Show CONGRESS by W V telegraph to the SENATE washington feb 21 introduced a bill authorizing and requiring alie secretary of the treasury to reissue united states legal tender notes now held for the redemption of frictional currency and a part of such notes heretofore retired from circulation under alie act of january to tho aggregate amount of and to expend alio came in payment of such claim for arrears of pensions a may be allowed under the act of january 1879 ise ferrad after passing a number of bills on alie calendar tho army appropriation bill was taken up saunders from lie committee on indian allaire al lairs reported without amendment the bill to authorize the president to temporarily rainier alie custody control and management of certain indian tribes from tho interior to alio war depart ment placed on lie calendar bills on the were passed as follows the senate bill tor the relief of homestead settlers on public lands senate bill to pay late associate justice in the territory of new mexico in compensation for alie period during which lie performed the duties of his office cameron wig presented a petition from the citizens of wisconsin praying for an amendment to the constitution of alie united state providing that after alie year 1890 all male citizens over alie age of 21 shall be possessed of certain educational qualifications before being allowed alie right of rage referred the sections referring to alie beor of the army having been reached biagino baid the commit tec on appropriations had reported in favor of striking out thebe sections anthe ground that there was not time in the few remaining roma ining days of the session to go into this complicated question of army tion the committee had directed him to suggest to the senate eliat the question of army reorganization be until next ee wion pending the discussion ferry called up alie house resolution jn memory of alie late gen alpheus S williams member of tho house from michigan appropriate remarks upon alie life and character of alie deceased wore made suitable resolutions were adopted and alio senate adjourned HOUSE an effort to proceed with the legit alvo appropriation bill was antagonized by the advocates of the hour who were finally successful and private bills were considered after alie morning hour a contest arose as to order of business cox N Y pressing the census bill Hale alio appropriation bill and rough the private calendar erand wood antagonized all these riat ions with a motion to proceed to consideration of business on alio speaker s table the boime finally went into committee of the whole on the private calender alio pending bill was that for the relief of john E armstrong of virginia on account of wharf property occupied by alio united states army in alexandria during alio war hunton stated that the loyalty of the claimant had been fully proved and alie only question was whether congress was going to pay any claim of that diameter tho voto on the case would bo a decisive one as to all cases of alie came character while ho supported the bill in dorotho for constitutional forbidding alie payment of all claims originating in the war which leavo not already been adjudicated said although the claims might come tinder thop lct of loyalty elior were cl by men tho on the otylior tide did not adro cato I tho of loyal men eden baid the congress Con gresa in 1871 had an act under which clabin clai in amounting to biad been the constitutional amendment which he favored would close all war claims from tile north or the south banning thought il would havo bean beat at the conclusion of alio war to have adopted A constitutional amendment prohibiting of all war claims conger opposed tha bill and several sharp occurred between him and eden finally whito moved to strike out alio enacting clause of the bill and it was agreed to without division in advocating tho next bill on the calendar for the payment of to A A II 11 of Virginia for supplies furnished to the army dur ing tins war shelly stilted ho had no with hatel tw after komo further tho tha radical municipality ha voted 2000 franca for the relief of the noor on th anniversary of tho republic of and st ouen haa voted franco howarda the w cef of A connecticut faya that kato cobb despairing of ine in of tho public sentiment acty and of funda for A new trial liar relinquished hope and wll go to |