Evening journal., 1891-03-05

vent the importation OF impure or adul- |
.erated articles Of food and drink are
worthy Of special mention, while among
Che less important but generally interest
ang laws enacted were the following.
Some Of the Bills Enacted.
Providing iar an additional assistant secre.
tury Of the navy and an assistant secretary of
war, providing FOR the expectation u fermeatnd
liquor ID bond without payment uf internal
revenue taxi eHtending the criminal iurisdir
tqn Of the federal courts 70 the gFeat lekca
increasing tu Ss2 Is month the pensions % those
permanently disabled; authorizing the con
atfu0ilun oi a railroad terminal bridge over
the North river az New York; directing the
superintendent % the census 10 collect statis
tics @t tarms and mprtsaged indebtedness for
the rrpmuigatun 10y the president Of rerula
tom to prevent the spread of contagious dis
easee from ono rlsfe 70 another granting Ger
hitcatt4 ~ discharge 10 those who enlisted
undee assumed nrtnes In the war 81 the re
bellion ta prevent the importation from enc
stale into aauther SO goods pruh8Nllod hy the
latter state except 20 original packages ta PIE
vent collisions at sea. % apply portion ui tho
proceeds ul the sale ~ public lana "a tho Ga
aQwtaent aud support df agricultural colleges
tu discontinue the coinage uf thrag dollar and
enc collar pold pieces and 1T three rent nickel
piecesi transferring tho weather bureau trQm
ihe s4suai corps to the agricultural department..
providing Gen navel armament experiments
the postmaster general To tost the fsoa ieliyet.
syAtetn iu srlaA towas
No Extra session Necessary.
nnring the last days of congress 4 strlg.
gle against Time rnsued to pass All the ap-
preparation bills in order % prevent the
possibility Of the Fiity-seoond congress hn
ing Immediately convened To- make proper
provision for carrying on the necessary
work Of the government Every appro
priatiou bin passed, however and an ex
tra session n thus avoided Frequent
complaints concerning the inefiiciency Of
our federal immigration laws brought
about the enactment IN the second session
af the measure aimed to correct the a.
| legged abuses. Two other important bills
which became laws were the direct tax bill
and the international copyright bill The
new appurtonment bill, drawn up by the
census Of 1890, simply increased the repre-
sentation q the states in congress from
332 To 350 baking NO decrease in the mum
her Of memhers from any state.
What was Not Done for the Farmers
The oppressed condition Of the agreult
wrists of the country resulted in the intro.
duetion 81 number Of measures intended
to give them relief through the govern.
ment Chief among these were the sub.
treasury bill authorizing the construction
If sub-treasuries for the reception Of cereals
and the issue Of government notes thereon;
the Stanford bill, TO provide for govern
ment loans on real estate at 2 per cent
and the Conger lard bill, to tax all com
pounds Of lard The sub-treasury bin was
never reported from the committee. th,
land loan bill was reported adversely, anl
the Conger lard bill (which had passed th,
/ fs,l q ~
The Paddock pure food bill, providing fu
the branding Of all food compounds an,
authorizations, also failed to become a law
The passage Of the bill granting subsi
dies to United States mail vessels built Il
America and owned and ofiicered D.
| American citizens was the result Of effort
To a general subsidy shipping measure
| One OF the features Of the second session
was the defeat Of the bill providing for th
! adjustment Of accounts Of laborers ant
mechanics who worked overtime unde
the eight hour law Another notable bill
that providing for a uniform system 0
bankruptcy passed the house, but failei
10 receive consideration In the senate
| Among other important measures dc
, feated were the postal telegraph bill, tn
service pension bill, the intercontinenta
| railway bill, the Chinese exclusion act
I and the Canadian reciprocity measure.
Cleveland, 10I; Harrison, N.
In the Fiftyfrst congress l4,033 bill
4 were introduced in the house and 0, 100 !
1 abe senate IN the Fftieth congress Il, ,6t
4 were introduced In the house and 1900 i
the senate.
/, In the Fiftieth congress President Clev'
land vetoed l6l bills and joint resolutions
while in the Fifty-first President Harriso
vetoed only II. The bills that became law
during the congress just ended numbere
21S6. In the Fiftieth congress l,s24 wer
enacted Contests for seats held by Demo
Gratis in the house were made by Is h,
publicans The elections committee de
= cided II Of these-1l in favor Of Republic
ans and in favor Of Democrats Tn
: house seated Republicans in favor Of sit
| ting Democrats aud declared the seat O
Democrat vacant The house adoptel
l the report Of the committee in every cas-
presented
Appropriations Over 5000, 600, 600.
The regular and miscellaneous apprC
, priations made by the Fiftieth congress
, amounted TO Ssl7e65, $50, while the at
/ preparations Of the congress just ende
I aggregated between 5000, 900, 900 and 81 600
| 600, 600