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Show KMT COMIKESS. Nobody will mourn for congress when it adjourns today; not tho republicans, because they were harrassed by a powerful pow-erful and unscrupulous minority at every step, and not the democrats, because be-cause they are weary of the struggle. There was some useful legislation enacted en-acted in the second session of the expiring ex-piring Fifty-first congress, among which we may note the relief of the United States supreme court, which provides for the appointment In each circuit of an additional judge aud for the organization iu each circuit of a circuit court of appeals, to have final jurisdiction in many classes of cases on which appeals are now allowed to the supreme court. Among others we trust the L'tah re apportionment bill is also passed. The shipping bill is auother, and the re-distriction under the late census thai must not be forgotten. On the whole, however, this session was more conspicuous for its acts of umissiiin than commission. The failure of the election bill and more especially the failure of the silver bill disconcerted the ma jority party and mark this congress con-gress as one of the most unfortunate in the history of recent years. The blame for this unsatisfactory result resls wholly on tho democratic party. Relying on force and fraud in tho election of congressmen iu tho south it moved every agency to prevent tho passage of an election bill designed to remove these crimes upon the ballot. It succeeded after a desperate struggle waged at the expense of every other measure under consideration before the senate. The failure of the silver bill we regret re-gret to say, is due primarily to the immoderate im-moderate demands of its friends. Whon j last June the 51.000,000 ounce purchase bill became a law wo were convinced that il would operate favorably in disposing dis-posing of so much additional silver. but more especially in paving the way for more liberal legislation. I'nfortunately tho free coinago men relied too much on their strength and threw discretion to. the dogs with the result already stated. The worst thing about the failure of l!io silver bill is that the speculators, gambling upon the chances of a free coinage bill, invested heavily in the white metal, and when its doom was sealed and that gentry compelled to let go of its hoard at a sacrilice, the prico was forced to a minimum to the injury of the miner and bona fide holder of silver. We believe, however, that with the removal of the causes named, silver will recover part of its prestige, and with the irresistible feelicg in the west and south in favor of it, a measure of relief will be provided in tho next congress. con-gress. In the appropriation bills several Stems of moment were embodied which may be determined today, if they have not already been determined, in conference. confer-ence. It is doubtful, however, if the pure lard bill, Nicaragua canal bill, tho transfer of the revenue marine from the treasury to the navy department, will pass. Altogether, the present session of congress was successful mainly in this, I that it showed to the couutry the press- ! ing need of a change in its rules so that j the majority, and not the minority, ! might have the power to determine legislation, for which it is held responsible respon-sible to the people. |