The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-05

sourt bill, the postal subsidy bill, the In
Dian depredations claim bill, the timber
culture and pre-emption law repeal Dill,
she customs administrative bill, general
land forfeiture BILL the bill TO relieve the
supreme court by the establishment of in
termediate circuit courts of appeal, the
United States judges salary bill. the
worlds fair bill. the Wyoming and Idaho
admission bills, the anti-lottery and anti
trust bills, the reapportionment bill, the
immigration bill, the bill to ratify
agreements with various Indian tribes and
to pay the friendly Sioux 500, ,00l, to reduce
the fees of pensiol agents, to pay the
French spoliation claims, the meat inspec-
ton bill, the bill to prevent the importa-
tion of adulrerated food and drink, the
live cattle and hog inspection
bill, the bill appropriating sl0Oo,0Oo
for the improvement of the Mississippi
river, to permit sorghum sugar manufac-
turers to use alcohol without payment OF
tax, for the construction of deep water
harbor On the coast of Texas. to permit
the export OF fermented liquors to Tor
elgn country without the payment OF
tax, to apply the proceeds OF the saleo OF
public lands and the receipts from certain
land grant railroads to the support OF agrl-
cultural and industrial colleges. bill pro-
viding for townsite entries IN Oklahoma,
to amend the interstate commerce act SO
as to give the commission fuller power IN
respect to making inquiries, to extend the
time of payment for public lands In cases
of failures of the crops, for the inspection
of cattle steamers in order to secure more
humane treatment of cattle. to enable the
postmaster general 10 eXpend SlOOOo 10
test free delivery system in small towns.
The Blair educational bill was defeated
ON a test vote, 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 reorgani-
cation bill The Paddock pure food bill,
the Nicaragua canal bill, the Pacific rail
road funding bill, and the interstate COM
merce bill Ito permit limited pooling of
earnings by railroad companies) are among
the measures which failed to reach u 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 homesteaders |
and re-emptors on the public lands, and |
revIving the grade of lieutenant general of |
the army The following house bills failed |
to pass the senate: To transfer the rev. |
enue marine service to the navy, and for |
the relief of telegraph operators during !
the war Among the measures on which /
neither house acted Except in some cases
by committees) were the sub-treasurv and /
farm mortgage bills, the service pension
bill, the Canadian reciprocity resolution,
the bill TO encourage the construction of
an inter-continental railway, the postal |
savings bank and postal telegraph bills,
woman suffrage and prohibition constitu-
tional amendments, the income tax bill,
and various other radical financial and po-
litical measures.
in the Fifty-first congress 1903 bills
were introduced in the house, and 5, 129 in
the senate. In the Fiftieth congress 1869
bills were introduced in the house and
1000 in the senate
III the Fifty first congress 297 joint reso-
lutions Tor twenty-eight more than the
number introduced in the Fiftieth) were
introduced in the house. In the senate 1863
(twenty-four more than in the tiftleth)
were introduced.
The bills that became laws during the
congress just ended numb 5ered 2, lS6. In
the Fiftieth congress 1924 bills were en-
acted. The number of bills, etc, intro
duced in the Fifty-frst exceeded by 20 per
cent the number introduced in the Fiftieth
congress.