The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-10-25
WORK OF THE sEsslo n.

O1 10,680 bello 0UO nOoOlUtaOu8 10E40s
duced In Congress, Definite Action Has
Been Taken ON Only About One Third
Some Of the Most Important Measures.
WAsnlNGToS,O Oct 20 To-day ct O'Clock
the first session Of the Fiftieth Congress
will end the longest continuous session in
the history of nearly . century Of Con-
crosses, having lasted 821 days. Tho
longest previous session ran 302 days, end
ing September so. In the Senate 8, 64l bills
and Zig joint resolutions were pre-
sented, and IN the House the record ran
up to the unequaled figures of II, 595
bills and 220 joint resolutions, making q
grand total of Is 5s5 measures introduced
In one session. In the Senate 2 1874 meas
ures were reported back from the commit
tees and placed on the calendar, much
larger proportion than in the House, where
3, 305 measures still slumber in the commit
tee-room. Among the measures Of public
interest that have become laws are the fol-
lowing: :-..4 z.5,.. 7.-5zss-S
Relating TO permissible marks on mail mat
ter; for the division of the Sioux reservation;
for conference with the South and Central
American nations: limiting tho hours of
letter.carrters; making Lieutenant.General
Sheridan saeS ,ian General OF the army; to
for an international maritime conference; re.
quiring the Pacific railroad companies to
maintain telegraph lines: to prohibit
the coming Of Chinese l0borers 10 the
United States; for the establishment of rules
In respect to Sault Ste. Marie and
settle controversies between common carriers
and their employees; to prevent the return OF
Chinese laborers to this country; to aid State
homes for disabled soldiers, and changing the
date of meeting of the electoral college.
In the next stage-that Is, in conference be-
tween the two houses-are two bills OF the
frst importance-namely, repeating the Pre-.
general Homestead law and declaring for
fixture Of unearned railroad land grants. Pend.
ing before the Senate is the House Tariff bill
and the Senate substitute. .T%
The Senate passed bills to divide Dakota and
admit the southern part as q State, and to aid
they never reached the House for action.
In tho Senate the same thing can be said of
the following bills, which passed the House:
The fisheries Retaliation bill, whose pass
age was recommended by the President;
authorizing the issue OF fractional silver GER
tif1cates; allowing the regulation by States of
railways char,e by the United STATES.
The following are the most important bills
ENACTED upon on the Senate calendar: For the
admission Of Montana and Washington Terri
tories: to prohibit the alcoholic liquor traffic;
to declare trusts unlawful.
The following measures of importance were
reported from House committees and are still
on the House calendar. 70 refund the direct
tax "a vote on which will be taken early in De.
cember next, under an agreement by which
the memorable deadlock over this bill was
broken); for tho payment OF arrears Of
pens ons; requiring the investment OF
the National bank redemption fund in circulat-
ing notes; the Pacific Railroad Funding bill
debated, but never reached the point Of &C
6ap
the Interstate Commerce act; to promote
Commercial union with Canada; to incorporate
the Nicaragua Canal Company; for the organi-
cation OF the Territory OF Oklahoma debated,
but never finally voted on).
The following are important Senate bills
which slumber in committees: Requesting the
President to open negotiations with Great
Britain looking to the annexation OF Canada to
the United States; for the free coinage OF sill
YER; to repeal tho Oleomargar ne law; to pro.
vide naval reserve; the Hennepln canal bill;
to reduce letter ostage to one cent; to grant
woman suffrage, and measures proposing rad
1cal changes in the Governments financial
policy
The following are original House bills which
likewise never got out of committees: To re-.
peal the internal revenue laws and the tobacco
tax; to prohibit mailing OF newspapers con.
tanning lottery advertisements; to lay gradu-
ated income tax; for bounty on sugar;
to repeal the Civil.Service law; for full
reciprocity between tho United States and
Canada; directing judicial proceedings to be
brought against the Pacific railroads: to pro-
vide more efficient mail service between the
United States and South America; to break up
trusts, and various measures proposing
changes in our pension, tariff and financial
laws
The most important private bills OF this Sos.
sion were those pensioning Mrs. Logan and
Mrs. Frank p. Blair, both Of which became
laws, and the bills to pension Mrs. Waite and
Mrs. Sheridan which passed the Senate but
never were acted on by the House.