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CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
SENATE.

Mr.. Williams introduced a bill to regulate
the legal value of metal money, and to provide
for the free and unlimited coinage oil gold and
silver bullion, and to restore coin to circula-
ton. Mr.. Conkling presented a memorial OF
the Woman's National Christian Temperance
Union demonstrating against any legislation
that would promote the interest OF importers
and dealers in liquors 1.-The Clerk of the
House appeared and announced the passage Of
the bill making appropriations for the Judicial,
executive md legislative branches of the gov
ern,nent for the year ending June 80, 1880, in
which he was instructed to ask the concurrence
of the Senate. Referred to the Committee on
Appropriations MIR. Pendleton addressed
the Senate in favor Of his bill giving members
of the Cabinet seats i'll Congress, and Mr.. Nor
rill spoke in opposition thereto Mr.. Lamar,
by request, introduced a bill providing for
double-stamped envelopes and double-stamped
postal cards. The bill to prevent the intro
duction Of contagious diseases was taken up
without action. Adjourned.
Mr.. Wallace introduced a bill to authorize
the payment of certain claims for arrears OF
Military Committee. Itprovides "that widows
and minors, heirs of deceased Union soldiers,
who have been deirauded OF the bounty and
arrears of pay due them by law by means Of
forgeries perpetratcd by their attorneys, shall,
when such forgeries have been the result OF no
fault or negligence on the part OF the claim
ants, be paid the amounts quitably due them"
There is no means of knowing the amount
involved in the bill, as the persons to whom IL
applies generally live ct remote points in the
rural districts, but it is believed to be large.
The forgeries were mostly perpetrated between
the years 1866 and 1859, and the forgers gen.
orally escaped punishment by keeping the
claimants in ignorance OF tho fact that the
claims were finally settled until tho statute OF
limitations secured them immunity from
prosecution.l
Tho long debate o N the Legislative Appro-
~priation bill came to an end with speeches by
Messrs. Ewing, Garfield, Hoar and others,
after which Mr.. Weaver moved to strike out
all the proposed legislation except the provis-
ion in regard to the test oath. Defeated with
out IL division, Mr.. Garfield then offered an
amendment striking out all the proposed legis.
lntion. This WINS defeated by a vote by tellers
of-yeas, 1923; nays, $50. The bill was then
passed-yeas, l4O; nays, 11s. All the Green.
backers except two voted with the Democrats
Adjourned.
4 message from the President, vctoing the
Army Appropriation bill, was ~announced....
Mr.. Price announced the death Of his colleague,
Mr.. Clark, and said that the Iowa delegation
and MIR. Clnrk's family had decided TO dispense
with the customary public funeral. He offered
the usual resolutions OF respect, and for the
appointment of a committee to attend the re-
mains to the deceased Congressman's home.
Passed, after which the House adjourned.
The Presidents message, vetoing the Army
Appropriation bill, was read, andat the conclu-
sion the following order, offered by Mr.. Sparks,
was adopted: "Opdered that the message OF
the President, just read, be entered at length
on the journal, as required by the Constitution
OF the United States, and that the House will
tomorrow proceed to consider the said mes
sage, and thereafter to reconsider the bill MAX
ing appropriations for the support of the army
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1880, and
that said message be printed" MIR. Warner,
from the Committee On Coinage, Weights
and Measures, reported q bill amending certain
sections of the Revised Statutes relating to
coinage and coin and bullion certificates.
Mr.. Sparks moved 10 proceed to tho recon-
sideration of the Army Appropriation bill, and
the consideration Of the veto message OF the
Pi esidcnt, in accordance with the order made
previously. There was no discussion, and the
Speaker announced the question to be: "Shall
the House, on reconsideration, pass the bill,
Notwithstanding the objections OF the Presi-
dent % The question WIS decided in the negu-
tive-yeas, l20; nays, 1l0-not the necessary
two-thirds in the affirmative. Three Green
hackers voted in the affirmative and eight in
the negative. With their exception the vote
was a strictly party one. Adjourned.