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SUMMARY OF CONGRESS
Senate Sessions.

LQ0 OE1HlUdl TeSOuuIlbu Ill. ' 49,
advocated the resolut on, and Mr.. Cor
man spoke in opposition. mr. Ed
mund, moved to amend the amend
ment by substituting the President for the
Secretary of the Trea ury, so that 1t VIII
read: "When in the opinion of the President
the public interests shall require it, he may
direct the Secretary Of the Treasury to Sus-
Coke moved to add the following proviso,
which was agreed to: provided that such
suspension, and the reasons therefor, shall be
repo-ted to Congress within ten DAYS after
its next meeting, or immedlately,t congress
shall be in session" Mr.. Plumb moved to
strike out the clause giving the PresldentG
the right, in case Of emergency, to suspend
the call The motion was rejected % to 81.
Mr.. Eustis LA. u moved t. insert the words
ttincludinc the payment Of bonds aud inter
est thereon, the same Icing, under existing
law, PAYABLE in gold o: silver coin, at the
option of the Government" Re.ected-
yeas %, nays, 81. The committee amendment
as amended was then agreed to-yeas, 81; nays,
e. Mr.. Sewen moved as an amendment the
bill for the receipt of trade dollars at their face
value Agreed to-yeas, "a; nays, q. The
Joint resolution and amendments were then
reported to the Senate, and the trade dolaE
amendment was agreed to-yeas. IS; nays,
so. An amendment by Mr.. Ingalls, was re-
jected, and the joint resolution was then
passed-yeas, AZ; nays, 20.
159TH DAY.-On motion OF Mr. Aldrich tne
Committee on Finance was authorized to
continue during the receSS) the lnveStlSa-
tions Of frauds and abuses In tho custom
revenue .... A resolution dire ting a
committee of seven, of whom one shall be the
presiding officer of the Senate, to consider
the expediency. Of properly, celebrating at
illustrions anniversare> and, II SAID
celebration be deemed e1ped:ent,
shall report on the method, cost and
general plan thereof at the next session OF
Congress" was adopted-yeas, Al; nays, Il
(The two anniversaries referred to are the
one hundredth anniversary OF ths adopsion
of the Constitution and the four hun 1redth
anniversary of the discovery Of America)....
Executive session.
16OrH DAY.-After discussion further
conference was ordered Oh the Suudry Civil
Apnropriat;on bill :. House bill relating to
taxation Of fractional parts OF gallon of dis
titled spirits was passed with amendments.
The bill allowing the expectation OF tobacco
without payment Of the tax and repeating
the existing statutes requiring an inspection
of the tobacco to he exported was passed. -.
On motion of Mr.. Blair the Senate receded
from its amendment to the pension bill Of
the widow of Gen. Stlnnard decreasing
the pension from 500 to so, and tae bill
stands passed. ;. Mr.. Gibson introduced
Joint resolution to appropriate slH;ooOUo! 70
be expended by the Secretary Of War for the
construction, repairs, and preservation or
certain public works on rivers and hareorS
161sT DAY-The Senate agreed to the re-
port OF the Conference Committee on the
Deficiency Bill The bill appropriates SG, S5o,-
600. The Senate added nearly s. ,C0o,OoO to
the House bill, and the Conference Commit
tee took $95O,O0o from the bill as it came
from the Senate. The bill vetoing the grant
ing of pension to Mary j. Nottage came up,
and Mr.. Platt said that while the Presidents
vetoes were within the letter of the Constl.
tuition they were a violation OF its spirit.
Mr.. Whitthorne defended the vetoes, saying
the great danger to popular institutions was
thu Increase Of special or job legislation.
A vote upon the question of passing the
bill over the veto resulted in 2G yeas and l9
nays-not the necessary two-thirds. The
vetoed House bill granting pension to Jo-
seph Roniser was then taken up, and Mr..
Wilson explained that the President had
acted under a misapprehenslon, lie hav.
ing been informed that no application had
bcen made to the PerS Oh Office, whle IN
fact an application had been made. The bill
was passed over the veto by a unanimous
yote-yeas so, nays none. The conference
report on the River AMI IIarbor bill was
agreed to. AT the evening session the Sen
ate passed bill appropriating So, ,0eO for
the compensation and expenses of th, Mis-:
SiSSlppl EtlNCF S~o,ooN
for the Missouri Ri o. Commission. On
motion of Mr.. Blair the Committee on
Education and Labor was directed to CON
tinue and complete the investigation or the
relations between labor and capital -. The
conference report on the Sundry Civil Ap
preparation bill was agreed to.
162p DAy.-The bill for the erection OF
public building at Yonkers, n. Y. site anc
building not to exceed i'll cost Sl0o,O 1000, was
passed The House Till to remove the
political disabilities of J. r. Eggleston OF
Mississippi was taken up and passed "
motion OF Mr.. Hoar, the Senate took up tn'
vetoed pension bill of Margaret, D. Mar
chand, widow of Commodore Marchand, tnS
question being on its passage, notwithstana
ing the Presidents veto. vote resulted IL
10 yeas and Is nays-no quorum. motor
to POSTPONE the bill was carried. Mr.. Sewer
then callel up the House bill granting, t.
the same lady the regular pension, ana
was passed The bill granting an IN
crease of pensions to sol tiers VINO los
a leg or an arm in the service wa
received from the House with a verba
amendment, which was readily concurred ID
and the bill again sent to the President, iron
whom it had been recalled. The Senat
took ND the bill e5ten ling the 'immediat
delivery system, and it was passcd. d
conference report on the Treasury surplu
resolution was paSSei.
LAST DAY.-Mr. Harris offered a resolu
ion of thanks to Senator Sherman for tn
ability, courtesy, and impactiality will
which he had presid d over the Senate durin
the present session. The question was pu
aud the Chair (Mr. Hawley) declared th
resolution unanimously adoptet: bu
Mr.. Riddleberger Na.) demanded tn
presence of a quorum. declaring ina
the resolution ought not to pass, ant
without quorum could not pass. In thl
difficulty (there not being quorum present
the Senate took recess until p. NJ. Ar
ter the recess Mr.. Hawiey, referring to Mr.
Beck's bill to prohibit NE nbers Of Congress
acting as counsel for subsidized lallrca'
companies, said he hal b>en seeking an oppor
tunity to have it callel up and act.i on, bu
other business had stood in tho way. Mr.. Bee
moved that the second Monday in Dece mhe
next be fixel for tue bills considera.i> u
Carried. Mr.. Edmuuds, from the commit
tee appointed to wait on the President to il
form him that the two Houses were read
to adjourn unless he had some furthe
communication to make, reported ths
they were informed by the Rresidel
that he had no further communication
make, and that he congratulated the t"
Houses on the termination of their laborS.. =.
Mr. Plumb reported that the Conferent
Committee on the Fortiications Appropri
tion bill had failed. A few minutes befo
4P.M., the hour fixed for final ad jolrnnen
the Chair (Mr. Sherman thauke the Ssn
tors for their uuifcr courtesy, etc, al
then declared the session closed sine die.
House Sessions.
1s0rH DAY.-The House resumed conslde