Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-08-04

WAeHGNGToE, Aug. After a session of
eight months the first session of the
Eifty-second congress is about to end and
a review Of its work may prove interest
ing.
The house devoted the first two months
of the session to the discussion and adopt
fion of a code of rules, after which the
regular business was taken up. Bills to
the number of 1857 have been introduced in
the house and referred to a committee.
or this number 2l15 have been reported
aud placed on the calendar, about 40 of
which have passed the house. The most
Important measure considered by the
house, excepting the general appropria
tion bills, were the silver bills the tariff
measures reported from the ways and
means committee. the Chinese exclusion
act, the intermediate" and army nurse
pension bills the bill to enforce reciprocal
commercial relations with Canada, the
bill increasing the pay of life-savng crews,
to establish line promotion in the army,
for the better control Of national banks in
regard to loauing money to directors and
officers, and to add the name of the score
barry of agriculture to the cabinet officers
who may act rs president in certain con
tngencies. The Bland silver bill failed
in the house, as did also The free coinage
bill which passed the senate The several
tariff bills passed by the house failed in
the senate, as did also the bills providing
for the admission or New, NIevico and Ari
iona nc states
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most important measures passed i'll the
senate and not acted upon by the house
were the following: To facilitate the set
tIement of claims for arrears of pay and
bounty; for the constructio ion of revenue
euttcrs two each) for service on the great
lakes aud the Pacific coast; the pure food
buI." to increase the rate of pensions for
certain cases Of deafness; to fix the price
of land entered under the desert lands
laws: to authorize the secretary of war to
cause a coast survey to be made for a ship
taual across New Jersey to New York
bay.aDd the better enforcement of the i'm
nliQration laws. A LARGE number of pub
lie buildings and claim billspasscd by the
tenate also failed in the house
Four hundred and three bills have
passed bot h houses and been sent to the
president for his signature. There ara
twenty of these bills still under cousidera-
sion bv the executive. One has been re-
furned TO the house bv its reouest. with
ont signing: two have been yetoed--tbe
bill to amend the law organizing the cir
nut court of appeals SO as to give them
surisdictioD of certain Indian cases and
The bill referring the McGarrahnn case TO
tLe court of private land claims-three
have become laws without the presi-
dents approyal. Among tina more inn
portant bills which
uavo Eecome Laws
are the following, To encourage shin
building: for the permapent preservation
add the name of the secretary of npricul-
tire to the cabinet officers. who NAV be-.
nome president In certain emergencies: to
hrobibit the cor,ino, Of Chinese into the
United States, the Intermediate army
Snrse bills. 10 enforce commercial reel
nro,al relations with Canada. Increasing
3be rnavimum nav of life.saving crews
Investigations were n faature of this
congress-. and esneciallv in the borse. and
committees devoted much time tn them
A sneciaI committee which renorted mis-.
management of the pension bureau under
the administration of Commissioner
o}aum. recommended to the house that
sba rrasi5art IA. reouaetad TO dismiss tb.t
official The committee on Dubl4a lands
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,,otiorol n.rks ard ra,orted y hill 70 ,.oc-
,ifv rho conditions Of sfTaira there Tba
renort also crifioized Russell Il Harrison.
the presidents son. for his connection
with securing leasea there A sub- com
snittee ~ the COMMITTEES on judiciary
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