Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-10
THE RECORD OF CONGRESS-.
Adjournment August 5.

al of the President, with the excep-
ton of the fertilization bill, which is
now conceded to be failure.
Since the compilation ofthe United
Press resume of the proceedings of
this Congress up to Monday morning
last, there have been added to the
1881 bills introduced and referred TO
committees half dozen private
measures in the Senate, and TO the
l,l3l bills reported from Senate conf
mittees about eighteen reports, all re-
lating TO private bills.
The committees in the House have
also done some work since Monday
morning. They have added to the
3,447 reports made on bills, and have
also added slightly to the 1886 bills
introduced and referred. Most of
the reports made were on bills which
received action in committees last
week.
Quite a grist of executive commn-
nications in the form of department.
al information have been received by
both houses this week, ordered print.
ed and referred, and will be given at
tcntion at the next session. Only the
leading committees of either house
have been at work during the past
month, as it became evident months
ago that none but private pension
and very few general bills could re-
ceive action. Ii is said that more
committee work will be wasted by
this than any two former Congresses (;
that exclusive of pension bills less
than 3 per cent. of the measures in
troduced will become laws, while the
average in former Congresses was
over per cent; that of the Forty
eighth Congress being fraction
above s per cent. of the bills intro
duced. The President has increased
the number Of bills vetoed from l07
TO Ill.
The only measure Of general inter.
est outside of the appropriations
passed this week was the Morrison
surplus resolution. The time haI
been consumed, as anticipated, il
the consideration of conference re
ports. 1t was hoped that an agree
ment would be reached upon the bill
repeating the presumption, timber
culture and desert Land act, but that
with the conference on the Northern
Pacific land forfeiture, Notifications
Mexican pension and two or tire
other measures, goes oyer to the mex
session.
The usual authority to sit durinI
the recess of Congress has bee
granted to the House Committee O.
Appropriations, and the clerks of til
committee will be at work compilin
the bills for the fiscal year endin;
June 30, 1888, at least six weeks be
fore Congress meets in December
Early in February it is expected til
appropriation bills will begin [
reach the house from its COMMITTEES
and as they will be devoid Of any
,, thing further than the routine eXpen
diture, can readily be disposed o
The time of the session before thes
measures are reached will be cor
sumed by the bills indicated in tn
resume published on Monday last.
Congress adjourned at 3 o'clock o
the 9th inst.
!, APPOINTMENTS AND COMPUTATIONS
o WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-During I'll
e session of the Senate, which ende
yesterday, the President sent TO th;
= body 2,450 nominations to office, il
n Guiding Withdrawals and renomin
|. tons. There were altogether abo1
/. l50 Withdrawals, most of them beil
h either to correct some error in Il
Is name, or 10 change the character
IS the nomination. There were b
few permanent Withdrawals. II
al Senate rejected twenty-seven of Il
sr Presidents appointments, and fort
as nine of them remain over unact
v upon by the Senate.
ACTION OF THE PRESIDENT ON BILL
OF WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-The follo'
o. ing statement shows the action tax
H. by the President OH the vario
Is measures presented to him:
NC Whole number of bills received
~ the President during the session,
Gil 095; approved, Sl4; became la
us without signature, l57; vetoed, II
Oh failed for want of signature at til
'e- of adjournment, ten days not havi
no expired, 9; total, 1905.
III OF this number the following W,
&c pension bills: Approved, 49l;
OF came laws without signature, L
ee' vetoed 10l ; failed for want of sig
u ture, l. Total, TAT.
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