St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-05
BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
List of Bills Introduced Which Be-
came Laws.


WASHINGTON, March 1.-The work
| Ing or business feature was perhaps the
most distinguishing characteristic Of the
Fifty-tirst congress. Three measures,
any of which i'll intrinsic Importance
and popular interest would be sufficient
for national tissue, stand forth pre-
eminent among all others. FIRST, the
Mckinley tariff bill, which became 1;
Law; second, the silver bill, on
which. in the first section. Il
compromise was effected, based on
monthly purchases of 4,500.000 ounces
of silver, which in turn was followed by
more radical measure that failed of
passage: and third, the federal election
bill, which, after protracted, bitter iy
and hOtlv fought and intensely exciting
preliminary struggle, failed in the
senate to reach a decisive vote on its
merits. The total appropriations for
this congress will probably reach a
81, 000.000,000. During the Fiftieth con-
gresS 161 bills were vetoed, and during
the Fifty-trst congress, II. Among
the bills which have become laws are
these:
The copyright bill, the private land court
bill, the postal subsidy bill, the Indian dep
emption law repeal bill, the customs ad-
ministrative bill, a general land forfeiture
DILL, the bill 10 relieve the supreme court by
the establishment of intermediate circuif
courts of appeal, the United States judges
salaries bill, the worlds fair bill, the Wyo-
ming and Idaho admission bill. the anti iot-
terry and antitrust bills. the reGpportionment
bill, the immigration bill. the bill to ratiTv
agreements with various Indian tribes and
10 pay the friendly Sioux 100000 10 reduce
the fees of penson agents. 10 pay the French
spoliation claims, the meat inspection bill,
the bill TO prevent the imporIa Jon of adnl-
terated food and drink the live cattle and hog
inspection bill, the bill sppropriating 81 COO
600 for the improvement of the Mississippi
river, TO permit sorghum sugar manufactur
1rs TO Use alcohol without payment of tax TO
limit To go per cent OF the rates charged priv
ate parties the rates the land grant railroads
shall charge for transportation of govern
ment troops and supplies: to authorize the
construction of u tunnel under the waters of
the bay Of New Yeek: for the construction
OF d deep water harbor on the coast of Texas;
for the relief of settlers on the Northern Pa
citIc railroad indemnify lands; to permit the
export OF fermented liquors to foreign
country without the payment of tax: to ap-
ply the proceeds of the sales of public lands
and the receipts from certain land grant rail.
roads to the support of agricultural and in
dustrlaI colleges; joint resolution congratu-
latlng Brazil on the adoption of a republican
form of governments; bill to establish the
Chlckamauga Military park; providing for
to"ilsite ehlrles III Oklahoma: authorizing
the use of the Louisville and Port
land canal basin: TO amend the
Interstate commerce act so as TO give the
commissioners; fuller powers in respect to
making inquiries, providing that applications
10 purchase forfeited railroad lands shall
begin to run from the date of the restoration
or the lands TO settlement and sale for n
military post at San Diego, Cal, for an
Alaskan census; to extend the time of pay
ment for nubIic lands in cases of failures of
the crops; to issue loo stands of arms TO
North and South Dakota, Wyoming Montana
and Nebraska; to reserve the big tree tract in
California as public park; for the inspection
of cattle steamers in order to secure more hu-
name treatment of cattle; providing that the
llte-saylng appliances act shall not apply to
the lakes and bays of the United States; to
Sl0,000 TO test free delivery system in small
TOWNS; TO create the customs districts of
North and South Dakota and Puget Sound:
and for the erection repair or enlargement of
.many public buildings heretofore noted.
The Blair educational Dill, the bill
for the appointment of an alcoholic
Liquor commission and the ''eight-hour''
claims bill are measures which were
defeated OH test votes; while among
those which, after passing one house,
failed of action in the other. are the
bankruptcy bill, the Conger lard bill
and the army reorganization BILL The
Paddock pure food bill, the Nicaragua
canal bill, the Pacific road funding bill
and the interstate commerce bill (to per
init limited pooling of earnings by rail
road companies are among the meas
ures 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:
eniareing the rights of homesteaders aud pre- |
emptors on the public lands; reyiving fhe
grade OF lieutenant general in the army; for |
boarding vessel at Chicago; and for the ex- |
ploratton and survey of the interior of |
Alaska,
The following house bills failed to
pass the senate:
To transfer the revenue marine service TO
the navy; to authorize the construction of a |
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