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snate then adjourned.
Proceedings of the House.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-After the reading Of
the Journal, tn Speaker pro tenn. called the
House to order and said:
II desire to say, in order to allay uneasiness
and apprehension about ths condition of our
honored Speaker. that he is in process of rapid
recovery, and that the occasion which calls tn e
present occupant to the chair, will happily,
trust, rapidly pass away"
Mr.. Grosvenor. OF Ohio. presented the memo
rial of theboard of centennial commissioners at
Marietta, Ohio. in regard to the centennial cele.
bration of the settlement of the Northwestern
Territories, and it was ordered printed in the
Record.
Mr.. Stone of Missouri from the committee
public land. reported a resolution calling on
tn Secretary OF the Interior for information as
to what legislation is necessary for the disposal
of the public timber lands SO to secure. at the
same time, the preservation of the natural forest
lands at the headwarers of navigable rivers and
put within the reach of settlers a legal means of
providing themselves with timber for building
and domestic purposes Adopted.
Mr.. Plumb. CT Illinois. asked unanimous con.
sent to offer for immediate consideration pre-
that the Secretary of the Treasury. acting in
accord with the views of the President. has paid
out of the revenues collected from imposts the
sum of So. S52. OILS in premiums to holders of
government bonds, assuming that in no other
way, under existing laws. can the requirements
of the sinking fund be met, but by the terms of
the refundine act all the bonds called four-per.
cents. are payable at the pleasure of the United
States Cor thirty years from the date of their
issue. provision which. if understood and
acted upon in accordance with it's manifest
wording and intention. makes possible not only
the payment of the said bonds as fast as any
surplus available for such purpose may accumu-
late in the Treasury, but also the refunding of
the same at rate of interest that would save
to taxpayers more than $500. 000, 900. The said
refunding act. however, has. it appears, without
due authority, been altered and pu blished in
the statutes at large as to read sPay able at the
pleasure of the United States after thirty
years" instead of '.for thirty years." as voted,
thus entirely subverting the manifest meaning
of the provisions of the act. The resolution calls
for a committee of five to make careful exam
ination of all the facts connected with the sub
ject The resolution was not received.
Mr. Lyman, OF Iowa. from the committee
elections. submitted the views of the minority
on the ThGbe- Carlisle contested election case,
and they were ordered printed.
The House then went into committee of the
whole MIR Stone, of Kentucky. in the chair,) on
the agricultural experiment-stations Dill. The
bill approprates $685. 600 to carry into effect the
provisions of the act of March, 1887, to estab-
fish agricultural experiment stations in connec-
ton with the colleges established in the several
States under tbs provisions of an act approved
July 2, 1862.
After brief debate the COMMITTEES rose and
the bill was passed.
In the morning hour, Mr.. Belmont. of New
York, chairman of the committee on foreign af
fairs called up the joint resolution accepting
the invitation of the British government TO the
government of the United States to participate
in the international exhibition at Melbourne,
celebrate the founding of New South Wales.
and appropriating so 900 to enable the United
States TO be represented
The morning hour having expired, the COM
mittee rose and the resolution went over as I'M
finished business.
Mr.. Crisp. of Georgia. chairman of the COM
mittee elections, called up the report OF that
committee in the case of A. E. Redstone, claim
ing TO have been elected from the Fifth Califor-
MIA district The report. which asks that the
COMMITTEES be discharged from further considers
ton OF the matter, was agreed to.
Mr. Wilkins, of Ohio, then called mp the bank
ing bill unfinished business An effort was
made by the friends and opponents of the meas
ure to come to some agreement by which the bill
might be open to free discussion and amendment
and the Offering of dilatory motions abandoned.
but 1t was unsuccessful, owing to the announce
ment that MIR. Weaver, of Iowa, would not sur
render his right TO antagonize the bill at any
time by any means in his power He raised the
question of consideration and the ii ouse deter
mined--yeas 90, nays Soto consider the bill.
Fiibustering motions were then submitted
This was continued for some time, when. upon
motion of Mr.. Wilkins, the House adjourned