St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-06
SEVERAL IMPORTANT BILLS.
First in Consequence Was the
Bill Regarding Federal
Supervisors.
THE UTAH STATEHOOD BILL.
The Act Making the First
Monday in September g..
Labor Day.

the legislation which has been accom-
plished by the first session of the Fifty
third congress, up to and including Aug.
8, shows that much has been done aside
from the engrossiug tariff struggle,
which has largely diverted public atten
ton from matters which would, under
other circumstances, have been cOnsid-
cred of great Importance. One Of the
most important acts of the session,
which passed both houses by strictly
party vote, being In fulfillment
of plank of the Democratic
platform. was the act repeal
ing all laws creating federal super
visors of election or defining their pow
ers. The act to enable the people of
Utah to form constitution and state
government and to be admitted into the
union, provides the machinery by which
the territory will be admitted probably
in December, 1895, by adopting con-
Stitution providing republican form
Of government and insuring against the
supremacy of any church; the govern
ment ceding it much public land for ed
vocational and charitable institutions.
An act making the first Monday in Sep
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A Legal Holiday
be called Labor Day was passed
largely at the instance of labor organ
iZations, while scientific societie urged
that the act to define and establish the
units of electrical measurement be
made law. Three bills were passed to
give effect to the award of the tribunal
of arbitration at Paris which adj udi-
Gated the seal fisheries disputes; that
acts prohibiting seal fishing from May
to July 81 of each year north of degree
S5, north latitude and east of
degree $50 longitude and establis hing
conditions under which the ii shing
can be carried on outside of the
closed season, with penalties for viola
lions of the law, and machinery for It's
enforcement. Several measures were
enacted in accordance with the recon-
mendations of the Dockery commission
(so-called) for improving and amplify-
ing the methods of doing the govern.
ment business. Most Important were
those changing the methods of account :
ing in the poStOffice department., and
changing the money order system, and
that regulating the making of property
returns by the officials of the govern.
ment. First entitled to mention are the
ApprOpria ton Bills Us
for the expenses of the government,
which form an important part of the
regular work of every session, although
generally the last to be finished. Cen
eral legislation is usually engrafted
upon these bills, and from this rule
those OF the past session were no eXcep-
ton. The postoffice department. bill
authorized the postmaster general to
allow postmasters of first and second
class offices to diSburSe at their discre-
ton the amount allotted for their offices
and admitted to the mails periodical
publications published atleast quarterly
by benevolent and fraternal societies
and other organizations as second-class
mail matter. Provisions were included
in the pension bills regulating the fees
and methods of examining boards. The
naval bill empowered the presi-
dent to I'LL vacancies In the grade
of ensign or assistant engineer by
selecting from the graduating class
of the naval academy where the
vacancies exceed the number OF cadets
in the line division or engineer division.
Also that a vacancy in the naval schoIo
from district which the secretary of
the navy is called upon to fill. must be
filled by the appointment of resident
of that district Of two years standing.
In the diplomatic and consular bill sew
eral salaries were changed, that OF the
minister to Belgium being raised from
$500 to $4,000, and q provision to
make the bureau of South American
Republics partially self-sustainlng by
the sale of its publications was inserted.
No important legislation was contained
in the bill for the military academy.
The fortifcation bill contained nothing
of interest to the general public, and
the legislation was equally uninterest-
ing. In the agricultural bill were pro-
visions governing the