Show L ave t Y eus ems e fe I 1 AF W L SENATE the report of the conference com corn on the bill amending ending the acts to 5 lne T e navy wi was is TheAt torne beneral was directed to furniss a A of all pardoned revenue convicts saturday has been assigned for the cofi consideration bli bri of ot the naturalization bill b til ill and ana Monday for the finance bill bf fl 1 tha ehe committee on public bul bui buildings ings have haxe ie ported reported adversely to the pui pul purchase chase of N n new ew site for an executive man ma afon the judiciary committee have reported adversely to bl to strike the yord vord white from the na naturalization laws they also reported adversely to allowing senator miller of georgia to take his beat seat edmunds from the came camp samp committees committee committe ei reported that the presidents christmas amnesty proclamation was wai wak not authorized by the constitution or the taws laws ramsey kamsey reported that i at the Hous lio use abill bill to taj regulate r the privilege had bw been amended so as to require lequire the written signature of all persons entitle a to the franking privilege except the heads beads of departments and alid bureaus who may use the stamp under tile the regulations prescribed bed by he the t postmaster Pot master general reported r pi arted a bill for retiring iet let tring f I 1 ye dearbon h arBon their salary for the residue of their thein lives ilves I 1 I 1 I 1 on motion of sewart the message aiom jhb house was taken u up asking fora on a committee of conference oil on the constitutional amendment stewart moved that the senate insist in bp up an its amendment and order cittee of conference williams WI and ana BucKalew thought tho ther subject was too important for such sueh a committee stewart withdrew his motion and moved enthat thab that the senate recede and agree arree to of the holise house ct I 1 buckalew a addressed the senate in lavor favor af pf f ngel diel th abolition ortho of the elect electoral brai bral college and for fon a direct elect iori ibri by bythe bytho too toe people peo pio P many states might refuse to ratify such aa an amendment andalus and thus thug i lessen iebsen their influence fluence jh therefore con cok gress grai I 1 should have the power to arjes p res erine ernne the mode of chasing electris elec tois i cam cameron cammeron Cat meron aeron said this would allow the dominant patty before the e presidential election eumon to gerrymander leie the states for fon part izan benefit ben elit williams wilson and others gave their views on the best beat mode of electing the President I 1 1 I 1 after arner somo some some tomo discussion the senatore ceded 33 to 23 when morton moved to reconsider the vote and to appoints app ointa committee of conference eop cop ference ferenee lost 22 to 34 4 TheS the senate enate euate then thea refused to concur i in n the house amendments 31 to 27 stewart moved to proceed with the consideration af oie the constitutional ain amendment reported by the judici ary committee carrid carried dye nye zye and howard opposed posed the resolution welch favored it several other amendments were rejected nye moved to strike out outs the enacting clause and substitute the amendment of the house howards substitute was offered and defeated hendricks amend amendment mentse submitting bm ittin gy any amendment arneti dicent to the legislatures or to the laos inos 1 numerous branch of it which was elected after its adoption by congress ress was lost 12 to 40 dixons proposition to submit it to a convention of the legislature was lost the report of the senate judiciary committee was adopted yeas 35 15 nays 11 adjourned Adjo arned arnea at the evening sessions the credentials of thurman senator elect from ohio was presented the senate passed the bill to regulate the franking privilege just as it came from the house ramsey then report ea ed a bill dili lor for abolishing the privilege after july first next conkling moved to amend it by repealing all laws conferring the franking privilege upon congressmen congress menthe the amendment was adopted the bill was then rejected 16 to ja 8 adjourned conness from the postal committee reported with amendments the steamship sh dp subsidy bill trumbull trudl Trudi bull buil from the judiciary committee reported with an amendment the house bill providing for an election in virginia the election is to be held for may the general assem bly blk will meet in july in case the constitution ution fon ion is ratified trumbull reported adversely to several severd bills referred to his committee mit tee i I 1 I 1 grimes from the xav naval navai al committee repot fad fed d with ith verbal amendments the house biu bin to pay prize money r s office officers rs F anil and I 1 men r I 1 wl who IM assisted W atthe atut 10 0 capture og new orleans also algo aa lini tibi 10 compensate the oil officers licer ileen and c crew re of the E earlage ean ear sago sage LA SL L JE A I 1 f J thayer introduced a bill requiring ring the planting of trees on homesteads and preemption pre emption lands on motion of morton mo rth p n a y T r resolution dubo Jato was take jake to pay the zenator benator from the southern states from the commencement of the 40 iq a congress angres after i it brief discussion the ajeet