Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1891 — DOINGS OF CONGRESS. [ARTICLE]

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. At tbe Nation’s Capital—What Is Being Done by the Senate and House—Old Hatters Disposed Or and New Ones Considered. The Senate and House, On the oth, immediately after the reading of the donate journal, the annual message of the President was laid before the Senate. It was read by Mr. McCook, its Secretary. The message was ordered to be laid on the table and printed, and then the Senate adjourned until the 10th. In the House, after the approval of the journal, Mr. Pruden delivered the President's message, which was Immediately read, referred to the committee of the whole, and ordered printed. The House then adjourned until the 12th, with the understanding that a further adjournment should be then taken until the 18th. On the 10th the House was not In session. The Senate broke the record in the way of measures Introduced tn a single day, there having been 612 bills eight joint resolutions presented. Tots Is about 100 more than ever before introduced in one dav. Many of them were relics of tbe last Congress, while others are upon entirely new subjects. Among these is a postal savings hill; one to establish a branch mint at Omaha; another to establish a gun factory »n the Pacific coast; and one to establish a department of public health—the latter by Senator Sherman. In the Senate among tho bills introduced and refemd were tho tollowlng:,To repeal all laws discriminating against the circulation of State hanks: to amend the laws In relation t.i national hanks and to retire their circulation; defining options In •futures” and imposing taxes thereon; to establish a permanent census office and to provide for taking the twelfth and subsequent censuses; to prohibit absolutely the coming of Chinese Into the United States, whether they are Chinese subjects or otherwise; to amend the Pacific Railroad acts; to reimburse the several States for Interest paid on moneys expended fn raising troops; for a uniform classification of wheat, oats, rye, etc, Mr. I)olph offered a resolution calling on the War Department for a ieport as to whether the provisions of the last river and harbor hill to prevent the unlawful obstruction of the navigable waters of the United States had been enforced, and if not why not. Agreed to. The Senate then went into executive session, when some nominations were referred to committees, and then adjourned.