Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-02
CONGRESS WORK.
Several Thousand Bills Reported
During the Session.
An Unusual Number in the
House Owing to New Rules.

and Over Two Thousand Reporte,
! neutrality-suspicious. for Public Build
ings-Other Business Transacted.
WASHINGTON, Oct 2.-The commit
ices Of the senate and house reported
everal thousand bills and resolutions
luring the first session of the Fifty-frst
congress. In the senate the usual mode
If introducing reports. that is, by
special permission Of the senate, wal
followed but in the house the new rules
al wed reports to be submitted .at any
time without special permission, thni
allowing an unusually large number o.
bills t. be placed on the calendar
Pensions In the senate.
OF the principal committees of tht
senate, the committee on pensions hai
had referred to it about 1000 bills ani
resolutions. 200 of which originated
in the senate and So in the house. Oi
this number about 900 have been re
ported 400 senate and G0) house. The
committee reported five general bills
three Of which became laws.
Territories.
The committee on territories has re
ceiye forty-eight bills. OF this num-
Ler thirty-seven have Ieen repo. ted, ii
number of which have lecolne laws
Among them were the bills providinl
for the admi sioa OF Idaho and Wy,
oning.
Indian Affairs.
OF the bills introduced, the commit.
tee on Indian affairs has received ZIG.
of this number they reported seventy
two, Of which th:r5y- light passed. The
appropriation autho ilel by the com.
mittee aggregated more than $4,000 O0J
Contested Elections.
1t became apptrent 5000 af5er the
lifty-iirst congress convened that til .
elections committee of the house would
be, next to the committee on ways and
means, The most important committee
of the house. The committee decided
seventeen ont Of eighteen cases before il
in favor of ten Republicans, six Demo-
Gratis and one Union Labor candidate,
One case is undecided, and four Of those
reported have not Leen decided by the
house. The contestants III every case
were Republicans. In every clse the
recommendations Oh the commit e
were ad )pted, Seven Rcplhlicaas ana
one Union Labor candida, eNvere seated
and one seat declared vacant.
Other important committees of the
house made considerable progress. The
commerce committee had referred to ii
800 bills and resolutions Of which ia
were reported favorably and twenty
nine un1avorably.
Pensions in the House.
The house committee on invalid pen
siOns had referred to it i,2]j bills, or
nearly one-third of the bills introduced
in the house ut this session. OF this
number l03 have tecn reported by the
committee. OF these five were general
bills. three of which became laws.
Although this statement shows action
in only / ,103 cases it is not an index of
the amount of work performed, aS II
large majority of al the bills before
the committee have been examined by
ihe sub committees and found eithcr to
come under the law, or not to have suf-
hcient evidence to fulfill the require
ments of established precedent Of the
committee
Public Buildings and Grounds.
OF the bills introduced in the house
the committee on public buildings and
grounds received 494. OF these lS1
were reported by the committee, the
appropriations aggregating %23 1000,
Of this number thirty-nine passed the
house. carrying So, PSI $3.50. Thirty-six
have been approved by the president,
carrying 81 ,85l $50. Three have been
vetoed Hudson, N, Y, Texas, Tusca-
loosa, Fla carrying $3i5,0O0. In the
fifticth congress the appropriations for
public buildings aggre gated $40 ,jj7, 900
lrorty-one bills, carrying an aggre-
gate of $t,700,000, have passed the com
mittoe of the whole aud are now on the
calondar us unfinished business.
Claims.
70 the committee on claims 1000
bills have been referred. OF this num-
her 100 have been reported and but
eight have passed the house. Of the
eight bills passed, four made direct ap-
mopriations amounting to $30,O00 and
four referred cases to the court Of
claims.
Education.
During the session twenty seven bills
have becl referred to the committee ON
education proposing general educa-
tional legislation. OF this number two
nave hctu lttipttt ttt IdNOldbID " VIC
house the Blair hill and the Morrill,
educational college bill. The latter be-
came n law.
Coinage, Weights ami Measures
The committee on coinage, weights
and measures received thirty-three bills,
Of these the committee reported five,
one of which became IA law-the silver
bill.
Agriculture.
The committee on agriculture re.
ceiyed thirty-eigAt bills. ten OF which
were reported and three of which be-
came laws.
Printing.
During the session there were l06 bills
and resolutions referred to the house
committeeon printing. OF this number
the committee reported fifty-fve, Of
which forty-seven passed both houses
and became laws. The aggregate cost
of printing involved in all the measures
referred to the committee aggreg tied
81 500, Goo and the aggregate cost o'
printing recommended aud passed was
! S60l ,jOS.
They Want Everything.