The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-03-19
Record Of the Me-
Accomplished by the 51st
Congress.
EXHAUSTIVE REVIEW OF THE
MEASURES CONSIDERED.
Comprehensive Sta:encnt of tie Busi-
ness Rhca Came Before III, Sec
ond Session of tha Fifty First
Congress of United States.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-Among other
measures enacted by the Fifty-Grst con-
gress were those providing for the settle
meut of the Indian depredstons claims
BIZ Tho court of claims; creating court
for the Judicial Investigation and settle
ment of private land claims; providing
that the reciprocity CLAUSE OF the tariff
act of 1890 shall not be construed as al
fecting the treaty batween tie United
States and the Hawaiian Islands; repeai-
ing the timber culture Jaw; providing for
the inspection of live cattle, hogs and
the carasses and products thereof which
ore subjects Of the interstate commerce;
providing for the payment OF judgments
OF the court of claims for army supplies
under the Bowman act; authorizing tho
payment OF drawback or rebate on to-
eacc9 and snuff in certain cases; allow
lug the president to fill for thirty days
vacancies caused by the death or resig
nation OF head OF department, and
for tnnnel under New York Bay.
Among the bills of a general character
that failed to become laws were the fol-
lowing: To create q court OF patent ep-
peals. for the relief OF female nurses in
fh- late war, FIR the settlement of the
church and school property war claims
the scrvice pension bill, for government
ship canal around Niagara Falls, provid-
ing for & railway to connect North and
South America, imposing discriminat-
ing duty on tea ported from countries
discriminating against the United States.
60 cede the arid lands 70 the states and
territories in which they are situated and
70 provide for Irrigation and the protec-
Sion of forest and pasturage lands, to
establish postal savings banks to encour-
sgc small savings, for the recoirage of
the subsidiary silver coins OF the United
States, TO enforce the eight hour law on
government premises. the Canadian rcci-
procity measure, for commission to adj
Just questions aifect;ng the ir terests OF
Mexico and the United States, for con-
stitutional amendmenss III regard 10 wo-
man suffrage ard prohioition; to prohibit
aliens from acquiring title TO lands in
tho United States; for the Incorporation
OF the International American bank and
the Pan-Aalerican transpor tatioA CON-
rcny; providing that no person employed
by the government shall receive less than
81 per day; for the retirement OF national
bank circulation; TO absolutely prohibit
the coming of Chinese into the United
States, whether subjects of the Chinese
empire or otherwise; for uniform
standard of cereals; tho Eltterworth
RD;l-option bill; the resolution citing
protest against the treatment OF jews In
Russia; to prohibit the importation, ex-
portation and interstate transportation
of alcoholic beverages: the government
postal telegraph bill; transferring the
revenue marine service to the navy de-
partmcnt: to prevent the sale OF firearms
i .E.., T,.l Far tha
organization OF the army, and creating
to investigate the effect Of
the use Of alcoholic beverages.
Ia the Fifty-frst congress 14,033 bills |
were introduced in tic House, and 5, 129 |
In the Senate. Ia the Fiftioth congress |
j., ,654 bills were introduced in the House |
and 4, 200 in the Senate. In the Fifty |
irst congress a9S joint resolutions, Tor |
more than the number in |
troduccd. in bhe Fiftieth), were introduced
in the House. IL the Sanate i59 joint
resolutions (twenty-four more than in
the Fiftiethl were introduced.
Iu the fftieth congress President
Cleveland vetoed 16l bills and joint reso-
lutions, while in the fiity-frst President
vetoed only IL Among these
were the following: Act for the erection
of public building at Bar Harbor,
Maine, to authorize 0klahoma City to
issue bonds TO provide a right of way fer
the Choctaw Coal and Railroad company
through Oklahoma City, act to establish
8 record and pension bureau In the war
department and TO create the present |
head colonel in the army, act for the
relief Of the administrative Of the estate
of George w. Lawrence.
The bills that became laws during the
just ended numbered 2, iS6. In
the fiftieth congress ,s24 were enacted.
The number OF bills ETC.. introduced In |
the ffty-first exceeded by 20 per cent.
the number introduced in the fiftieth |
congress.
The following measures became laws |
the congress without the |
presidents signature Act for the relief |
of the suretios of George w. Hook; act |
giving the Court Of Claims jurisdiction of |
claims on account Of property OF the |
female college; act for the |
relief OF j. Hollis McBlair: act authoriz- |
Ing the president to restore Tendore |
Teneyck to the army and place him on |
the retired list; act for the relief of A. S.
McCreary, administrator of j. VI. Hiatt,
deceased; act TO provide American regis |
ters for the steamers Montauck and |
Mineold.
Ten private bills which had passed con- |
gress failed To become laws because OF |
their failure to receive the presidents |
signature. ELECTION cases.) Contests |
for seats held by Democrats in the House !
were made by eighteen Republicans. !
The elections committee decided seven |
teen of these-eleven In favor of Repub- |
licans and six in favor of Democrats. |,
The House seated eight Republicans in |
place of sitting Democrats, and declared |
the seat of one Democrat vacant. Tho |
House adopted the report of the commit
tee III every case presented.
Three senators and twelve represents /
tives died in Office during the f'ifty-first |
congress. This is the largest mortality |
in point of numbers in any congress. IL |
.he Forty-fourth congress, however, the /
percentage of deaths was larger, the
membership being smaller.
The regular and miscellaneous appro-
priations made by the Fiftieth congress
amounted to SSH. 1865, s59. while the ap-
of the congress just ended
aggregated between $500, ,000, 600 and
81, 900, 000, 900.