New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-06

for bankruptcy law which the Senate faiied 10
consider and act upon. The bills TO amend the
charter OF the Nicaragua Canal Company and 10
authorize and aid in the laying Of Pacific SUBJ
marine cable died the calendars and the same
might be said CT large number OF other measures
OF general and considerable Importance. One
which passed the House OF Representatives late
In the last week OF the last session. the Anti
Scalping' bill. failed because Of lack Of time 10
consider and dispose Of Il in the Senate.
RECORD BROKEN BY THE PRESIDENT.
An unprecedented number OF bills. both public
and private. became laws during the LlNth Con-
gress without the approval of the Executive This
was true OF nearly twenty public acts OF the FIRST
session one OF which was the Agricultural Appro-
priation act. At the last session about two dozen
public bills became laws without the approVa OF
the President: passed over MS veto py
both houses and than 30 private bilIs, chie1y
individual pension and relief bills. became laws be-
cause the President did not take any action IN re-
gard to them within ten days after they were re-
ceived by him from Congress. This record was not
only without a parallel but II had never oeen APP
preached. As President Cleveland during his hrst
Adminstra, ton ndited more messages than all
his predecessors combined had written so during
his second Administration did he shirk his re-
sponsibty as Executive oftener. and allowed more
bills 10 become laws without his approval than all
his predecessors combined had done. Among the
measures which he thus permitted 10 be written IN
the statute book was the notorious revenue act OF
1894 after he had himself denounced 1t as an act OF
party perfdy and dishonor."
FEW ACTS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
An inspection Of the public acts OF the LiV'n
Congress shows that, aside from the appropria-
ton laws. of which carried general ieslsI'-
ton OF much Importance the number that might
be considered OF National interest was coi"P"i"
lively small.
Among the public acts were those having the
following titles: Making an appropriation for the
expenses OF the Venezuelan Commission 10 amend
the land grant forfeiture acts so as 10 extend uh'i
January l. 1897 the time within which lorieitea
lands may be purchased by persons entitled 10 40
so: 70 reconvene the delegates from me United
States 70 the International Marine Conference OF
1889; to prohibit prize-hghting and pugilism IN the
Territories and the District OF Columbia; TO ex-
tend the Jurisdiction OF the United states circuit
Court OF Appeals certain suits from the Ohiteu
States courts In Indian Territory: requiring pur-
chasers Of forfeited railroad lands TO pay the full
Government price for the same; providing that
the chaplain OF the United States Military Acad-
emy shall be appointed for a term OF four years
shall be eligible TO reappontment ana sha re-
ceive the same pay and allowance as captain OF
cavalry; TO incorporate the National society OF the
Daughters Of the American Revolution: to open
forest reservations in the State OF Colorado Tor
the location Of mining claims; to provide for the
extension Of the time within which suits may De
brought 10 vacate and annu land patents: pro-
viding that in considering claims hled unoer the
pension laws the death Of enlisted man or olcer
shall be considered sufficiently proved II salts
factory evidence is produced establishing the TACT
Of the continued unexplained absence OF such en-
listed man or officer from his home and family FOR
n period OF seven years. during which period no
intelligence Of his existence shall have been re-
ceived; repeating the act which provides that no
person who haG commission In the Army OF
Navy OF the United States at the beginning OF the
War OF the Rebellion and afterward served in any
capacity in the military. naval or civil service OF
the so-called Confederacy either OF the insur-
rectionary States shall be appointed 10 any po-
si.ion In the Army Navy: 10 establish ana pro-
vide for the government OF Greer County, okla
and for other purposes; appropriatins sou" 10
carry out the stipuatons OF the treaty ior IN
vas;tga,on and adjudication Of Behring Sea claims.
and providng tina: the Commission. when sitting
at San Francisco. shall have power TO conpei the
attendance and testimony o.. witnesses: extending
the time within which vessels in the foreign trade
may unload: to provide for the disposal OF public
reservations in vacated towns, or additions TO town
sites in Oklahoma: 10 regulate marriages in the
District OF Columbia; TO abolish days OF grace On
promissory notes. drafts etc. in the District OF
Columbia; appropriating $1,000 for the joint ex-
penses OF locating and marking the boundary line
between Alaska and British North America by an
International Commision TO amend Section 32o5.
brandy exclusively from fruits may be exempted
from all provisions Of internal revenue law. except
as 10 the tax thereon. whenever the Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue with the approval of the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury. shall deem II expedient; au-
thoriZing the Secretary OF the Treasury 10 dis
tribute medals and diplomas awarded by the World
Columbian Commission: 10 repeal Section 81 Gree
alchohol provision OF the revenue act OF August
Is 1894 and authorize joint select committee TO
consider all questions relating TO untaxed alcohol
.or use IN arts and manufactures and report 10
Congress in December.
Authorizing and directing the Commissioner OF
Labor to correspond and confer with the census
officers OF other governments for the purpose OF
securing conformity in the inquiries relating TO the
people 10 be used in another census. and 10 report
10 Congress as soon practicable plan for
permanent census service 10 provide for the safe
~ Of passengers excursion steamers; to pro-
vide for the Immediate destruction OF all income
tax returns and all statements and records relat-
ing thereto; to amend the act granting right OF
way upon public lands OF the United States for
reservoir and canal purposes: authorizing the Sec
rotary OF War 10 issue to any person to whom
medal OF honor had been awarded under the acts
OF 1862 and 1855 rosette or knot 10 be worn In lieu
of the medal, and ribbon to be worn with the
medal: regulate the practice OF medicine ana
surgery In the District Of Columbia; 10 allow the
return free of duty. of certain articles exported
for exhibition purposes ~ '''''iO' -''A "
the Revised Statutes to make freight advance
charges and contributions In general average a
lien on imported goods; TO make one years resi-
dence In a Territory a prerequisite 10 obtaining
divorce there making it felony for any person
in Indian Territory to shoot at or Into or throw
any rock or other missile at or into any railway
locomotive or car: authorizing foreign exhibitors
AT the Tennessee Centennial Exposition TO bring In
foreign aborers TO prepare and display their ex-
~ md ali exhibits
imported free Of duty: 10 the manufacture and
sale OF filed cheese aid and encourage the
Tennessee Centennial Exposition extending the
time for the University Of Utah TO occupy lands
heretofore granted; TO amend the Copyright law
relating to dramatic and musical compositions:
continuing In force the act Of June 3. 1896 10 re-
peal Section 81 tacoho In the arts act OF August