The record-union., 1891-12-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
NUMBER OF BILLS INTRODUCED
IN THE SENATE.
President Harrison Sends in the Names
of Appointments Made Dur
ing the Recess.
Special to the REconp-UN1ox.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.-Anong the
documents laid before the Senate and re-
ferred Were the annual report of the Sec
retary of the Treasury and many memo
rials asking legislation for closing the
Worlds Fair on Sundays.
Among the bills introduced and re-
ferred were the following: To prevent
food authorizations; to provide for better
enforcement of the quarantine laws and
to establish National Board of Health.
BY Stowart-To provide for the free
coinage of gold and silver bullion. LIhIs
bill was laid on the table so Stewart can
call it up at any timel; to authorize the
sale of mineral lands to aliens; to author
ize the construction Of q railroad in
Alaska; to amend the Chinese Exclusion
Act; TO transfer the revenue cutter serv-
ice to the Navy Department, and to pun
ish officers for summoning Jurors with
reference to their political or religious be-
lief.
BY CuIlom-To suspend the Act pro
hibiting the coming Of Chinese to the
United States; also, to reduce letter post
age to one cent; providing for consular
certificates for immigrants; for badges
1Or Officers anu men Ol IIlG OJCSJg pc
dition. and for annual leaves OF absence
to per diem employees Of the Navy De-
partment; providing for an income tax
to pay pensions; to increase the efficiency
of the infantry arm of the army, to pre-
vent summary cancellation OF pension
certificates; to provide Tor hearings IN
such cases, and 10 establish postal saw
ingS banks.
By Wolcott-To provide for coinage at
the branch mint OF Denver. Col; to
amend the patent laws and to appoint
commission to revise the patent laws: 10
amend the Constitution so as to provide
for the election of Senators by the peoples
to amend immigration and NATURALIZATION
laws: to grant the service Of pensions,
with additional amounts to prisoners, and
TO provide means for their payment. and
to repeal Section2 of the Pension Act OF
June q, 1890; to reduce the number OF
pensions ratings to ten; to abolSn pen
sion agencies and to lessen the expenses
OF the Examining Boards; TO authorize
the President to open negotiations with
Spain as to the Island Of Cuba; to prohlblt
monopoly i'll the transportation OF cattle
10 foreign countries; for the compulsory
education of children; to amend the In
terState Commerce Act; to provide Tor the
free coinage of silver and the pr0motlon
of international free coinage of silver; to
revive the grade of Lieutenant General
in the United States Army, and to pre-
vent the sale of arms to Indians.
PETER offered a resolution, Which was
referred to the Finance Committee, di-
recting that the committee inquire and
report, as soon as practicable, as to the
actual expenses attending the business of
money lending as conducted in the United
States by bankers and other persons.
Plumb offered a resolution looking to
the removal of the remains Of Ulysses ).
Grant to Arlington National Cemetery.
Senator Dolph introduced q bill appro-
priating 81 ,00O,000 for a gun foundry, to
be located somewhere on the Pacific
Coast" Dolph also introduced the fol-
lowing bills: Appropriating 100000 Tor
public building at Salem, Or, and the
same amount for a building at Baker
City, Or; also q bill for the formation
and government of municipal corpora
tions in Alaska, and bill appropriating
S525, 900 for the improvement of Columbia
River also bill to continue in force the
Chinese Restriction Act of 1882.
Senator Mitchell introduced bill ap-
propriating s., 1858, ,356 for boat railways at
The Dalles, Or, the Cello Falls and the
Ten Mile Rapids OF the Columbia River;
also. fer the improvement of the Three
Mile Rapids.
President Harrison sent to the Senate a
list Of appointments made during the re-
cess Of Congress which require conirma-
ton. There are about seventy-tive in all.
The Senate went into executive session,
at which the recess appointments were
laid before it.
At 2:30 the Senate adjourned until Mon