Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1893 — WORK OF THE SESSION [ARTICLE]

WORK OF THE SESSION

SEVENTEEN BILLS, SIXTEEN JOINT RESOLUTIONS. Summary of the Doings of the National LegUlatnre—Pew Result* for So Long a Term—Matters Which WIU Confront the Regular Session. What They Did. At the extraordinary closed Friday, sixteen joint resolutions and seventeen bills became laws. Three of these joint resolutions were signed Friday and nine of the bills. The last proposition to become law was the joint resolution amending the act approved April 25, 1890, relating to the admission of articles intended for the World’s Columbian Exnosition. Other bills signed were as follows: Transferring the model battleship Illinois to the State of Illinois as a naval armory: donating abandoned cannon to the G. A. R. at Pittsburg, Pa.; act amending the Geary Chinese law; to regulate terms of the United States Circuit and District Courts In the State of South Dakota; increasing the number of officers of the army and navy to be detailed to colleges: to regulate the fees of the clerk of the United States Court for the Indian Territory; amending an act to provide for holding terms of United States Court in Idaho and Wyoming: amending section 212* of Revised Statutes relating to mining claims; providing for the construction of steam reve-nue-cutter for service on the great lakes: and an act in regard to the World's Fair PrizeWinners’ Exposition to be held at New York City. Additional important bills which were signed by the President during the extra session included the famous silver bill repealing the purchasing clause of the Sherman act. Also the following: Authorizing acknowledgment to the various foreign governments who participated in the commemoration of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus: for the reporting, marking, and removal of derelicts; act in ai t of the California Midwinter International ExSosltion; act to extend the time for completlg the work of the eleventh census; act amending the act to repeal timber culture laws; several bills relating to the Cherokee outlet, and a bill to settle the Mormon Church fund. One of the first measures presented to the next House will emanate from Congressmrn McGann’s Committee on Labor. It will be a favorable report on a resolution of inquiry as to the comparative effect on labor and cost to consumers of labor-saving machinery. “The resolution of inquiry,” said Congressman McGann, “was not prompted by any spirit of criticism, but was set on foot to secure information on a point that is becoming of vital interest to all classes of people, including employer and employe. ” It is the intention cf the majority of the Ways and Means Committee to submit the r.ew tariff bill as soon as it it is completed to the Republicans, who will bo given ten days to consider it. and frame a minority report. The bill will probably be ready by Dec. 1, ju?t before the opening of Congress in regular session. By reason of a joint resolution passed by both houses to have all enrolled and engrossed bills printed it is probable that a printing office will be established at the Capitol. It is thought by having the bills printed many errors can be avoided. The New York and New Jersey bridge bill will not be' passed until the next session of Congress. It is now in conference. Routine Proceedings. The House Thursday passed World’s Fair prize winners' exposition to be held In New York City from Nov. 24 to Jan. 15. The Senate passed a bill extending the time for the registration of Chinese in the United States and doing away with the necessity for the Columbian museum of Chicago paying duty on any of the exhibits it may require for’its own use. The Senate bill granting to the State of California 5 per cent, of the net proceeds of the cash sales of public lands in that State to aid in the support of its public or common schools and making an appropriation for that purpose was also passed. A batch of nominations received the approval of the Senate, and that body then adjourned. Congress has finished the extra session. But little business was transacted Friday by either bouse, and that little simply perfunctory. The session closed without confirmation by the Senate of the nomination of Judgell ornblower to the Supreme bench.