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WASHINGTON. Jan. IL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, jan IL.
-. SENATE.
Mr.. Edmunds offered an amendment to
the salary bill. which he presented . lew
DAYS 90. providing that the act shall take
eject On March 4, 1878, and that the ac-
counting officers make monthly reductlons
from said salaries at the rate necessary 70
elf.ctuate this provision within niue
months. Rejected; yeas 8. nays 80
Mr.. Conkling offered as n substitute Tor
the House bill as amended by the Senate
hill providing that so much OF the act oil
March 3, 1878. as provides for the increase
of the compensations of public officers and
employees be repealed, except that portion
which affects the salary OF the President
and Judges Of the supreme court, and that
hereafter all salaries with the exception OF
those named remain the same as they
were prior to the passage OF that act
provided that mileage should be allowed Tor
the first session of the Forty-third Congress.
and further that all back pay received or re-
turned to the treasury be covered into the
treasury and declared to be the property
of the United States.
Conkling's substitute rs adopted By a
vote of 80 to :, Messrs. Edmunds and
Morrill, of Vermont voting in the atirma-
tive. The bill now goes back to the House
for concurrence.
Mr. Sherman moved that the Senate pro-
coed to the consideration OF the resolution
reported by the finance committee carry IN
session, declaring 1t to be the duty oil Con
gress TO adopt definite measures 10 redeem
The nledce made in the act of March 18th,
1869 and directing the committee on hnanee
to report to the Senate at as early DAY as
| practicable such measures as Will not only
redeem this pledge, but will also furnish
| currency of uniform value always redeem
| able in gold or its equivalent, and 50 ad-
/ iusted as to meet the changing wants OF
trade and commerce; agreed to.
HOUSE.
| Bills introduced Houghton-to collect
information relative to the condition OF the
| Chinese on the Pacific Coast Of the United
| States.
Dawes-to regulate the duties ON certain
imported goods, proposing an ad yalorem
| duty of 30 per cent on spun silk; 10 per
cent on sewing silk in gum or purified
| Howe-to transfer to the court oil clam
| for adjudication, ali claims taken ny the
government subsequent to April, 1865.
Cox presented memorial of the Chamber
| of Commerce of New York on the use OF
| electric lights on ships at sea, with re-
port as to the development of electrical
currents by mechanical force; also me-
mortal as to the use of life RATS at sea, and
recommending the use of the Monitor life
saving raft which received the endorsement
of the Paris exposition and of high officers
Of the navy, etc Also memorial of the
| Chamber of Commerce of New York against
the repeal of the bankrupt law and in favor
of amendments, the first requiring larger
proportionate share of the creditors IN
number and amounts to put debtor into
bankruptcy the second, greater sale
guards to bona tide purchasers OF property
sold by bankrupts and against delays in the
administration of the law.
The motion made by Kelly pa, before
the holidays, to suspend therules and adopt
a resolution declaring it to be the sense oil
the House that taxes shall not be increased
but that such means as may be required Tor
the support ofthe government shall be obtain
ed by a temporary loan on bonds bearing a
low rate of interest in currency, and re-
deemable in United States notes, came up
for action. Wood I(N. y suggested a
division Of the resolution, and to have the
House pass aiirmativelY ON the first part
and to postpone decision on the second
part Mr.. Kelly objected and called for 4
vote by yeas and nays.
Potter IN. " suggested that the poll
teal conun1rum be referred to the com e
mittee of ways and means.
Beck (ky.) wanted to stop the hnmbug
if he could and moved an adjournment.
The House refused to adjourn.
Seofeld (pa) suggested to his colleague
= modify the resolution by requiring that
the deficiency shall be made up by retreneh-
ment.
Kelly wanted vote on the resolution
a, submitted by himself, and not on
the resolutions of other members. \ vote
was taken and the House refused to sus-
pend the rules by vote of $50 to So, les
than twO-thirds affirmative, 80 the resolu-
ton was not received.
IIurlburt (lll.) introduced bill charter
ing double-track railway from Underwater
on the Atlantic to the Missouri river, and
to limit freights thereon. Referred to COM
mittee on railways and canals.
Mr.. Holman Qnd.) moved 10 suspend
the rules and adopt a resolution declaring
that in the Judgment of the House there Is
no necessity TO increase taxation and to in
crease the public debt by 4 further loan il
there shall be economy in public expendi-
ture, and that in view of the condition OF
the national finances the House will reduce
appropriations and expenditures to the low
est point consistent with the proper dmin-
istration If public affairs. The rules were
suspended and the resolution was adopted
BY a vote of22 to ,.
Mellish On. W presented petition OF
the members and congregation Of St Paul 5
Methodist-Episcopal Church, New York
city, for commission of inquiry as to the
results of the traffic in alcoholic liquors in
connection with crime, pauperism, public
health and the moral, social and intellec-
tual well-being of the people.
Hawley Comm moved to suspend the
rules and adopt resolution declaring it to
be the sense OF the House that the expen-
ditures of the nation could be and should
be 50 reduced and regulated that they can
be met by existing taxes, and that in No
event should there be an increase of interest
bearing or Notwithstanding obligations
Of the government. The motion was agreed
10 without the yeas and nays. Adjourned
a o'clock.
SENATE