Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-10-25
THE LONGEST SESSION.
The Session of Congress .Ta.t Closed tn.
Longest ON Rreord-Spnae Idea Of the
Work Cut Out and rhat Accomplished
une Hundred and Twenty Nine v.fo~..


Longest on Recor,t-Spuae Idea Of tn.
Work Cut Out and rhat Accumulated
une Hundred and Twenty .Ntnr v-fn~..
ssHtNnr1V t'~t - TFs ass. --ssss
g. lie Flftieth Congress. which closes
this afternoon, will exceed bv nine-
teen days the length % the session of auy
previous Congress since the foundation
% the Government. When the United
Press. at the close of the first nine
months OF the session, on the tenth OF
last month. gave a Resume ot the work
accomplished. there had been introduced
w the housc during tie session n. lgla. and
in the Senate 3.5so bills and ioirt reso-
Lotions in all. it,sS9
There had been submitted from the
committees 10 the House .. l05 and to tho
Senate . i12 written reports. The Presi-
dent had sent 10 the House 80 vetoes. and
10 the Senate Sin all ". during the ses-
sion Of the total number % bills intro
duced in the House ASS were for private
pensions. while j35 similar bills came
trcri the senate Thcse were referred IN
the committee on invalid pensions in the
House. together with fas general htlfs-In
all tS>s, and that committee bad made
Los favorable aid 9.J adverse reports,
while the Senate committee on PEN
st0ns had received l.i9t senate and $50
House bills-a total of l.7lL upon
which favorable reports were made TO the
aggregate Of l.:s5S senate aud sij House
bills There were also I'D adverse re-
ports made bv the senate committee-a
total Of l,23i reports upon the whole /, ~
bills referred 10 tina. committee. From
this immense mass of legislative susses-
frrn@- Al J.
and rj6 pension and other private bills
had gone upon the statute books during
the frs, nine months ot the session. Al
though the tim 0t the senate has been
apparently almost exclusively confined
TO the discussion OF the tariff. and tne
House has been waiting upon the
pleasure OF the upper branch of Congress,
the above figures have been very mate
rally increased since September 10. The
number % bills introduce in the House
has been increased to II. .jss. in ths Ssu-
ate 70 3.69. and the reports from com
mittce- ia the Hous, have gu1e up q
3,,S3. while ths Seuats has increased its
reports to a.Jti. The House has Broush;
up its total number ~ i0Iut resolutions
introduced To- 81. ami the S,n1te 20 rs.
The House executive documents hav ia
documents To- jaj, while in the Senate the
executive documents have increased IN
number 10 81. and the miscellaneous
documents 10 ~, making the total num-
bcr Of executive and miscellaneous docu-
ments received By both Houses during the
session which will end Tomorrow. /. 50.
The President has scut TO the Senate ~
vctoes. aud to the House 20. during the
session. total % 1s9.
The public or general acts (laws) asGEe-
gate SfI, and joint resolutions 81. while
the private acts have been in
creased to 1sa and private reso-
lutions number :. making total
Of Lib acts during the session. These
are the figures shown on the official rec
ords kept By Mr. n Smith. suDerintenf-
ent OF the Senate document room. and the
total number. he informs the Uuited
Press. will b. brought up to about |. IL
when the records are complete, there
being probably sixty general and private
laws not yet recorded but signed b. the
President. or will be permitted to become
laws without his sign ature.
The bills OF general Importance which
have become laws since the resume Of
the session given by the United Press at
toliowss
Restricting Chinese immigration (twol-
Making appropriation FOR appraisers
warehouss in New York City.
Detailing officers % the army and Eavy
for educational purposes il State col
leges-
Broadening the scope os the present Law
relating 20 postal crimes.
Making appropriations for numerous
liz houses aud fog signals GA tne great
lakes.
Providing for boards os arbitration for
railroads.
Three regular appropriation bills have
become laws since September I0-the
Sundry Civil, which was approved Octo-
Der >; the regular \ rmy Appropriation
bill and the Fertilization Appropriation
bill. The latter two were signed By the
President September y The General De-
ficiency bill is yet In the hands os the
President.
Very voluminous calenlsrs 60 over in
each House to the second session OF tue
Fittieth Congress, which couvsnes on
Monday. December r The House c1leu-
dar is composed of i01 pages. aud gives
the titles to about 1.5tD bills. while tho
Senate calendar has = pss-s and about
40 bills. These ii cures are exclusive OF
the indexes 20 ths calendars IL Is ar
ranged that as sOou as Congress con-
venes IN it, second session, the Senate
Will 80 right along with its DIS
cussion of the tariff while the House
vii Immediately take up the fourteen
regular annual appropriation bills. with
"A view 10 sending them TO the Senate By
the time the latter body has completed
its consideration Of the tariff. L is also
understood that there viii not be the reg
ular two weeks vacation during the
Christmas and New Year holidays. There
may be a vacation OF three or four days
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