Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-23
CROWDED CALENDARS.
Hosts of Bills Before the Senate
 and House.
FEW CAN BE CONSIDERED.
and Nearly 1,5O0 Ready For the Com sideration of the House-Many Of the Measures Important But They Cam not be Reached.

not be Reached.
 WASHINGTON, July 23.-In spite of the pros- poets of 8 prolonged session of Congress, there is no probability that the overcrowded calendars of the House and Senate will be cleared before adjournment
 The number of unconSidered measures on the House calendar is enormous. Many of them are measures of importance The Sen- ate will have very few opportunities before adjournment to take up the calendar appro- priation bills.
 The Fisheries treaty and the tariff will com- mand the attention of the Senate from this time forth. There are now on the Senate calendar about $50 bills of which 130 are measures which have passed the House.
 Among the bills on the calendar are Senator Hoar's bill to provide for inquest under National authority; Senator Chandler's bill to increase the efficiency of the Medical Corps of the Navy; the bill to provide for the erec- tion of public buildings by contracts let to the lowest bidder; the Animal Industry bill i; the Chinese migration of Senators Dolph and Sherman; Mir. Beeks Coin Certificate bill ; bills for the admission of Washington, Mon- tana and other Territories; the bill author izing the use of the surplus to prepay interest or retire bonds; the General Public Building bill; the House bill to pre-
 
 lie works; the bill pensioning soldiers and sailors confined in Confederate prisons i; MT. Blair's joint resolution for prohibition amendment to the Constitution; Mir. Teller's bill to promote the efficiency of the Land Office; the House bill to provide for an addi- tonal Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Dakota; Senator Chase's bill to reduce the rate of postage on fourth-class matter; the bill to regulate commerce carried on by
 
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 The House calendar has more than ], 100 House bills and nearly $50 Senate bills undis- posed of. Of these, eighty are public building bills. Nearly 1000 of all the bills are on the private calendar.
 Among the bills on the calendar are The bill relating to the anchorage of vessels at New York; bills for the admission of various Territories, including the Springer Omnibus bill ; resolution changing the time for the meet ing of Congress; bill to define and regulate the jurisdiction of courts of the United States ;sev- eral proposed amendments to the Civil Service law; the bill extending the criminal iurisdic- ton of Federal Courts to the Great Lakes the bill for the adjustment of accounts under the Eight Hour law; the bill to establish a l Bureau of Public Health; bill pensioning | the survivors of Indian wars; the Belmont | Chinese bill; bill providing monument to William Henry Harrison; the bill to prevent | the circulation of lottery advertisements l through newspapers: the Senate bill creating the grade of Commander in the Navy: bill | providing pensions for deafness, the loss ot both arms. for dependent parents and fol survivors of the Mexican war; Mr. Bland's General Public Building Bill; bill for the issue of S3 gold pieces; bill in regard to the deposit of United States seamen's savings ! 1Nf fn oich T marks; the bill for the purchase of a post l office site at Washington.
 1 This does not include the many measures (which, like the Education bill, are reposing in committee, where they will probably re- main until March 4 next.