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REPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR THE coURrrI
CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.
SENATE.
Morton, from the Committee on
Elections, referred the contested case
of Pinchbeck and Mcmillan back to
the Senate, as the Committee are
equally divided.
Morton submitted o resolution Civ
ing Pinchbeck the seat, but 1t was not
acted on.
Sherman called up the resolution
reported from the Finance Committee
in regard to retrenchment.
Pratt spoke in favor of imitation OF
the currency.
Tremaine, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, has Just reported bill for the
repeal of the bankruptcy law and the
question of suspending the rules for
its passage isnow pending.
Bills were introduced as follows:
BY Mr.. West-To provide for the
construction of the Fl. st. Philip CO.
nal and its maintenance as q public
highway. II Is the bill recommended
by the New Orleans chamber Of Com
merce to the United States Senate
Committee on transportation. Re.
ferred.
By Mr.. Clayton-To repeal the tax
of ten per cent. on the circulation OF
bank notes, to take effect January LEI
1874. Referred.
The House bill for the redemption
of the loan Of 1888 passed, with few
unimportant amendments.
The financial situation was briefly
discussed on the resolution reported
Wednesday, by the finance Committee
with the amendments proposed.
HOUSE.
The committee ON appropriations
this morning voted to offer . resolu'
ton In the House requesting the Pres.
ident to request the various Execu.
tive Departments to revise their esti.
mates for the fiscal year, IL possible
before January It'll. The object 10 ia
cut down the estimates, which were
made before the financial disturbances
and before It was known that the
Government revenues were likely to
fall short of the expenditures.
A large number Of bills were intro.
duced In the House and referred.
One by Kelley provides for the IL.
sne of convertible bonds and reduc.
ton of interest on the funded debt.
BY Harris, to put printing paper
type, &C., on the free list.
BY Caldwell, to allow reciprocal free
trade with the Spanish American Pos.
sessions.
By Packard, for ship canal from
Lake Michigan to the Wabash river;
A large number of bills were intro
duced and referred, a. follows:
By Mr.. F0rt--For survery and 70.
port Of the cost of . double track rail.
way from Omaha to New York.
By Mr.. Clark, Sr.-For the i'm.
provement Of the Missouri river.
BY Mr.. Orr--To make Sioux City Z
port Of entry. z
BY Mr.. Loughridge-To impose /
tax on incomes of three thousand dol.
lars and over, to regulate interstate
commerce and reasonable rates Of rail.
road charges for freight.
Over three hundred bills were in.
troduced during the day.
Mr.. Garfield, from the Committee on
Appropriations, submitted q preamble
and resolution, asking that the PreDi.
dent cause new estimates to be made
by the 9th Of January.
In the course of "a brief debate, Mr.
Garfield said the estimates for the next
fiscal year exceeded the present by
fifteen millions, and suggested that
much could be saved by not commenc.
ing the public buildings for which ap.
prOpriations have been made.
Mr.. Dawes thought 1t hardly posi-.
Bile to cut down the estimates to the
limits of forty or forty-two millions
In reply to questions, Dawes referred
to the Secretary's letter and said Il Wal
all the information ha. n bat9 q6r K1fbtg
the whole sftuation before legislating
Mr.. Butler urged il the tax on .whis.
be increased, Il should be done imme.
diately II any benefit to the govern.
ment was to result, and favored the
issue of more interest bearing notes
for the peoples use.
Mr.. Dawes said If he had his way
about It, the knife would 20 into the
book of estimates until the difference
between the current receipts and ex-
penditures no longer existed. The
book, to him, was unintelligible, and
had swollen to alarming dimensions.
AL he could realize was that the esti-
mates are from year to year increasine
until the grand total IL about twelve
millions more than for last year, and
about fourteen millions more than
was actually appropriated last year
besides thbre were recent def1cienciea
which no patriotic heart could resist.
But there were other deficieuciea
where it was dnty to apply the law
that renders illegal everything per-
tanning to the enacment of them.
After long Idiscussion on the subject
Mr.. Garfeldb resolution was adopted.
The House then resolved to adjourn
on Friday, tho 10th inst. till Tuesday,
Jan. 9Th. 4
Mr.. Kelley then wished to offer .
resolution infavor Of . temporary loan
by the Government, but pending the
question the House adjourned.
WAsH1NeToN, Dec. 16
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