New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-07

captain OF cavalry; to incorporate tne RevoIntion:
to open forest reservations in the state o. id for
for the Location 81 ole m ,ne within which
be brought vacate and annul land pa'en ndcr the
PENSION laws the death of enlisted man or olnGsr
Shall be considered as sufficiently Prom S,ng the fact
OF the continued and unexplained absence u famv
men or eS S's year ron dn n Which period
Intelligence of his existence shal, on h that
no person Who Commission in the b A1my
Nay Of wa he Of Fn the Rs ssei and ateTwad
in capacity in the msry; States
or either Of the insurreconary States shaii De
appointed any person In the army . OF NV -
Greer County oklahoma and for other purposesi
apprcpans 500 to carry Sgt Of BShrng
SEA claims and p2yidnE that sbo If have p"Mcr TO-
wnep f't the att It, and testimony Witnesses
extending the time within which yessTis h disposal
OF public reservations in vacated ac"m sn1lofc
naaS9s to IN Ss p aisi IN of
day OF grace on promssory notrs s COO for
the Joint expense OF locating and marking me pounr
airy line between Alaska and British Norm nen amer ae
lion 325 Revised Statutes, so as to provne UNI.
dsr' Of brandy exclusively from ron r fTHs ay v Dc
nue. law excep; 10 the tax thereon whsncyer tho
pr"Va Of the ecretay OF the reasury
i expcent authorzing the SecT nomS S Swa tc
ei by the Worlds columbian Commisson to rrpr,.
s scf s .. ec aSsao a Sdi'sSS" s
committee to consider all questions relating 20 ui
ana report to Congress in December; authorizing
and directing the Commissoner OF labor to ,Orr
Governments for the purpose OF securing conform
fly in the inquiries relating to the people 20 be
as soon as practicable plan FOR peptnTnem. cen.
on excursion steamers: to provide FOR the immediate
destruction OF all income tax returns ana an STAT
ments and records relating thereto; to amend NE
act granting right Of way upon public lands OF the
United states for reservoir snd canal purposes sn,
person to whom medal Of honor has been aTa n
to be worm in lieu Of the medal, and ribbon 10 be
worn with the medal. II regulate the practice 81
TO allow the return free OF duty. Of certain articles
exported for exhibition purp SEES; to amend Section
advance charges and contributions in general aver
age Lien on PSrsd so TO mnkf to on nanns
divorce there: making It felony ior any IrIson
any rock or other missile a, or into, any railway
locomotive or car; authorizing foreign exnllpitorn
at tho Tennessee Centennial Exposition to bring IN
foreign ahorers TO prepare ana dispi"y ihSir eH
be imported free Of duty.
BILLS NOT SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT.
An inspection OF the acts themselves dscloscs
| noteworthy no; 10 say extraordinary fact. espe-
cia.ly when the uniform willingness II not eagerncss
OF President Cleveland TO accept all the official re-
sponsihlity that belongs TO him is taken into CON
s,ieraton II appears that between February u AMI
April a. period Of about two months. he a. owed no
fewer than c.even pubic acts and one pubic JOINT
resolution 10 become laws without h!s signature
Tho Joint resolution was one directing tho Secretary
OF Agriculture 20 buy and distribute seeds; nnihs
etc. had been done in previous years. and one OF
the public acts was that making appropriations for
the supper, Of the Department u Agrcuturc. Witch
Agriculture Department was bitterly opposed one
e sho enf SinGs n Arzn and me rnandrr
TO rights OF way OF railroad Companies through In
dian Territory or Indian reservations. comparison
OF several acts OF the same nature AMI containing
almost identical provisions. which received Erecu-
approve leaves one at a .oss - conjecture why APP
proval given to the fctmer and Withheld from
he wnnid rsU I, into use In these other cases II lie
r Tho least d@,b; as 10 The propr-,y Of tho I-g.
la,ion u he feit no d,ub Il s im'2.s9}l' 20 dnasne
| or neglected to aflx his signatuf" :" Inc ac's
sAIITARY RIDERS.
Several Of the general appropriation nrs carried
saluary legislative provisions which could not have
beer enacted as separate measures under the cir
| cumstances. by Far the most irIorian; OF ih''e
was the Ipdegran bill relating 10 the fees 81 United
States dstrici-attorneys marshals AMI commission
ers OF United States courts. which Was reported
from the Committee Of the judiciary Of the House
OF Representatives and engrafiei upon the Legis!a
tive Executive AMI Judicial Appropriation b'il For
number II years tho expenses u the United states
courts had been Increasing IN ratio which was out
Of all proportion the increase In popuiati or the
legitimate business o. ;hc courts aud mis- IN rcasc
cumbeni. o. tho once o. Attorney Genera. 10 the
fee system. Committees y congress hai wrote
been i@fented Even the ursrni Recommendations o.
President cleveland two years had failed - -
ce.ve favorable response from 'ohgt--s n',h
branches Of which were Democrats Everybody
ishcd outright or greatly modified. the very least
bu, Congress seemed 70 be helpless Naen Genera
NH HIM n,i - e,rong and ahe rnen y BON
edy could not be- applied and he r'firei ne snpje'i
placed Judge UplegraN. u his own state, Whose
eminent ability az n LAWYER was renflrcr ly an
uncommon amount Il practical kno"ltdge u tn al
minstration Of tho United States courts as we'll a.
~ MSer1l a9ssmSs q sn"% an1 a,
men. and they succeeded "a framing a measure
House Of Reprssen,a,!ycs but ,accersfnIy IAN Tie
gauntlet OF the Senate. which had 30 long been tho
form il is estimatsi that tho direct result of the
LEGISLATION VIII be BE- rs .syins 81 a" 1s sa, 1900
OF about $1,000 II this had passed as separate
ceived the fua amount Of praise and cr,l that was
their just due As It was. they must res, content
with the consciousness that they ma their iu5y and
succeeded where many others had failed
SENATE CALENDAR BILLS
Among the bills on the Senate calendar at tho
date Of adjournment which had been fnvoraby re-
ported from committees were number Of con
siderable importance among which were the fol-
lowing: House bill TO prevent the determination OF
the Alaska fur-seal herd: House bill to reduce N.
cases in which the penalty Of death may be inflicted
Sn for ' relief Of indian ctizcns senate hi 10
amend the navigation laws; senate resolution to
open TO public entry the lncompahere Indian
Reservation IN Utah: Senate bills for admission Of
New Mexico and Arizona as States. senate bill for
the appointment OF non-partsan labor commission;
Senate resolution authorizing the appointment OF a
Board OF Naval Officers TO report upon the cost OF
establishing n cOaling station Navassa Island
senate bill providing for the election Of Delegate
In Congress from Alaska; Senate Bill TO establish Il
uniform system. Of bankruptcy. a bill TO recHssiiy
railway postal clerks and prefcribe their salaries.
Senate bill TO refund Indebtedness Of Pacific rail-
roads to United States identical with House bill on
subject; senate resolution 10 facilitate reor-
ganza tioT OF Northern Pacific Railroad Company;
Senate bill for establishment OF "A Bureau OF Animal
Industry: Senate bill to amend laws relating To
American seamen Senate bill TO protect forest reser-
yations; senate bill for laying cable between the
United States and Hawaii and Japan. House bill