Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-10-27

morrow at l 'clook the first session of thu
| Fiftieth congress will end, the longest con
tlnued session In the history of nearly q
century Of congresses, having lasted 32l
days. The longest session previous was 30e
days. ending September 80. Apart from
the protracted but interesting discussion oil
the tariff question in both houses, and the
| unparalleled deadlock in the consideration
of the bill to refund the direct tax, the SEES
ZION has been remarkable in several ways,
| put none more than in the enormous num-
| pr Of measures introduced In both branches
| # congress.
In the senate 3,641 bills and 621 joint re.o-
lutions were presented, and the house record
ran up to the unequalled figures Of II, 595
bills and go joint resolutions, making the
grand total of 1855 measures introduced in
one session. In the senate 1854 measures
were reported back from committees and
placed on the calendar, q much larger pro-
portion than in the house, where 8, 1906 meas
ures of the total number of Il, 1873 introduced
still slumber in the committee rooms.
Among the measures OF public interest
which have become laws are the following:
Relating to permissible marks on mail mat
ter, for the division of the Sioux reserve
ton, for conference with the south and
central American nations, limiting the hours
of letter carriers, making Lieutenant Gen.
era lSheridan, general of the army, to e.
tablish department OF labor, for an inter-
national maritime conference, requiring the
Pacific Railroad company to maintain tele-
graph lines, to prohibit the coming of
Chinese laborers to the United States,
for the establishment of rules in respect to
the st. Marie and other canals, to create
boards of arbitration and to settle contro-
versies between common carriers and their
employees, to prevent the return of Chinese
laborers of this country, 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
firstinportance, namely, repeating the pre-
emption and timber culture laws, and pro-
viding general homestead law, and de-
claring forfeiture Of unearned railroad
grants.
Pending before the senate is the house
tariff bill and the senate substi ute. The
senate passed bills to divide Dakota and to
admit the southern half as a state and to aid
common schools, (the Blair Billy but they
never reached the house for action.
In tbs senate the same thing can be said
Of the following bills which passed the
house, the fisheries retaliation bill, whose
passage was recommended by the president,
authorizing the issue of fractional silver
certigcates; allowing the regulation, by
states. of railways chartered by the United
States.
The following are the most important
bills unscted upon in the senate calender:
ton Territories, to prohibit the alcoholic
liquor traffic; to declare trusts unlawful.
The following measures of importance
~ere reported from house committees and
are still on the house calendar: To refund
the direct tax "a vote of which will be taken
early in December next under an agree
ment by which the memorable deadlock
over this bill was broken. For the payment
of arrears of pensions: requiring the invest
ment of the national bank REDEMPTION fund
in circulating notes: the Pacific railroad
funding bill debated but never reached
the point of action) to include telegraph
companies In the interstate commerce act;
to promote commercial union with Canada;
to incorporate the Nicaragua canal company
for the organization of the territory of Okla
homa, debated but never finally voted on.)
The following are important senate bills
which slumber in committee rooms: Re-
Questing the president to open negotiations
with Great Britain, looking to the annexa-
ton of Canada to the United States; for this
free coinage Of silver; TO repeat the oleo-
margarine aot; to provide naval reserve:
the Hennepin canal bill; to reduce letter
postage to cent; to grant woman suffrage,
and measures proposing radical changes in
the governments financial policy.
The following are original house bills,
which likewise never get out of the com
mittee room: To repeal the internal reve-
nue. Law, and the tobacco TAI, to prohibit
mailing of newspapers containing lottecy
advertisements, to lay graduated income
tax, for bounty on sugar, to repeal the
civil service laws; for full reciprocity
between the United States and Can
ada: to restrain judicial proceedings to
be brought against ths Pacific railroads;
to provide moro efficient mail service
between the United States and South Amer |
ice, to break up trusts and various measures
changes in our pension, tariffs
and financial laws.
The most important private bill. of the
session were those pensioning Mrs. Logan
and Mrs. Frank p. Clair, both OF which be-
came laws, and tho bills to penfion Mrs
Waite and Mrs. Sheridan, which passed the
senate, but wers never acted upon by the
house.
T. Y, POWDERLY.
He Sends kilograms to tho Rrotherhoods
In Session 1t Kiohmond, Va, and
Columbia. o., Asking Tor Fra
terAA Cooperation.
He Wants all Labor Organizations to
Unite ~ One BODY, 90 - @