The Portland daily press., 1885-03-04
48th CONGRESS.
Ets Life to Clcse at Noon To-day-A Re-
sunae of Ets Work.

Hts Life to Clese at Noon To-day-A Re-
sume of Ets Work.
WASHINGTON. March 3-Tc-morrow at noon
the ife or the 4Sth Congress will close. It's
sessions have extended over period of 10
months end days although its actual working
time has been but 234 days, of which 165 days
represent The lime Of the first session and 66
days that of the second session. Practically
the work Of Congress is now at an end SIS there
remains bu5 to finish up the appropriation bills
and dispose of a few odds and ends Of legslat ton
go far advanced as 10 need but little tmo to
complete them. During the sessions there
have been introduced in the House 8,2S6 bills
345 joint resolutions anA in the Senate 1866
bills aud 1874 joint resolutions.
OF the House bills about $50 have, a., to the
present writing become laws with tho approval
of the eXecutlve,5 beca me laws withcu5 dis ap.
proval, "a have been defeated, either by a vote
of the House, by being laid on the tabe, ,rf jact-
ed outright or consideration inGe efnitely post
poned, and been defeated by adverse reports
from the committee; one bill was defeated by
the veto of the President and almost 600 which
were passed by the House in addition to those
already enumerated failed OF final action in the
Senate. majority OF the remaining bills
we're not acted on by the committees TO which
they were referred. OF the House joint reso-
lutlons, 40 became laws with the approval of
the President and 16 others which passed the
House failed Of action in the Senate
Of the legislation introduced in the Senate
about 450 bills and 80 Joint resolutions have
up to this writing, passed that body, and OF
these 174 bills and II joint resolutions were
acted upon finally by the House and became
laws with the approval of the President and
two bills which passed both Houses became
laws without the Presidents signature. The
Senate acted adversely upon 521 OF the bills
and IL OF the joint resolutions introduced in
that body either by indefinite postpoement or
by laying on the table.
The following important bills have been
sent to the President for his approval and will
6oubtess be signed by him before adjourn
ment They may be considered as enacted:
Bill TO prohibit importation and emigration OF
foreigners and aliens under contractors agreement
to perform labor in this country.
10 declare for future of lands granted to aid in
the construction of the rexos Pacific railroad.
TO provide for the erection OF a building to con-
tain records of the library AID museum OF the medi
cal department of the army and to prevent lawful
occupation OF public lanes
Ia accordance with the usual custops. menu
bsrs OF the cabinet have placed their regsg-
nations in the hands OF President Arthur and
at the close of business hours today the princi-
pal officers of the Post Office Department as
eemhed in the Postmaster Generals room 10
take leave of Mr.. Hatton' The retiring head
OF the department THANKED them for their faith
ful discharge of duty and received from them
in return expressions of good will and approv-
al OF his administration and business methods.
MIDNIGHT.
At midnight the contention OF tbs apprn-
priation bill is az follows: The legislative bill
egreed TO accept the provision for clerks to
Senators: the sundry civil bill is agreed to
except provision for public buildings; the
postofice bill has just been reported to the
House with non-concurrence In respect to
the so called subsidy clause, and confeTees are
now at work on the naval bill: the Indian bill
only lacks concurrence on the Oklahoma pro-
visions; the iortitieation and deficiency bills
have passed both Houses, but have not yet
gone to conference.