tyis byis postponed ed thid I 1 the indian appropriation bill was taken up and considered consider consid dr e d until half past three sree when the senate evening session and soon after took a 1 re cess eess i stewart steward from the ahe pacific railroad committee submitted a voluminous majority report in opposition to the views of the minority on the jacif pacific lc railroad sill wilson introduced a bill to repeal the act fixing the headquarters head quarters of the gen general generau eral cral odthe of the army at washington and requiring all orders of the president and n d secretary of war to be ibe issued through r ough him etc Anthony from the committee on n printing ng made a report in relation to reporting and printing the debates de bates batea hebald ho said liw lir he would woul ask the consideration of the pill tomorrow to morrow 1 1 I 1 pomeroy introduced a bill to abolish in new mexico the the tho bill wasi was passed in relation to the prize money to Farra guts men mio wio aho assisted in the capture of new vew orleans i trumbull called up the bill to reorganize anize the judicial system of the united states the bill nixes fixes the thi num ber her of supreme judges at nine and provides for the appointment of circuit judges etc the provisions of the bill have been heretofore telegraphed r edmunda e in opposition to the bill wil when the in morning orning hour expired the unfinished business from yesterday came tame up the tiie indian appropriation bill with several additional amendments was re ported by the committee and adopted stewart offered ae additional transferring sf erring the tha cairol control of the indian bureau reau to the war department after considerable debate the amendment was wa rejected 8 ta 26 the billas then hassed gassed passed the th bill biu to repeal of office was taken up and aud the senate adjourned jour ned tipton in introduced trod nep a bill granting the right fight of wa way ani sno aul public I 1 glands lands t to 1 aid the I 1 denver south paak peak and rio afo grande railroad I 1 i willey introduced A bill for continuing ng the educational and collection def dee apartments pant part pan par ments pf af the fre edmena burea bureau d till otherwise ordered howard stated that the pacific ruail 4 road toad committee would ilot not have time timp to edn edu consider sider the various bills before them sa so the tho committee were discharged fram further consideration of i a number bills billa incorporating various oompaul companies ies les the senate today to day without opposition passed the house joint resolution authorizing the northern pacific company to mortgage their road noad and proper ay iy ly and to issue bonds to aid in the con cone st ruction of a railroad bid and and telegram telegraph h line from lake superior to the pacific the army appropriation appropriation lii bill ill was taken up and all ail I 1 the amendments reducing the ordinary gid inary appropriations were agreed to the rock bock island armory cibil provoked a heated discussion in the midst midat of the debate gutier gutler made a final appeal in favor of his hia am amendment i tor the reduction of tb tho the a army in opposition to blames amendment he urged gentlemen not to take the apse 1 dixit of any maii mayl man but to legislate for the best interests odthe of the people acting upon their own judge judgment ent and responsibility this wa was in allusion to a speech made by y kelly relly expressing perfect confidence in jn general grant made an earnest appeal against butlers amendment umen dment he hoped the house would not vote so as to deprive general sherman of a chance to attain the rank general in id the army or generals sheridan or thomas of a chance to attain the rank of if general after a protracted debate the house came to a vote on the amendment reducing the rock island appropriation from one million to a half million which was rejected blaines substitute was adopted to 64 the bill then passed blaines amendment Amend neat nent meat provides that no new commissions shall be issued till the army arm y is to 20 regiments of df infantry 5 regiments of cavalry and 5 regiments of artillery the secretary cf if war is le directed to consolidate the regiments regi fegi ments as rapidly as the requirements of the public publia service 0 will V ill lii admit of till t i 11 the aforementioned aford mentioned rea ile lle jie no lle lie w n tine n ts motions will w 11 be b e f mase mate made in th erada autant AM genk Geng General ifa sl 11 inspector ee fal foi r genadr Gen drayS may bay t r mastenik master ordinance or 1 irl Medical fedial departments di I 1 i jedby kiy law pike from the committee of conference enge on the 1411 1111 to amend the laws in fe relation lation td toi the adv navland nav yand marine corps madea made a report after some dis cission cus slon sion was a agreed reed to the house took tok a recess j i J 1 offered offered armol u U 1 n 14 aclo w a 9 adopted declaring that the secretary of state state should take tako measured to ascertain ithe cause of ind 1 incarceration aby the he captain general of of emelo cababa 9 h citizen of bf the united states on motion of buti buner ir jhb the the espen expenses i ses ton tor removing 0 the remains vens svens from washington to his home hone in