The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-03-11
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
HOW 1T COMPARES WITH PRE-
vlOUS SESSIONS.

Oh the NOrk-buis
Have Received the Approval of Both
Houses, Etc.
The working or business feature or
the Congress just closed says Wash
ington dispatch. may be studied with in
terest Three measures, any OF which
In Intrinsic Importance and popular In
: terest would be sufficient fer national
issue, stand forth pre- eminent among all
others. First, the Mckinley tariff bill,
which became law; second, the silver
bill, on which, during the first session,
compromise was effected, based on
monthly purchase OF 100000 ounces
OF silver, and which, In turn, was fol-
lowed by moro radical measure that
failed of passage: third, the Fede al
elections bill. which. after a protracted,
bitter, and holly fought and intensely
exciting preliminary struggle, failed In
the Senate TO reach decisive vote on its
merits.
Even I'm its mortuary record the Con-
greSs was remarkable, the call OF death
having summoned no fewer than twelve
OF its Representatives and three OF its
Senators. The list contains the names or
Senators Beck of Kentucky, Wilson OF Ma
ryland, and Hearst OF California; and
Representatives w ID. Kelley, Samuel j.
Randall and Lewis f. Watson OF Penn
sylvania; S. S Cox, David WILDER and
Newton j. Nuttng of New York: Rich
ard Townshend of Illinois, j. NJ Burnes
and James Z. Walker of Missouri, James
Laird of Nebraska, Edward j. Gay OF
Louisiana, and James Phelan of Ten
nessee.
The total appropriations for this Con-
gress will probably reach $1,000, 600, 600.
During the Eiftieth Congress l,6l1 bills
were vetoed and during the kifty-tirst
Congress fourteen.
In the Ftfty-first Congress l4,033 bills
were introduced in the House and ., 100
in the Senate. In the Fiftieth Congress
1854 bills were introduced I'm the House
and 4 GOO in tn Senate In the Fifty
first Congress 297 Joint resolutions, or
twenty-eight more than the number in
PRODUCED i'm the Fifteth, were intro
duced In tho House. In the Senate l60
Joint resolutions, twenty-four more than
in the Fiftieth, were introduced. The
bills that became laws during the Con-
gress Just ended numbered 2.1S6. In the
Fiftieth Congress ,s04 bills were enact
ed. The number of bills, etc, intro
duced In the Fifty-frst Congress ex-
ceeded by 20 per cent. the number intro
duced in the Fift'eth.
Among the bills which have become
laws are these:
The copyright bill, the private land
court bill, the Indian depred claim
bill, the timber and pre- lption law re-
peal bill, the customs administrative bill,
general land forfeiture bill, the bill 10
relieve the Supreme Court by the estab-
lishment Of intermediate courts OF APP
peal, the United States judicial salary
bill, the Worlds Fair BILL the Wyoming
and Idaho admission bills, the anti-lot-
terry and antitrust bills, the reapportion-
ment bill, the immigration bill, the bill
TO ratlfy agreements with various Indian
tribes and TO pay the friendly Sioux
500, 900, 10 reduce the fees of pension
agents, TO pay the French spoliation
claims, the meat inspection bill, the
postal subsidy bill, the bill TO prevent
the importation OF adultcrated food
and drink, the live cattle and hog
inspection bill, the bill appropriating
$1,000, 900 for the improvement OF the
Mississippi RiV r, TO permit sorghum
sugar manufacturers 10 use alcohol
without payment of tax, to limit TO 60
per cent. of the rates charged
private parties the rates the Immigrant
railroads shall charge for transportation
Of government troops and supplies, to
authorize the construction OF tunnel
under the waters OF the Bay OF New
York, for the construction Of a deep
water harbor on the coast OF Texas. for
the relief Of settlers on the Northern
Pacific Railroad indemnity lands. 20 per-
nit the export OF fermcntcd liquors TO q
foreign country without the payment OF
tax, 10 apply the proceeds OF the sales
OF public lands and the receipts from
certain land grant railroads to the sup
port of agricultural and Industrial col
leges, joint resolution congratulating
Brazil on the adoption OF republican
form of government, bills to establish
the Chckamauga military park, pro-
viding for town-site entries i'm Oklaho-
ma, authorizing the use Of the Louis
vile and Portland canal basin, TO
amend the interstate commerce
act so as To give the commits
sioners fuller powers in respect to
making inquiries, providing that appli-
cations to pur base forfeited railroad
lands shall begin to run from the date
of the restoration Of the lands 20 settle
ment and SALE for military post at san
Diego, Cal, for an Alaskan census to
extend the time Of payment for public
lands in cases of failure of The crops, to
issue 600 stands Of AIMS 10 North and
South Dakota, Wyoming Montana and
Nebraska, to set aside the big-tree tract
In California aS a public park, for tho
inspection OF cattle steamers I'm order to
secure more humane treatment of cattle,
providing that the life-saving appliances
act shall not apply to the lakes and bays
of the United States, TO enable the Post
master General TO eXpcnd $1,000 to test
free-deivery system in small towns, to
create the customs district OF North and
South Dakota and Puget Sound, and for
the erection, repair, or enlargement OF
many public buildings heretofore noted.
Useful knowledge.
A BIT of soda dropped i'm the cavity OF
an aching tooth will afford relief
HANG a small bag of charcoal in the
rain water barrel to purify the water.