The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-28
SOME QUEER BILLS.
NOVEL PROPOSITIONS or our LAW.
MAKERS At WASHINGTON.

NOVEL PROPOSITIONS or OUR LAW
MAKERS At WASHINGTON.
To Improve eTheaters-Rcsslution Concern
nag salmon-rs Change Street Names In
Washington - MT. PETERS Resolution.
Treioar and Boatner Have Wants.
The present session of congress has
produced its share of bills and resolu-
tions sufficiently novel in character to
be worth noting.
One, introduced in the house by Mr..
Berry, Ia entitled "a bill to further
higher theatrical interests. 1t declares
that Sin view of the beneficial effect OF
the correct theatrical art upon the pub
lie mind and in view of the further
necessity of preserving the better meth
DDS Of the stage" sum not exceeding
S., 200 is appropriated "for the purpose
of assisting the further usefulness Of the
theater as an educator and in respect OF
an examination into present theatrical
conditions and. the best means OF ex-
tending aid to the stage" But it still
remains mystery as to what is to he
done with the $5, 600. excers that the
library committee is authorized by the
bill TO expend it.
A concurrent resolution introduced by
Senator Mitchell of Oregon is rather elo-
quent on the subject Of salmon. The
preamble contains no fewer than six
clauses, each beginning with its sep
arate whereas. The first declares that
"whereas the Columbia river is the
only stream in the world where the Chi
nook salmon is found in all its perfec-
tion, 10 other known river producing
salmon OF such firm, rose red, oily
f1esh," while the last clause declares
that the fish commission "has reoog-
niZed the Importance Of the royal Chi
nook salmon of the Columbia as an arti-
Gle Of food for the people of the whole
country" The resolution following the
long and resonant preamble is brief
namely, that the Clackamas, tribu-
tary Of the Columbia, and the contigu-
GUS government lands shall be set apart
as spawning grounds for said fish.
Mr.. PETER has a joint resolution
founded on the proposition that there
were four distinct financial policies at
issue in the late election, and that ''the
result does not show that a majority OF
the voters favor any of the said policies. I"
he therefore asks to have national mon
etary commission appointed to examine
the matter, with view to getting at "a
safe and sound currency" $50, 900 be-
snu of fov .
Allen has q resolution for committee
Of nine senators to investigate the ex-
tent to which money was used In the
recent presidential election, inquiring
whether any expenditures were excess
i've, illegitimate, corrupt or unlawful, 7"
and especially how much the owners of
silver mines and gold mines, bankers,
manufacturers, railroads or other cor
porations and "millionaires of all
classes" contributed and what contri-
buttons were made by persons and cor.
| poratiOns abroad.
A bill to regulate the sale Of milk in
the District Of Columbia has among its
provisions that no person shall sell, ex-
change or deliver any cream that con-
tains less than 18 per cent Of batter fat
Another bill changes the names Of the
alphabetical streets in Washington, so
that hereafter they are to be known as
Adams, Bancroft, Clay, Decatur, Emer-
son, Franklin, Grant, Hamilton. Kane,
Lincoln, Marshall, Newcomb, Ogle-
thorpe, Perry, Quincy, Randolph.
Stanton, Taylor, Union, Van Buren
and Webster. A third bill Furnishes by
fine not exceeding $500 any person
who sells, dispenses cor otherwise dis
poses Of" intoxicating liquors Of any
kind in the capitol buildings or on tho
capitol grounds.
A proposition of Mr.. Treloar is to
give the president Of the United States
and also the senators terms Of eight
/ years each and representatives terms
of four years. Mr.. Boatners bill gives
the speaker Of the house 81 O, 600 year,
and each senator and representative ST.
500 year.
Senator Call has a bill appropriating
100000 Ito be expended this year"
for the extirpation of the water hyacinth
in the st. Johns and Oklawaha rivers
and their tributaries in Florida, $50 as
to permit the navigation Of the rivers
from being closed" This suggests new
possibilities in river and harbor bills -.
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