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Show IN THE SENATE YESTERDAY. The Emigration of Colored Citizens Citi-zens and Lojran'8 Army BUI -Under liscussion. . Washington, April 6. Plumb presented a petition of the Association of Colored' Citizens Citi-zens of Kansas, praying "for assistance to emigrate to Africa, with a view of their building up another United States Eepublic. Plumb said he understood there was a strong determination on the part of the petitioners to carry out the emigration : referred to. The petition was referred. Blair reported favorably without amend-, ment from the Committee on Education and Labor the arbitration bill recently passed by the House of Representatives. The consideration of the army bill was resumed, and Mr. Logan spoke in favor of it. Mr. Hale opposed the bill. He referred, incidentally to -some remarks made in the opening of the disoussion on this bill, which remarks he said had been' interpreted, as the discussion had shown, as referring to outside influence in opposition to the bill. He (Mr. Hale) had not heard the remarks, and was very glad the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Logan) had stated freely and friendly and Mr. Hale accepted the statement as entirely satisfactory that he had no reference refer-ence to any outside influence. Mr. Hale then argued at length against the bill. Mr. Manderson supported the bill. He called attention to the Indian frontier, and the danger of a conflict there at any time. Every Indian, he said, had good Winchester rifles. It was only a question of time, and nrobablv a. short timfl. when therfi wnnlil be trouble with Red Cloud and his warriors. war-riors. Mr, Teller expressed his conviction that there never was a time in our history when so little danger was to be apprehended from Indian troubles as now. It was therefore absolute folly to talk of inoreasing the army on this account. |