Show LATEST TELEGRAMS FORTYSEVENTH CONGRESS REGULAR SESSION SENATE Washington IMiller presented a petition from the Immigration association As-sociation of San Francisco urging the early passage of an act to carry into effect the Chinese immigration immigra-tion bill Hoar presented a petition from officers of the Woman Suffrage Association As-sociation of Missouri protesting against legislation for the unconditional uncondi-tional disfranchisement of the women of Utah and praying for the extirpation of polygamy Petitions were presented for the suppression of polygamy A bill was reported appropriating ap-propriating 15000 for free vaccine On motion of Windom a resolution = resolu-tion was adopted requesting the President to communicate the correspondence cor-respondence between the executive department and diplomatic agents of the United States relating to the proposed congress of American nations or any of them in 1882 The Senate then took up Morgans i pending resolution calling for an authentic statement of all tests made by the mixed commission in relation to heavy ordnance being built by the United States and also for the printing of the testimony taken in the last Congress on the subject of heavy ordnance and projectiles pro-jectiles and tests to which they had been subjected Discussion followed in which Morgan explained that his purpose was to have published matters which the ordnance bureau had suppressed He had been informed that the bureau was in the hands of a ring interested in certain inventions inven-tions and its chief officer held patents upon inventions which the ring had caused to be patented He wanted to have the whole matter mat-ter sifted to the bottom and an opportunity op-portunity given American inventors inven-tors to compete with favorites of the bureau The resolution was finally laid aside informally without action The Senate took up the 3 per cent tond bill and Morgan advocated as an additional section an amendment as follows That the agreement made with holders of bonds of the United States since the adjournment adjourn-ment of the Fortysixth Congress by which the rate of interest on such bonds is reduced to 34 percent per-cent per annum is Hereby tully ratified and confirmed according to the terms and intent of said agreement agree-ment After a long discussion upon the suggestion of Ingalls the amen U1eut was modified by the insertion of an express ex-press recognition of the agreement as valid and binding upon the government gov-ernment The amendment was then adopted without a vote as also the provision offered by Davis of West Virginia dtclaring that nothing in the act shall be so construed as to authorze an increase of the public debt The bill was then reported to the Senate from the committee of the whole and the question being upon agreeing to amendments asa as-a whole Sherman asked for a separate separ-ate vote upon Plumbs amendment applying the surplus revenue over 100000000 to the reduction of the public debt He said if the propose sition was not stricken out he and others who had acted with him I would be compelled to be against the bill He urged upon the Senate to appreciate the importance of maintaining a sufficient reserve in the treasury as heretofore in order that sudden emergencies might be provided against anil argued that if the proposed reduction was now made it would open the door to farther far-ther attempts in the same direction I The next move he feared would be i to dispose of the revenues in excess lof 50000000 He had been informed in-formed that even today the flow of I gold from our own country had begun I be-gun and he was apprehensive that the balances in our favor heretofore I might be turning against the United States He added that on the previous pre-vious evening he had felt like imitating im-itating the example of the French ministers and resigning charge of the bill in favor of the senator from I I Kansas Plumb I Plumb said the senator com plained I that somebody mignt some day reduce re-duce the redemption fund to 350 OuOOOO Re Plumb kuew one man I the secretary of the treasury who might today reduce it to nothing I and he wanted to restrict this one mans power The senator sought to alarm the country by charging that a panic might occur if the surplus sur-plus revenues were reduced and had spoken of the outflow of gold and in this he was helping to bring on every evil he professed to fear He Plumb believed now was the accepted time fur applying usefully use-fully the revenue which had been lying uselessly in the treasury vaults Teller said the financial statements state-ments laid upon the desks of senators sena-tors from official sources disproved Shermans assertion that gold exports ex-ports had began Bayard here took the floor but yielded it for a motion for executive session The House resolution fixing tre 27th of February as the day for l Garfield memorial services was concurred con-curred in Morrell reported from the finance I committee proposing amendments to the Revised Statutes to authorize collections by naval itflicers surveyors ors and inspectors who may have cause to suspect the concealment of merchandise in a particular store or dwelling to search for and seizp the same After executive session the Senate Sen-ate adjourned HOUSE Washington 1Monday 27th inst was adopted for memorial services ser-vices upon Garfield Hill introduced a bill reducing the postage on letters or sealed packages to 2c for half ounce and under two ounces and for ach additional ad-ditional two ounces or fraction thereof 2c Referred The House went into committee on the postoffice appropriation bill it appropriates 43529000 It is estimated es-timated that 842741000 revenue I will be derived from the department depart-ment The committee cut down several of the estimates and refused to appropriate over 50000 for extending ex-tending the carrier system The department asked for 3150000 At the conclusion of Caswells remarks a three hour debate followed Splinter referring to the appropriation appropria-tion df 87250000 for inland trans ponat ion by star routes He stated that he would at the proper time offer to that clause the following amendment Provided that no part thereof shall be paid to any contractor con-tractor er subcontractor for any services or claim for services performed per-formed which was not embraced in the original contract and no service shall be expedited or increased beyond be-yond the original contract and no contract shall be enlarged or ratified rati-fied or released until after the advertisement ad-vertisement and subletting thereof in the same manner as the original contract was advertised let but no new contraet shall release any contractor from his liability or the liability of his sureties in the original orig-inal contract Hooker of Mississippi gave notice no-tice that he would at the proper time offer an amendment limiting the power of the postmaster general gen-eral to discontinue mail service on steamboats Holman of Indiana gave notice of an amendment which he proposed to offer and which provides that railroad rail-road companies whose railroads were constructed in whole or in part by land grants made by Congress on condition that the mails should be transported over the roads at such prices as Congress should direct shall receive only 0 per cent of the compensation paid to railroads who did not receive aid for correspond imr Dostal service Williams of Wisconsin advocated advo-cated an increase in the appropriation appropria-tion for the compensation of railway rail-way postoffice clerks and route agents and an increase of salaries of these persons The general debate having closed the committee without further action ac-tion rose and the House soon after adjourned |