The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-02
Representative Congress-
men Declare That All
Talk of a Recess Is
Abandoned.
WORK OF THE EXTRA SESSION
The Bills Introduc d in the House
and seuale-Those Passed
and Now Laws.

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that the House will be ready to adjourr
at almost any time and thinks that Friday
or Saturday will be decided upon.
The delay Is necessary 10 order tina
the Senate may clear up many nomina
tions which are now before 1t. Among
these is the nomination Of Mr.. horn
blower for Associate Justice of tn,
Supreme Court. Mr.. Cleveland is very
anxious to have this nomination cor,
frmed before an adjournment.
Besides. there are q number Of Other
nominations which 1t is thought i'm.
portant to have acted before adjourn
ment.
The administration is also said to be
anxious to have passed before adjourn
ment the bill extending th3 Chinese law E.
1t is understood that several concessions
have been made on this account.
All talk of recess has practically been
abandoned. Mr.. Wilson of West ViF>
ginia, Chairman of the Committee on
ment. He does not think that thers
would be anything gained by taking a
recess until the ooh of November, as
the Committee wonld no. be able Co re-
port the tariff bill at that time. Hc
would proper to have the Committee at
liberty to work without iutsrruption ul~
til the regular session.
WHAT THE EXTRA SESSION HAS DONE.
Now that the extraordinary session is
apparently SO near it's end it may bs in-
terestiug to recall what it has &C.
complished. The session began GA Mon
day, Aug. Z. The Presidents procla a.
tion calling attention to the distrust and
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condition of the country, and stating
that he had called Congress together TO
the end that the PEOPLE might be relieved
from the impending danger, aud distress
! through legislation was read In tn 9
| Senate and House on she seventh and on
the eighth the Presidents massage urg-
ing the prompt repeal of the purchasing
clause OF the Serman silver act was re-
ceived aud read.
The House spent the first three DAYS of
the Session in organizing and discussing
the contested election case Of Belknap
| against Richardson. Ga Friday August
IL, Mr.. Wilson. OF West Virginia, pre-
sented bis bill raDsalIng the purchasing
clause of the Sherman law. Debate GU
the subject was linite | TO fourteen DAYS.
On Monday, August 2S. the bill vas
passed by a vota of 239 to 103 Tbs same
day the bill was sent to the
Senate and referred To the Finance
| Committee. Tne next day august 29)
Senator Voorhees,. from the Finance
| Committee. reuort.d to the Senate a sub.
stitution for the House bill. The next
day the substitute was taken up and
Senator Sherman of OHIO opehed Tue di--
cussion with a speech in favsr of il. Wei
| nesday, Nov. 1-All Saints Day--,h,
| Seunte substitute for the House bill
| passed both Houses of Congress and
became law bv the Presidents signature.
OF the 1.135 other bills and thirty-siX
| joiut resolutions Introduced In the Senate
only about Il doZsu passed. They include
bills making APPROXIMATIONS for o hall of
records and the Senate folding room; to
nj the Midwinter Exposition In Calf
fornia. aud relative to Homestead entries
in Oklahoma. aud a joint resolution
granting to the Stats of Illinois the brick
battleship built In connection with the
Chicago Fair for the use of It's naval
militia. The last became law by the
action of the House.
BILLS IN TIE HOUSE.
In the House 1921 bills and 80 Joint
resolutions were introduced. Commit
tees reported on about $50 OF them and
about so were passed. Among the more
important measures which We're voted on
by the House were the followlng:-
For the relief of purchasers Of timber
and stone lands: for the protection of
persons furnishing labor and ma
terial for public works; amesd-
ing the timber culture laws; fixing
ihs times for holding United States
courts In Idaho aud Wyoming (became a
law; for the better control and to pro-
mo e the safety of National banks; rela-
tive to the disqualification of registers
aud receivers Of public land offices: dis
qualifying justices. judges enc United
States commissioners from sittiag
as such in cases in which they are
/ Interested: providing revenue cutters for
the Igreat lakes, San Francisco harbor
and the New England coast; increasing
| the number OF army officers to be de-
tailed to colleges; requiring railroads
operating on territory over which right
Of way has been granted to establish
stations at town sites established by the
| Interior Department: extending the Tina
for completing the eleventh census (he-
came law; amending the law relative to
the fees of Uutred States District AT.
torneys. Marshals. Commissioners aud
CLERKS of Court; the public printing bill;
repeating the section OF the statutes
requiring proof Of loyalty In PEN
sion cases; adding the sec,
rotary of Agriculture to the
list OF eligibles for the Presidency In case
of the death OF the President; regarding
the disposition of articles imported for
exhibition at the Chicago Fair; Rllo wing
The settlement of the property of the
Monmon Church held by q receiver; for
reporting, marking and removing the
derelicts and ether meuaces to the ,navi-
cation in the north Atlantic Ocean
(became a law. ana iXluR the Quallfca.
lions to vote aud hold ofica In the
Cherokee outIet.
NOT ACTED ON BY THE SENATE.
The great majority of thess bills.
though passed by the House, have not
yet been acted upon by the Senate. All
will be In order of course at the opening
of the regular session as unfinished bust
ness. The Chinese bill Is still before che
4 Seuate: the New York and New JERSEY
bridge bill. which passed both Aouses, is
In conference, with some doEbr abou vi
an agreement being reached during the
extra session. The urgent deficiency
bill lie also In conference, the principal
point in dispute bang the payment OF
Senate clerks durtn. the recess. The
bill fe,easiug owners OF mining claims
from the necessity of doing one hundred
dollars worth OF work each year on theiI
claims, during the present depres,
sion of silver mining, became t
law and is an important measure
of relief. The bill providing for the
printing of enrolled bills, instead of their
passed the both Houses and will he
auIeng the important measures of tn.
extra set sion. 1t will thus bs seen thal
notwithstanding the length of time de,
voted u discussion OF the silver bill
4 some Important work has been accoM
plished by the extra session.
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