Telegram-herald., 1890-09-30
IT'S RECORD.
Legislation Accomplished by tie
Fiity-Frst Congress.
Over 500 Ems Psxsso-s Liss ~
TIE Most irspsrssns Measures
That cecsrns Ls~s
rHE HoUss ApsrEs TN rAKuF kFronE,

leaFA@snt o. TUESDAY
wcRK or EHF FIFTG-fussT CoNeKEss
MAsHIs0IoN. sept - - Ihs loag
session ot ths Fifty hrst Congress Is
ata1t sRaed. sad its werk l. already
practically finished IL has seea one q
TIE longest and II ln2ny respects one %
the aost interesting sessions Ter Wagy
years Although The frst session Il
the Fifueth Congress lasted uniA
October 30 the preseat session. IS rea-
sen II Us lpngor daily sessions has Ear
exceeded a IN working time and tse
amount ~ legislative work aetuAily &C
com Bllshs4. In figures the business ~
the session is expressed as follows;
sGls and toiut resolutions iutFoaaoed II the
House. lz4r a. he senate i sAa toia lesie.
Gs44ast 5sss ia lbe Hfsi sesS4ea oi iEe iast
Congress, which n this LEaltef fsf ezeei4ea al
Pre- nous records.
Reports - aas IN me House ssiB IN the son
ate D. si7 tac acsouHt beiUg tAkcE q tbe Sea
sto 81 ether than wr4tlen reroTtsl
bnk passed ID the ho1se- .sse cf whieh
tAe Senate has passed Slf hr TIC Sra
ate, i0o ~ whicA sse have 0ocn rent 70
the PfcssGori. madiHg total number o. @eoot
l. sSs acts or laws. ssstAst 80 10Y sae wh0.s Of
The last CoayTcss Of tsese acts DS House sne
e7s Senate bills were for pensions 70 indisios'
ais.
1t is probable that in the few remain
ing days OF the session the list OF Sen
ate bills 10 become laws viii be consid-
erably increased. as the House will have
opportunity 70 dispose of number Of
Others now on the calendars while
awaiting the Senato's passage OF the
tariff bill. In the com plotted work Of
the session, aside from the revision of
the tariff and intsrnai-reyenuo laws by
the Mckinley Aldrich tsria bill. tho
following measures which have become
laws may be named as the most impor-
tant:
The bill providing for the moHthly p.fohKse
o. ss@O JVJ ounces q silver, tie customs sd.
ninistraIive p'il the dependent and disability
pension bill: the anti trust Dul; tho sntil0ttefy
ssH. the provision for = worlds fair In Chi
cage iu 1895 10 celebrate the four hGuifc0tk al
niyersary Of the discovery of America, the ao-
mlssion of Wyoming zrc lcaho 20 Statehood
The meat inspection bin; the land srant for
fciture bill: the original package bin; fhs bill
recommended by tie lhternstioEa. maritime
conference 10 prevent collision a. sea, And The
provisions On The naval aFpropriaiion BIN 20
add 10 the new navy three line Of bAt1le Ssips.
o'.s protected cruiser, one torpedo cruiser, aDd
one torpedo boat.
Among the bills 70 erect public build
lngs or make additions 10 existing build
ings were those at the following points:
Caiesburg III Baton Rouge. La; Spripg
fcld No; Fremont. Neb Paris Tex: Ash
land WIS Fort Worth. Tex. Duluth MINI
san Jose Cal, Lansing Mich, Lafayette.
