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House Proceedings.

133D DAY.-The House went into Commit
tee Of the Whole on the Mills Tariff bill and
the consideration Of the salt paragraph was
continued. A vote was taken on motion
made by Mr.. Burrows to strike out the para
graph, and was rejected. An amendment
bulk salt from the free list, admitting only
dairy and table salt, met with a similar fate.
This concluded the consideration Of
the salt paragraph. Mr.. Bayne, of
PENNSYLVANIA, offered an amendment
to insert rice, cleaned and uncleaned,
in the free list. Rejected. The four lines,
80, 81, 32 and 80, relating to flax, were read,
and Mr. Browne, Of Indiana, moved to strike
them out of the free list. Pending debate the
committee rose. -. ,-.. =, -.
18th DAY.-The House went into Com
mittee Of the Whole on the Mills bill The
four lines relating to fax were reconsidered.
Messrs. Reed and Parker spoke in opposition
to the clause while Mr.. Bynum advocated its
adoption. ..-..,..
18TH DAY.-These bills were referred:
Providing for an Assistant Secretary of the
Navy; to repeal all laws providing for inter-
nal revenue taxation; to provide for theleyy
and collection Of a tax upon all incomes of
persons corporations and trusts Of $4,000 and
upward per annum, tile proceeds Of said in
come tax to be devoted exclusively to the
payment of pensions; to increase the efficiency
of the Medical Corps Of the Navy; to reduce
the postage on fourth-class mail matter, and
to provide that all articles or products not
manufactured or produced in the United
States shall enter the ports of the United
States free Of al! import duty. MIR. Splno,a,
of New York, asked unanimous consent-for
the immediate consideration Of the joint res
olution appropriating S25, 900 for the celebra-
tion Of the twenty-fifth anniversary Of the
battle Of Gettysburg >. A bill was passed in
creasing the police force OF the District OF
Columbia. -.... s-.... .
18th DAY.-In the contested election case
of Lynch against Vandever from the With
Congressional District of California, the reso-
luton in favor Of the sitting member, Mr..
Vandever, was adopted without division, 49,.
The report of the Committee on Elections
in the contested election case Of Frank
against Glover from the IXth Congress
sional District of Missouri, affirming the
right of Mr. Glover, the sitting member,
to the seat, was adopted without division
:. The House then went into Committee Of
the Whole on the Tariff bill Mr.. Bynum,
of Indiana, moved to strike from the free LIST
fax, hacked, known as dressed line. Agreed
to. :. Mr.. Kelly moved to strike from the
free list jute butts, and offered an amend
ment to strike out the last word in order
that he might obtain time to have the read
ing of the report concluded. A spirited
coIloquy over this measure took place be-
tween Messrs Kelley, Scott and Breckin-
ridge. Mr. Kelley's motion was defeated.
18TH DAY.-The Committee on Ventila-
tion and Acoustics reported bill appropri
ating $780, 900 to enable A. de Bausset to
build an air-ship: referred to the Committee
of the Whole. The House then went into
Committee Of the Whole Mr.. Springer of
Illinois in the chair on the Tariff Bill Mr.
Bayne moved to strike from the free list
sum, sisal grass, and other vegetable sub
stances. The motion was defeated. MIR.
Warner moved to strike from the free list
burlaps, not exceeding sixty inches in width.
Of fax, jute, or hemp. The Committee Of
the Whole then agreed to an amendment
placing jute bags for grain on the free list