Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-02
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A Totnl OF I,335 New scts or saws
Nearly RVO-tliirds the Number
We're P'Ivale t'ensIOn CsainIs--
Treasures AeI Under Consideration
WASHINGTON, d. o., Sept. 28 In two
or three days the long session OF tho
Fifty. first Congress will com to an end
and its work is almost practically fla
/ islei. Il has been already the longest
ever hell, and in many respeota the most
| interesting session for many years. AL
though the first session Of the Fiftieth
Congress lasted until October goth the
| present session by reason of it's longer
daily sessions has far exceeded it IN
| WORKING time, aud the amount of lsgis-
lasiye work actually accomplished has
been extraordinary viewed in the light
OF previous Congresses and OF the I'M
usually important character of the meas
ures considered.
III figures thu business OF the session
IS expressed 40 follows: Bills aud Joint
tSsolu.ions introduced--Ip the House.
l2,402, in the Senate, 1870, or f. total OF
Is 972 agsiust Is 500 in the trst session
of the last Gnngr IS, which in this matter
far excelied oil prev ons records; reports
made in the Housa, 8 ms in the Senate,
ltbl 4 III a-GGGuib JtAlE lhEFu Tue fJtu-
ate Of other than written raposts). Bills
| passed--By the Eoue 292, OF which
the Senate has passed $40 All except a
few OF t csc ga bave become laws or are
awaiting the Presidents approval; BY the
SENATE, 100 Of which 496 have been sent
10 the President, mgSing total number
of about 335 acts or lave, against 1880
for the whole Of the last Congress. These
L.
for pensions to indiYiduals.
IL the 0 mpleted work of the session,
aside from the revision OF me tariff and
internal revenue laws BY the Mckinney
A dricn Tar fl bill, the following mess
mes enacted into law may be named as
tie most important: The bill providing
for the monthly pu,cbase Of 500 900
ouuci g lYor, the G iatom A pinis-
ttailye bfli, lie Dapendaat md ID iahiity
Pension, tns Antitrust bill, ths Anti
Lottery bill, tue provision for worlds
fair u id5go in 1892 to celebrate the
4U0!h anniversary OF the discovery OF
America tile admission az Wyoming and
Idaho to statehood, the Meat Inspection
bill, the Land Grant Forfeiture bill, the
Original Package hiil, the bill recon-
mended by the International maritime
conferences 10 prevent collisions At sea
aud tho provisions (in the Naval Auprc-
priation billy to add to the new navy
three line-of- battle ships, ons protected
cruiser, one torpedo cruiser anu one tor
pedc bost.
Seven bills have bsen vetoed by the
President. Among the bills which have
passed the House, but which have not
yet passed the Senate, are the following
(Eills 10 conference being included in
this category). The Federal Election
bill, the National Bankruptcy bill, the
bill to create q court OF appeals for the
reliof of the Supreme Court and others.
Two bills of interest, the Blair Educa-
tionsi bill and the International Copy
right bill, have been defeated In the
Senate and House respectively after full
consideration by test votes, though the
friends of the measures are still pressing
for decentralization Of the subj acts.
In addition to the bills mentioned
there are great number, including the
Edmunds Land Court bill, the woman
suffrage and prohibition amendments to
the constitution, and all sorts OF financial
measures which have not yet been acted
upon BY either branch of Congress.