St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-11
BROKE THEIR RECORD.
Senators Hustling in Bills
and Resolutions at Light
ming Speed.
Senator Paddock Introduces
the First Bill, to Stop
AdulteratiOn.
Postal Savings Banks Have a
Friend in Henderson, Of
Nebraska.
Plumb to the Front With q
Free-Coinage BilI--Pub-
lie Health.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The senate
today broke the record in the way of
measures introduced in single day.
there having been 612 bills and eight
joint resolutions presented. This
about 100 more than ever before intro
duced in one day.
Senator Paddock, of Nebraska, has
the distinction of having introduced the
first bill in this congress. 1t provides
for the organization of section in the
department of agriculture to be known
as the food section of the chemical
division, whose duty it shall be to pre-
vent the adulteration and misbranding
of food, drugs, etc. This proposition
failed of adoption at the last session as
an amendment to the agricultural ap-
preparation bill, and was introduced to-
day by the senator as an original bill.
Senator Manderson today introduced
bill which was introduced in the
house last session to establish postal
savings banks and to encourage small
savings. The bill authorizes the post
master general to designate as deposit
aries such postOffices as he may think
proper, which shall keep for sale stamps
of the denomination of ten cents and 81
to be known as postal savings stamps.
Also
Postal Saving Cards,
upon which such stamps are to be
affixed when sold, the amount of the
stamp purchased to be deposited in such
banks to the credit of the purchaser as
the secretary OF the treasury may direct.
The bill provides that small amount of
interest shall be paid depOSitOrS.
SenaIOrMandersOn reintrOluced his bills
of last session appropriating 100000 to
establish branch mint at Omaha, Neb.;
increasing from SS00,00 to g, coo, 900 the
appropriation Tor the erection of a pub
lie building at Omaha, Neb.; also a bill
approprating Sl00,OOO for the erection
OF public building at Norfolk, Neb.
Another bill introduced by Senator
Henderson appropriates $4,000 for the
contraction of a military store house
and office quarters at the military depot.
Senator ManderSOn also reintrOduced a
bill similar in purpose TO the one intro
duced by him last session to increase
the efficiency OF the infantry of
the army. The bill provides for
lIlC llCitdSt Us lllldutTl l6Sliuc uIS
10 twelve companies officered as at
present with the addition of junior
officers for the two proposed additional
companies. The bill also proposes to
increase the enlisted force of the army
to $4,000 men.
Mr.. Mitchell, of Oregon, presented a
petition of a large number of citizens of
Oregon praying congress to take what
ever action may lie necessary to invite
conference of the governments of the
world to sit during and in connection
with the worlds Columbian exposition,
for the purpose of devising, discussing
and recommending measures by which
the principles of arbitration may be in
corpOrated in treaties, conflicting inter-
national laws, harmOniZed. and all in
ternational court established having
jurisdiction in cases which governments
shall fail 10 settle by negotiations.
PIuEnb,s Free Coinage Bill.
By Senator Plumb. to provide for the
retirement of national bank rotes and
the free coinage of silver. This Is the
same bill introduced in the senate by
Mr.. Plumb last year, with few amend
ments increasing from 20 TO 80 per cent
the gold and silver reserve fund for the
redemption of United States notes, for
bidding the free coinage in the United
States Of foreign coin and authorizing
the secretary of the treasury, in his dis
cretion, to call for payment of customs
dues in gold or silver, in whole Or in
part.
Senator Stewart also introduced a bill
providing for the free coinage of gold
and silver bullion. 1t is COPY of a bill
introduced by Mr.. Plumb in the last
congress on the same subject, with GER
tain amendments. One of these is that
the bullion deposited in the mintS shall
be coined into standard dollars only,
and not in pant made into bars. An
other amendment provides that the GER
tlficate issued in exchange for that bull
ion shall be of denominations of not less
than 81 nor more than $4,000, instead of
not less than 81 nor more than 500.
By Senator Platt, appointing three
commissioners to revise the statutes re-
lating TO patents, trade and other marks,
so far as the statutes relate to matters
contained in or affected by the conyen-
ton for the protection of industrial
prosperity, concluded at Paris in 1888.
BY Senator Faulkner, to authorize the
secretary of war to cause to be investi-
gated, and to provide for the payment
of all claims for the use and occupation
of church. college and school buildings
for government purposes by the United
States military authorities during the
late war.
By Senator DoIph, appropriating
100000 to establish gun factory on
the Pacific coast. Also, to continue in
force the Chinese exclusion act of OctO-
Der, 1888, with an amendment requiring
Chinese Illegally in the United States to
be removed to China. Also appropriate
ing S525, 900 for the Improvement of the
lower Columbia river,
Public Health.
Senator Sherman introduced a bill to
establish department Of public health,
under the charge of medical officer to
be appointed from civil life by the pres
dent. This department shall obtain
from consular officers at foreign ports
all information available IN regard to
the sanitary condition OF such ports and
places, and also all information acceSsi-
bic from state and municipal authorities
of the sanitary condition of places
within the United States, all infOrIha-
ton gathered to be embodied in the
form of a bulletin and transmitted
weekly to the marine hospital service.
collectors of customs and to state and
municipal health officers.
The department also shall, as far as
it may be able, procure and tabulate
statistics relating to marriages, births
deaths. the existence of cpl
demic diseases and all informa-
ton relating to climatic and
other conditions affecting public health.
The department shall cooperate with
state boards of health, the signal sery-
ice, the medical department of the army
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