The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-10-03

ginning and its action upon election casa
cases before the House and seven OF the Re-
pubiicss contestants have bee n seated The
Goodrich vs. Bu lock Florida case and the
Mc0fnnis- Anderson West yfrEtnis case, in
which the seating Of the z publican on
festnnts was recommended, are yet to BIO de-
eidrd BIZ ckinridge.s d .mocras. I'M
seated The other eight cases were decided
by the committee in favor of the Democratic
sitting members Tne Senate decided its
only election contest by seating the Repub-
1ican Senate $ from Montana.
Seven bfils have been yetoe by the Preaf-
dent rs follows: Authorizing thr city of Oz-
den. Utah. to as +pme an Increased in debted-
ness; for public buildings at Data. Tex,
Hudson. n u. and Tuscaloosa. Ala. author
fzing the board of super wilson's Of MarIcopa
County, Ariz ma. to issue bouds Ia aid of
certain railroad. changing the boundaries
and extc ling the time for the payment of
LANDS purchased from the Omaha tribe OF
In lians;
Among the bills which have passed the
House. but have not yet passed the Senate.
are the following (biiis in conference beIng
Included In this category: The Federal
Election bill; the Nation al bankruptcy bin;
the bill to create court of appeals for the
relief at the supreme Court; the Conger
Compound Lard bill; prevent the enlist
ment CT aliens in the United stafcs naval
service; to prevent tue product of convict
LABOR being furnished to or for the OF
Rny department., or upon public buildings
or other puolic works; the Eight Hour Back
Pay oit; to repeal the timber Culture law
tin conference). constituting light hours a
days work - workmen employ ed by Gov
crnment contractors. and to ratfy the
agreement with the Sac and Fox and Iowa
Indians.
Among the Senate bills which have not re.
ceved final action by the House are the fol-
lowing: Tho Shipping and subsidiny bills;
granting authority for the removal of the
Apache In iiau prisoners to Fort sill, L tt to
promote ths efficiency of iho enlisted force
Of the army; to grant right of way through
public lands for irrigation PURPOSES for the
compulsory education of Indian children,
and TO- the inspection of live cattle and OF
Ieef produ Is for export
The appropriations made y the Fifty first
Congress for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1891, aggregated about s46I, i0s t6l, an in
crease OF SIS. 57i,5i5 over tn Ide by the
kiftieth Congress for the year ende
June 30. 1890. Tho River and Harbor bill
did not become a law. however, in the sec
ond session of the Fifteth Congress-. Tne
largest increase made in appropriations by
the Fifty first Congress over the approprfa-
lions by the Fiftieth Congress at its second
session arc rs follows: Fertilization, in
crease, i2999.s4I; pensions. Including de-
icicncies, ssso.o.66s; postal service, s5,62i-
35i; sundry civil, s4,4iO.9to; deficiencies ex-
elusive of pensions, si,s59.1 lis The misceI-
lanef us appropriations for the session OF
the Fifty first Congress just ending were
4,135 s95 less than similar ones made tor the
prev ious year by the Fiftieth Congress. The
Deficiency bill (which Is in conference be-
tween tn tw o houses) is the only one of the
general appropriation bills which has not
received the Presidents signature