Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09

Is, 5ss in the hrst session Of the last Con-
gress, which in this maeter far exceeded all
previous recordA Reports made In the
House. 8,215; in. the Sen ate, t,a17, no account
being taken in the Senate OF other than
written reports; bilfg paused by the House,
1.792. ct which the Sdnate has passed $40. all
except q few of which have become laws or
are awaiting the Presideuts approval by
the Senate, l. 100. of which ls6 have been sent
to the President, making total number OF
shout 8s5 acts or laws. against ,793 for the
whole Of the last Congress OF these acts
Cos House and rs Senate bins we're for pen
To sccmplste the LIST Of results accom-
plfshed during tho present session there
must be mentioned the radical changes In
the rules OF the House made NJ its very be-
ginning and Its action upon election casesS
There were eighteen contested election
cases before the House and seven of tho Re-
publicas contestants have been seated. The
Goodrich vs.. Bullock Florida CASE and the
McGinnis- Anderson Wese Virginia case, in
which the seating of the b. publican con.
testants was recommended, are yot to be de-
cided- Br~ckfnffdge, Democrat. was I'M
seated The other eight cases were decided
sitting members The Senate decided III
only election contest by seating the Repub-
liean Senators from Montana.
Seven bills have been vetoed by the PrSsi-
dent as follows: Authorizing 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
izng the board of supervisors of Maricopa
County, Arizona, to issue bonds In aid OF q
certain railroad; changing the darfes
of the Uncompahgre Indian reservation,
and extending the time for the payment of
lands purchased from, the Omaha tribe OF
Indans;s sT ~
. Among The bills which have passed the
House. but have not yet passed the Senate
are the following (biils in conference being
Included In this category): The Federal
Election bill; the Nation 81 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 of convict
labor being furnished to or for the use OF
any department., OF upOn public buildings
or other public works; the Eight Hour Back
Pay bill; to repeal the Timber Culture law
Tin conference); constituting eight hours q
days work for workmen employed by Gov
eminent contractors. and to ratify the
agreement with the Sac and Fox and Iowa
Indians. ~f T-s- y - ~ &c
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 for the removal OF the
Apache dian 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 30
1891, aggregated about S461, lO9, 064, an in
crease OF $66. 77i,545 over those made by the
Fiftieth Congress for the year ended
June 80, 1890. The River and Harbor bill
did not become law. however, in the Sec
ond session OF the Fiftieth Congress. The
largest increase made in appropriations by
the Fifty first Congress overt appropria-
lions by the Fiftieth Congress at It's second
session are follows: Fertilization, in.
crease, 81 800. BAL; pensions. including de-
ficiencies, $s4 02o,66s; postal service, ,621.
354: sundry civil, s4,4i0.9A0; deficiencies, ex
elusive of pensions. A,s5e. 1la The miscel
laneCus appropriations for the session O.
the Fifty first Congress just ending were
81, 735. 795 less'than similar ones made for the
previous year by the Fiftieth Congress. Ths
Deficiency bill (Which is in conference be
tween tho two houses) Is the only one OF the
general appropriation bills which has mo-
received the Presidents signature.