on
banking and currency, and many ether
financial bills, both in the House and
Senate all bills, besides those sp ,cfed
above, proposing al / in lands and bonds
for the construction of railroads, canals,
&C.; large number of bills OH caen-
dars affecting local intere Is of more or
less importance, and several hundred
reported from committe g for the relief
Of private claimants, b, 81 les thousands
Of others are left untou h I'd on the lies
of the committee rooms. The total
number of bills and joint resolutions
INTRODUCED in the House of Representa-
tives during the Congress which has
jubt expired is G,S2t, and the total for
the Senate is 1886.
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