Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-10-04

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regiments in the army; the ButterwortA
resolution for reciprocity with Canada; q
resolution for the adjustment OF questions
between the United States and Mexico;
granting the right OF suffrage to women
for the retirement OF National bank clrcula.
tlon; for the removal Of General Grants
remains from New York to Washington, and
the Copyright bill
There wero few Senate bills of a general
character on tho House calendar. Most of
the measures Of this kind were other passed
by the House or were not reported from tho
House committees to which they were re-
ferred. The most important OF the sonate
bills left on the House calendar are the SUBJ
sidy and shipping bills.
Tue number OF laws passed In the first ses.
sion Of the Flftieth Congress was: Public
laws, $40; private, s91; pubiicr solutions 81 (;
private, q. The number enacted thus far In
the Fifty-hrst Congress Is: Public laws, 26l T;
private, 6i7; publlc resolutions, ~; private,
5. these figures will be swelled considera'
| bly, y the action of the President en- large
number OF bills now In his hands.
The number II bills and Joint resolutions
intro duced ut this session ito date) wore:
Senate bills al, resolutions 129; House bills
| H. 1866, resolutions 2329. The number intro
duced In the first session Of the Plftieth
Congress was: Senate bills $500. resolutions
| lls; House bills II 500. reso utions 2S3.
Although the first session of the Fiftleth
| Congress lasted until october %, the pres
| ent session, by reason OF Its longer dai y
sessions, has far exceeded It In working
time. In figures the business Of the session
| Is expressed as follows: Bills and Joint res
olut ons introduced In the House. ll,io2; In
| the Senate. 400 or n total OF 1922, against
1893 In tho nrst sest zion of tho lust Con.
gress, which In this matter far exceeded all
prev lous records. Reports made In the
House. 1925; in the Senate, SIT, no account
being taken in tho Senate OF other than
written reports; bills passed by the House,
1892, of which the Senate has passed $40, all
except few OF which have become laws or
are awaiting the Presidents approval; by
the Senate, l. 100, OF which ls6 have been sent
to the President, making total number or
about l. 33j acts or laws, against l,i9J for the
whole of the last Congress OF these nets
sos House and y75 Senate bills we're for PEN
sions to individuals.
To complete the list OF results accom-.
pllshed during the present session there
must be mentioned the radical changes In
the rules OF the House made at Its very be-
ginning and Its action upon election cases.
There were eighteen contested election
cases before the House and seven OF the Re-
publican contestants have been seated. The
Goodrich VS.. Bullock Florida case and the
McGinnis. Anderson West Virginia case, In
which the seating of the Republican con-
testants was recommended, are yet to be dc.
cded. Breckenridge. Democrat, was un-
seated. The other eight cases were decided
by the committee In favor of the Democratic
sitting members The Senate decided its
only election contest by seating the RepuD'
lican Senators from Montana.
Eevan hills haya haRn yafOad nv tho Prosi.
dent rs follows: Authorizing the city Of og-
den, Utah, to assume an increased indebted
ness; for public buildings ut Dallas, Tex,
Hudson, N. Y, and Tuscaloosa, Ala: author.
izing the board Of supervisors Of Marlcopa
County, Arlz ona, to issue bonds In aid of
certain railroad; changing the boundaries
Of tho Uncompahgre Indian reservation,
and extending the time for the payment OF
lands purchased from the Omaha tribe OF
indians;
Among the bills which have passed the
House, but have not yet passed the senate.
are the following (bils in conference being
included in this category: The Federal
Election bill; the National Bankruptcy bill;
the bill to create u court OF appeals for the
relief OF the Supreme Court; the OonRer
Compound Lard bill; to prevent the enlist.
ment of aliens In the United States naval
service; to prevent the product OF convict
anv department, or upon public buildings
or other public works; the Eight Hour Back
Pay bill: to repeal the Timber Culture law
lin conference); constituting eight hours
days work fJr workmen employed by Gov
eminent contractors, and to ratlfy the
agreement with the Sac and Fox and Iowa
Indians.
Among the Senate bills which have not re-
ceived final action by the House are the fol.
lowing: The Shipping and subsiding bills;
granting authority for the removal OF the
Apache In dian prisoners to Fort ELL, T. to
promote the efficiency Of the enlisted force
Of the army; to grant right Of way through
public lands for irrigation purposes; for the
compulsory education of Indian children,
and for the inspection OF live cattle and OF
beef produ' Is for export.
The appropriations made ty the Fifty first
Congress for tho fiscal year ended June 10,
1891, aggregated about A6l, i09L6i, an In.
crease OF S66. ,5l5 over those made by the
Fiftieth Congress for the year ended
June 10, 1880. The River and Harbor bill
did not become a law. however, In the sec.
ond session Of the FlftIeth Congress. The
largest increase made In appropriations by
the Fifty first Congress over the approprla.
lions by the Flitleth Congress at Its second
session are Hs follows: Fertilization, In.
crease, $3.50. B4l; pensions, including de-
ficiencies, SsI020,668; postal service, ib,6!l,-
s5I; sundry civil, s4,4Io,9iO; deficiencies, ex-
elusive OF pensions, $4,s59.1lG The miscel.
laneous appropriations for the session OF
the Fifty. first Congress Just ending were
81, 7s5. T96 less than similar ones made for the
prov !ous year by the FIftieth Congress- The
Deficiency bill (which is In conference be-
tween the two houses) Is tho only one OF the
general appropriation bills which has not
received the Presidents signature.