Show CONGRESS by W U talc graph to th SENATE washington jan 24 tho vice president submitted a memorial ot elizabeth cady stanton susan B and otylior officers of the national comans womans suffrage accia lion praying alio of a joint solution resolution re proposing an amendment to lie constitution prohibiting the states from dis franchising persons on account of ex referred sharon presented a resolution of the nevada legislature favoring legislation preventing alio central railroad from making unjust discriminations crimi nations and practicing extortion referred sharon urged eliat the people had a to bo protected by mant Sau lAury called up alie submitted by him on alie irth hist calling upon alio secretary of the treasury lor information in regard to commissions paid bankers and atheni for the sale of united states bonds ac A c SI orrill submitted an amendment providing that information herto foro communicated to alio other noue of congress shall not bo repeated but references to the docu mant where the name is to bo found shall be made and the names of subscribers bers to the popular loan since juno 77 to whom no cammi sion has been paid may be omitted alie amendment was accepted by saul bury and alie resolution waa agreed toa toai i amended ferry called up the bill submitted by the conference committee at alio last for alie establishment of post routen and for other and paid lie object was to see if alio two houses could nota grce upon alft bill by striking out subsidy and other objectionable features pending discussion the morning hour expired ferlys ferrys motion to continuo ahe consideration of alie conference report was agreed to yeas 30 mys 22 thurman a resolution that the committee to bo appointed on alie report f alie senate be instructed ted to agree to strike out alie amendment of alie senate relating to the section of the bill edmunds said as this subject involved questions of order lie moved it bo inferred to a committee of five Senat orsi to consider quietly and disentangle aliis knot in respect to constitutional privilege blaine submitted alio following ved that amendments of the senate pending lie bill changing alio rate of dutie duties s on imported books and affecting alie ic venues of the govern ment by declaring certain matter free which now postage being the judgment of the an in gement on the constitutional right of eliat body they are hereby withdrawn from alie bill they submitted a resolution that the senate agree to alio second report of tho of conference on ho resolution of the house returning the llou c bill with alie amendment mi de by kirkwood june IS 1878 and insist upon it amendments tithe forn conference on disagreeing vote of the two houses alter discussion dicus sion alie motion of edmunds to refer alie question to a special committee was agreed to yeas 30 nays 21 edmund moved to take up the resolutions recently submitted by him tring the validity of the thirteenth fourteenth ami fifteenth amendments Amend menta to the constitution moved io adjourn rejected year 24 davs 25 aa follow s yean armstrong beck cock roll duvis icv dennis eaton gordon hill jonen va kanner lamar mccroery McP horson maxcy morgan hansom saulsbury thurman 24 nays allison anthony blaine booth bruc burnice Bur nide conkling edmunds domey ferry garland hoa howe jones nov mcmillan mitchell marrill oglesby Og leaby pt terson plumb saunders spencer windom 25 pairs on questions acro answered as follows butler wallace Bs iiley Bar nuni garland mcdonald conison Mo nison ranum coke and G rover canover Cn nover cameron pa cune ron wis drewea kirkwood matli CWB ingalls paddock sargent and teller before the vote was announced oarland baid lie had voted no although lie waa paired on political with alie senator from iowa kirkwood if aliis question to adjourn wax regarded as a political one and if the vice president would so atalo it lie would hw vote alin president replied it was not in his ower to decide garland then let my vote bland no edmunds renewed his motion to take up alio resolution etton fovad to co into executive se deion ion rejected by a rising vote of yeas 25 nav 23 several dilatory motions followed among hem on to take up alie bill for ho relief of warren mitchall rejected edmunda renewed his motion to take up liis moved to adjourn agreed to yeas 21 dayi 23 adjourned HOUSE the proposition to have tho sugar bill alio special order for wednesday next was objected to by fuller submitted a resolution directing alie committee of ways and means to consider lie of enacting d law to equalize equa lizo internal revenue tax among all the states adopted the houfe went into committee of lie whole bell in the chair on the private calendar almot all claim bills were objected to by tha committee rose and reported acro passed by the banning presented ft for lie army organization bill aked to haveit printed so ordered introduced bill for the extension exten rion of privileges to cincinnati oj entry referred house then took rcck the senate committed teo on nominations has decided to on lie new york nomination the democratic senatorial caucus in the legislature on alie fifth ballot stood eustice 37 miry to 53 |