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October /, 1878, those notes shall be re-
for duties on imports. After passing
; number Of minor bills the Senate adjourned.
An adverse report WAS made from the Senate
committee on elections on the proposed con-
Btitutional amendment prohibiting. the States
from DISTINGUISHING women The sundry
civil bill was received and referred Tho bill
fixing the pensions Of persons who have lost
both hands. both feet, or both eyes in tho ser
vice at S72 a month was passed. The judi
committee reported that the reinstate-
ment Of L. J.. Draper, surgeon in the navy,
illegal. . The Senate insisted on its amend
to the river and harbor bill, and granted
& conference. . . The Kansas Pacific sinking
fund bill was passed. The post route bill
returned from the House on constitutional
and a conference was asked on the
question at issue. . . The bill creating . con.
to ascertain various facts in regard TO
on the legislative bill reported failure to
agree with the House, the main point Of diff
being the Senate amendment retaining
it's present force Of employees, and at their pre-
sent salaries; the House insisting on reducing
the latter. The Senate, by q vote Of 50 to 2,
to insist on its amendments, and o
new committee was granted. Adjourned.
Mr.. Wadleigh, Of New Hampshire, from the
committee on privileges and elections, to whom
referred the resolution OF the Senate
at the last session, instructing the
committee to investigate the charge that the
election Of l.. F. Grover, United States Senator
from the State Of Oregon, was procured by
bribery and fraud, reported that the evidence
taken did not sustain any charge against him:
THE conference reports on the river and
harbor and the army appropriation bills were
agreed to-. The bill giving . pension ct $l00
a month to General James Shields, Of Missouri,
was passed. Adjourned. SEQ.
Mr.. Thurman, Of Ohio, introduced a bill to
repeal sections 800 and S2l OF the revised
statutes Of the United States, providing that
any person who may have taken up arm
against the government, without duress and
coercion, may be challenged as juror in United
States courts, and prescribing an iron-clad
oath to be taken by such jurors. Referred 10
the committee on the judiciary. The follow
ing resolution by Mr.. Cameron, Of Pennsyl-
vania. WAS agreed to: "Resolued, That the
committee on education and labor be in
structed to inquire into the industrial condition
of the country, the extent, nature and causes
Of the depression Of business, and the enforced
idleness Of labor, and what remedies, If any,
also into the eIpedienoy Of providing q perma-
nent bureau in one Of the executive depart
ments Of the government for the purpose OF
gathering and publishing the statistics OF the
national industries and that the committee
report by bill or otherwise" The following
amendment, reported by the committee on
appropriations, was agreed to: "That here
after all advertisements, notices, proposals for
contracts, and all forms Of advertising re-
quired by law for the several departments Of
the government may be paid for, at price not
to exceed the commercial rates charged to
private individuals, with the usual discounts,
such rates to be ascertained from sworn state
ments to be furnished by the proprietors or
publishers Of the newspapers proposing so to
advertise. Provided, that the heads OF the
several departments may secure lower terms
at special rates whenever the public interest
REQUIRES it,. 700. During the evening session tho
sundry civil service appropriation bill was dis
cussed. Adjourned.
The sundry civil appropriation bill WAS dis
cussed in committee Of the whole. An amend
ment was offered by MIR. Kelley hat no part OF
the appropriation for engraving and printing
shall Be used for bonds to be issued to aid
resumption Of specie payments. An amendment
to this was submitted by Mr.. Ewing prohibit
ing the issue Of bonds for the purpose Of
aiding resumption. Both amendments were
rejected. Adjourned.
Exactly at midnight the House passed the
sundry civil service bill. The amendment in
Gre easing the appropriation for the Rock Island
arsenal to about $500, 600 WAS agreed to-yeas,
121 nays, "a. The paragraph ~refunding to
the States Of New York and Pennsylvania
Ss2, 900 and $29, 900, respectively, for expenses
incurred in raising volunteers, was retained.
Adjourned.
Mr.. Burchsrd, of Illinois, moved to suspend
the rules and pass q preamble and resolution
setting forth the joint action of the Forty
fourth Congress in declaring the electoral
votes, and declaring that neither house has
power to revise such joint action. The reso-
luton was adopted by 215 to o.. The report
Of the majority Of the judiciary committee on
the Maryland resolutions proposing to try the
title of the President was made, and was acorn
panied by o resolution declaring that no sub
sequent Congress had power to revise the
action of the Forty-fourth Congress-. The
resolution was adopted by 234 to IA ...Mr.
Ewing made a motion to suspend the rules and
take up the anti-resumption bill and concur in
the Senate amendments, but the motion was
defeated by 113 to 100. The House held an
evening session, at which $50 pension bills
we're passed. Adjourned.
MIR. Townshend, Of Illinois, moved to amend
the internal revenue laws 80 as to repeal the
section Of the revised statutes which prohibits
an exemption from taxation Of any farmer who
sells tobacco directly to the consumer, or to
any person other than those who pay special
taxes. The amendment was rejected. The
conference committees reports on the river
and harbor and army appropriation bills were
agreed to. By agreement on the latter bill the
maximum limit OF the armyiwil be rs, 600 men.
Mr.. Proctor Knott, chairman Of the com:
x-:k4on ~, Tho ipdioioru praaapfaA hia ron0rt
dissenting from the views Of the majority OF
the committee on the subject Of the presi:
Dental election. In his report Mr.. Knott
argued that the presidential title, like the title
to any other Office, can be passed upon aud de-
cided by the judiciary if fraud in the election is
proven. Adjourned.
Mr.. Thompson, Of Pennsylvania, offered q
preamble and resolution, reciting the depressed
condition Of labor and industry throughout the
country, and providing q select committee o,
seven members Ito sit during the recess) to IN
quire into the causes thereof and the remedies
therefor. Adopted. The internal revenue bill
was discussed. An amendment relieving from
taxation such deposits in saving banks as are in
vested in United States securities, and all de.
posits to the amount Of 90, 900 standing in the
name Of any one depositor was adopted. Ar
amendment providing that the word "gallon'
when used In regard to lager beer, ale, etc.,
shall be held to mean the wine gallon. The
liquid measure containing 231 cubic inches was
adopted. And amendment providing that every
manufacturer Of tobacco who has paid q tax OF
"a cents on his unsold tobac o shall be entitled
to q drawback equal to the difference between
the rates Of 16 and "a cents was rejected ano
the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read
q third time. During the evening session the
bill to pay the Halifax fisheries award came up
and q scene Of uproar arose. The opposition
to the bill was led by Messrs. Butler, Of Mas
sachusetts, and Cox, Of New York; and. the
Speaker twice sent the sergeant-at-arms to the
former, to compel him to take his seat. The
bill was defeated as tho requisite two-thirds
vote in its favor was wanting.
The House Presidential Election InvestiEn-
After holding several sessions at which IN
important testimony was taken the committee
called Orlando 81. Brewster, one Of the men,
bers of the Electoral College in Louisiana, who
testified in regard to his connection with sign
ing the certificates Of the election. Two OF
three weeks after the election he heard that q
defect existed in the certificate Of the State
through the private secretary Of William P.
Kellogg, at whose suggestion he signed others.
He knew nothing about the signature Of his
fellow electors. The committee received and
had read a communication from Secretary
Eyarts, stating that he had received q resolu-
ton Of the committee calling upon him "to
furnish this committee all the original COM
munications, whether written, printed or tele-
graphic, now in, or which may have been in