The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-04-29
WASHINGTON.
A Good bay for tho Introduction of
New Bills in the House.

A Good bay for tho Introduction O
New Bills in the House.
WASHINGTON, d C, April 2l-Th,
States were called to dav in the Hous,
for hills and joint resolutions for refe,
ence ONLY. II having been agreed hc
forehano ,aat the call should continu,
ar,il all the States had heen heard from
mcInhers offered their hills very leisure
", and it was not until 6 :l5 that the las
State wss called. and in that time 80:
bills hal been introduced Clerks of I'll,
House say that such thing was never
known before as 4 call Of States lasting
five hours and three q iarters. and Of 81
many bills being intrOduced. + .ch mem
her seemed bound to make up for los
time Thomas Turner, OF Kentucky
was the d st champion intrnducer. fnr hi
put In fort i've bill s o her member.
ran as high as twen'y, thir.v and forty
Threo-fourths Of the bills introduced
were for pensions or other private claims
and fully nine-tenths Of the whole mum.
her were bills which failed tn pass at the
last c ,ngress. Some of the bills wert
mere repetitions F,r example, ther,
were several, at least twenty, to repaa
the duty or quinine; as many to relev.
growers of tobacco OF onerous taxation
and as manv TO pay pensions to- sol lier.
OF the Mexican war OHIO member.
were pretty we'll primed. and besides /.
large number of pension and other pr
va'e bills, the following Of a public char
ac.er were offered:
Bs Mr.. demonstrating to tele
graphic Communications between To,
o ,ited States and foreign countries -
10 authorize the adjudication and paw.
ment OF certain claims from = fund ere
ated bv Section Is OF Chapter 45s Of tn.
L,ws Of the Fort, third Congress. B,
Mr. Butterwortb-T amend Section
of an act TO amend laws ieIatlng to in
ternal revenue. The part proposed to
he repealed is that which requires rectl
fiers 10 give bond, By Mr. G. ,rficld-
To authorize the sale OF tents for relie
OF colored persons rho have recently
emigrated from the So,th. BY Mr. Ew'
ing-ro provide for retiring the circula.
ting notes Of National Banks; also tc
provide for assessing and regulating
graduated tax on incomes also to pro.
vide the issue Of silver coin certificates
in exchange for bullion at the curren,
market rates also bill to provide for the
exchange of fractional currency and lie.
ga'-tender currency; also bill in relation
to the recninage OF trade dollars into
standard silver dollars also bill to es.
tablish new judicial district in Ohio -
By Mr.. L. Fevre-To equalize the boun-
ties of soldiers who served in the late
var. By Mr. NeAl-To define duties oI
reporter Of the Supreme Curt of the
United States, and fixing his compensa.
ton; also bill to make the City Of Porte.
mouth port Of delivery. BY Mr.. Young
-Authoriz ng the Secretary of the Treas.
ury to issue honds to pay arrears OF pen
sions Bv Wa-ner-To amend certain
sections OF the revised Statutes relati ng
TO coinage, to allow coin and bullion to
he deposited into the Treasury and to
receive certificates therefor Bv Hill
A bill in relation to the engraving and
OF United States not.s By
Dickey. define the act ceding to the
State Of 0 iio the lands in the military
reservation in said Safe By Converse
TO authorize session OF the United
States Circuit and District Courts to he
held at C ,'nmhns, and transferring coun
lies from the N .rthern District. There
were large number Of bills offered re-.
lating tn the finances and for coinage oil
silver, some Of which proposed that
C image should he unlimited Weaver,
of Iowa, nff r d one hill for an issue oil
six millions Of greenb,cks, and another
for an issue Of fifty millions Of fraction
"f currency Tnerc- were prOpOsitions
t" make graduated income tax, and
others tn hermit local taxation OF State
hanks E 'ery Committee in the House
has had referred to it enough business
to keep it going for the balance OF the
Fort, sixth Congress Members have
ah"ut exhausted themselves, and here.
after the morning hour of Monday il
not expected to possess any particular
or special interest. Last week it wal
agreed that the House should each day
this week take recess at 4 80 until Z
80. the evening session to be for debat,
only on the Legislative Appropriation
Bill. just before that hour arrived e.,
day Speaker Randall suggested that ih,
call Of States be allowed 10 run until al
we're called, no other business to he trans
acted The result was that all member,
whose States had heen called immediate
~ left the hall. and when it came dowr
to Kansas there we're very few member,
present. Mr.. Anderson, new memhe
from that State. perpetrated sort OF
prsc'ical Ike by offering at the tail enc
Of large batch of hills one to make i
unlawful to INTRODUCES any moro bills.
The Speaker suggested that this shoul
he sent to the Committee on Civil Ser.
vice Reform.