Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-03
NAN FBfEIs PEEDING.
WORK FOR THIS SESSION or
cONGREsS TO 90.
The DinElcy Mcasure In tho Hands Of
the scnate-Pacifac Funding Legis.
lation Likely to Be Of Great Inter.
cst-Other Laws Wanted.
Little Leaislation Likely.

Washington Consequences:
1t is Improbable that the House at this
session of copzreas WI dispose Of much
Of the pspdssa legislation ON, which :; EN- =.
accomplishing at thes short, session, be-
bills. The Euestion. OF legislation for
additional kSfnues for the, Government
will depend SH the Senate, to which body
the House sent the Dingley bill almost
a years. soA:ff il should be impossible, or
deemed ':neApedient, to press that meas
ure through the Senate, there is posi-
biiity that the proposal to increase the
revenues by anadditional tax on beer or the
imposition 0iIa duty on tea and coffee, may
take !ailglblk form, and, If 50, such legis-
lation must originate under the Consti-
tuition. in tAd lower branch of Congress.
There ar1sdn the several calendars Of
the House i 465 bills reported from the
which viii pass at the coming session
must be NECESSARILY small. The private
bills number 400, but there are also 2osi
bills ON the eaiendar on the state of the
Union and ninety mine public bills on thu.
regula&e House calendar. Some of these
are oS3very grkat public Importance, and
their power to secure action upon them.
Power OF the RuIes Committee.
The powers lodged in the hands of the
Committee on Rules. which give its Menu
bers control of the House program. will
make that committee the practical arbter
of what shall be submitted to the House
for IT'S action. That committee is COM
posed rs at present constituted OF the
Speaker, Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa; Mr..
Darsell Of Pennsylvania, and Mr.. McAlil-
len, of Tennessee. The death of Elk
Speaker Crisp makes vacancy at the
headsDf the minority of the committee
whiekmust be filled by the Speaker. The
names principally mentioned in connec-
t!on.Vith the vacancy are Mr.. Bailey OF
Texas, Mr.. Catehings Of Mississippi, Mr..
Turner of Georgia. Mr.. Richardson of
Tennessee, and Aly, Dockery Of Missouri.
Thc.biil which In many respects. is of
most interest and which will press hard
est for consideration is. the Pacific Rail
wayS'fnnding bill. The bonds guaran-
teed BIZ the Government are payable early
in the. coming year. and either an extern
sion or foreclosure stares the roads in
the face. For eight years funding bills;
have occupied good share of the atten
ton of Congress. The present bill, of
which Mr.. Powers Of Virginia is the
author, was reported shortly before the
close of the last session. Everything
will be done by those interested in it to
secure, consideration. The friends of the
Nicaragua Canal also are bending every
energy to secure action on the bill report
ed by MIR. Dooiittle. which provides for
a guaranty by the United States of $780,,
L.. 81 ,rx.ks r~f
the. canal
The War Claims Committee, which
showed fight on several occasions at the
last session. promises to renew that ag'
gressiyencss this winter. especially for
the passage Of the claims awarded under
the. Bowman act and the French spolia.
ton. ella inns. These claimsthe former
amounting to S5G2, 49, and the latter to
S2,7O6, 196-were put on the sundry civil
bill Ut the last session as a rider of the
Senate, but the bill was vetoed by the
President, and they were then dropped.
Mr.. Mahon, who is chairman Of the War
Claims Committee, will also press the
Pennsylvania border claims, which have
been pending in Congress for years.
Other Lcrislation Proposed.
The Loud bill, TO cure the abuses of the
law rclatlng TO Seconu-cIaS SO m0tter, un-
der.which newspaper matter is transmit
ted at / cent 4 pound and which has
been the subject Of much criticism of the
Postoffice Department because Of the ad-
vantage taken of the law in various ways
for the transmission Of books and pam
phlets. will also be pressed as will the
Picker service fusion bill, which occu-
pies favorable position on the calendar
as privileged report.
Among the other bills are the Wads-
worth bill for the creation Of bureau of
animal industry, for the inspection Of
meat and the regulation of the transpor-
tation of live stock; the immigration bill,
the Chickering bill, for ascertaining the
feasibility and cost of a ship canal from
the great lakes to the Hudson; several
important public-land bills, the bills for
the admission of the territories, and many
others of especial interest to particular
localities. There are also several import
ant measures in the Senate which might
come over to the House for consideration.
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