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Show HOLSE. O'Neil pie-ented the remonstrance of a lurae number of merchants and manufacturers againul the passage of the UnlT hiil, as vitally it jurious lo the hu-uiej-B interests ol the country. Rt ferred. The follo.ving bills were r fjrretl: By Turner, making it illegal for nuy ruemOer of either house of congrfus lo act as t;eueral advisory atturuey for certain corporations and patentees; also a ioint resolution Jirecting the committee of civil -lervico reform of the two houses to inquire into the propriety of limiting executive patronage by constitutional constitu-tional amendment, and also the propriety of adopting some new method of keeping uccouu's of the federal government. By Putter, a jint resolution pro posing a constitutional amendment as ' to the sessions of congress. It provides thru after 1880 there shall by but one seomon of congress every two years, unl sa when congress shall be convened by the president. Tbe houce then went into committee commit-tee ol the whole (G.irlield in the chair) on the pension appropriation bill.' The bill appiopriates $29,2S6 574, and provides that alter July 1st, 1878, ! the pensions sliMl be piid by the treasurer of the United States under tbe direction of the secretaries of the treasury and interior. The lterm of appropriation are as follows: Army1 invalids. $'J3,15D,000; widows 8nd minors, $12 8HO.00O; survivors of the war uf ISI'2, $1,332,000; widows of (oltfiers of the war of 1S12, $1,247,-974; $1,247,-974; li es u!- rxatnining surgeon, $850,000; for navy invalids, $210 000; 1 widows and minors. fU34,600; lees ol examining mrgeous, $10,000; carrying carry-ing out the provisions of the act' $00,000. Smith of Pennsylvania explained the bill, and said UiU by abolishing' the pension agencies Kovernment ! would s:ve $200,000 annually, Hanna et.Hted that the pension ! agent bad to pay his clerks out ofi the fees, and be thought tbe bill ought to be entithd, "a bill to rob the pension aent out of bis pay." Smith proceeded to argue in favor i of the bill. After remarks by Finiey, the committee com-mittee arrs'-, without taking any ac j tion ou tho bill. .iui tbe bcuse adjourned. ad-journed. , Thereupon a caucus of republic!! senator and nipmbers was announced Ui be beid at S oYlock this evening, in the hall of the bouse. |