Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1892-08-05
REVIEW OF WORK.
WHICH HAS BEEN DONE BY THE
FlFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.

| OF the Two Thousand Bills Placed on
the House Calendar Four Hundred and
Fifty Have Pnsscd-Impurtant Meas
urcs Acted Upon in Each Brnnch.
WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-Attera session
of eight months the first session of the
Fifty-sccoul congress is about to end
and Il review of its work may prove III
terestins. The house devoted the first
two months to the discussion and adop-
ton of code of rules, after which reg
ular business was taken up. Bills to the
number of 9.GS1 have been introduced in
the house and referred to committees
OF this number 2,115 have been rc},ortctl
and placed on tho calendar and about
43O have passed the house. The most
important measures considered by the
house, excepting the general appropria-
ton bills, We're the silver bills; the tar
Iii measures reported from the ways and
means committee; the Chinese exclusion
act the intermediate" and army nurse
pension bills; the bill to enforce reci;,-
rocal commercial relations with Canada;
the bill Increasing the pay of the life
saving crew; to establish nnral promo
tlon i'll the army; for the better
control of national banks in
regard to loaning money to directors and.
officers and to add the name of the sec
relary OF agriculture to the cabinet Of
hcerd WHO may act as president in cer-
tain contingencies. The Bland silver
bill failed in the house, as did the free
coinage bill which passed the senate.
The several tariff bills passed by tho
house failed i'll the senate. i;: did also the
bills providing for the admission of New
Mexico and Arizona us states.
OF the 3,493 bills introduced in the
senate l ,0l2 were reported upon by COM
mlttees and 800 of them passed. Among
the most important measures passed by
the senate and not accepted by tho
house were the following: 10 facilitate
the settlement Of claims for arrears of
pay and bounty; for the construction of
revenue cutters (two caclD for service
on tho great lakes and the Pacific coast;
the pure food bill; to increase the
rate OF pension for certain cases Of deaf
hess: 10 fix the price Of Lands entered ;,n
der the desert land laws: 10 authorize
tho secretary OF war tp c::u.e n survey
to be made for tho ship canal from Phil. |
auelpiila arlos5 Kew jersey to New |
York lay and the better enforcement of
thc immigration laws. a large number |
OF public building and claim bills passed |
By the 5eEnie also failed III tie house |
-Four hundred and three bill, have
passed both houses and been sent to the
president for signature. There are |
twenty OF these bills still under consid- |
GRAFTON by the executive; one has been
returned to the house ~ its request
without signing; two have been vetoed |
the bill to amend the organizing of |
circuit courts of appeal; 50 us 10 give |
them juris'!iction of certain Im;lian
cases, and Tho bill rcicrrii ,Xtjls McGar-
rahaii clam to the court of i.4vate land
claims.
Investigations were feature of this
congress especially in the house and
devoted much time to them. |
he pension office and its management |
received the attention Of IL special COM
mlttee which reported nlismanagement
OF the bureau generally under the ld-
of Commissioner Raum
and recommended TO the honsc that tho
president be asked to dismiss that Off
DIAL. The committee on public lands
looked into the management of the Vel
lowstone national park and reported
bill to rectify the condition of affairs
there. The report also criticised Russell
B. Halrison the presidents son, for his
with leases there. The COM
mittce appointed to investigate the cen
sus office began their work late in the
session and finally postponed it until
next session.
In both branches Of congress large
number Of important bills which had
been referred to committees and re-
ported back will retain their places OH
the calendar in the second session.