The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-07

100 YEARSIN CONGRESS
CLOSES WITH CLEVELANn'S
ADMINISTRATIONS.
The Longest Session on Record
More Bills Introduced--More Laws
Enacted--More Presidential We
toes Than Ever Before.
4 SUMMARY OF WHAT HAS BEEN
DONE. Z

UUNk.
Exactly at IA o'clock NJ, Mon
day, the. Fiftieth Congress was
no mare. This body convened
On the hrst Monday In Dcesm-
ber, 1887, and continued in ses-
sion tiH October Goth, 1888. II
convened in Second session Id
December and continued till
March 4th, 1889. . 4
BILLS INTRoDUcED.
During both sessions there
we're introduced about 1900
bills. 1000 more than in any
preceding Congress: But at
leas- three-fourths Of these bills
were n'e and pension bills,
and more tHan nine-tenths of
the whole number failed to pass
by that body. .-a
BILLS VETOED.
President Cleveland vetoed
27s Of those that did pass about
25o Of which were private pen
sion bills. The most important
Of the bills Of q public nature.
that were vetoed are as follows:
To quiet title Of settlers on the.
Des Moines River lands Of Iowa;
for tha sale Of Indian lands in.
Kansas; for the disposal of the.
Fort Wallace military reserva-
tion In Kansas; authorizing the
improvement Of Castle Island,
Boston Harbor; for the certifl-
Gates of lands to the State Of
Kansas for the benefit of agri-
culture; for the erection Of pub
lie buildings ut Columbus, Ga,
Allentown, Pa; Council Bluffs,
aud Bar Harbor; for the erec-
tion of public buildings at
Youngstown, O., and Sioux City,
Ia, and the Direct Tax bill.
BILLS PASSED.
The most important bills that
have become laws are as follows:
For q conference of South and
Central American nations in
Washington in May next; to di-
vide the greet Sioux reservation
in Dakota; the Scott Chinese ex-
clusion acs; providing for the
taking Of tho eleventh census; to
limit the hours of labor Of let
ter-carrisrs; creating q, Depart
ment Of Agriculture; to estab-
lish a Department Of Labor; to
create. Boards Of Arbitration for
settling strikes; to increase the
maximum amount Of interna-
tional money-orders from $50 to
800; providing for an apprais-
ers warehouse in New York, and
providing for deposits Of the
| savings of seamen in the United
States Navy; the Omnibus Ter,
ritorial Admission bill, by which
North and South Dakota, Wash.
ington and Montana 1erritories
may acquire Statehood. Othe1
Senate bills placed on the statute
books are as follows. To incor
porate the Niagara Canal Com,
pany; to provide for a marine
conference; to provide aid t.
State homes for the support o
disabled soldiers; to prohibi
the coming Of Chinese .laborer
into the United States; for tn
! appraisers ware house. in Chica
90; to change the time OF meet
ing of the Elestoral College; t
enable the President to protec
the interests of tho Unite'
; States at Panama "a similar mea
sure with reference to Samo
Twas included In the Naval Az
preparation bilD; to protect tn
Alaska seal and salmon fisheries
directing the Secretary Of tn
Interior TO investigate the pras
, ticability Of constructing watel
, storagereservoirs in the arid RI
gion, and appropriating $200, 90
! to suppress Infection in intel
i STATE commerce.
!, Congress also passed bills
, lpension Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs. l.
{ gan, Mrs. Frank A. Blair and
retire Gen. Rosecrans.
BILLS WHICH FAILED TO PASS.
= Three hundred and thirty-niI
d bills which passed the Hou'
9 failed in the Senate or in confe
= : epce. By Tar the most notab
. OF these is the Mills Tariff bill
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