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procured by fraud and bribery. The report
says that the evidence did not sustain any
OF such charges. The committee was dis.
charged from further consideration of the
subject. Leave was given the members of the
committee to file their views in the case.
me committee ON Finance was discharged
rom further consideration Of large number
OF propositions IN regard to the repeal of the
specie Resumption act, and RECOMMENDATION
OF silver, together with numerous bills in re-
Eard 10 the payment OF customs duties In
legal'tender notes, and the " Goloid" coin
bill, nearly all OF the subjects having been
covered by bills passed. The River and Harbor
Dill, us reported from the Conference Com
mittee, passed. The amount appropriated is
Ss36l,7oo. The Army bill also passed. 1t
leaves the army at 5000 men. The section
transferring the Indian Bureau from the In
terror to the War Department is stricken out.
The organization of the Army remains for the
| present as 1t Is, but II Commission l. to be
appointed to consider and report on the sub
ject to Congress. The clause relating to the
use of the Army rs II posse comitatus is
amended by emitting the words "except
when specially authorized by law" The
amendment of the House to the bill of the
Senate increasing the pension of Gen. james
Shields of Missouri to 500 n month was con.
Cured in, and the bill passed. A number of
private bills passed, together with the Senate
bill to reimburse purchasers at direct tax
sales In Arkansas, declared illegal by United
States Courts in consequence of do.
fective Board of Commissioners; the bill
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to
adjust and settle the debt due the United
States by Arkansas; and the House bill for
restoration to the market of certain lands in
Utah: VIM. Il. Spencer. for many years Jour.
nal Clerk, was chosen Chief Clerk of the Sen.
ate, pice VIM. j. Mcdonald, deceased. A mes
sage was received from the House of Repre-
sentatives, announcing the passage of con-
current resolution. extending the session
ton was agreed to-. In the House, Mr..
Knott, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee,
presented his views in opposition to the re-
port of the Committee on the Kimmel bill
and resolutions of the Maryland Legislature
on the subject of the Presidential election
number of important bills were passed, as
agreed upon by Conference Committees, and
the Internal Revenue bill was debated ut
length but not disposed of.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the bill to
amend the statutes in relation to patents
was postponed until next session. By u vote
of yeas "a, nays 30, the Senate refused to re-
consider the vote by which the joint resolu-
tion in regard to the eight-hour law was
postponed until next session. Upon resolu
ton of Mr.. Cameron of Pennsylvania, the
Committee on Education and Labor was in
structed to inquire into the industrial condi-
ton of the country, the extent, ma
and the enforced idleness of labor, and what
remedies, If any, can be provided by nation.
al legisation; and also into the expediency
of providing permanent bureau in one of
the Executive Departments for the purpose
of gathering and publishing statistics of ma
tional industries; and that the com
The Committee on Appropriations reported
an amendment appropriating $1,000 for the
expenses of the Commission appointed by the
President to go to Louisiana. Mr.: Spencer
f%e he ssGnnd vas that fo the
out the legal Government of Lou
isiana, and was not authorized by law
Mr.. Spencer then sent to the Clerks desk, and
had read the published statement of the eX-
penses of the Louisiana Commission. Mr..
Uonkling concurred in the sentiments eX-
pressed by Mr.. Spencer, and moved the yeas
and nays on the amendment A long discus
sion followed, in the course of which Mr..
Blaine remarked that if Hayes was elected
Packard was elected, and there was no one
to throw doubt on Packard's title except
the President himself. He would not vote
for the amendment. A motion to lay the
amendment on the table was carried-yeas
further considered. In the House, the In
c0me-tax bill was finally passed. Mr..
Thompson offered preamble and resolution
reciting the depressed condition of labor
and industry throughout the country and
providing for select committee to sit dur
ing the recess to inquire into the cause
thereof and recommend remedies therefor.
munication was addressed to the Sen
ate requesting that leave be grant
ed Senator Matthews to testify before
the House Committee. resolution appro-
priating $5,5OO,OOO in gold to pay to Great
Britain the amount awarded by the Fisheries
Messrs. Butler and Cox of New York violent.
ly opposing its adoption. The House was
still in session at midnight and the question
not disposed of.