Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-01
goln BILLS.
NOVEL PROPOSITIONS OF OUR LAW
 MAKERS AT WASHINGTON.

mAKEB8 AT WASHINGTON.
 % Improve 9seatezs- Resolution Concern.
 ing aal1non-To Change Street Names In
 Washington U Mr. Pener's Resolution.
 Hreloar and fseasner Have Wants.
 The present session of congress has produced it's share Of bills aud resolu- fions sufficiently novel in character to ne worth noting.
 One, introduced in the house by Mr Berry, is entitled . bill to further hieher theatrical interests. It declares that in view of the beneficial effect of the correct theatrical ant upon the pub lie mind and in view of the further necessity of preserving the better meth eds Of the sfage7 a sum not exceeding %5, 000 is appropriated for the purpose of assisting the further usefulness of the q taeater #as an educator and in respect Of an examination into present theatrical conditions and tho best means of ex- tending aid to tho stage. But it still remains q mystery as to what is to be dlene with the $5. coo, zcept that the l library committee Is authorized hy the bill to expend 1t.
 4 concurrent resolati0n introduced by Senator Mitchell og Oregon is sratherelo- quent oil the subject of saimon The preamble contains 10 fewer than six clauses, eaeh beginning with it's sep arato 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 it's poTfeo ti0n, no other known river producing salmon of such finn, rose red, oily flesh. while the last clause declares that tho fish commission "has reoog- l aized the importance Of the royal Chi. nook salmon Of the Columbia s al arbi- ole of food for the people of tho whole country. The resolution following the long and resonant preamble is brief namely that the Glackamas, q tfibu tafy of the Columbia, and tho contigu- aU8 government lands shall be set apart aa spawning grounds for said fish.
 1fr. Refer has q joint resolution founded an the proposition that there were f0ur8listinet financial policies at issae iA tl4o late election, and tbat tho result does not show that majority of # 4he voters favor any of the said policies. : He etbe1efore asks tohave q national mon- etary commission appointed 10 examine the matter, with view te getting at 'sa safe and sound currency, $50. GOO be- illg appropriated for this purpose. Mr
 AIlen has q resolution for committee of nine senators to investigate the ex. tent 10 which money WAS asad in tho recent presidential election, inqpiripg whether any expenditures were z excess ! iaa. i1leg55imate, corrupt or unlawful : ! snd especially how much the owners Of 5 silver mines and gold mines, bankers ? manufacturers, railroads or other cor
 porations and 'nillionaiFes of all
 olasges3 contributed and what eontri- buttons were made by persons and cor
 poTations abroad
 l bill to regulate the sale ef milk in the District of Columbia has among its E provisions that no person shall sell, ex. change or deliver any cream that cen
 saing less than 18per cent Of butter fat.
 Another bill changes the names of the alphabetical streets in Washingtoa, so that hereafter they are 10 be known 6
 Adams. Banoroft, Clay, Decatur Elmer : son, Franklin, Grant. Hamilton, Kane ; Lincoln, Marshall Neweomb 0gle.
 thorpe, Perry. Quincy. Randolph,
 Stanton. Taylor Union, Van Buren
 and Webster. { third bill pnnishes by | ! fne not exceeding $509 any person 5 who sells, dispensos Ger otherwise dis. ] poses of intoxicating liquors of any - kind in the capitol buildings or on the h capitol grounds.
 A proposition of Mr. Treloaf IS to
 give the president of the United States
 and also the senators terms of eight . years each aud representatives terms of four years, Mr. Boaner's bill gives
 the speaker Of the house S10, 600 q year,
 and each senator and representative S7,- c 6o0 year.
 : Senator Gall has a biil appropriating H Sl00, coo. to be expendad this year. 2 fer tlo extigpation of thewater hyaeinth I in the St. Johns and 0klaWaha rivers and their tributaries in Florida, So aa < to permit the navigation of the rivers : from being closed. This suggests new | possibilities Ii river and harbar bills -
 New 4opk sun.