St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-04


California Fair-Defeat of the
Urgent Deficiencies Bfll-Work
for the Coming Session.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-The ses:i III
of the senate will be long memorable
for the contest over the bill providing
for the repeal of the purchasing clause
of the silver-purchasing act of 1899,
known as the Sherman law. The eX-
traOrdinary session was called for the
purpose of accomplishing this repeal,
and the other work accomplished was
merely Incidental. That bill reached
the senate, after passing the house, on
the 2Sth of August. and was not passed
by the senate until the 30th of October.
How, for these two months. the senate
contended over the issue involved, but
at last brought the bill through and
pissed it by a safe majority, were all
matters of record, and are familiar 10
the public. The bill provides
in effect for the cessation
of the purchase and coinage
OF silver and may be said to mark a rev.
oluuon in the financial history of the
country. While the records show that
it was the house bill which became a
law, that Is only technically true, as the
senate substituted measure of its own,
and the house accepted the substitute.
The bill of next greatest Importance to
the repeal bill which has passed both
houses of congress. is the bill extending
the time in which Chinese laborers can
register under the Chinese act known
as the GearY law. Much interest is at
tached to the bill providing for bridge
across the Hudson at New York. This
bill passed both houses. OF the l,152
bills which have been introduced in the
senate during the session which closed
today, only twelve passed that body,
and of these only three have passed the
house of representatives, received the
presidents signature and become laws.
OF the three new laws originating in
the senate. one is in aid of the mid
winter international exposition to be
held in San Francisco: another grants
certain settlers in Oklahoma territory
the right to commute their
HOMESTEAD ENTRIES.
Office of the commissioners of the dis
trict of Columbia. The other bills
which have passed the senate are as
follows:
Making appropriations for the pur-
chase of ground in Washington for a
building TO be used as hall of records.
Granting to California per centum of
the net proceeds of the cash sales of
public lands III that state. To extend
the time for making final payments on
eLtrieS under the desert land act. Au-
thoriZing certain Cherokee allottees or
claimants to purchase certain tracts
held and claimed by them. To donate
to the county of Laramie, Wyoming,
certain bridges on the abandoned Fort
Laramie military reservation. To au-
thOriZe the Chattanooga Western Rail
way company TO construct bridge
across the Tennessee river near Chatta-
nOOga. To grant the right of way to
the Kansas, Oklahoma Central u South
western Railway company through the
Indian territory and Oklahoma terri
tory. TO aid the states of California,
Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho.
Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado and South
DAKOTA TO SUPPORT schools of mines.
OF TIE ItliCL VI w. II. w dIU. Lie
senate has in addition to those bills of
its own passed fourteen house bills, the
most important OF these being House
Bill No. l, Tor the repeal of the purchas-
ing clause of the Sherman act. The
other house bills passed by the senate
relate to lands in the Sioux Indian res
ervation IN Nebraska and South Dakota.
TO the United States courts IN Idaho
and Wyoming and South Dakota, TO the
New York IL New Jersey bridge, to
steam revenue cutters for the Great
Lakes anu for the New England coast,
TO the annual work on uHpatented min
ing claims, TO the increase of officers of
the army detailed at colleges. to the
amepdment Of the Chinese exclusion
act, the others being bills of a private
character. The senate also passed four
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
which originated in that body and
twelve which originated in the house.
The only one of the senate JOINT resOlu-
tons OF Importance is the one which
provides for the construction of a hall
of records in Washington. which also
passed the house. OF the house reSolu-
tons which passed the senate those
worthy of note are:
That relating to the Mormon church
property in Salt Lake City: that pro-
diuonal copies of the compendium of
the eleventh census; that for the re-
mOyal OF ocean derelictS and that con-
feTnug diplomas on worlds fair artl-
sans through the board OF lady mana
gers. twill be seen that the session of
the senate has not been noteworthy on
account OF tie number of bills and resO-
lutiOns which have passed that body.
The total OF senate bills and joint reSO-
buttons and of house bills and joint res
OlutiOns all told is only tOrty-tW0. The
senate viii not be without material to
work upon when il shall recOuVene in
December. The calendar issued to-day
shows SlXty-hve bills and resOlu-
tons reported by committees and
ready for the attention of the
senate. y large proportion OF these
bills and resolutions relate to private
claims, and there are also several re-
laung 10 the finances which had con
nectiUn With the repeal bill. and which
are not now pertinent. Probably the
most important bill upon the senate
calendar now Is that for the repeal of
the federal election laws. \ similar
bill has passed the house. Senator
Voorhees, has a bill concerning national
bank note circulation. Mr.. MOrgan's
resolution for a joint committee of the
Two houses TO consider questions OF
finance has place on the calendar. as
has Mr.. Stewards resolution concerning
the coordinate branch Of the govern.
ment. and also Mr.. PETERS relating tC
Interstate commerce. Senator Palmer
bill concerning Invalid pensions paid tC
non-residents is III shape for cUusIdera-
ton at any time.
There are on the table resolutions BY
Senators Hoar aud Martin relative Il
the election Of senators by the direct
vote OF the people. as there is a resolu-
ton by Senator Call dispensing WITH
the civil service commission.
RESUME OF THE HOUSE.