Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-11-10

the senate will be long memorable for
tie contest over the bill providing for
the repeal If the silver purchasing
clause II tie act Of 1890 known as the
Sherman law The extraordinary SeS-
son was called for the purpose Of ac-
comprising this repeal, and the Other.
work accomplished was merely Incl
dental That biz reached the senate
after passing the house on Aug %
and Wn> not passed BY the senate until
Oct. -. How for these two months
the senate c0ntcntcd over the issue
involved, but 1T last brought the bin
through aud passed il BY Il safe ma
Iority, is familiar to The public. The
bill provides in effect for the cessation
II the pHrchaS" and coinage Of silver.
and may b. said 10 mark a revolution
IN the financial history Of the country.
While the records show that it was the
house bill which became Il law. that
II only technically true, rs the senate
submitted = measure Of It's own and
the house accepted the substitute
The bill Of next greatest Importance
~ the repeal bill which has passed
both houses IF congress is the bill OK
Hcndin@ the time in which Chinese
laborers car register under the Chinese
act known aS the Gcary law. Much
Interest attached to the bill providing
Tor 4 bridge ACROSS the Hudson ut New
York. This bill passed both houses
of I'll" l,132 bills Introduced in the
semitic during the session which closed
Gt,l,
and Of these only three passed the
house, received the presidents sigma
surc and became laws. OF the three
new laws originating in Tho senate
one Is ia aid Of the mid winter inter
natiOna exposition to bc held in San
Francisco; another grants certain set
Hers in Oklahoma Territory the right
10 commute their homestead entries.
AMI Tie third relates to clerks in the
office Of the commissioners of the
District Of Columbia.
The other bills which passed the
>enatc are rs follows: Making appr0-
priati"nS FOR the purchase Of ground
IN Washington for Il building to be
nSed rs Il hall Of records granting to
california > per cent. of the net pro
ccedS Of the cash sales of public lands
in that state; 10 extend the time for
making final payments on entries under
the desert land act, authorizing certain
Cherokee allottecS OF claimants to pllr-
chase certain tracts held and claimed
by them. 10 donate to the county of
Laramie Wyo, certain bridges on the
ak I
yation; to authorize the Chattanooga
Western Railway company to construct
i bridge across the Tennessee river
near Chnttan0oga; to grant the right
If way tn the Kansas, oklahoma Cen
iral < Southwestern Railway com
pany through the Indian Territory and
oklahoma Territory: to aid the states
" California, Oregon. Washington,
idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado.
and South Dakota to support schools
III miners: for the relief of w ii. Ward.
The senate has i'll addition to those
bills Of its own passed fourteen house
bills, the most important of these being
house bill No. t. for the repeal Of the
purchasing clause of the sherman act.
The others relate to lands in the Sioux
Indian reservation in Nebraska and
South Dakota. to the United States
courts i'll Idaho and Wyoming and
South Dakota; TO the New York \ New
Jersey bridge; to steam revenue cut
ttrS for the great lakes and for the
New England coast; to the annual work
on mpatented mining claims: to the
increase of officers of the army de
tailed at colleges and to the amendment
Of the Chinese exclusion act. the rest
being bills Of 4 private character. The
semitic also passed fnnr joint resolutions
which originated in that body and
twelve which originated in the house.
The only one of the senate joint reSo-
buttons OF Importance is the one which
provides for the construction OF hall
of records in Washington, which also
passed the house OF the house reSOlu-
lions which passed the senate, those
worthy Of note are: Relating to the
Mormon church property in Salt Lake
City. providing for the publication of
5O,ONO additional copies Of the COM
pendulum Of the eleventh census; for
the removal of ocean derefctS, and
comforting diplomas upon worlds talr
artisans through the board of lady
MANAGERS The total Of the senate bills
and joint resolutions. and of house
bills and joint resolutions, all told,
is only forty-two
The senate will not be without ma
terial to work upon when it reconveneS
in December The calendar shows
sixty-fiye bills and resolutions reported
by committees and ready for the atten-
rion of the senate. A large proportion
of these bills and resolutions relates TO
private claims. and there are also sew
eral relating to the finances which had
connection with the repeal bill and
which are now pertinent. Probably
the most important bill upon the SEN
ate calendar now is that for the re
peal Of the federal election laws. A
similar bill has passed the house.
Senator Voorhees, has bill concerning
national bank mote circulation. Mr..
Morgan's resolution for joint commit
tee of the two houses to consider ques-
tons Of finance, has a place on the
calendar, as has Mr.. Stewards reSo-
luton concerning the coordinate
branch of the government, and also
Mr. PETERS relating to the interstate
commerce. Senator Palmer's bill con-
corning invalid pensions paid to non
residents is in shape for consideration
at any time. There are ON the table
tin relative to the election of senators