The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-10-10

1855 In the first session OF the last Con.
gress, which I'm this matter far exceeded all
previous records. Reports made In the
House APIS; In the Senate, ,s17, no account
being taken in the Senate OF other than
written reports; bills passed by the House,
1.2y2. Of which the Senate has passed s49. all
except few Of which have become laws or
are awaiting the Presidents approval; by
the Senate, I.l0o. OF which 4e6 have been sent
to the President, making total number OF
about L ss5 acts or laws. against 1.19s for the
whole of the last Congress OF these acts
COS House and as Senate bills were for pen
sions to individuals.
To complete the list OF results accom-
plishsd during the present session there
must be mentioned the radical cbasges 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 We. Bullock Florida case and the
McGinnIs- Anderson West Virginia case, in
which the seating Of the Z publican con-
testants was recommended, are yet to be de-
cided Breckenridge. Democrat was uu-
seated. The other eight cases were decided
by the committee in favor of the Democratic
sitting members. Tue Senate decided its
only election contest by seating the Repub-
liean Senators from Montana
dent rs follows: AuthorlEing the city of Og-
den, Utah, to assume an Increased Indebted
ness; for public buildings at Dallas. Tex,
Hudson, n. Y, and Tuscaloosa, Ala: author
izing the board of supervisors of Maricopa
County, Arizona, to issue bonds in aid of q
certain railroad; changing the boundaries
OF the Uncompahgre Indian reservation.
and extending the time for the payment o.
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 (bills in conference being
included in this category: The Federal
Election bill; the National Bankruptcy bill:
the bill to create court of appeals for the
relief of the Supreme Court; the Conger
Compound Lard bill; to prevent the enlist
ment of aliens In the United States naval
service; to prevent the product or convict
labor being furnished to or for the use Of
any 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 q
days work for workmen employs ed by Gov
eminent contractors. and to ratify the
agreement with the Sac and Fox and Iowa
Indians. s..r.,
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 IOr tne TtmONai VI tue
Apache Indian prisoners to Fort sill, L 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 products for export.
The appropriations made by the Fifty first
Congress for the fiscal year ended June 20,
1891, aggregated about s46l, l09C64, an In
crease of ss5,57l,5i5 over those made by the
Fiftieth Congress for the year ended
June 30, 1899. The River and Harbor bill
did not become a law. however, In the Sec
ond session of the Fiftieth Congress. The
| largest increase made in appropriations by
| the Fifty first Congress over the appropria-
tions by the Fiftieth Congress at its second
session are as follows: Fertilization, In.
| crease, 1899, s4l; pensions, including de.
feiencies, ss4,0l0,66s; postal service, s5,621.-
354; sundry civil. s4,4Io.9io; deficiencies. ex.
| elusive of pensions, A,s59. lis The miscel-
| laneous appropriations for the session OF
the Fifty first Congress. Just ending were
"a, 735. 796 less than similar ones made for the
previous year by the FiftIeth Congress. The
Deficiency bill (Which is in conference be-
tween the two houses) Is the only one of the
general appropriation bills which has not
recei!ed the Presidents signature.