Show I 1 were a feature of th this is congress especially iu in the house and committees devoted much time to them the pension office antl anil its roan iman argement repe received ived attention of 0 a ape ipei 1 committee which report I 1 ment of the bureau generally under t administration of 0 commissioner rau arid and recommended recommend ud to the house that i president be requested to dismiss tr official the committee on public R P looked into the tha management of the Y low stone national park ra k and reports report bill to rectify tile the tz the I 1 condition ondi tion of aft there the report also alao critic criticized criticised isea I 1 sell B Harris harrisan Hanis cn the presidents son his connection with securing ie i thero there A subcommittee sub committee of the com committed commit tei judiciary iudici ary looked into a matter call its attention by the general that marshals and clerks of vie till united I 1 1 states courts in boston were obtaining illegal fees in naturalization cases reported several bills to remedy the evil the committee on banking ani and curr currency ency were ordered to investigate the failure of the keystone and spring garden national banks of philadelphia and the maverick national bank of boston the committee took a mass of f testimony but did not conclude their inquiry the committee appointed to investigate the census office began their work late in the session and finally postponed it t until the next session the committee on reform in the civil service investigated the B baltimore altimore post office matter and filed a report severely criticising criticizing critic ising postmaster general wanamaker stating that he knew that em aloyes were violating viol atins the law yet ho ha still kept them in office the invests investigation gation into the so called Is sweating system of contract labor was conducted by a subcommittee committee sub of the house manufactures committee commit tea it did not finish taking testimony and will resume its session daring aaring the recess of congress senator chandler and representative stump chairman odthe of the senate and house committees on ca immigration vigorously invests investigated abed the expenditures of money at the ellis island immigration station and construction of buildings there this investigation was attended by several exciting scones scenes between the two chairmen assistant Secre secretary tarr nettleton was the principal witness majority I 1 and minority reports were made to the house but too late for action no report was made to the dentate sen tate chairman chandler finding himself opposed by the other republican members of the committee in his conclusions from the I 1 evidence and was not inclined to joi join in the democrats in their directions aonie contests Cont eif tho the house bouse committee on elections had six eix con contests testa to decide four of which were acted upon af the contests reported ted two received the agica of tha eor house se the craig craic stewart case from the twenty fourth pennsylvania Pennsylva iia district ud sud I 1 case from the 1 11 1 eiith 1 new york district both tut in favor of democrats iwen A lyou tl o former died being dec aa friday cra 19 and ro eynolds at his home 0 I rallia district the contests ot of fron from the from the twelfth penns bacri sa anil and of mcduffie turpin ho no fourth alabama district lim ha passed by committee but there is necessity af of calling them up as the reports are in in favor of the sitting members rep and turpin dem two contests remain to be decided by the committee greevy scull from the twentieth pennsylvania district and miller elliot from the seventh south carolina district the committee has heard beard an argument in the former contest but has taken no final action on it the record in the case is very bulky being composed of 0 printed pages being the longest of the kind bind on record record the recommendation of the committee in the contest of noyes rockwell case was rejected by the house the committee reporting in favor of mr noyes va and bleanis committee bills to the number of about were referred reter reil to tho the ways and means r committee ammi they included propositions proposition a to alliena the mckinley McKin lev tariff ia law w generally proposing reductions of duty creating an income tax and the sub treasury I 1 scheme the committee took final action on about a dozen measures only the most important of which were to place wool on the free list and to reduce the duty on woolen goods to admit free of duty bagging for cotton and machinery for manufacturing bagging cotton ties and cotton gins placing binding twins twine tinplate and works of art on the free list and aban changing ging the classification of lea lead a ores bills for free lumber free salt free sugar reducing the duty on oil iron and the farmers banners Fan ners alliance sub treas treasury ut Y bill were discussed but not cot reported to tile the house on jhb house calendar Ca loudar of the 21 24 2 1 bills referred to the house honee committee on public buildings 81 were reported to the house but none of them received consideration among the important octant bills billa and resolutions now on the eouse house calendar which will retain their place in tho the next session are the following for the establishment of a dry dock near algiers la for the establishment ot of a military post between burlington and highgate vermont to classify reclassify re cla and fix tile the salaries of railway postal clerks to promote the efficiency of 0 the milita militia authorizing the secretary of wa war r to obtain lands for sites for harbor bathe r defenses at yan ban diego california for the construction of revenue cutters tor for service on the pacific coast and the gr great eat lakes preventing tile the adulteration and misbranding of foods and drugs creating an executive department of mines and mining milling for ascertaining the feasibility and cot cost of a ship canal from tile the great lakes to the navigable waters of the hu hudson adson river authorizing the postmaster general to