Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-27
SOME QUEER BILLS.
NOVEL PROPOSITIONS OF OUR LAW.
 MAKERS AT WASHINGTON.

To Improve Theateys--ResoIuticn Concern.
 ing salmon-To Change Street Names Tn
 Washington = Mir. Peher's Resolution.
 Treloar and Roatner Have Wants.
 The present session of congress has produced its share of bills and resoIn. tions sufficiently novel in character to be worth noting.
 One, introduced in the house by Mir Berry, is entitled "a bill to further higher theatrical interests. D It declares that in view of the beneficial effect of the correct theatrical art upon the pub. lie mind and ill view of the further necessity of preserving the better meth. ods of the stage' a sum not exceeding 50, GOO js appropriated for the purpose of assisting the further usefulness of the theater as all 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 a mystery as to what is to be done with he $5, GOO, except that the library committee is authorized by tbs bill to expend it.
 A concurrent resolution introduced br Senator Mitchell of Oregon is rather elo. quent on the subject of salmon. The preamble contains no fewer than six clauses, each beginning with it's sep. arate whereas. The first declares that whereas the Columbia river is the only stream ill the world where the Chi. nook salmon is found in all it's perfeo, tion, no other known river producing salmon of such firm, rose red, oily hesbf '' while tue last clause declares that the fish commission "has reeog- nized the importance of the royal Chi. nook salmon of the Columbia as an arti- ole of food for the people of the whole country. :" The resoIutie:s following the long and resonant preamble is brief--. namely, that the Clackamas, a tribu. tary of the Columbia, and the eontigu- ous government lands shall be set apart as spawning grounds for said fish.
 Mr. Peffer has a joint resolution founded on the proposition that there were four distinct financial policies at issue in the late election, and thas sthe result does not show that majority of the voters favor any of the said policies. D He therefore asks to have national mon. stary commission appointed to examine the matter, with view to getting at "a safe and sound currency, $5o, GOO be. Ing appropriated for this purpose Mr Allen has a resolution for committee of nine senators to investigate tho ex- tent to which money was used ill tha recent presidential election, inquiring whether any expenditures were "excess- i've, illegitimate, corrupt or unlawful, ' nnd especially how much the owners oi silver mines and gold mines. bankers. manufacturers, railroads or other cor r0rations and "millienaiFes of all classes' contributed and what contri- buttons were made by persons and cor poratiUns 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 IS per cent of butter fat. Another bill changes the names of the alphabetical streets i'll Washington, sn that hereafter they are to be known as Adams, Bancroft, Clay, Decatur Elmer son, Franklin, Grant, Hamilton, Kane, Lincoln, Marshall, Neweomb, Ogle- thorpe, Perry, Quinoey. Randolph, Stanton. Taylor, Union, Van Buren and Webster. A third bill punishes by q fine not exceeding $500 any person who sells, dispenses Cor otherwise dis poses of'' intoxicating liquors of any kind in the capitol buildings or OH the capitol grounds.
 A proposition of MT. Tfaloar is to give the president of the United States and also the senators terms of eight years each and representatives terms of four years MT. Boatner's bill gives the speaker of tho house BIO, 900 a year, and each seuator and representative ST. 300 year.
 Senator Gall has bill approprlating S100, 030, ''to be expended this year for the extirpation of the water hyacinth in the St. Johns and Oklavaha rivers and their tributaries i'll Florida, ESQ as to permit the navigation of the rivers from being closed , This suggests new possibilities in river and harbor bills. - New York Sun.
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 SPANIARDS WEAR BUTTONS.