Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-04
CONGRESS- WORK.
Several Thousand Bills Reported
During the Session.
An Unusual Number in the
House Owing to New Rules.

and Over Two Thousand Reported
op"n-AppropriHti"ns for Public Isniid-
ings-Oiher business Transacted
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-The commit
tees of the senate and hau . .eported
several thousand bills and rsolutions
turing the first session Of the fifty-frst
congress. In the senate the usual mode
"f introducing reports. that is. by
apeclal permission of the senate was
followed, but i'll the house the new rules
allowed reports to be submitted at any
time without special permission, TINS
allowing an unusually large number Of
bills to be placed on the calendar.
Pensions In the Senate.
OF the principal committees of the
senate, the committee on pensions has
had referred to it about 1000 bills and
resolutions, 200 If uhich originated
in the senate and S0J in the house OF
this number about 1000 have been re-
ported 400 senate and 600 house The
committee reported five general bills,
three of which became laws.
Terrii ori.s.
The committee on territories has re-
ceived forty-eight bills. OF this num-
Der thlrty-seven have cen reported a
number of which have lecOme laws.
Among them We're the bills providing
for the admission OF Idaho and Wy
oIning.
Indian Affairs
OF the bills introduced, the commit
tee on Indian affairs has received PIG.
OF this number they reported seventy
two, of which thirty eight passed. The
appropriations authorized by the com
mittee aggregated more than 50, 900, 900.
Contested Elections.
1t became apparent sooa after the
Fifty-firSt congress convened that the
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 out of eighteen cases before it
in favor of ten Republicans. six Demo
Gratis and one Union Labor candidate.
One case is undecided, and four of those
reported have not been decided by the
house. The contestants III every case
were Republicans In every case the
recommendations Of the committee
were ad opted. Seven Republicans and
one Union Labor candidate We're seated
and one seat declared vacant.
Other important committees of the
house made considerable progress. The
commerce committee had referred to it
800 bills aud resolutions Of which ia
were reported favorably and twenty
| nine unfavOrably.
Tensions In the House.
The house COMMITTEES on invalid pen
sions had referred TO it i,2b5 bills, or
nearly one-third of the bills introduced
In the house at this session. OF this
number l, 1U3 have been reported by the
committee. OF these five were general
bills, three Of which became laws.
Although this statement shows action
in only l,l0S cases it is not an index Of
the amount of work performed. as a
large majority of all the bills before
the committee have been examined by
the sub committees and found either to
come under the law. o. MT 10 have auf-
ficient evidence to fulfill the require
ments of established precedent Of the
committee.
Publ ir Buildings anl Grounds.
Of the bills Introduced in the house
the committee on public buildings and
grounds received 1911 Of these 1877
were reported by The committee, the
appropriations aggregating S23 ,000, coo
OF this number thirty-nine passed the
house, carryi 1921, $50. Thirty-six
have been approved by the president,
carving "a 50 ,659 Three have been
vetoed Hudson y. Y, Texas, Tusca-
loosa. Fla carrying $3l3,0o0. In the
Fiftieth congress the appropriations for
public buildings aggregated sl0, ,551 ,00A.
Forty-one bills. carrying an aggre-
gate of 81, 70O, ,0lJ. have passed the com
! mittee of the VIII lie ii are now on the
calendar as unfinished business.
Claims.
To the committee on claims 1000
! bills have been referred. OF this num-
Der 400 haze been reported and but
eight have passed the house. OF the
eight bills passed. four made direct ap-
preparations amounting to $50, 900 and
four referred cases to the court OF
claims.
During the session twenty seven bills
! have been referred to the committee on
education proposing general educa-
| tional legislation. Of this number two
have been reported favorably to the
Q0uS6-tUe DitlF tiIl anu iu0 MOII4lI
| educational college bill. The latter be
came law.
Coinage, weights and Measures
| The committee on coinage, weights
and measures receivrd thirty three bills
| Of these the committee reported five,
| one of which bee me law-the silver
F, bill.
agriculture.
| The committee on agriculture re-
ceived thiitv-eiglt bills ten OF which
were reported ard three of which be-
| cane laws.
rr'1t E..
| During the stssi " there were 10G bills
| a. a resolutions referred to the house
comm. ttec o. ri. tis Of this number
| the committee reported iift; five. q
which forty yse' Ell iiiS ed both houses
I and becamA laws. '.he aggregate cost
/ OF printing involved in all the measures
! referred to the Committee aggreg gated
81, 500. .0G0. and the aggregate cost OF
printing reconilnenje and passed was
S60l ,JOe.
| They Wan: Everything.