The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-03-15

courts 10 be interchangeable: to increase the
pension for loss OF both hands and also for deaf.
ness TO fix the passport feet at 81 to incorpo-
rate the Nicaragua Canal Company; to provide
fog maritime conference; to provide aid TO
State homes for the support of disabled sol
diers; to perfect the quarantine service; to pro-
hibit the coming Of Chinese laborers into the
united States; TO allow any honorably
discharged soldier or sailor who has
abandoned ar relinquished his home
stead entrs 10 make another entry: to
hl &c tho lime of meeting Of the Elec
oral College: TO provide for writs OF error or
appeals to the Supreme Court in all cases in
voiving the question of the jurisdiction of the
lower courts; ratifying the Creek Indian agree
mem; 10 enable the President to protect the
interests OF the United States at Panama "a
similar measure with reference to Samoa was
included in the Naval Appropriation BILL to pro-
tect the Alaska fur, seal and salmon fisheries;
directing the Secretary of the Interior 10 in
vestigate the prGctcabilty of constructing wa
ter storage reservoirs in the arid regions: appro-
priating $4,000 to suppress infection in the In
ter-State commerce of the United States; in
aid OF sufferers from yellow fever: and for the
erection of new public buildings or the enlarge
ment or change of the existing buildings at
Milwaukee, Omaha. Newark, Charlotta, n. c.,
Tallahassee, Sacramento, San Francisco. Pater-
SON. N. j., Fort Worth, Tex, and winona
MINI.
Congress also passed bills to pension Mrs
Sheridan, Mrs Logan and Mrs Frank A. Blair
and to retire General Rosecrans
There have been included in this statement
of bills which have become laws those in The
Presidents hands awaiting signature Quite a
number OF these are subject 10 pocket veto,
and the Presidents action in regard to them
may, OF course, modify this statement to some
extent. There are also pending before Congress
a number OF measures which may yet be passed
but the work of Congress is practically COM
plete.
Three hundred and thrty-three bills which
passed the House failed in the Senate in confer
ence. By far the most notable OF these is the
Mills Tariff bill and with The fight over tins
measure the public is familiar Anoth er very
important House bill which failed is the Okla
homa bill Many OF the provisions OF this
measure-and especially those relating to Sc
curing the assent of the Indians 10 the re-
linquishment of whatever title they may
have to The lands within the proposed ter
ritory, are, however, incorporated in the Indian
Appropriation bill Other important House
measures which failed are as follows: The Gen.
eral Land bill and the General Forfeiture bill,
TO prevent the product of convict labor from
being used IN any Government department or
upon public buildings or public works; pro-
hiblting The allowance of any fee in any claim
loT iuCTedse OF pension on account OF an IN
crease of the disability for which the pen
sion was allowed; to amend the Internal Rev
enue laws by relaxing their rigors; authoriz-
ing the five civilized tribes to lease their lands
subject TO the approval Of the Secretary of the
In erior: authorizing the issue of fractional
silver certificates; TO provide in certain cases
for the regulation of railway companies char
tered by the United States by The several States
and Territories in which the roads
arc tod. 20
ment of a len labor upon public buildings
or other public works and in the various de
partments OF the Government; to forfeit the
Northern Pacific land grants TO provide for the
printing of Government securities in the high
est style OF the art, which meant the substitu
ton of hand for steam power in the
printing and engraving of plates in the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing: to PROV re
for the revocation of the withdrawal OF
lands made for the benefit of certain railroads
to empower the President to carry out the pro-
visions OF the act 10 authorize the President to
protect and defend the rights of American FISH,
ing vessels. fishermen ami trading vessels tha
Fisheries Retaliation bill recommended by the
Presidentl, and requesting the President 20 ne
gotiate with Mexico for commission 10 settle
The undary line between the United States
ami Mexico.
Six hundred and eighty-four bills after pass
ing the Senate, failed through one cause or an
other to reach the President The most tm-
portant are as follows: Declaring the sense
of the United States with respect to foreign
OF the Panama canal the Blair Educa-
tiOnal bill. TO prevent III" obstruction of nastg-
able waters n. Danau . I Pension bill;
10 Obtain prison : the appointment
Of an ai,uuH I - for a monu-
mont I" he late war:
gTant'n. / 'ttion purposes;
7r vi.slng . meats and pro-
ai6iIiug me ia 90 i terated articles:
the Swamp Ian. nIt o., -uIata the importa-
ton of foreign mere IAN Use AMI TO secure uni
formi;y in its elastic .tol AMI valuation; to
increase the pension Tor total disability. for the
education OF Indian children: 10
authorize the sale Of certain mineral
lands to aliens; for the relief of soldiers
and sailors who enlisted under assumed names
during the war. TO establish n National Art
to make telegraph companies sub
lect by regulation by the Interstate Commerce
Commission to forfeit wagon road land
grants in Oregon; TO retire General
John c. Fremont: to reduce the rate of post
age On seeds and bulbs; to improve and en-
courage the cultivation and manufacture of
hemp and flax; for the relief OF persons who
paid $50 for lands subsequently reduced in
price 10 81 %: to prevent the introduction of
contagious diseases from one State into another:
to ratify the Southern Ute Indian agreement
Inc lOLONInS are other Important measures
which also came to naught: The Pacific Rail
road Funding bill; Cor the admission of Utah,
Idaho, New Mexico ana Wyoming Territories:
to declare trusts unlawful: to promote CONNER
cial union with Canada and to authorize the
President to open negotiations with a view TO
the annexation OF the Dominion: to grant
women suffrage: to repeal the Civil Service
law, the internal Revenue law and the tobacco |
tax: 10 lay a graduated income tax; for |
the bounty on sugar; for the free coinage OF !
silver; To repeal the OleomarCarine act. the |
Lard bill. the Hennepin Canal bill: |
10 repeal the arrears OF pension limitation: for
the adjudication OF the French Spoliation |
Claims. and various measures proposing radical |
departures in the pension, tariff and financial |
systems |
Two important treaties which were rejected |
we're the Canadian Fisheries and the British |
Extradition conventions