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Show COXCillKsajilOAAL. SE3IATE. On motion of Ramsey, the 16th and 17th joint resolutions, imposing restrictions re-strictions on business withunhree days of the end of the session, - were suspended. sus-pended. Davis offered a resolution for the investigating in-vestigating committee ou the Pacific Railroads toinvestig ite and report upon the existing indebtedness between the U- S. government and" the Union Pacific Pa-cific railroad company. On mption ot Hamlin, the Senate took up the resolution to continue the investigation, by special commission, of the Ku Klux outrages in the South during the first session of the foity-sec-ond Congress. Casserly moved to require the proceedings pro-ceedings of the committee to be published. pub-lished. His object was to prevent false itupiessious upon the public, by one-sided newspaper statements of the testimony. HOUSE. All the land grant bills from the Senate were objected to, and wore laid aside until after the first reading of the calendar. The calendar having been gone througn with on the first call, was recommenced re-commenced and action taken ou the several bids as they stood in order, among which' were the ISenato joint resolution to ameud section ten of an 1 1.. 1" ..o ,. the construction of the southern branch of the Union Puo lio Railroad, and a telograph from Fort Reilly and Fort Smith, Arkansas. |