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XLIst OONGRESS---Second Session.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, June 11-Leave was eiver
the Finance Committee to sit during the SEES
sions of the Senate.
A joint resolution was passed annronriajine
$5OOJ0 for the Indian delegation now visiting
Washington; and the bill making the lant
grant to the Central Branch Union Pacific
Railroad was taken up.
Mr. Sherman opposed the bill as extraordin.
airy and violation of that feature of the land
grant policy by which the government had al
ways reserved to settlement alternate sections.
The land graft bill was to carry out an engage
ment between the two roads by which one
should receive the odd and the even sections
II the Dill passed there would not BILE eft to the
United States single acre of land in belt OF
territory ten miles wide and nearly three hun
bred miles long, while these roads were to be
allowed to make up deficiencies of land grants
from within limit of twenty-five miles on
either side.
Mr.. Yates insisted that the lands sbould not
be voted away Unfortunately without the
usual equivalent to government in reseryiDg
alternate sections for settlers. He was opposed
to the bill as giving to the railroad the exclu-
slve choice OF all the land within twenty five
miles OF the road, and compelling settlers to
select from the remainder. He could not agree
That Congress should become a mere playthipr
for eastern capitalists.
Messrs. Howard and Harlan claimed that the
oil was to settle the equitable claim against
promise for subsidy in bonds to which the
company is entitled under previous legislation
The discussion of the bill occupied the entire
lows:
Yeas-Ames, Anthony, Brownlow. Buck
ingham, Chandler, Cole, Ferry, Fowler, Gil
bert. Hamilton of Texas, Hamlin, Harlan, Har-
ris, Howard. Johnston, Kellogg. Mcdonald,
Morrill, of Maine, Nye, Osborn, Pomeroy, Pool,
Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Stewart, Stockton. Sum,
uer. linton TrumhuI md
Nays-Davis, Howell, McCreery, Morrill, of
Vermont, Ross, Schurz, Sherm, Sprague, Spen-
Ger, Thayer, Thurman, Vickers and Yates.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts asked to leave
to report from the judiciary committee a bill to
repeal the tenure of office act
Mr. Poland of Vermont objected,
The Speaker laid before the House letter
rom the Sergeant alarms, reporting that by
order of the House he had in custody Patrick
Woods alias Dooley of Richmond, Virginia.
Do0duced at the bar OF the House charged
with making murderOus assault ON Congress-
man Charles M. Porter at Redmond on MAY
18th. Dooley is apparently an Irishman of the
laboring class, about 80 years old and strongly
built.
A motion of Mr. Allison of Iowa that the
matter be referred to the judiciary committee
Tor examination and to report what action the
House should take in the premises, in the
meantime the prisoner to be held in custody
was carried, 119 to SO.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Kerr of Indiana
directing the Speaker to employ suitable coun-
sci for the prisoner was also referred to the iu-
dietary committee.
The House then resumed the consideration
OF the Senate amendments to the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bills, the
pending question being on the substitute re-
ported by the committee on appropriations for
the Senate amendment putting female employ
ees in the departments on the same footing as
men.
A long discussion was participated in by
Messrs. Arnell, Willard, Hoar and others, was
closed by MIR. Dawes, who said that the adop-
ton of the Senate amendment would add to
the burdens of the people 100000 year.
The amendment by Mr.. Hoar of Massachu-
sets to add to the substitute the following,
sand hereafter the compensation of such Off
GERS, clerks and employees who are females
shall be the same now fixed by law for males
of the same Glass; was adopted, IS to TO-
The substitute reported by the Committee on
Appropriations was then adopted without di-
vision.
The amendments appropriating 100000 for
new State Department, in relation to the ex-
tension of the Capitol grounds and approprat-
ing $1,000 for IN expedition to the north pole
were all rejected. The next amendment ON
which separate vote was asked was that in
creasing the salary of the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court OF the Onited States to $40 600;
of the associate judges to $4,000; of the Judges
of the Circuit Court to $500, sc. ~
The Committee on Appropriations recon-
mended non-concurrence.
Mr.. Porter of Virginia addressed the House
in support of the amendment. "a
The discussion was continued by Messrs.
Logan, Dickey and Benton against the amend
ment and by Messrs. Davis of New York, Beck,
O'Neill and Poland in favor.
Mr.. Dawes, IN closing the debate, minated
that he was willing to make the salary of the
Chief Justice of the United States Supreme
Court $4,000 and of the Associate Justices
$1,000. but the House refused-36 to 94-to con-
cur in the amendment. ss57E
The acceptance of Mr.. Hoar's amendment,
relative TO the pay of female clerks, was con-
sidered, and the amendment rejected. A sub
stitute from the committee, providing that
there be no discrimination in the pay of fe-
male and male clerks was agreed to. The
amendments making appropriations for the
Agricultural Department were agreed to aud
the bill then sont to a conference committee,
on which Messrs. Dawes of Massachusetts,,
Niblack of Indiana and Logan of Illinois were
appointed.
Mr.. Logan, from the committee of confer
ence, reported the army bill, stating that by il
a saving of 100000 annually could be made.
The report was agreed to and the House adj
iOurned.