Ind; C-6ar Rapids. Ia Burlington. Ia VI
Paso. Tex; Sacramento Cal; Cantos o.,
- NJ Ttanf kl-
Kan. Aurora, Ia. snc Houston, Tex
To complete the list OF results acoorn-
plished during the prese ut session there
must he mentioned the radical changes
in the rules OF the House and the action
upon election contests. There were
eigh teen contestsd-election cases before
the House and seven OF the Republican
contestants have been seated The Good
rich vs.. Bullock Florida case and the
McGinnis-Alderson West Virginia case.
in which tho seating OF the Ropub-
lican contestants was recon- mendcd.
are yet 70 be decided. Breokinridge
Deml was unseated. The other eight
cases werc decided BY the committee in
favor Of the Democratic sitting Nom
bers- The Senate decided its only cleo
ton contest by seating the Republican
Senators from Montana
Seven bills have been vetoed by the
President as follows:
Authorizing the city Of Ogden. Utah. "a ae-
sumo an increased Indebtedness. Tor puhlio
buildings At Dsllns. Tex. Hudson. y. y. and
Tuscaloosa Ala. Authorizing the board Of 81.
pervisors Of Marieops CoDnty. A. T. 10 issue
bends in aid OF a certain railroad. changing the
boundaries Of The Uacera Faghro Indian ressrHs-
iion and extending the ttrle for the payment e
lasSs vurch from the Omaha tribe q In
ears
Among the bills which have passed
the House. but have not yet passed tho
Senate arc the following bills In confer
ence being included ia tho category.
TIE Federal election bffi. the Nsficusl bark
ruptcy bii. IN bin % create Court - Al.
peals fer the r.!sef e, he Supreme Couri. ne
Conger oerspcusclArc bill. - prevent the en
lstueri n aliens in TIC United States naval
service: n prevent fas procuci q convict
labor being fvrs4sAe1 20 for she ne
81 any department. or Bsoa public buildings or
ether public wcrks he eight hear hare-qnv
bin. 70 repeal the finlbsr-csstprs 80 ilu cen
fcrcncel constiirtise eixhi bears day vnrs
for vorkrasn employed ~ Government con
tractors. board q review in csrtsia cascs. -
rasfy tbs agreement Win The Sac ane Fo1 and
TorS fndsns
Among the senate bills which have
not received hnal action by The House
sre the following.
The shirrfsg and subsisr tfns granting AZ
thorffv fcr fbs removal ~ fhs Apache InflSn
prisoners io Fort snl ia 7 fot ths erscting
& asfatas % Colurr bus granting California
r.r csuf 81 the proceeds a ssies - put.ic
laaas. for ues BFhi hooss tsntsr 'ef ths eee
q tbe portisna ORE district rsfsnus cutter
for tie same district - enlarge 1cIlorsiofs
Nnff-rai parF 81 proricts ffs ~frr.eHeY - the
enlisted fsfce - ths army 70 srsui rfeft
- ~av seroaEh puhiic iaras f1r irriea
tion parp1ses IN ne ce1aEu isef7 sourzfif'n ~
Indisr - srsn for a sfstus - Genera sohn
efarE frr A. rnfian isarsir'sI srhga a.
F7araress y 90 ~ sscit.asl tssss'st
gsstlcs of tAs suBrsrn. cesri - krizprs -
tending cruinsi iafisaftior q ne triisa
Sszfss - 80 Frfsf isEes - reusria -
warsssta q cawsn snerso-sfivs - - stttlsaessi
f q fss Na-fh ~est as 80 80 ospstli1s ~ I've
ssfr}. Sc - he.f Ffooutts fcT eg7srt
To Bills of general Interest the
Blair eSuostionsl bla sns ~ intefns-
F tlonsl coPYfigkt blil have beer o.
fsstsd in fbs Sensfs snd Ho1se "a
sr~esti ~elv. ~ tsst votes fhozgh friends
ef ths Besss res srs stIil press ~ Tor =
E rsoo's idsrstion of re saA5sets. II -.
sitioa ~ fhs t8ils rnesfiensd there s-s
great nar ber. inclUsiHF tee baupues =
1 lsas-caurt kall ths vov.sn-sufrsgs trs
3 prok sition ss5end meats - ths ecnssi-
2 totion sn3 a. sorts 81 fnenl-s r-s-s.
ere. whfeh hsvs pot vst h-sn s,tsd
apsn ~ eltbsr hrsnth 81 Congress
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