Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-10
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1888.
Forty-seventh Congress.

iho roity -OoN6ntH OOuSItoS tci Hluut-
ed last Sunday at noon, that being its
limited time. The River and HarbOr
bill was swamped in the Senate. The
Tariff bill passed both houses. which
will be great relief to the country.
settling the question 50 that business Of
all kinds can 90 forward without the
uncertainty prevailing during the SEES
sion, as to what the result would be and
how they might be effected by changes
to be made, While it reduced the reyen-
ue it is still reasonably protective and
will have tendency to give permanent
cy to many leading industries Of the
country that had been seriously threat
ened. The regular press dispatches give
the following resume of the business of
the session.:
All the regular annual appropriation
bills obtained passage in both houses
and have become laws.
j Mr.. HiscOck, chairman of the house
committee on appropriations, has fur
nished for publication the following
statement relative to the appropriation
bills passed this season, and which have
become laws:
The aggregate amount of all the bills
is 1925, 1927 ,5l1 made up as follows:
Pensions, $86,575, 900; military acad-
envy, $3l8657; fertilization, $4,000;
consulate and diplomatic, 1926, 1855;
navy, $l5,S94,4 34; army, $24,681 $50;
pOstoffice, $44, 1885, $50; Indian, $685., 655;
Legislative, $40 1896; sundry civil,
$23.699,S67; deficiency, $2,Sl3,1S7; agri-
cultural. $4O5,645; miscellaneous bills
involving appropriations of money,
$750,00O.
The aggregate appropriations for last
year, including $18, 73S,875 for the river
and harbor bill, was 1926, 500 $3.50, and
for the preceding year, including $11,-
1900 for the river and harbor bill, was
$219,367,9S3.
~rDru AN ANALYSIS
Of the figures for the past three years
shows that the appropriations for the
current expenses of the government,
irrespective of amounts for pensions,
Aggregate less than either of the two
preceding years. The regular pension
bills for the years 1882, 1883 and 1884
aggregate $252,575,OO0, the bill Just
passed being $205750 900 in excess of the
600 less than the bill last year. OF the
deficiency bill just passed only about
$4,000 is on account of the current fis-
cal year.
The appropriation bills of the present
session was based upon estimates ag-
gregateing $271,394,844. AS reported
from the house committee on apprOpria-
tions, they aggregated 1920, 082, 1853. As
passed by the house, 1856, 420,208. As
reported by the Senate committee on ap-
preparations, 1921, 1l5,0l5. As passed by
the Senate, 1920, 662, SAL, and as final
ly passed by both houses after adjust
ment by conference committees, $780,
327.511; an increase of $9,244,758 over
the amounts originally recommended
by the House committee on apprOpria-
ton.
REVENUE REDUCTION DATES.
While the provisions Of the act ITO re-
ally on and after July 1883, an excep-
tiOn is made in respect of tariff duties
upon sugar, which take effect June /, |
and inter nal revenue provisions relating |
to reduction of taxes on tobacco, snuff |
and cigars, and reduction of the |
special license taxes, which go into ef- |
feet May 1, with provision that all |
claims for drawback on unbrOken pack !
ages of tobacco, snuff, cigars and cigar. |
cites held by manufacturers or dealers |
at that date must be presented before |
July 1st.
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
During the 47th Congress 1850 bills |
and and joint resolutions have been in |
trOduced in the two houses (8,O18 in the |
House and 1852 in the Senate), and of |
these 1872 have introduced in the House |
and 1851 in the Senate during the ses-
sion just closed.
In each house great majority of
these measures still remain with the
committees to which they were referred
and OF those reported from committees
the larger number remain upon the cal
endars of the respective houses. Aside
from the regula annual appropriation
bills 1853 bills and joint resolutions have
passed both houses during this session
and become laws. Among the more i'm
portant of these are the following:
The tax and tariff bill to reduce the,
revenue.
The civil service bill.
Japanese indemnity fund bill.
To provide for new mixed commits
sion in accordance with the treaty of
April %, 1865, with Venezuela.
To readjust salaries of postmasters.
To afford assistance and relief to Con-
gress and the executive departments in
the investigation of claims and demands
against the government.
To prevent the importation of adulter-
ated tea. flI
To encourage the holding of worlds