pennsylvania P enn sylvania were ordered paid out of the contingent fund ni churchill from the committee on tiie the judiciary Judi elary clary reported a bill td to deaine define felonies eleand and misdemeanors and to regi regulate diate alite er emptor challenges passed i r the house went into in to a committee of the he whole on the post office appropriation on bill the total suni sum appropriated is aver ver the credentials lills of eugena eugene case casa casserly rl y were wehe ferd vord presen presented ted led I 1 i the bill regulating iding certain private land claims in new ew mexico was passed IA A d discussion I 1 sc arose which lasted till the of the rn morning orning hour upon the propriety of issuing american registers to vessels which pub p pub put af them dog dos under foreign protection prote i action durin durings 91 no bonc bone conclusion lusion was vas reached The Tenure of office aeb was wab then talt tak oti up 11 1 1 1 the tee evening 8 session bession ab oil on tuesday tal ial is setu tetu apart et part for the consideration l ness from thel committee of commerce commence 1 wednesday evening appon appointed ted to con an laer baer busine business sg from fraai the military committee ai conkling sald said tho rT tenure of bf office law was enacted to td meet attempts madg in the interest of slavery elavery and treason to raffle taffie in offic officers ers erg and aud to employ th the urbe nurse urse of bf the nation mation to eurl euri enrich eh tho the thonia g a I 1 fi ions lons ons foes fods these exigencies had now it 0 W massed however andee and aud the desired tb d dist disi 19 4 pense with such a portion of the law jay 09 05 09 was need needless less legs A discussion ensued between conklin and TSI morton orton after which doolittle id dressed addressed the bonate in favor of the repeal real of the thy law dixon also algo advocated its ts repeal he agreed with the deac democrats of connecticut ilfan fryan idea expressed in a resolution of b f th the 0 recent bonvin convention declaring that they would not wage indiscriminate war against the administration of general grant howe opposed the repeal his hig hi s augu pent ent being that thelah the law should be repealed baled not because grant could be trusted but because he regarded it ad as an opportune timeto time to remedy a great grent ini stake of the first congress sawyer also filgo spoke against repeal he thought tl repeal law chy on the tho eve of a new administration would be like falling be before tho the rising sun morton was vas to addres the senate but gave way to the motion to adjourn reported a joint resolution to postpone the time for the first meeting of the forty first congress from noon to three on march fourth passed j f A motion from boutwell under the amendment suspension of the rules of the senate amendment to the joint resolution proposing an amendment to the tho constitution was taken up woodward desired to io ofner offer offerman an amendment requiring the amendment to be submitted to the legislatures gisla tures turea elected hereafter hert heft after boutwell declined to th allow the tho amendment to be offered 7 bingham desired to offer an amendment heretofore agreed to by the senate as follows the right of citizens of the united states to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by any state on account of race or color nativi ty property creed or previous condition of servitude boutwell athirst refused to allow any amendments to be offered but finalli finally consented to permit the above offered an amendment giving all male citizens the right to vote except those engaged in insurrection or rebellion logan offered an amend ment to strike out of the senate resolution the words or hold omee office 12 several members debated the question briefly boutwell moved that thal the evening session be dispensed with and the house proceeded immediately to yote on the pending amendment knott moved to adjourn lost logans Ij 1 71 I to qi 04 hi 9 amend amendment m agreed ee d 10 to 82 t to 70 amendment withdrawn L 0 1 IM senate resolutions aa As ian lan amended by lay bingham 31 1 1 twi V VUI rf adjourned ous f pe I 1 1 elecia fe T the election n comm i t e deported por e ca ad jA en daely greely to cU dithe berof raf tite tiie t b JV loul Loui lot lon sla sia contestants te bt ants being alia alla M a sent seat an act supplementary to the national bank act was considered the previous question having been seconded yesterday yielded elde eide a portion of his time to pollard butler price wood griswold and ingersoll who made brief rief remarks Buck alews amend ap enu bil bel lavi lasi lawing the bank bafik to 6 circulate a ilif million milon filon and a quarter for foi each member of congress was rejected smitha amendment to increase the maximum amount of clr cir cu lation bytho by two hundred millions was rejected coburne Co burns amendment for the I 1 issue and aud circulation of notes by bv the banking associations aiso clation sin in the states and territories baving having les ies less than their pro banking circulation was adopted yeas 94 91 n nays Ys 86 A motion to reconsider fer ler the latter iatter la ater amendment w as tabled Inge Inger reolla ve pending tiding amendment antas waste to out sections two and four 1 A point of |