, 1879-04-22
WASHINGTON.
The House Clerk Buried
Under an Avalanche
of Bills.
Finance Measures by the Score
Crowded Into the
Hopper.
A Grand Total of 1856
Measures Of All De-
seripti0ns.
Important Supreme Court De-
cisions in Railroad Land
Cases.
Secretary Schurz's pre.emption
Decision Reversed by the
Court.
Scheme of the Tariffites to Gust
Wood from the Ways and
Means.
Democratic Senators Hesitate to
Carry Out Their Clerical
Programme,
Fearing to Preoipitate General De-
bate that Will React Against
Their Party.
Scheme Of the Tariffites to Gust
Wood from the Ways and
Means.
Democratic Senators Hesitate to
Carry Out Their Clerical
Programme.
Fearing to Preoipitate General De-
bate that Will React Against
Their Party.
EN- THE HOUSE.
4 FLOOD OF HILLS.

EN- THE HOUSE.
4 FLOOD OF HILLS.
8pecici Dispatch 10 The Trieans.
WAsH1HGToN, D. G., April 21.-It was bill
daY with abundance In the house. For moro
than tive consecutive hours the 1ood-gatcs OF
tnitfa: legislation wcrc opened, md n great
stream OF bills came rushing In. Monday has
lang been known nB the legislative wash-dny.
There has never been such waslt.day In the
history Of tic American Congress us there WAS
to-day. There hayc boon tin1os when 600 Or
600 bills have been introduced ia one day, but
to-day the number wa 1,3sJ. Anticipating
this flood, tho clerks Of the Houac whose re-
sponsib!c duty it is to jouruatlzc. check for
printing md have the special charge Of these
bills,
pARNlCApED THEIH DOORS
the mon1crt IL n:clock was reached, and c1-
cludcd all. outsfders Ia order to prevent the
journals OF the House from being thrown Into
absolute confusion by this vast mass OF incoic-
rent legislation. There was, Of course, nothing
else in tho proceedings. Tho days work was
mcchan!cal. It consisted simply In the recognt-
tion of members OF tic different states in the
order Of The admission Of those States In tho
Union, untl Of reading to titles Of hills as pre-
0PAk(A ~ tt41 tAt"AbVlut AHl4t AlG lSAE lhk
was concluded. Under the rules this business
could have bcon stopped In sixty minutes aftcs
1o o'clock, but by unanimous consent 1t was
agreed tlat
rtlK CALL SHOULD CONTINUE
until all the States had been concluded, The
Republicans decided that any further ATTEMPT
to pruscnt the Introduction Of legislation would
bo considered rs !ilinusterlng, md thnt obstruc-
ton would be futilo in view OF the device Of the
pctit!on-box, tint no objection should be inter-
posed, and that the Democracy should be per-
mtttcd to load tho dockcts Of Congress ut this
extra session with thfs yast mass Of business.
There was work enough proposed to-day to oc-
cupy Congress iu stcndy session for ono ycar.
All Of IT sayo private blll3, which were printed
in The Inst Congress-,
GO 70 TIE PRINTER.
Unlcr the new rnlr, however, these priyats bills
arc not to bo printed until their printing shall
be ordered by d committee. In this vast mass
Of bills It Is not possible to notice many except
by titles, and It Is probably not worth whtlo to
notIro them oven to that extent, M no one ex-
prcts Tint any considerable number OF these
bills, II even Que, will become law, or oven 10
seriously considered by both branches Of Con.
grcas at this session.
WESTERN Hills.
TlIa following Woro among tho Western bills:
by Mr. Cobb, Ut 1ndlana-To authorize tho
local taxatiou Of lcgal.tcnlcr Treasury notes.
by Mr. Cnlktns, of 1ntliana-Appropriatin
eAvotouo " 1'nui'so t"o na.noso! aA!coiAan lily
by Sir. Stephenson, u ll!inola-To enuattze
the boun.ics Ut so1dicrs, nnl an amendment to
tha fonstltutfon nroblhtttnc tho nnvn,cnt ~
.snnth"rn Wor c,,,ms -
m'. ~ o,a.,a.. ,u,..,
~ Mt' o'ne'e1o''' u ii.uois-fof an aau'-
t!0nai Judicial i1lstrkt IN Illinois; also for thr
organization Of thu Mississippi River Improye-
mont Co,nm1seton: a,so to ,,rnytla n1an for mn
s1at,4ow., ",,ornt ~ 11r,.nd stato. .,o.s' ~ w
directing thn uscs to which thoy shall be applied.
by mir. Tow nsierd, uf lloos--A vast number
Of hills. among them one 10 rcncal tho uroyIs,
,,p ~ ,bo NavIscj, a,n,ntc =. rc,stiv. n tba ~.
'oh VI t''e "e''Se' otatutce 'e.*'Fe " tAe le-
Mosai Of eauscs from etate 10 feoeea! courts;
one relative to the sale OF Leaf tobacco; one to
7cpoal tha outy on aulu,ue: Que to regulate inter.
e,r,. o,,,,,n ,r.a. nr. roJ,,tra ~ In c,n.tr,,-
n"1e so'neo' o"o 1e'"t. az, ~ a1e W.
tloh Vi pf'o0es across tae oho river; ono lot
Indemnity Tor swamp nnA 0ycraowed lands In
Illinois; ons relative to dismissal Of army OH.
cer,
H. po,,,,,,,,.,xo n.,,, ~ f,,f,.ro-a hi,
~ 'op s, =. ,,.,~ Sas. ,.a.. ~.
~ ts'o 'ssA " .e''A.a pe,aoa. ''o
no.nceteaus oa t"c puoms 'a"os'
~ Mr.. Aldrlch-A bill to establish branch
mint ut Chicago; also to n,ncnd tIe Immediate.
TRANSFORMATION aet In scsncrt to The trausuorta
t,on ~ nu,tsh. 1,oa.. ..,I lo,,,t r..o1r,to,, ~
~, Titn ~ anu t.iJ ~ ,h ,n-o ~
1e og Ill., Saty' Rycr Rnsx LOT 'e 'np'oSe'