, 1888-11-01
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introduced still slumber IN the commit
lee rooms.
Among the measures Of puhi5c infer
est flat Lay,. become Iav-ara fEa fol
lowing. Relating I, permissible marks
IN mail matter: for division Of the SisuX
reservations frr u ac,frr-rrUcN with the
South ana Central American nations:
.imItiuu the bours of LETTER carriers:
making I,ieuten.nt-G-ueral Sheridan
General OF the army. to establish n De
3artmeut Of Labor. 5gf an international
maritime conference; rrqlIriug Pacific
,4arauIes TO naiu,ain trle ,raph lines;
fnyuruLlt5it the coming OF Chluese Labor
srs to the United States; for the estah-
Ishmeut of rules in respect to the Sault
Ste. Marie and other canals; to create
Juards Of arbitration; to settle controv-
ersICs between common carriers and
their empluycs; 20 prevent the return Of
Chinese IaboreTs to this country, to aid
State homes for disabled soldiers, aud
changing the date Of the meeting OF the
Electoral College.
In the next stage. that is in confer
ence between the Houses, are two bills
of the first Importance. namely, the one
repeating the pre- emptinn and timber
culture laws and providing for a general
homestead law and the one declaring the
forfeiture of uuearucI railroad land
grants.
Pending before the Senate IS the House
Tariff bill and the Senate substitute
The Senate passed bills to divide Dakota
and admit the southern half as "a State,
and to aid common school education the
Blair biIl but they never reached the
House for action. Ia the Senate the
same thing can be said of the following
bills which passed the House: The Fish
cries Retaliation ball, whose passage was
recommended by the President; authoriZ-
ing the issue of fractional silver certiti-
Gates; allowing the regulation by the
States of railroads chartered by the
United States.
The following are the most important
bills enacted upon the Senate Calender
For the admission of Montana and
Washington Territories; to prohibit the
alcoholic liquor traffic; to declare trusts
unlawful.
The following measure IF Importance
were reported from the House commit
tees ana are still on the House calendar:
To refund the direct tax "a vote on which
will be taken early in December pext)
under the agreement by which the mem
orable deadlock over this bill was bro-
ken); for the payment of arrears of mem
sioos; requiring the Investment % the
national bank REDEMPTION fund in circu-
IatiuU notes; the Pacific Railroad Fuud-
ing bill debated, but never ac ted onl
TO include telegraph comnani,.s nn,Ier tho
Interstate Commerce act: TO promote
commercial upion with Canada. 10 inrnr-