make free delivery ot of mail matter in rural districts regulating the appointment of fourth class postmasters for tor survey of 0 a ship canal cacal from lake erie to the ohio river n rind and amending the statutes relating to patents to increase the num J mf er of enlisted meu men in the navy to re ise bazes of ems lovea in tile tho covern A meet printing g 0 ofhie h c e to 1 increase n C tease and ethe equalize the P pay ly 1 latter A te c carriers torr i S to allow greater eight of baggage to commercial travelers to promote the improvement of the waterway from the head of lake superior Sn by way of the welland and st lawrence canals canal andt and the heSt st lawrence river to the esea sea providing for the election of senators by direct voies providing for the tha sale of stone and timber ti ber lands unfit for cultivation substituting the aist day of december for the ath day of march as the commencement and termination of cial terms of members of tho the house of representatives and of united states Beati senators tors and providing that congress shall hold held its annual meeting on oil the second monday of january arid and substituting the of april for the tha ath of 0 march as the commencement and limitation of tho terms of tha president and vice president amending the naturalization laws repealing the mail subsidy ct excluding political influence from the employment of the laborer for the free admission to american register of certain ships built in a foreign foreign countries to promote greater reciprocity apro i tv in the commercial relations between the united states and mexico exo expressing sympathy with the russian hebrews to fix a uniform standard of classification and grading ot of wheat corn oats barley and rye authorizing the secretary of the treasury to fix and limit the compensation of collectors col lectora and surveyors of customs and consolidating customs districts ai 2 th constitution ea to as to provide tor for uniform laws on the subject of marriage and divorce prohibiting the employment of convict labor or the product of convict labor upon public works of the united states for egami examination nation and promotion of enlisted men in the army regulating examinations and promotions in the marine corps to facilitate the enforcement tor cement of emigration and contract i labor laws tor for tho the transfer of the revenue marine service from the treasury ry to the navy department to authorize registration of trade marks and labels and for their protection for the collection of statistics relating to the slums of cities to secure the introduction of reindeer into alaska to amend the national 1 bank act in providing for the redemption of national bank notes stolen from or lost by banks of issue to erect bonu 1 ments to the memory of the victim of the prison ships at brooklyn N Y to general green of guilford N C to commodore perry at put in da ba ohio to wm win henry harrison Harris at north bend the calendar also contains pub 1 lie building bills while those for pensions and private claims number about one thousand lle senate Va calendar lendar among the important bills and andreau andt resu csc lations which will retain their places on the senate calendar are the f following the anti option bill of senator washburne b urne which was so zealously pushed by that gentleman but which was corn ir polled palled to g go o cw aver ro Ac account coulat of it the pore par j sistena fight against acain st its coming to a 11 vote to provide for fortifications and other seacoast defenses to amend the tha laws in regard 0 to national banking associations ciati ons to retire their circulation and for other purposes to transfer the revenue n marine ne service from the treasury de department t to the aba navy department to subject tto to state taxation the national bank notes and united states treasury notes to authorize the now new york and w jersey bridge company to con pain taip a bridge across the IN ia C to 0 provide for an internal 1 conference for the hudson rn of beneral U 5 dional bi metal metai Q erection of ofa a statu t i 1 adversely grant at Washing tou L ovide A number of bills re report porteL ei it from the commatee comm itee on finance 1 for increasing the circulating and to amend the coinage laws and other matters thereto a bill to consolidate third and fourth class mail matter to encourage silk culture in the united un cited states to increase the efficiency of the engineer corps of the th navy to promote the efficiency of the enlisted force of the navy con kering ering the eligibility to tile the office of p president resident es ident to transfer to the department of agriculture the geological sur survey vey and fish commission repay french spoliation claims establish and protect forest reservations to admit the territory of new mexico into the union as a state to ratify an agreement with the chero cherokee Che kee indians and to make an appropriation for the same providing for the appointment m ent 0 of f a select committee to investigate and report the facts in relation to the he employment of pinkerton detectives is is connection with the recent differences between the workmen and employers employer s at Ho on the me table among the bills and resolutions resolution ordered to lie lia upon the table are the following to establish savings banks a bill to develop and facilitate the tha in i interstate ter state commerce of tha whole country and more especially that of twenty two twel states and territories drained by the mississippi river and its tributaries tributa ries to change the lay day or of meeting of congress to january 1 to amend the constitution so that the president shall hold his office for six years and be ineligible for election reelection re the messa message a e of the president in response to the s EC e nate resolution in relation to the gonosey pron international con irence arence on the e subject of silver coinage also lies on tho the table providing for the election of senators by bv a direct ote of the people to authorize the establish eat ment of a postal telegraph ii ervice |