Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-04
CONGRESS TAKES WINGS
After Hasty Adjournment Mem
bers Hurry Away.
PRESIDENT WILL 60 SHOOTING.
The Extraordinary Session Finishes the
Work 1t Was Called to Do, but Leaves
Many Important Measures In an Unfln-
ished State.

! Many Important Measures In an Unfin-
ished State.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 4-The session of
| the senate just closed will be long memora-
/ BILE for the contest over the bill providing
| for the repeal of the purchasing clause of
the silver purchasing act of 1890 known as
the Sherman law. The extraordinary ses-
/ sion was called for the purpose of accom-
plishing this repeal, and the other work ac-
| complished 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 DC
tober. How for these two months the SEN
ate contended over the issue involved, but
at last brought the bill through and passed
1 it by a safe majority, is all a matter of rec
ord familiar to the public.
The bill provides in effect for the cessa-
ton of the purchase and coinage of silver
and may be said to mark revolution in
the financial history Of the country. While
I the records show that it was the house bill
which became law, that is only technical
/ ly true, as the senate substituted a meas
ure Of its own, and the house accepted this
. substitute.
The bill of next greatest Importance to
the repeal bill which has passed both
time in which Chinese laborers can register
under the Chinese act known as the Geary
law. Much interest attaches to the bill
providing for a bridge across the Hudson
Mt New York. This bill passed both houses.
Only Three Bills Become Laws
OF the l,152 bills which have been intro
duced in the senate during the session only
/ Il have passed that body, and of these only
three have passed the house of representa-
tives, received the presidents signature
and become laws. OF the three new laws
originating in the senate one is in aid of
the Midwinter International exposition to
/ be held in San Francisco, another grants
certain settlers in Oklahoma territory the
right to commute their homestead entries.
and the third relates to clerks in the office
of the commissioners of the District of Co
lumbia.
The other bills which have passed the
senate are as follows:
Making appropriations for the purchase
of ground in Washington for a building to
he used as a hall of records: granting to
California per cent of the net proceeds of
the cash sales of public lands in that state;
TO extend the time for making final pay
ments on entries under the desert land act;
authorizing certain Cherokee allotees or
claimants to purchase certain tracts held
and claimed by them; to donate to the
county of Laramie, Wy. certain bridges on
the abandoned Fort Laramie military res
ervation; to authorize the Chattanooga
Western Railway company to construct n
bridge across the Tennessee river near
Chattanooga; to grant the right of way to
the Kansas, Oklahoma Central and South
western Railway company through the
Indian Territory and Oklahoma territory:
to aid the states of California, Oregon
! Washington, Montana, Idaho, Nevada,
Colorado and South Dakota to support
schools of mines; for the relief of w H.
Ward.
The senate has in addition to those bills
of its own passed on several houses bills,
the most important of these being house
bill No. for the repeal of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman act.
The other house bills passed by the SEN
ate related to lands in the Sioux Indian
reservation in Nebraska and South Dakota;
to the United States courts in Idaho, Wy
oming and South Dakota; to the New York
and New Jersey bridge; to steam revenue
cutters for the great lakes and for the New
England coast: to the annual work on un-
patented mining claims; to the increase of
officers of the army detailed at colleges; to
the amendment of the Chinese exclusion
act, the others being bills of a private char
acter.
The senate also passed four joint resolu-
tions which originated in that body and II
Which, uTlSllldlSu III lllS uOuSC- ne Only
one of the senate joint resolutions of I'M
portance is the one which provides for the
construction of hall of records in Wash
ington, which also passed the house.
1t will be seen that the session of the
senate has not been noteworthy on account
of the numb;r of bills and resolutions
which have passed that body. The total OF
senate bills and joint resolutions and of
house bills and joint resolutions, all told
is only IL
The senate will not be without material
to work upon when it shall convene in De
cember The calendar Just issued shows
IS bills and resolutions reported by com
mittee and ready for the attention of the
senate. \ large proportion of these bills
and resolutions relate to private claims
and there are also several relating to the
finances which had connection with the re-
peal bill and which are now pertinent.
Probably the most important bill upon
the senate calendar now is that for the re-
peal of the federal election laws. \ similar
bill has passed the house.
The Work of tho House.
The chief bill that failed in the extra ses
sion of the house was that providing fol-
urgent deficiencies. The most important
item in this measure was that which pro
vided for the janitors and custodians OF
public buildings throughout the country
There was an item of 5000 900 to pay clerks
to members, but that can be passed later
without causing any hindrance to public
business like the first named appropriation
A house joint resolution passed the houSt
providing for a reduction of 80 per cent o.
the duty on all goods sold for the World:
fair.
1t was amended so as to admit duty FIRE,
such goods as might be used for the Chica
go museum TO I've established in the Ar
building on the Worlds fair grounds, bu
the 30 per cent reduction for other goods
was stricken out. There have been intro
duced in the house at this session 4, $50 bill
and 81 joint resolutions. OF this entir,
number l66 have been reported from com
mittees, and IS have passed the house
Most of those which have passed are of 10
cal interest TO the sections where they ap
ply and have been pressed to meet SOM
1 necessity which existed. Some of thes
have become laws by favorable action il
the senate and received the presidents ap
proval. OtlNrs are yet in committee or oil
the calendar of the senate.
OF those that have become laws, the &C
next in Importance originating in the hous
after the silver purchase repeal is the Chi
nese bill. This passed the house on Oct
10 and the senate on Nov. .. \ joint reso
luton passed donating an abandoned car
, non to the Grand Army encampment to b
held at Pittsburg in 1924.
Breaking the Deadlock.
n WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-The eXtraord
nary session of the Fifty-third congress:
q after being in session 81 days and hours
n has adjourned without day. a wrangl
$ between the house and senate over an al
n preparation to pay the senate session en-
e ployees for work done during the recess {
II the Fifty-first congress in 1890 caused tn
g failure of the general deficiency bill an
tho hill he of clark