Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-06

sion Dllls, llt Dill lOf the admission oil
Dakota to statehood, the bill providing
for opening to settlement the Sioux In
dian reservation, the bill providing for
the equalization OF bounties, the bill
granting pensions 10 prisoners of war,
also, counting the electoral votes, MeXi-
can pensions, repeal Of the presumption
law and the Chinese immigration bills.
The following comparative statement is
interesting, as showing the rapid growth
Of the work of congress;
FOXY Forty
ninth eighth
Congress, Congress,
First Two
Session Sessions.
Number cf house bile intro
duced and referred ....... 1855 : 300
Number of house Joint resolu-
tions introduced and re-
forred Observation-Disclosures. POS 8I7
Number Of senate bills Ia 70
duced ana referred. ........ 2SSI 267l
Number Of senate Joint reBo-
lutions Introduced and re
fcrred ,......... .......... az tS5
Numberoi reports from house
committee s ....,....,..s jiI1 1896
Number ~ reports from sen
ate committees ........... l,5sl 1873
OF the bills introduced in the house
this session tl57 were referred t he
committee on invalid pensions. Rrhorts
We're made with favorable r, comm, ndg-
tons upon 1000, and with adv rise
recommendations upon 500 of these ills
The committee also received 1900 pe-
titIons.
In the Forty-eighth congress (botA SEES
sions) the committee on invalid pensions
received 1888 bills, and reported favor.
ably upon 5S5, adversely upon i22, and
j2t became acts
This statement will show the work
during the session Just closed OF the
principal house committees ON bills other
than pensions:
Foreign affairs Received IN bills aud
90 petitions, of which number 20 were
acted upon and reported back.
Judiciary; Received 273 bills, of which
number l7j were acted upon.
Commerce: Received 2s5 bills, of which
100 We're acted upon.
Public Lands; Received 25e bills, of
which l25 were acted upon.
Ways and Means Received 1875 bills
and resolutions, of which number 80 were
acted upon.
Naval Affairs: Received 200 bills and
petitions, OF which number 10 were acted
upon.
Postotilces and Post-roads: Received
los bills, of which number PC were re.
ported favorably and Il adversely. TThe
postal telegraph and postal savings
bank bilis are among those not acted
upon.
Iudlsl Affairs Received 1882 bills and
petitions, of which number ~ were re-
ported 10 the house and numb,r acted
upon by the committee, but NOT vet re-
ported.
In the senate the pension committee re-
ceivea 1875 bills, and, by the assistance
OF MIR, Sawyer were enabled to report
back 800 bills
There were but four contested election
cases this session, besides the wholesale
challenge of the entire California delega.
uon ON account OF the redistrictlnr of the
state, and which was dismissed. Two Of
the Tour contests were disposed of by per.
mlttng sitting members to retain their
seats, and the other two CRhuie Island
and lndiaua) are on the caleud r..
II the work If the session in closed is
TO be taken as criterion in Tn. next ses.
sion, very little more than an, her act N
appropriation bills can be antlclpated nj
what remains of this congress The newt
session, beginning on December M viii
last but nine weeks, II the CUSTOMARY
NUMBER OF days are given as HOLIDAYS
Quite that much time has already IN
the session just closed been CON
sumed by work upon APPROPRIATIONS
me silver question In the sundry, civil
oill, new ships in the naval btll, ordnance
10 the fortihcatlons bill and varlous other
improvements in the other appronriatio,
oliis nave caused delays In the regn'ar
measures in the session Just closed, how
ever, and they will not come nm agai"
very little u any politics has entered into
the legislation Of this congress- The
mVss Important political measure nro-
pose1 related TO civil-seryice reform
principal Of which was the clause Of ths
legislative, executive aud judicial an.
preparation bill, requiring the civil s az
vice commission to certify 10 All the
enSloles OF the class when names sre
caued Tor appointment Instead ~
certifying 70 four applicants, as now
ihis would practically let down the hsrs
and permit selections as to ooli,Ies w ghas,
appointments were made. But thai ara
otaer thrusis at ciyil-serviee reform w arr,