The Dickinson press., 1893-11-11
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED ny THE
SPECIAL. SESSION.
silver Rcp-nl and the Chinese Nin
the Only Measures of Prime lmpor-
tnnce Which Become I.nM.-DiEcst
of Results In Ench House.


tnnce Which become I.uM.-DiEcst
of Results In Ench House.
Washington. .toy. 3-'rhc session oi
the senate will lie long memorable for
the contest over the hill pro.ldins for
the repeal of the silver purchasing clause
of the act Of 1Sn known as the Sh"r-
man law. The extraordinary :, >s'i"u was
called for the purpoSc of accomplishing:
Ills repeal. and the other w"r!, acc"n.-
pli>hrd was merely incidental. That hid
reached The senate after passing the
house on Aug. rs. and was not passed.
by the senate until Oct. IN. How for
these two months the senate "oatendrd
over the issue involved, hut nj last
brought the hill Through and PASSED ii
by n safe majority. is familiar L" the
public. The hill provides in effect for
the cessation of the purchase aud coin
age of silver, and may b. said 10 mark
Il revolution in the financial history "f
the country. While the records show
that it was the house bill which become
n law. that is only technically true, us
the senate substituted Il measure "l its
own and the house accepted the Su!.sti-
,utc.
The bill of next greatest importance
to the repeal hill which has i.sSed both
l.ouscs of congress is the bill extending
the time in which Chinese lahorcrs caa
register under the Chinese act. known
tached to the bill providing for !: bridge
across tn" Hudson at New Work. This
hill passed both houses Nf the 1.152
bills introduced in the senate during the
session which closed to-day only twelve
passed that body. and of these only
| III cod rtp vrI
idcnt's signature and became laws. or
the three new laws originating i'll the
senate one is in aid of the ml-winter
international exposition TO be held in
settlers in Oklahoma Territory the right
to commute their homestead entries. and
the third relates tn clerks i'll the office
of the commissioners of the District of
Columbia.
These Also Passed.
The other hills which passed the sem
ate are as follows: Making appropria-
tions for the purchase of ground i'll Wash
ington for IL building To he used as u
hall of records; granting to California
3 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 allot
tees or claimants To purchase certain
tracts held and claimed 10y them: to
donate to the county of Laramie. Wyo.,
certain bridges on the abandoned Fort
Laramie military reservations: to author
ize the Chattanooga Western Railway
company to construct a bridge across
the Tennessee river near Chattanooga;
to grant the right of way to the Kansas.
Oklahoma Central Il Southwestern Rail-
tory and OKLAHOMA Territory; to aid the
States of California, Oregon. Washing
ton, Montana. Idaho. Nevada, Wyoming,
Colorado and South Dakota to support
schools of mines; for the relief of w. III.
Ward.
The senate has in addition to those
bills of it's own passed fourteen house
bills, the most important of these being
house bill No. !, for the repeal of the
purchasing clause of the Sherman act.
: ;Thee. others relate to. lands in the Sioux
South Dakota, to the United States
courts in Idaho and Wyoming and South
: Dakota; to the New York Il New Jer-
sey bridge; to steam revenue cutters for
the great lakes and for the New England
! coast; to the annual work on unpatented
i mining claims; to the increase of officers
Of the army detailed at colleges and to
= the amendment of the Chinese exclusion
e act the rest being bills of a private
: character. The senate also passed four
!, Joint Resolutions
a which originated in that body and twelve
Which, Ill lllc i III
;. only one of the senate joint resolutions
of Importance is the one which provides
= for the construction of hall of records
: in Washington, which also passed the
house. OF the house resolutions which
e passed the senate, those worthy of note
l. the publication of 10000 additiona
copies of the compendium of the eleventh
l. census; for the removal of ocean dere
le licts, and comforting diplomas upor
worlds far artisans through the boar,
" of lady managers. The total of the sen
IS ate bills and joint resolutions, and O
house bills and joint resolutions, all told
is only forty-two.
le The senate will not be without mate
rial to work upon when it reconvenes il
ot December. The calendar issued. to-da.
shows si1ty-five bills and resolutions re
ported by committee and ready for th
attention of the senate. A large proper
X tion Of these bills and resolutions, relate
to private claims, and there are also sey
eral relating to the finances which ha
g. connection with the repeal bill and whic
are not now pertinent. Probably tn
ed most important. bill upon the senate. ca
lst endar now is that for the repeal Of til
passed the house. Senator Voorhees, ha
ed a bill concerning national bank note eli
he culaton. Mr.. Morgan S resolution for
art Joint committee of the two. houses
lis consider questions of finance. has piae
IN. on the calendar. as has Mr. Stewart
ST resolution concerning the co-ordina,
nd branch of the government. and also NJ
ed Peffer's relating to interstate con
he merce Senator Palmer's bill concernir
ed. invalid pensions paid to non-residents
or in shape for consideration al any tin
NJ. There are on the table resolutions /
!. It Senators Hoar and Martin relative
yas the election of senator's by the dire
ere vote of the people, and a rsao!1ti'n
ich Senator Call dispensing with the c!'
The service commission.
as Results in the House.
Gus The chief bill that failed IL NJ. s,,
session Of the Nous: "as that pfo'.f !:
Its for urgent deficien.:ies. The EG.s !;
'ow por,ant item in thi- lnsa,UrH IN. u.
the ,vhih pr.yided for he janitprf at: =.
1ng tn1iaps of public bui!,iing. 1hrt: n
ng, an item of S2GO.aLO TO paY n!>.rA- 70 n..
his bers, but that ran bc pae."i lat"r wi'tt
rev casing any liindrai;c" 10 public IL.
'ely pess like the tirSt-named appropriation
to- house joint resolution paa,e'l the hor
hat providing for reduction Of 80 per c"
of the duty on all goods sold at l
llet worlds fair. 1t was amended 50 AZ
the admit duty free such goods as might
used for the Chicago innseum 10 be
2ul; tablished in the art building t
d. worlds fair grounds but the % per cs
ar reduction for goods was stricken o
ell There have been introduced III the hon
and at this session session 1880 bills and
of Joint resolutions. OF this entire nunt
eak 1876 have been reported from commit.
ical and SO have passed the house. Most
der those which passed are of special inter
line to the sections where they apply, n
:" have been pressed to meet some neccss
,sl,. which existed. Some of these have
cen come laws. OtlierS lre yet Ill COMMIT
He or on the calendar of the senate
len OF those that have become laws the
cad next in Importance originating in !,
!, as house aiter the sli'ui f.p!';i IS .iit y
and nese bill. An important !olllt resolut
He which became Jaw PROVIDES LOT an
the and removal of derelirts and w"e"t:
lair. the ocean. One of the number of j
,uld feSolutlohS pnss'I. ;..u".> ,..e e.MmN NJ