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SENATOR'S PLUMB CKanl and Logan and Cul-
lom QllJ presented to the Senate. on the sth,
large number Of petitions from assemblies OF
Knights Of Labor favoring the building OF the
Hennepin Canal Senator Plumb said they all
seemed to emanate from central source, as they
were handsomely printed, and, while greatly
respecting the Lodies that sent the petitions, he
presumed there must be some strong prv
interest behind the movement In the interest Of
the Hennepin Canal Senator Manderson lNeb)
presented petition setting forth that owing to
the hopeless desiitution' prevailing in Illinois
the canal should bo built by the government
All the petitions were appropriately referred.
Senator Vance IN. c. offered resolution direct
ing the Committee on Civil Service Reform to
report forthwith the bill before IL providing for
the repeal OF the civil-service laws The reso-
lution at Senator Vances request. for the
present laid ON the table. Senator Wilson (Iowa)
reported favorably from the Senate Judiciary
Committee an amendment OF the Pacific Rail-
road funding bill authorizing the President
IN his discretion TO direct the Secretary OF
other liens on the Pacific roads paramount to
the rights or interests Of the United States in
those roads. Senator Plumb (Kan) introduced
so as to include the cities Of Kansas city
Omaha, st. Paul, Minneapolis, indianapolis,
and Atlanta among those whose national banks
reserves may consist in part of balances due one
association by another Mr.. Bennett IN. CO in
troduced in the House a bill repeating the ciyil-
service law. 1t was referred to the committee
on the revision Of the laws. Mr. Henley (Ala.)
offered resolution for the appointment
OF sub committee to inquire into the alleged
invasions OF the Thurman act by the Union Pa-
ciho Railroad Company, and to determine
whether by reason of any violation of the pro-
visions Of that act the corporate rights, powers.
and franchises of the company have become
forfeited. Thomas II. Hudd, Member-elect from
the Fifth Wisconsin District took the oath Of
office. bill has been introduced to preserve
and protect "The Garden OF the Gods" in Colo
RADIO from spoilation and TO make 1t q public
park.
THE bill authorizing the Central Missouri
Railway Company to build railroad ridge
across tho Mississippi River at or near Alton.
H., was passed by the Senate, on the 9th. Sem
ator Edmunds spoke at length ON the subject Of
suspensions. He opened with a reference to
former differences between the Senate and
the executive branch Of the Government, and
said that for nearly fifty years Congress and its
committees had been furnished upon request
and without question with the public papers on
file in the departments. The House passed the
bills requiring Pacific railroads to pay the cost
of surveying their lands and to take out patents
for the lands; also, by vote of 249
to 8, bill forbidding the hiring out
Of the labor Of Federal prisoners The
Secretary Of War transmitted to the House
reports OF Chief Of Engineers Newton and Maj.
Handbury, OF the engineer corps, in reference 20
surveys for the Hennepin Canal. Mai. Hand
bury recommends the Marais d'Osier route, and
estimates the cost of the canal at IS, ,sll 367 ex-
elusive Of the cost of the @Dixon feeder" which
will cost 81, ,664 III. General Newton adheres to
his previous Recommendation Of the Rock Island
route. Only three votes were recorded in the
House against the bill to prohibit agents Of the
United States from contracting for the labor OF
Federal convicts.
THE urgent-dehciency bill with an amend
ment appropriating $4,000 to defray the ex-
penses of Gen. Grants funeral, was passed by
the Senate ON the 10th. The Secretary of the
Treasury reported to the Senate in reply to
resolution OF inquiry, that the reduction of the
nrI Ifn Anlaf from INnlN 10 IsNNaA
has exceeded the requirements OF the Sinking
Fund by S3l2Gl7 ,53l The amount Of per
cents outstanding is slsI ,es3 $50, and these are
the only bonds now outstanding redeemable
at tho option of the Government. AS these
pas 49aBg BgQ gQe ~ aY5rt
next In order for redemption further ad litions
to the fund can only be made by the purchase of
bonds in open market Senators Riddleberger
(VG-l and Logan Ill., enltveued the Senate pro-
ceedings by a sharp personal controversy; The
chair having laid before tho Senate in tho ALB
sence of Senator Logan the latter 9 resolution to
refer TO th3 Committee Rules for investiga-
tion the letter of Mr.. Eads denying that he
(Eads) had any Representatives on the floor
of the Senate, Senator Ridtleberger called
attention to the fact that the letter had
crept into the Record, and attempted to
speak ON the subject, but was intuced by Sena-
tor Cullum Qll) to postpone the matter Later,
Senator Logan being then present Senator Rid
dleberger called up the subject again. and asked
Senator Logan how he had got the letter into
the Record. Senator logan said that h9 had
bad nothing to do with getting it into the Record
S, nator stated that no was the representative"
of anybody in any except q perfectly
proper sense he stated what was absolutely un-
true. Senator Riddleberger said he merely
meant that he was Mr. Eads representative to
the extent OF putting his letter in the Record.
During debate over the Indian appropriation
bill in the House Mr.. Cannon I'LL opposed the
education OF ths Indian as Intellectual to civilize
him, and favored the granting of land in sever
atty to t In his o0a the man Tno
ing tho future of the Indian certain certain de-
struction. The Seney bill to ropeai the civil
service reform law was reported adversely. Mr.
Stone Mo- was given permission to file mi
nority report.
RESOLUTIONS inviting the House Of Represen.
tatives, the President, Cabinet, Supreme Court.
and Foreign Legations to DO present at the
funeral Of Senator Miller. ON the 18th, were
adopted by the Senate on the l1th. Senators
Jones CNev.), Frye Cullum, Butler and Gray
were appointed a committee TO accompany the
body TO California. The Senate adopted re-
solutions Of respect for the memory of the dead
Senator The Senate in executive session
confirmed the nomination of Mr. Dement,
to be Surveyor-General of Utah. The vote
stood 25 to %, Gen. Logan and five other
s vT,ng t9 9b. 'es ser. tbon
his approval the bill to quiet title of settlers
the Des Moines Rivor land in Iowa. The Pres-
dent says in his veto message that every posi-.
BILE question that ought to be raised In any suit
relating to these lands has been determined
by the highest judicial authority, and II
he believes there is no difficulty in
presenting it TO the proper tribunal.
Senator Logan submitted the views OF the mi
nority OF the Military Committee on the Fitz-
John Porter bill. It is the Same report presented
by the minority i'm the last Con gross, with the
addition OF Gen. Logan's letter in reply to Cen
Grants article in the North American ReuieD
justifying the conduct OF Fitz-John Porter. In
the House. Mr.. sowden, OF Pennsylvania from
the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy De-
partment reported n resolution, which was
ndopted. calling ON the Secretary OF the Navy
for a statement showing the amount Of money
expended in tho Ordnance Shop at the WASH
ington Navy Yard, the number Of guns made,
altered, aud repaired there, and the number Of
cartridges purchased and from whom.