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competent of Jurisdiction shall be removed
TO any United States Court. The matter then
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W any united states Court. The matter then
went over.
In the Senate on the Sth Mr. Allison in
troduced bill in relation to the fees of pen
sion claim agents and attorneys. A general
discussion followed, in which several par
ticipated, and it finally drifted into a criticism
OF the appropriation and conference commit
tees OF the Senate. The action of the House
was also criticised, and the debate turned
into wrangle as to which branch of Con
gress had the stronger backbone The bill
was nnally referred. Mr.. Hawley offered
q resolution requesting the President to
furnish the statements recently filed in the
War Department by General Sherman con !
eerning the Confederate Government dur
ing the late war......In the House the inter-
State commerce bill was taken up Mr.
O'Neill (of Pennsylvania offered as substf-
fute the bill providing for a commission.
Lost. A motion to recommit was also lost
The bill was then passed by a vote of l5s to
70. Mr.. Randall reported new bill, making
an appropriation for the navy The Alabama
contested election case of Craig vs. Shelley
was decided by the seating of Craig Repub-
lican.
In the Senate on the 9th a bill was
passed transferring one of the Greely relief
vessels for service in Alaska waters, and to
use the other for surveying vessel When
consideration of the inter State commerce
bill was resumed, Mr. Garland called up the
House bill on the same snbject in order to
move to recommit the Senate bill, with
all its amendments to the House bill,
consideration. Mr. Cullom preferred to
have the bill debated in the Senate instead of
IN the committee: After further debate par
ticipated in by Messrs. Dawes, Bayard, Cul-
lom, Harrison, Ingalls,, Slater, Maxey and
Jones (of Florida), the motion to recommit
was lost by a vote of IS to "a. Mr. Wilson's
against localities and individuals was added
to the bill Mr.. Vance offered an
fon rasoads tn makng CHARGE it small sGn
pers higher rates than large shippers Pend
ing further action the Senate adjourned un-
til the 18th; 81 In the House; by vote of 81
to so, that body refused to postpone private
business to take up the naval bill. Resolu-
tions in favor of the passage of the Lowell
bankruptcy bill were reported from the
Philadelphia Board of Trade. A number of
private bills were passed. An evening ses-
sion was held for the consideration Of pen
sion bills.
The Senate was not in session on the
10th. In the House there was quite a warm
debate on the proposition to put aside
other matters and take up the naval
appropriation bill, Mr. Randall making a
strong point that unless the appropriation
bills were passed an extra session would
be benecessary. Finally the naval bill was
passed as reported, with the exception of a
few minor paragraphs. The bill is for half
of the fiscal year, and appropriates some
thing less than the estimates. The consular
and diplomatic bill was next reached.
MesSrs. Burns and Townshend spoke. on the
question, and the latter incidentally called
attention to the great Importance of build
ing up larger trade with the Central and
South American States Mr.. Robinson (of
New York. made a speech in reference to
sending ministers to foreign courts. No
definite conclusion was reached.
IN the Senate on the 10Th a petition was
presented from Mrs. Bclva Lockwood asking
that Congress count the votes cast for her
The resolution of Mr. Hawley in reference to
the papers filed by General Sherman con-
corning MIR. Davis, ex xPreSident of the South
ern Confederacy, was taken up, and was the
occasion of very warm debate, in which
Messrs. Ingalls,, John sherman and sIawley
ptrticipated on one side, and Messrs. Vest, La
mar and George on the other. The matter was
finally laid over until the 18th, and the Sen
ate went into executive session, after refer
ring the House naval bill to the proper com
mittee.. In the House. among the bills in
troduced was one tby Mr.. Rogers (of New
York; providing for the better protection of
the Northern and Northwestern frontier and
to facilitate commerce and to diminish the
expenses of exchange between the States
Progress was made with the consideration
of the consular and diplomatic appropria-
tion bill.