The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-10-02

Tho principal bills passed, all of which
required laborious preparation and involved
extended discussion, were:
| The Disability Pension bill
| The bill providing for the monthly purchase Of
| 4,5000OO ounces of silver.
The Customs Administrative bill.
The Antitrust bill.
The Anti Lottery bill
The bin for Worlds Fair In Chicago.
The admission Of Wyoming and Idaho TO State
| hood.
Tho Meat Inspection bill.
The Land Grant Forfeiture bill
The Original Package bill.
The bill to prevent collision at sea-
The Naval Appropriation bill 10 add to the new
Navy three line battleshlps, one protected
cruiser, one torpedo cruiser and one torpedo boat
In addition to the Disability Pension bill,
the following, of special interest to veterans,
were passed:
To provide certificates Of honorable service 10
those who hHvo lost their certificates Of discharge.
For the establishment of National Park on tho
battlefield OF Chick amauga
For the employment Of go and moro clerks IN
the Pension ONCE to adjudicate cases arising under
the Senate Dependent and Disability Pension net
To appropriate $40 coo for the maintenance Of the
Marion Und.) branch of the National Soldiers
Homo for the fiscal year 1890.
For tho relief OF settlers tie Northern Pacific
Railroad indemnify lands.
To permit Rfildavits in land entry cases 10 bc
made before Court Commissioners when, through
distance or infrmity they cannot be made before
tho land officers
To increase the number and al tho vacancies on
the Board Of Managers OF Soldiers' Homes
For the disposal Of abandoned military reserva-
lions ia Wyoming
To authorize the President TO cause certain lands
heretofore Withdrawn for reservoir purposes 10 be
restored TO the public domain subject 10 entry UNI
der the homestead laws.
Extending the act for tho relief OF railroad land
settlers 10 all persons who have been on railroad
iandss i've years, but whose entries have not been
recorded
To increase the pension for total hclplessncss
For the relief Of soldiers who served during tho
late war under assumed names
Granting permission TO officers and enlisted men
TO wear military badges
To relieve destitution In Oklahoma
The President has vetoed seven bills.
These were to allow Ogden, Utah, to increase
her Indebtedness; for public buildings nj
Dallas, Tex; Hudson, N. Y and Tuscaloosa,
Ala.i to authorize Maricopa County, Ariz,
10 issue railroad bonds, and changing the
boundaries Of certain Indian Reservations
Among the bills which have passed the
House, but have not yet passed the Senate
are the following, (bills in conference being
included in this category:
The Federal Election BILL
Tho National Bankruptcy bill.
The bin TO create Court of Appeals for the reei
of the Supreme Court
The Congcr Compound Lard bill
To amend the contract labor law
To prevent the product OF convict labor being
furnished TO or for tho use Of any Department on
upon any public buildings or other public worka
For the reorganization Of the artillery forco Of the
| army.
To repeal the timber culture law lin conference
| To prevent tho employment of convict labor
upon the construction or repair Of United states
buildings.
To transfer the Revenue Marine Service 10 The
| Navy Department.
| Providing for the compulsory attendance OF wit
nesses before Registers and Receivers OF land
| offices.