The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-03-11
ITS WORK REVIEWED.

ITS WORK REVIEWED.
What the Fifty-nrst Congress Accom-
pllshed-Bllls That Passed and Measures
That Failed-Hesvy Appropriations.
WASHINGTON, March Sin reviewing the
work of the Fifty first congress three meas
ures, any Of which In intrinsic importance
and popular interest would be sufficient for
a national issue, stand forth re-eminent
among all others-frst, the Mckinley tariff
bill which became a law; second, the silver
bill, on which in the first session cOmpr0.
misc was effected based on monthly pur-
chases of 1, so, OO) ounces Of silver. which in
turn was followed by a more radical meas
ure which failed of passage; and third, the
federal elections bill which, after protract.
ed, bitter, hOtly fought and intensely exc;t.
ing preliminary struggle, failei In the sen.
ate to reach decisive vote on its merits.
Radical innovations in the rules of the
house added interest to its proceedings and
determined but fruitless efforts to adopt tho
most vital of these innovations formed
part of the history OF the latter part of the
sessions of the senate.
Even in its mOrtuary record the congress
was remarkable. the call of death having
summoned no fewer than twelve OF Its rep
resentativeS and three of its senator's The
list contain the names of Senators Beck, OF
kentucky; Wilson. of Maryland, and Hearst,
of California: and Representatives W. ID.
Kelley, Samuel j. Randall and Lewis f. Wat
son, of Penn ,ylvania; S. 5. Cox David WILDER
and Newton j. Nutting, of New YORK; Rich
ard Townsend, OF Illinois; j. N. Burnes and
James z. Walker of Missouri; James Laird,
of Nebraska; Edward j. Gray, Of louisiana,
and James Phelan, OF Tennessee.
The total appropriations for this congress
will probably reach billion of dollars
In the Fiftieth congress President Cleve.
land vetoed 1911 bills and JOINT resolutions.
VIII in, fha firSt praS uor nj
vetoed only eleven Among these Were: For
the erection of public blu ldms at Bar
HarbOr, Me-, to authorize Oklahoma City to
issue bonds, to provide a right of way for tho
Choctaw Coal Railroad Co., to establ sn a
record and pension bureau in the war de-
partment and to create the present head
colonel in the army, for the relief OF the ad.
minis:ratrix of the estate OF George w. Law.
renee
The bills that became laws during tho con.
gress just ended numbered 2,lS6. In tho
Fiftieth congress 1894 were enacted. Tho
number Of bills, ETC.. introduced In the
Fifty first congress exceeded by 20 per cent.
the number introduced in the Fiftieth con.
gresS
Among the bills which have become laws
are these: The copyright bill, the private
land court bill, the postal subsidy bill, the
Indian depredatiOnS claim bill, the timber
and pre- -emptiOn law repeal bill, the Gus
toms administr itive bill. a general land
forfeiture bill. the bill to relieve the SUI
preme court by the establishment of inter-
mediate circuit courts of appeal, the United
States judges salaries bill, the worlds fair
bill, the Wyoming and Idaho admission bills,
the antilOttery and antitrust bills, the re.
appOrtionment bill, the immigration bill,
the bill to ratify agreements with various In
dian tribes and to pay the friendly Sioux
100000. to reduce the fees OF pension agents,
70 lori p1a iv,NS IA
meat inspection bill, TO prevent the inn
portation of adulterated food and
drink. the live cattle and hog
inspection bill, the bill apprOpriating
Sl,OOo, GO, for the Improvement of the Misss-
Sppi river, to permit sorghum sugar manu-.
facturers to use alcohol without payment OF
tax, for the construction of a deepw.ter har-
Dor on the coast of Texas, to apply the pro-
ceeds of public lands and the receipts from
certain land grant railroads to the support
of agricultural ami industrial colleges, pro-
viding for town site entries in oklahoma, to
amend the Interstate comm rec act SO as to
give the commission fuller power In respect
to making inquiries, and to enable the post
master general to expend $4,000 to test the
free delivery system in small towns.
The Blair educational bill. the bill for tho
appointment of an alcohol liquor commits
sion and the "eight hours claims bill are
measures which were defeated on test votes.
while among those after passing one house
failed of action in the other are the bank
ruptcy bill. the Conger lard bill and the
army reorganization bill.
The Paddock pure food bill, the Nicaragua
canal bill. the Pacific railroad funding bill
and the inter state commerce bill TO permit
limited pooling Of earnings by railroad COM
panies are among the measures which failed
to reach a vote in either house.
The following are some of the senate bills
which failed to pass the house: To provide
for the free coinage of silver. enlarging the
rights of HOMESTEAD ers and pre- emptors on
the public lands. reviving the grade of lieu
plOration and survey OF the interior of Alaska.
The following house bills failed to pass the
senate: To transfer the revenue marine SER
vice to the navy, to authorize the cOnstruc-
ton of tunnel under the the Detroit river
at Detroit, Mich. for the relief Of telegraph
operators during the war.
Among the measures on which neither
house acted Except in some cases by com.
mittees) were the sub-trcasury and farm
mortgage bills, the service pension bill, the
Canadian reciprocity resolution, the bill to
encourage the construction Of an intercon-
tnental railway, the postal savings bank
and postal telegraph bills. the Butler bill to
aid negroes to emiHrate to Africa. woman
suffrage and prohibition constitutional
amendments. the income tax bill and various
other radical financial and political meas
ureS
Contests for seats held by democrats in
the house were made by eighteen republic.
ans The elections committee decided seV.