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laborioas efforts, viii bul fains hope Of success,
10 aecompiish ysi. before adieurnnens. sone
measure 81 measures which may relieve ne Co
refn neni from iis necessities, and inlnse some
hing Ike vitality Inio he siAgnanl commerce
ana industry az The country Mid-snmmer has
osersaken Them il Inc midst 81 heir Isbsrs, and
before they are released from hen he hasbsnd-
man ill Be gathering he fruits Of nnsnmn--
We have an along sppfehsnded, and We nov be-
gis seriously 70 believe that The ssssion sill not
end before The middle q september
The senate Is engaged upon The Tariff Bill
which has passed The House. and finds lis dis
eussion already an uphill ana faiguisg work
for his sulifE weather.
E For Inc iAsftwo days he House or Represe1-
tatiyes has been debating proposition 10 reduce
The compensation &c Members Of cOngtess- II
We had moi Witnessed 8 LEI times heretofore
The fate Of similar prop0 > 70 hiss supported
with as much zeal as isplayed, We should
make sure thar the lld pass The House
and become law; 40. after eli. perhaps il
may. Aipresenl, hoIever, il IS committed 70
the custody 81 seleeteommitlee. Ma. nj.
The Senate closed he week With discussion
upon the Revenue bin. without coming 10 vote.
bill % regulate enlisimeDis in The Navy and
Marine CoFps~was also considered, and on Sal
iutday finally passed, vi
On Saturday. The House bad under considera-
lion bill making consingen. appropriations but
no final action was had.
NAVY BILL a LENDMENTs.
Daring the day he commi,iee 90 Conference
appoiaied two days since 10 confer and compro-
mise the differences Of opinion upon the subject
OF The Navy Appropriation. Bill, made their re-
port which WIS readily ccncurred 10 BY ihe
Senate The Report proposes that the Sc
nate shall .tecede upon all their amendments
kbut two. These are FIRST, ihe important~one
~ regard to the persenntl OF the Navy, and
SECONDLY, Inc Amendment in relation 10 the Dry
Duck al Brooklyn. Upon the irst the Commits
ted asyeed 10 reduce the midshi2men 70 the num-
Der in the service in ls4l, and the higher grades
The CAmmiuee also made their Report 10 the
House an6ii was eoDcurred in with great unani-
Mi,y. TheABill will become Law as soon as
the PresidentNgns il.
REINFORCEMENT BILL.
| Mr.. Arnold Of Tenn. presented Report from
The majority OF the Committee having charge Of
the Bill which was the subjec. Of debate during
the early pagi OF the week The Bill was re-
ported back, with many amendments which will
materially rhangethe character Of DE Bill. Ths
amendments are all Improvements and are in
brief as follows:
That the per diem pay be reduced TO Blk dol.
| Iars--lhal The mileage be reduced 10 Sc for 20
miies-tha the salaries Of the officers of The
Federal Governmenlbs reduced twenty percent.
when above -, 900 and ~ per cent. when above
600, s less thar 50 ,OOO Certain exceptions are
made 10 his including Diplomatic Agents and
the officers Of tho Judiciary, including the office
or Commissioner Of Revenues and one or two
others 4
The minorityof the COMMITTEES. consisting Of
four ioc5-foco members reported an adverse Bill,
which proposed s. per diem for service, and s.
for the travel ofiwensy miles as atpresens.
1. Mr.. Arnold, from the majority 81 The Commit.
lee, moved that The Bill be made The special %,
der Of The day FOR Tuesday1dexs '-f
Mr.. Bovine from the minority Of he Commit
tee, moved that the Bill be referred To- the Com
mitlee Of the Whole. This refefence was adyc
Gated by Nj. Bovine and Mr.. Profit, and Op
Il nosed BIZ Mr.. Arnold and others The subjec
amendmeps 70 oe printed, ana tnen TeIerreu q
the Committee 6r The Whole.
II On Monday, ip the Senate, The first half hot
vas occupied iDreadiDg the Journal Of sa,ur
fdsy's proceedings.
4 Mr.. Evans presented a. a Report from Ah,
Committee Of Finance, the Armory Appropria
ton Bill, with a.recommendalion that the Senal.
4 agree tolhs ninth amendment Of the House Bill
and insist upon all the others. The 9th amend
ment was merely in Limitation Of the amount oil
money 10 be paid foraverages. The other a.
/ msndmenis OF the Senate were all insisted upon.
This was enc branch Of the Reporiof The Com
miliee. Another part or the Report was The ap.
poinlmentof Committee Of Conference.
Mr.. Presish Or s. G. moved lie postpone
menl Of this subject until io-morrov. He was
in hopes that the Bill would be postponed until
the House should act upon the Bill 10 reduce The
Army, sent from The Senate.
The motion TO postpone prevailed.
Mr.. Walker Of Mis-; asked leave to bring in
bill 10 reduce the term OF naturalization from
tige to two years
Mr.. Walker haJ'but announced his motion
when Mr.. Archer ef Va. said that be was aston
ished thar sensible man should bring forward
such proposition. He considered liza PROPOSE.
lion so extraordinary, that he should Objeo, to
The reception Of The Bill, ip order al once, but
without any disrespect 10 the Senator, 10 sig
Matte the proposition.
Mr.. Walker protested to be some what sur
piissd II an objection at period so early. He
defended his measure very briefly as a good one,
and said that il vas butreviving the Law or 1890,
which allowed foreigners The rights Of citizenship
after residence of two years
4 Mr. Archer said there were reasons which o.
Persie9in favor Of the law Of 1870, which die
not exist al this time. What was very good
policy then, he commended, would be very. bad
policy now. There we're many evils connected
with The easy naturalization which might be
pointed out, but this subisci he should not CON
sicer at this lime Mr.. A. closed with motion
today Mr. Walkers motion upon the table
The yeas and nays we're ordered, and HE fol-
following is he result Yeas 2l-Nays is.
The Bill vas not, therefore, allowed 10 Be in
iroduced.
IN The House Of Representatives, The Journal
having tesn read, Mr. Bovine Of New York.
moved an ame6dnsnt Of he Journal il refer.
eaee lolhe adioz |ason Saturday. He stated |
,he facts 10 b upon ,hs Journal which
we're. lhitihe honerable me6ter ii The Chair.
fNlr. Arnold Of Tenn. had declared ;he House
adjourned wi,hopi taking vote ii he negative.
and viiho7i recognising Mr.. Bovine, when he |
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