The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09

WHAT THE rIFrx-sEcoND CON.
an Ess DID FOR THE COUNTRY.
A Summarizing of the Action Had On
tho Important National Measures.

relating TO the Worlds Fair, equipment
80 ,a,iroads with automatic car couplers,
National quarantine and immigration
Bering sea and Hawaiian anneNatlon'
ont 70 prevent two items in the Mckin-
lev bill taking effect, was actually &C
-ornlished so far as respects silver, the
tariif or anti-options. the action taken on
zach OF these questions In one branch OF
Congress being negatived py tne acrpn lion
result of the agitation of the necessity for
rctrenchment of expenditure Is not APP
narent In any considerable change In
|thc aggregate appropriations car
ried by the National supply Dliis,
for they amount to about as much as IN
| the Fifty.frst Congress, laws on tho
stat,ite books preventing some large re-
Iductions which otherwise would nave
Ibeen made, while the decreases. which IL
|Nyas possible to effect, were offset by IN.
|kreased appropriations for pensions, ana
|rivers and harbors. The condltlon OF tne
not result in the F'ifty-sccond Con-
.Irress petting below the billion dol.
lar limit undoubtedly influenced
legislation to considerable extent and
prevented the authorization OF many pro.
posed new expenditures for improvement
OF the public service, for public buildings,
for payment OF claims and other purposes.
- notable instance of he operation OF
tbis inauence Is seen in he fact that not
rs single public building bill passed the
House, aud IL was only by putting mum.
y ter of them on the Sundry Civil Appro
*riation bill that any authorizations
Whatever for public buildings were
incurred.
a The silver question was kept steadily
/ &efore the attention of Congress by the
alternate efforts of the advocates OF free
I<oinage and OF the repeal Of the sherman
rHw. The Coinage Committee Of the
4 I/puse In the first session, reported free
liver bill which after an exciting debate
.uas saved from defeat by the casting
&pte OF the Speaker, but was afterward
.Xlibustered TO death, the friends OF the
IN failing to secure the signatures of
la iority OF the Democrats to petition
1sking for cloture rule in its behalf.
Fhe Senate then passed free coinage
bill, but when the free silver men renewed
their fight in the House they We're out.
numbered by Ia votes. The anti-slvcr
men met similar fate in their efforts TO
16cure a repeal of the present law. the
Henate refusing by a decisive vote to
xonsider H. the House killing the An.
drew-Cate bill by declining to vote so as
TO give its friends the parliamentary
i riglt TO move cloture on IL, without
Nh ch IL concededly could never be
fprced TO a vote in the closing hours OF
Congress.
vi
House adopted the policy of attacking the
mckinley bill in detail, largely for politi.
cal reasons, and partly for the reason
that in view of the political complexion OF
the Senate IL was practically out OF the
question TO pass a general tariff revision
bill through the Senate, while special
measures might stand some show of pass
age. The result was the enactment into
law of two bills, continuing block tin on
the free list and fine linen at 30 per cent
ad valorem. Under the Mckinley bill
large duties were TO take effect on these
iteaHs In TIE lear future Other separate
ilIs were passed through the House, only
~ be pigeon -holed inc the Senate
rs follows: Free wool and a reduc.
ton of duties on woolen manufactures,
free cotton bagging machinery, free
binding twine, free silver lead ores where
tithe value mot the weight) of the silver
/, exceeds that of the lead IN any importa.
(. <lon, free tin plate, terne plate and tag.
Gers tin, and the limitation to 500 of the
a kmount of personal baggage returning
Tourists may bring into the United
[States.
~ The Anti-Options bill passed both
thouses but was killed by the refusal of
the House To suspend the rules and agree,
" two-thrds vote, to the amendments
Apnt on the till by the Senate, the
opponents of the measure ma.
4 tpouvcring so as TO prevent MT. Hatch
t 0akng effective his majority in favor OF
Ntne measure and forcing him at the last
uonent TO try suspension OF the rules.
n4purc Food bill, the running mate OF
WAnti-Optiou bill, passed the Senate.
was never able to get consideration
The House.
(Wbrld's Fair legislation comprised the
sUnt OF $1,000, 600 in souvenir half dol.
t4< in aid of the fair, the closing of its
Hs on Sunday, the appropriation OF
and the passage OF sundry acts of
nature and minor Importance.
Automatic Car Coupler bill, shorn
pfastlc features, was enacted into
s was also National Quarantine
reasing the powers of the Marine
)al Service TO meet the threatened
rs from cholera, and an immigra.
Nv imposing additional restriction
pigration, but not suspending IL en-.
Ihe Senate avertcd trouble over
T. ering Sea fisheries by ratifylng a
' OF arbitration. IL also ratified ex.
| ION treaties with Russia and other
pes, but still has before II a treaty
exation of the Hawaiian Islands.
ening or the Cherokee outlet was
Tor In the Indian bill, under A
pppropriating SS,29b. 900 for its
from the Indians, s295 900 10
IN cash, and fs.O00,000 In five
pnual installments
Rxlmately 425 House and a35 Sen.
and joint resolutions became
king 66O acts put on the statute
= as the result Of the worH of Con.
majority of these measures
interest 10 only individuals or 10.
being for the relief of citizens, for
Pdging of streams. for the District
nmbia, for rights OF way, etc. An
proportion of the claims bills We're
the relief of Southern men. The
passed, in round numbers. 825
% OF which POO failed of passage in
12I senate, and in the neiRhborhood of
II 2E@ pllls passed by the Senate failed I'm
4 nonse, Including long list of public
9ning bills, many private pension bills
114 other measures involving Increased
v4Ishuitntes Three bills were vetoed
[xne President, VIZ; 10 refer the Nc.
1xIahan claim TO the Court OF Claims a
3ha MeGarrahan bill falling of action
PC House to amend the Court of An.
aet and in relation TO marshals In
hItea States Courts in Alahama
~: the veto. Senate Hoar. ReppSIicnn
ung that II had BEEN vetoed tRronSha
y rnderstandIng OF is provisions. d
= ms president subie., "a ,h,.1. ,,,,-