Telegram-herald., 1886-08-02
AWFUL LIST Of BILLS
What Has Been Done al the
Present Session.
The Bills THAT WILL GO OVER
Grover and hls Little Veto Pen
The RAPID Growth o. the Work in
Congress 4 Great ArraY CT
Interesting Figures

WAsHlNeIoN. Aug The FIRST session of
The Forty ninth Congress which wili close
this week. has lasted q little over eight
months. Daring This period 1857 bulls
and 80 joint resolutions have been intro
ducel Ia the tao houses. . 1856 bills and 80,
joint resolutions ia The House and ssl bills
and 56 JOINT resolutions ia the senate
OF this immense grst put in
Tie legislature hoppers only about
800 bills other than pension
and Other private bids have become laws.
and strange 60 say less than twenty of these
bills can be- considered tO affect general lu-
ierests. The most important 81 these are
the nth act providing Tor the Performance
OF the duties of tie Office of president in
case of the removal death. resignation or
inability of both tie president aud vice
president. The act 'LesallZng the iucOT-
p0fauon of national trades unions the
act reducing the fee ou domestic
money orders for sums not exceeding 6.
TIE DINGHY -Shepperd Bill and the act
authorizing the construction Of a con
gressional library" Six hundred aud forty
Two private laws have been enacted during
the session. or the public bills passed 0f
Congress the President has vetoed SIX. while
OF the private acts he has vetoed lO1 The
fOllO~Ing are among the most important
measures which 10 is conceded viii
fail Of action this session
rhe Bankruptcy bill, the Blair Educational
bill. the Interstate Commerce bill. the
several Land Forfeiture Bills. rarin Bill.
Arbitration bill, Eads Ship Railway
bill. Pacific Railroad II nding bill
asa a
tor the militia, Mexican Pension bill, Elec-
toral Count bill several general pension
bills bill for The admission OF Dakota 10 the
Union, bill providing for opening % settle
ment the Sioux Indian reservation, bill pro
vidIng for the equalization of DOunties, bill
granting pensions 10 prisoners OF war; also
counting the electoral votes, Mexican pen
sions. and repeal OF the Promotion law and
Chinese Emis ration bills.
the following comparative statement Is
interesting. as showing The rapid growth of
the work of Congress. The rucipai House
committees on bills other than Pensions
and Foreign Affairs. received llI bills and
nifty petitions. Of which numoer twenty
were acted upon ana reported back judi
ciarv received 273 bills. of which number
10 were acted upon Commerce received 2,5
bills. Of which l9O were acted upon; PuDhc
Lass received 80 blis, of which
l25 were acted upon; Ways and
Means received l95 bills and
resolutions OF which number thirty were
acted upon. Naval Affairs received 4o bills
and petitions OF which number fifteen were
acted upon. Pos - and Postr)ads re-
ceived los bills of which number twenty
six were reported ayurably and eleven adj
versely The postal telegraph and postal
savings banks bills are among those not
a a cod
bills and petitions. of whlch number twelve
we're reported 10 the House and a number
acted upon oy the committee, bui not YET
reported.
In the senate the pension committee re-
ceived 575 bills, and 10y the assistance
Of Mr. Sawyer We're enabled tO report back
ninety bills There were bat four contested
election cases this session. besides the whole
sale challenge of the entire California dele
garOn on account OF redistricting of state,
and which was dismissed. Two Of the four
contes ants were disposed ol by permitting
members i0 retain their seats, and the other
Two Rhode Island and Indiana are on the
calendar. lf the work of this session
is 10 be taken As a criterion in the past
session very little more than another set Of
appropriation bills can be- anticipated Of
what remains OF this Congress
The next session beginning on December
i3. will last bat nine weeks. If the custom
ary number of days are given as holidays
Quite that much has already in this session
been consumed by work upon appropria-
lions, the silver q uestion, sundry civil
bills Representative Regan, of Texas, saws he
proposes 10 push his Inter State Commerce
hil. 10 termination. As soon a. Congress
meets next December Mr. Morrison Will
make another effort 20 secure consideration
of his tariff bill and will be antsgonized bv
Mr Randalls bill on the same subject If
Mr. Randall can carry the Republicans with
him Of course his bill aud not that of Mr
Morrison will have whatever there may bee
of show for a hearing.
Three important laws have been. or viii
be inaugurated hy this Congress affecting
finance and commerce They are the bills
authorizing The Secretary of the Treasury
90 increase the capital stock of ihe National
banks. or change their names or locations.
the Dinghy shipping bli. and The clause in
the Sundrv CIVIL bin which Is ON The brink
ot passage providing for the issuance of sill
yer certificates.