River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-03-07
A BUSY SESSION.


most note worthy act OF the Fiftieth Con.
gress, which closes at noon. has been the
passage OF the act admitting four new States
10 the Union. The Congress has been in
many respects q remarkable one, and in
It's length has exceeded that OF airy
previous Congress, Although the measure
which caused thu prolongation OF the first
session beyc<nd an raosdent resulted IN moth
! ing save miFlsty brreut of debate the Con-
gress has nevertheless achieved considerable
amount OF work. More bills have been intro
duoed and more enacted into laws than during
any other Congress To the matter Of veto )
The heretofore Unsurpassed record OF the
Forty-nnth Congress has been beaten, Presl-
dent Cleveland sapffoving more bills during
the last two years Of his Administration than
during IN first two. Ho has vetoed d rectly
sss mills, l55 more thaa all his predecessors
combined, from Washington down, while four
teen measures have peen subjected to what IS
called the poeket-veto.
Beginning on the first Monday in December
1887, the Fftieth Congress continued prae-
tcally uuinterruptedly in session unit De-
tober 90, 1855 when il adj burned to meet for the
second session in December and 70 continue
until March 4, 1889, as required by law. Dur
Ing the two sessions there have been intro
dueed in the House la659 bills, or 1.4O0 more
than in the preceding Congress, and 2ts joint
resolutions, or more than the Forty-n nth
Congress. Committee reports have been
made TO the number OF 4, 154. In the Senate
1898 bills and IA joint resolutions
have bean introduced, against 3,957
| bills and lis resolutions during the
preceding congress, which broke ali pre-
vious record IN this respect. There were :. 106
written reports made, or over 200 in excess
u the preceding Congress. OF all these
bills and joint resolutions 1i9i became
laws, q which number i,l@ origi-
mated IN the House and col in the
Senate. The President also sent veto mes
sagos in the case of 90 House and a Senate
bills, or II more vetoes than were made during
| the previous gress. The principal House
bill vetoed was that for the benefit OF the Des
Mo mes river settlers.
Some of The more important House bills
which have become laws are as follows: For
a conference OF South and Central American
nations in Washington IN May next; 10 divide
he great Sioux reservation in Dakota the
Scott Chinese Exclusion act; creating a
Department OF Agriculture, the head Of
he department to be a Cabinet officer;
! TO establish Department of Labor; to create
boards OF arbitration or commissions for set
thing controversies or differences between
Interstate common carriers and their en-
ployes; for the erection. extension or repair OF
public buildings or marine hospitals al Evans
vile, Ind: Indianapolis, Ind; Wichita, Kan;
Portsmouth, o.; Duluth Mimi; Bay City
NJ ch.; jackson. Mich.
Bills originating in the Senate became laws
,
| 70 the number OF COL, OF which 400 We're OF "a
private character. Forty-seven Senate hills
Aere vetoed, the most important being those
/ Tor the erection Of public buildings at Houngs-
own, o., and Sioux Cty, Ia and the Direct
Tax bill
Among the principal Senate bills which be-
conc laws were the Omnibus Territorial Ad
mission bill; 10 fix the passport fee at 81 10
ncorporto the Nicaragua Canal Company; TO
provide aid to State homes for the support
4 If disabled soldiers; to perfect the quaran-
inc service; to prohibit the coming OF
/ Chinese laborers into the United States; for
/ he appraisers warehouse at Chicago; to allow
! any honorably discharged soldier or sailor
4 Who has abandoned or relnquished his home
| stead entry to make another entry; to change
| he time OF meeting Of the Electoral Col
| eye; TO enable the President TO protect
| he interests OF the United States at Panama
| "a similar measure W tn reference 10 Samoa
! vas included in the Naval Appropriation bid :;
! 20 protect tho Alaska fur-seal and salmon fish
sries; directing the Secretary of the Interior to
investigate the practcablity OF constructing
Yater-stOrage reservoirs in ar d regions; apprO-
| priating 100000 10 suppress infection in the
Interstate commerce OF the United States in
AID OF sufferers from yellow fever, and the
ERECTION Of new public tn dings or the en-
!argement or change Ct the cx sting buildings
" Milwaukee Omaha, Sacramento, San Fran
nsco and W mona. MINI.
sheridan, Mrs Logan, Mrs Frank p. Blair,
md to retire General Rosecrans.
There has been included in this statement Of
bills which have become laws those in the
Presidents hands awaiting signature.
Three hundred and thirty-three bills which
passed the House failed in the Senate in con
erence by far the most notable OF these is
he Mills Tariff bill Another very important
House bill which failed is the Oklahoma bill,
many of the prov sions Of which are however,
Incorporated in the Indian Appropriation
)lI. Other important House measures which
allied are as follows: The General Land bill
md the General Forfeiture bill; to prevent the
product OF conv ct labor from be ng used in
my Government department or upon public
works: prohibiting the allowance OF any fee
any claim for increase OF ension Oh ac-
,ount OF on increase Of the d stability for which
he pension was aroweu; To relax tho risors
" the lnternal-Sevenue law; authorz-
ng the FIVE civil zed tribes to lease
heir lands subject to the approval Of the Sec
'etary OF the Interior; authorizing the issue Of
fractional silver certificates; to forfeit the
hastings & DAKOTA RIA lway Company's grant
n Minnesota; to prevent the employment Of
alan labor upon public buildings or other pub
&c works and in the various departments OF the
government; to forfeit the Northern Pacific
and grant; the f sheries Retaliation bill.
5 hundred ana eightY-iour bills, after pass
ng the Senate, failt TO reach the President,
rhe most important are: Declaring the sense
! )f the United States with respect TO fore On
control Of the Panama canal: the Blair Educa-
ionai bill; the Dependent-Pens on bill: the
lwamp-laud bills; to forfeit the OntonagOn &
/ Marquette land grant, 10 regulate the i'm
I )Ortation OF fore ga merchandise and TO secure
Uniformity in the classification and valuation
/ hereof; 10 increase the pension for total dis
/ ABILITY; to make telegraph companies sub
/ ect 10 regulation by the Interstate
Commerce Commission: TO retire Cen
I 3ral John C. Fremont; u reduce the
1 ate OF hostage on seeds and bult =; to improve
| lnd encourage the cult vat.on ana manufact-
ire OF hemp ana fax; for the rel ef Of persons
/ Who paid $50 for lands subsequently, reduced
/ n price to Sl..5; TO prevent the introduction
I II contagious seases from one State into an
/ lther; To ratify the Southern Ute Indian agree
/ neut.
/ The following are other important measures
| which also came to naught; The Pacific Rail
/ Dad Fu1 dung bill: for the admission Of Utah,
1 IDAHO, New Mexico and Wyoming Terri
ores: TO declare tru is unlawful: TO
\ promote commercial union with Canada,
/ md 10 authorize the President 10 open
/ negotiations with view TO the anne Ration Of
/ he Dominion; to grant women sun rage; 10
! epeal the CIV lServce law the iuternal-rev-
| .nue laws and the tobacco tax. to lay
graduated income tax; for the bounty
1 IN sugar; Tor the free coinage of sil-
yer; To repeal the Oeomargartne act;
| The Compound Lard b:ll; the Hennepin
! canal bill; TO repeal the arrears of pension
imitation; for the adjudicat on OF French
| Ipolation claims and various measures pro
! posing radical departures IN our ems on, tarh
ina financial systems.
Two important treaties, which were REJECT
/ "a, were the Canadian fisheries and nc British
/ sxtradit on conventions.