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WAsHrsGroN, D. G., February "a, 1876.
The Bills for the Admission OF Cole
RADIO and New Mexico.
The Senate to-day passed the bills for th,
admission of Colorado and New Mexico
though amendments were made, and they
will have to be acted on by the House. Th,
most important Of these amendments provide
that the election in these Territories for the
ratification OF the Constitution shall be helG
in July, 1876; and as the Constitutions have
to be submitted to Congress after theirara tiff
cation, these States cannot be represented till
after the next presidential election.
The bill reported from the Committee or
Privileges and Elections to provide for
The Counting Of the Vote for PresId en
,eH and dVsce-President.
was taken up after the two bills above named
were disposed of, and comes up to-morro "
as the unfinished business.
The Committee on Judiciary have bad up
Representative J.A. Smiths blitdeclarlng
Eight HourHa Days Labor
not only for Government work but for. all
hands working for Government contr actors.
The committee by u close vote decided against
the bill. ~a
The Force BRll.
WASHINGTON, February -Midnight-
The extreme Republicans are making dcs.
perate effort to get up Coburn's force hill
They counted upon finding lack OF Dem 0.
cratic strength in the House when they met
tonight, but that party was represented in
formidable numbers. Butler tells bis friends
that if they only have pluck they will sue.
ceed in carrying the measure, and that they
must fight it out to the end of their phys ica
endurance. n..' '...4
If it should pass the House it would fail in
the Senate. TIMoN.
XLIlI. COEGREsS-Seeond Session.
WAsHNGroN, February "a, 1875.
SENATE.
The Senate to-day pas7ed the bills for the
admission OF Colorado and New Mexico, and
then took up Mr.. MoRToN's bill to provide
and regulate the counting OF votes for Presi-
dent and Vice-President, but adjourned
without action.
- The Colorado and New Mexico bills were
amended in several particulars, so that they
will have to g back to the House for con
currence.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Reports we're made from the Committee or
Elec ions giving the seat from Louisiana tc
Sheridan as against Pinchback, and from Ar.
kansas to Hodge as against Cause. They
will be called up hereafter.
Mr., G. F. HoAR, Of Massachusetts, rose to
call up The report of the special committe,
on Louisiana affairs.
Mr.. CoBuRN, of Indian1. raised the ques
ton of consideration, and desired to have
precedence given to the bill reported by hin
| known as the "caucus force blll.'
MIR. POLAND, of Vermont, claimed that his
report on Arkansas matters should have
precedence.
MIR. WARD, of Illinois, sustained Mr.
Poland's views, and represented that the dis
turbed condition of Arkansas demanded
prompt action by Congress.
Mr., HoAR said that the resolutions re
ported by him yesterday contained recon-
mendations which were coEeurredtin by al
the members Of the special committee, anC
immediate action was desirable in view 0
the fact that the Louisiana House Of Repre-
septatiyes, which was asked to remedy in
Justice, would adjourn in few days.
MIR. POLAND suggested that all these south
cLo aid ha nil, mad m ot1pI n iIr
until after the passage of the sundry civil np
proprialion bill, and that then they be taken
up in the order Of their presentation to The
House.
Mr.. SMITH, of New York, claimed that th'
constitutional amendment reported By him
for the election of President and Vice-Presi
dent was the unfinished business before the
House, and was measure Of the highest
importance.
MIR. CONGER, of Michigan, intimated that
Mr.. Poland was the representative of the
party of mastery inactivity, and that he
might have had action on Arkansas aifilrs
long ago.
Mr.. POLAND defended himself from the
imputa,on, and said he hid only failed to
press the earlier consideration Of Arkansas
affairs in Difference to the public business US
represented by the cbairmen of the Com.
mittees of Ways and Means and Appropria-
tiops. AS soon as the next appropriation
bill was out of the way be proposed to pro.
cecd with it with all possible dispatch.
Mr.. NECLEY thought it was high time that
the House should direct its own business, IN
stead of leaving 1t to the Committees on
Ways and Means and Appropriations. -r
MIR, WARD, of Illinois, came TO tie defence
of air. Poland and of the Committee on ar.
kansas Affairs. .
Mr., CoBusN represented that the debate
on his bill would cover all the questions
raised in the reports OF the special commit
tees on the southern States, and, besides.
his bill contained something defnite ano
tangible.
Finally, after a long debate, the question
was nut. on the motion of Mr.. GARFIELD, o
Ohio. to 20 into Committee Of the Whole or
the sundry civil appropriation bill; and thu
motion was agreed TO yeas, 145 nays, loi
The Democrats all voted for the motion anC
101 Republicans against 1t.
The discussion on the civil approprlatlo'
bill brarched OH into frauds. intlmidatlon'
and the use of "overfowed bacon" for pc
litic,I purposes in Alabama, and there wa
urite noisy alteration over il.
After the committee rose there was an eX
char ge of compliments between MIR. ELD
RIDGE, of Wisconsin, and hr. sYPHER,. o
LOUISIANA, arising out OF the report OF Or
Eldridge's speech few nights ago: or
SypgER characterized what lie complained
as cowarlly and contemplate.
| The House net tonight, When Mr.. u Ar
FIELD made an attempt to go into Commute
OF the Whole on the surdry civil appropriai
tiou bill. This was rejected, the Democrat
all voting aye. ut =,
the Arkansas case, which the House decloe'
not to do. =. :. I,
Mr.. CoBuRN then made strong effort L
| nat nm The :. .eancns force bill" reported D