The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-05

Il AkeWlSe surpassed all previous congresses
THREE NATIONAL ISSUES.
Three measures, any OF which in intrinsic
importance and popular interest would be
sufficient for a national issue, stand forth
pre-eminent among all others. First, the
Mckinley tariff bill, which became a law;
second, the silver bill, on which, in the first
session, a compromise was effected, based
on monthly purchases Of 4, SOC, 600 ounces of
silver, which in turn was followed by a
more radical measure, that failed OF pass
age; and third, the federal elections bill,
which, after a protracted, bitter, hotly
fought aud intensely exeiting preliminary
struggle, failed in the Senate TO reach de-
cisive action on its merits.
Radical innovations in the rules Of the
House added interest to its proceedings, and
the determined but fruitless efforts to adopt
tue most vital OF these innovations formed
part of the history Of the last part Of the
sessions Of the Senate. -. ----
Even In It's mortuary record this congress
was remarkable, the call OF death having
summoned no fewer than twelve of its
representatives and three of its senators.
THE APPROPRIATIONS
Many of the bills enacted into laws ap>
propriated an unusually large amount of
money, and the expenditures authorized
will exceed those OF any ''peacen congress
The total appropriations made by the Fif-
tieth congress were during the first session
SS95, 337, 5l6. and during the second session
S422, ,o26, ,S43, or an aggregate OF SS17,965,-
e59, while the appropriations for the first
session Of the Fifty-first congress were
$500, ,6T2.6 .697, and those of the second session
win probably bring the total appropria-
tlons for this congress TO 81 600, 100000
ABABEL OF SHOUTS.
All the fore part of the morning there
was an intermittent babel of shouts for
recognition from anxious members of the
House Of Representatives, who crowded
around the open space in front OF the
speakers desk and resortsd to loud calls,
vociferous remarks and all man
ner of devices to attract the
attention Of the speaker. Tho
House was in a critical mood, aud those
members who were fortunate enough to
catch the speakers eye found they still had
hard road to travel to the presidential
haven, for it was not an easy matter to
secure the necessary two-thirds vote to
have the rules suspended and their bills
passed.
NAILED THEIR CoLoRs TO THE MAST
The republicans in the House nailed their
colors to the most, determined to go out of
power as aggressive. defiant and full of
fight as they had been at any time during
the session. They were loyal to the speaker
and awaited proper occasion to manifest
the fact 1t soon came. No democrat
having proposed the usual vote of thanks to
the speaker, Mr.. Mckinley arose and
offered resolution thanking the
speaker for the able and impartial
manner In which he had performed
his duties. The House, which had been in
buzz from the many-tened whispers of
the members on the floor, lapsed momenta-
rily into something approaching quiet as the
the resolution was read and Mr.. Mills arose
in his place. He disappointed those persons
who hoped for a vigorous oratorical display.
as he merely demanded a call Of the yeas
and nays The call was proceeded with
! amid great confusion, due to the fact that
nearly every member had some parting re-
marks for a neighbor whom he per
haps might never see again. When
at last the vote was announced
the republicans arose en- masse clapping
vigorously, waving papers and books and
making the air resound with cheers, the
volume of sound being swelled
by the applause in the GAL
leries. The applause was renewed more
vigorously than before as Speaker Reed en-
tered the hall to relieve Mr.. Burrows, who
was temporarily Ia the chair. The demo-
Gratis jeered at the demonstration. Messrs.
Bland and McClammy of North Carolina
shouting out retortS to the republican ap-
plause that were lost in the confusion.
THE OVATION TO CANNON.
Mr.. Cannon came in for wild ovation as
he presented the conference report on the
deficiency bill; "the last report he would
have to make.n his republican colleagues
sprapg to their feet at the words, giving
him ringing cheer after cheer ana tossing
whatever was on their desks into the air in
a tumultuous cyclonic commendation of
Mr. Cannon. Mr.. Breckinridge Of Ken
tucky, amid the applause Of his democratic
friends, made a graceful little speech eulo-
CYSTIC of the treatment the minority had
received from Mr.. Cannon; but tie repub-
hcanS were little chary Of join
ing in the acc(amattons, being evidently
of the opinion that Mr.. Breckinridges
remarks were refexively in some measure
in derogation of the speaker. Expecting
that the democrats would make objection
TO the resolution rendering the THANKS Of
the House to Speaker Reed. MIR. Mckinley
had prepared list of cases in which objec-
tion W as made to the vote OF thanks to the
presiding officer These are thirteen in
number, beginning with the Fifth and Sixth
congresses The last previous occasion was
in the Thirty-fitth congress. when William
Pennington, a whig, OF New Jersey, was
speaker.
A COMPARISON OF THE WORK.
A comparison of the work of the congress
just closed with that of its immediate prede-
cessor makes the following exhibit: Bills
introduced in the House in the Fifty first
congress Il, ,033, against the .Fiftieth con-
gress 1864, increase 1.S79; joint resolu-
lions 279. increase 10; Senate bills 5, 129,
against 1000, or On increase of 4, 1873; joint
resolutions 169, increase "a; bills passed by
the House |, ,74S, of which 1913 became laws,
and by the Senate ,305, of which 673 be-
came laws. making the total number Of
laws during the Fifty-frst congress 2, 1856.
against 1,S24 in the Fiftieth congress, in
crease 36. The Senate also postponed IN
definitely GIG Senate and IS House bills,
this being equivalent to defeat.
HARRISON BEHIND ON vEToEs.
During the Fiftieth congress 161 bills
were vetoed, and during the Fifty-frst
congress IA, the most important of which
were the act establishing the record and
pension Office of the war department, and
the acts providing for public buildings at
Bar Harbor, Me-. Dallas, Tex; Hudson, N.
Y. and Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Out of eighteen contested election cases
the House seated eight of the republican
contestants and declared the seat of Mr..
Breckinridge of Arkansas vacant. Two
cases-Goodrich VS.. Bullock from Florida
and McGinniss VS.. Anderson from West Vir-
ginia-in which the committee recon-
mended the seating of the republican con-
testants, we're not disposed OF, and the