Telegram-herald., 1890-10-03

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Congress t1st closed has been. IL tAe
Hsuss. = session II roll-c2lls During
the session thsrs have been sss rell-
calls, or ses more than 81 sRy ether SEE
sioE sf Congress Tha 1esas stsout
thirty-six solia DAYS of roll-eslliag,
ana as Il is estimated that each oAll ~
the roll costs the Government AbeUt
o. ooa Il vii be seen what extresa-
gsEoe fllbustering is
CONFIRMED nv Tnr srTAFE
WAsHissnoA Oct a-The Ssnste in
executive session Wednesday Afternoon
ooRnrnea Aks teilewisK sAong other
nenl stioEs.
Ministers Resident ana coasSl -Gensral-
George = BstoheAsr 81 Nw Vera x Par
tsgEl, SenEfsEias h hsys q Missouri -
san
Coasuis-fhsries 4 sAepAsc. q nasssehn-
sefts a. C0ikeaDurs Joseph il.ek of ohio "a
BaGs- fesIs Oscar AAlmros. { hiEaesola. -
Dsnia.
saith A wnsoA. ef oAto. Flst Assistant
PostnsstsE-Ceneral
James Lssrle Bell q Pennsylvania Second
Assistant Fcstmaster- GENERAL
MINORITY REPORT u FES lAuN cAsK.
WASHINGTON, Oct 2-Tle minority
Of The special house committee appoint
ed 20 investigate the chages against
Pension Commissioner kAm Nessrs.
Lewis and Goodnight-havs united In
the preparation OF report The report
severely oritieises Cemmissi0er Raum.
declares that there ought 10 le house
cleaning in tho pension seviee. and
says In reysew:
II seems 20 us that the Commissioner 81
Pensions has not properly esteemsa TIE deli
cate duties and serioas responsibilities 9. bis
great once nor has he measured sp 70 that
hish standard OF patriotic consideration for the
public service which SHOULD preVsiiin ihis de
parinent acjudiea;ins ihe oisbars.meots "
nearly one-third Of the eniire revenues u tie
Government"
WORK OF THK coEMrTTEEL
WASHINGTON. Oct a.-The commit
tees Of the Senate and House seported
several thousand bills and resolutions
during the session just ended OF the
principal committees o, the Senite, the
committee on pensions had referred 70
it about z, coo bills and resolution 1.200
OF which originated in the Senate and
500 in the House OF this number
about 1000 were reported-4oo Senate
and 600 House. The committee report
ed 5 general bills. 3 OF which became
laws.
The committee on Territories re-
ceived 4s bills or this number 81 were
reported, a number of which became
laws, among them the bills for the ad-
mission OF Idaho and Wyoming.
OF the bills introduced the committee
on Indian affairs received PIG OF this
number they reported 70, Of which ss
passed. The appropriations authorized
by the committee aggregate more than
SO, 600, oo0
It became apparent soon after Con-
gress convened that the election com
mittee of the House would be. next TO
the committee on ways and means the
most important one OF the House. The
committee decided IL out of is cases
before it in favor of 10 Republicans, @
Democrats and / Union Labor san-
didate. One case is undecided, ard 4
of those reported have not been de-
cided by the House. The contestants
in every case we're Republicans. In
every case the recommendations OF the
committee were adopted. Seven Re-
publicans and Union Labor candidate
were seated, and seat declared vacant
The House committee on invalid PEN
sions had referred to ii 4.253 bills, or
nearly one-third of the bills introduced
in the House at this session. OF this
mum Der /. 1oS were reported by the com
mittee. or these s were general bills,
of which became laws.
OF the bills introduced in the House
the committee on public buildings and
grounds received 49, Of which is7 were
reported by the committee. the sppro-
priations carried asgregating s23, o00.-
600. OF this number 80 passed the
House, carrying S2el, ,63e. Thirty
six were approved by the President car
rying 81. s5l,639. TREE were vetoed
hudson. n. Y; Dallis. Tex; Tnsca-
loosa, Fla-) carrying sS15. 600. In the
Fiftieth Congress the appropriations for
public buildings aggregated $40. 557, 600.
Forty one bills carrying an aggregate
of 81, roo. 900 have passed the committee
OF the whole and are nov on the calen-
dar as unfinished business.
The committee on coinage, weights
and measures received SO bills OF
these the committee reported s. one OF
which became a law--tfe silver bill.
The committee on agriculture received
IS bills, 10 of which were reported and 3
of which became laws.