Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-14

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pension for loss of both hands and also for deaf
ness: 10 hx the passport feet at 81 TO incorpo-
rate the Nicaragua Canal Company; 70 PROVIDE
| for a maritime conference; 20 provide aid 70
! 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 sr relinQuished his home
stead entrT 20 make another entry; TO
charge the time of meeting Of the Elec-
toral College; 20 provide for writs OF error or
appeals to the Supreme Court in all cases in
volving the question OF the Jurisdiction OF the
lower courts: ratifying the Creek Indian agree
ment; 20 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 TO in
vestigate the prscticability OF constructing wa
ter storage reservoirs in the arid regions; appro-
priating $1,000 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, Charlotte, 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 10 retire General Rosecrans.
There have been included in this statement
OF bills which have become laws those in the
Presidents hands awaiting signature. Quite
number OF these are subject TO a 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
plete.
Three hundred and thirty-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 this
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 TO the re-
linquishment OF whatever title they may
have 10 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-
hibIting the allowance o: anv fee in any claim
for increase 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 eror: 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
are operated; to prevent the employ
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 provide
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 to authorize the President TO
protect and defend the rights of American fish
ing vessels, fishermen and trading vessels 0he
Fisheries Retaliation bill recommended by the
President), and requesting the President 20 ne
gotiate with Mexico for a commission to settle
the boundary line between the United States
and 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
control of the Panama canal the Blair Educa-
tional bill: 10 prevent the obstruction of nssig
able waters; the Dependent Pension bill;
to obtain prison statistics; for the appointment
Of an alcoholic liquor commission; for a monu-
ment to negro soldiers OF the late war; |
granting right of way for irrigation purposes; |
providing for the inspection of meats and pro- !
aibting the Importation of adulterated articles:
ton of foreign merchandise and to secure uni |
Iormity in It's classification and valuation; to
increase the pension for total disability for the
education Of Indian children; to |
authorize the sale of certain mineral
ands to aliens; for the relief of soldiers
and sailors who enlisted under assumed names
during the war. to establish National Art
to make telegraph companies sub
jet 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 TO Sl.25; to prevent the introduction of |
diseases from one State into another;
10 ratify the Southern Ute Indian agreement.
The following are other important measures |
which also came to naught: The Pacific Rail- |
Dad Funding bill; for the admission OF Utah, |
IDAHO New Mexico and Wyoming Territories; |
% declare trusts unlawful; to promote CONNER |
,ial union with Canada and to authorize the |
President TO open negotiations with view to |
he annexation OF the Dominion; to grant |
women suffrage; to repeal the Civil Service |
aw, the Internal Revenue law and the tobacco
AK; TO lay a graduated income tax; for |
he bounty on sugar; for the free coinage Of
silver; to repeal the Oleomargarine act. the
Lard bill, the Hennepin Canal bill:
% repeal the arrears OF pension limitation; for
he adjudication OF the French Spoliation
Claims, and various measures proposing radical
departures in the pension, tariff and financial
ystems.
Two important treaties which were rejected |
we're the Canadian Fisheries and the British |
conventions
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