Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-03
SOME QUEER BILLS.
NOVEL PROPOSITIONS OF OUR LAW
 MAKERS AT WASHINGTON.

', Improve Theatess-Re Resolution Concern.
 ,.o salrnon-To Change Street Names Tn
 ,vasbington = MT. Pefer's Resolution,
 rroIoar and Boatner Have Wants.
 The present session of congress has ,.oduced it's share of bills and resolu. t;ons sufficiently novel in character to ba worth noting.
 One. introduced in the house by Mn Kerry. is entitled a bill to further b;ober theatrical interests. It declares tbst "in view oi fhe beneficial effect of tbe correct theatrical art upon the pub lio mind and in view of the further necessity of preserving the better meth. ode of the stage" sum not exceeding s5 100 is appropriated flor the purpose If assisting the further usefulness of the tbeater as an educator and in respect of sa examination into present theatrical conditions and the best means of cx- tending aid to the stage But it still remains mystery as to what is to be done with the So, 900. except that the ibrary committee is authorized by tho hill to expend it.
 A concurrent resolution introduced by genator Mitchell of Oregon is rather elo- onent on the subject of salmon. The nreanlble contains no fewer than six clauses each beginning with it's sep. arate whereas. The first declares that awhereas the Columbia river is the ouly stream in the world where the Chi nook salmon is found i'll all it's perfeo. tion. no other known river producing salmon of such firm, rose red, oily flesh while the last clause declares that the fish commission "has recog. nzed the importance of the royal Chi. aook salmon of the Columbia as an arti- Be of food for the people of the whole country. The resolutie.- following the long and resonant preamble is brief ramely, that the Clackamas, tribu, fary of the Columbia, and the eontigu- GUS government lands shall be set apart as spawning grounds for said fish.
 Mr. Peffer has joint resolution founded on the proposition that there were four distinct financial policies at issue lA IL i..tu election, and that "the result does Lot show that majority of theyoters favor any of the said policies. II Hethereforo asks to have national mon- stary commission appointed to examine the matter. with view to getting at "a safe and soGpd currency, $50, GOO be- ng app opriated for this purpose. Mir Allen has resolution fer q committee of nine senators 10 investigate the ex- tent to which money was used in the recent presidential election, inqui-ing whether any expenditures were stexeess- i've. illegitimate, corrupt or unlawful, sad especially how much the owners ef silver mines and gold mines, bankers, manufacturers, railroads or other cor. Torations and "millionaires of ali classes contributed and what eontri- buttons were made by persons and cor porations abroad.
 A bill to regulate tho 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 sains less than Is per cent of hutfer fat Another bill changes the names of the alphabetical streets in Washington, su that hereafter they are TO he known as Adams, Bancroft, Clay, Decatur, Elmer son, Franklin, Grant. Hamilton, Kane Lincoln, Marshall, Newcomb Ogle. thorpe, Perry, Quincey, Randolph, Stanton, Taylor, Union, Van Buren and Webster. A third bill punishes by a fine not exceeding $500 any person who sells, dispenses "or otherwise dis. poses of intoxicating liquors of any kind in the capitol buildings or on the capitol grounds.
 A proposition of Mir. Treloar is to give the president of the United States and also the senators terms of eight years each aud representatives terms of four years. Mir. Boatner's bill gives The speaker of the house $10, GOO Il year, and each senator and representative ST. 600 year
 Senator Gall has Liil appropriating sl00,0 900, ''to be expended this year" for the extirpation of the water hyacinth in tine St. Johns and Oklavaha rivers and their tributaries in Florida, ESQ as to permit tho navigation of the rivers from being closed. " This suggests new possibilities in river and harbor bills New York Sun.
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