Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-18
SOME Q EB BILLS.
NOVEL PRopo8lnoN3 of. OUR LAW
 HAEEE5 AT WASHINGTON.

. 4tii prove aktleetess== Resolution Concern
 ing sal11ea Eo Change saraot Names h
 Washington Ef. a'efsae's Resolution.
 EFeIoae ead noasaer Have Wants.
 The present session Of congress has produced its share ef biila and resolu. tions sufficiently novel in character to Da worth noting.
 One, introduced iu the house by ME Gerry, is entitlpd "a bill to further higher tkeatrioal interests. , It declares that in view of tho beneficial effect of the correct tkeatrieal art upon the pub lle mind and in view of the further necessity ef preserving the better meth. ods of the stagen a sum not exceeding $5, eco is appropriated flor the purpose of assisting tho further usefulness of the thaater aa 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 q mystery as to 8hat is to be done with the &5, o00, 1eept that the library committee IS authorized by the bill to expend it.
 4 concurrent resolution introduced by Senator Mitchell of Oregon is rather elo. quent on tie subject of salmon. The preamble contains no fewer than six clauses, each beginning with it's sep. arato whereas. The first declares that
 whereas tho Columbia river is the only stream il the world where tho Chi nook salmon is found i'll all it's perfeo. tion, no other known river producing salmon ef such finn, rose red, oily flesh, while t5e last clause declares thab the fish commission shas reoog- nized the importance of the royal Chi. nook salmon of tie Columbia as m arti- ole of fooa for the people of the whole country. :" Tho resolution following the long and resonant preamble is brief namely, 6ha5 the Glackamas, q tribu- tGry of the Columbia, and tho eonGgu- oUs government Iands shall be set apart as spawning grounds for said fish.
 Mr. Peier 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 q majority of the voters favor any of the said policies. " HotheyefoTo asks to have anational mon- etary commission appointed to examine the matter, with q view to getting at "a safe and etand currency, $50, 000 be- ing appropriated fer this purpose. Nlr Allen has q resolution for q committee of nine senators to investigate the exs tent to which money was used ii the recent presidential election, inqairing whether any expenditures Were "exeess- i've. illegitimato, corrupt or unlawful, and especially how much tho owners of silver mines and gold mines, bankers, manufacturers, railroads or other cor p0rations and "millionaires of all classes contributed and what contri- buttons were made by persons and cor pofations abroad.
 i bill to regulate the sale of milk in the District ef Columbia has among it's provisions that no person shall sell ex- change CT deliver any cream that con- tains less than 18p per cent of butter fat. Another bill changes the names of the alphabetical streets ill Washington so that hereafter they arc to be known aa Adams, Bancroft, Clay, Decatur, Elmer. son, Franklin, Grant, Hamilton, Kane, Lincoln, Marshall, Newoomb, Ogle- thorpe, Perry, Quineey, Randolph, Stanton, Taylor, Union, Van Buron and Webster 4 third bill punishes by a fno not exceeding $500 any person who sells, dispenses Cor otherwise dis poses of intoxicating liquors of any kind in the capitol buildings or oil the capitol grounds.
 4 proposition Of Mr TreIoar is tc give tho president of the United States and also the senators terms of eight years each and representatives terms of four years EIr. Boainer's bill gives the speaker o9 tho house &10,0 900 year, and each senator and representative ST. 500 year.
 Senator Gall has q bill appropriating s100. coo, "to bo expended this year. for tho extirpation of the water hyaeinth in the St. Johns and Oklawaha rivers and their tributaries ill Florida, "so as to permit the navigation of the rivers from being closed. This suggests new possibilities ia river and harbor bills. = New York Sun,