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Show SEX AT K . W'aaliinglon, '2. The senate judi-j ciary committeo to-day mada a report i on tho memorials in regard to tlio right of women to voto under tho 1 Ith and. I'ttb amendments, and say that the com-' mittec arc unanimously of the opinion that said amendments do not convey the right of femalo suffrage, the right of the ritates to excludo women from voting being untouched bj- tbeso amendments and indeed recognized by tho loth amendment. Washington, 2V Tho senate con- J firmed Al. A. Miallbnburg I". 8. marshal j of Colorado; James jMcAH'ee, attorney j for Arizona; fci. D. Slater register al : Lowiston, Idaho; "William A. Davis, as- i sessor Ltd district of California, postmaster post-master Carnes ut Santa Barbara, Cali-' fornia. A lively di-cussion on Morion's reso-' lution to adjourn, participated in by Sumner, Trumbull and ALorlon, tiie , two tormer opposing it. occupied tho I morning hour; when Trumbull called up the apportionment bill, and retained the tloor although Morton moved to suspend nil other business to proceed with the adjournment resolution. Trum-' bull said (be only States lo;ing mem-' hers by the bill were Vermont and New York", which each lce one. Sher-' man thought the house bill a near per- i feel as possible, and said the house should ho lell t regulate everything pertaining to it; own organization. Ilo favored tho house bill also, because it. . let tho old apportionment stand. i j Morton favored a house of al least ; member-, nnd alsri favored tho house ; bill as I'airer than the substitute, lie i saitl the senate wont out of its way to mako an unfair di scrim-1 ination against tho Republican parly. He hud made a calculation I tlial the Itepublicans were sure to carry certain Stales next election, hut! the adoption of the senate substitute substi-tute would result in a loss to the Republican Repub-lican party of '.fj doctoral voles and '2'2 members of tho house. The States assumed as-sumed as certain to go Republican were Xew York, .Massachusetts, Now Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Missouri, Mis-souri, Arkan as Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, California, Minnesota Min-nesota and Kansas. i 'J'li ii rm an thought tlie substitute a fairer bill than tho house hill, though i tho latle;- was favorable to his own Stale. "Edmonds, moved an amendment I to substitute Sumner's amendment for! :!if) members: lo-L. Mort-jn moved to I strike out the oth section, which provides that no new Stales be ad milled until they have a certain cer-tain population. Pending action on tho amendment, tho senate made, the bill ll)c order for next .Monday, and adjourned. .Pollard reported from the juinL ooni-inilteo ooni-inilteo on Southern outrages. AUo a resolution calling on Iho President for the information upon uiich ho acted in excrcidng in tho State of South' Carolina Caro-lina tho powers conferred upon him by the Ku Klux act, with all particulars connected therewith, and witb such other information as will convey a correct cor-rect idea of tho stato of society and security se-curity for lifo and property in that Stale, and in !orth Carolina, Kentucky, Ken-tucky, Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana, including tho record of the legislative j contlict in the latter State. Peck ottered a substitute confining' tho information asked to the Stale ot : South Carolina, inasmuch as that was I the only Stalo whore martial law ox-1 isted, and as it would rcquiro months to giro all tho information required in the original resolution. Tlio substitute was rejected and tlio resolution as reported adopted, Hale, from (he committee on appropriations, appro-priations, reported tho naval appropriation appropri-ation bill, which was mado special order for Tuesday next. The bill appropriated ap-propriated S17,'.i Ii,:!-17. The houso wool into committee of tho whole on the gen-oral gen-oral legislative appropriation bill, in reference to the item for tlio punishment of frauds in tho pension ollico. Oarlield stated thai tho committee on ways and means had been assured yesterday, by the secretary of tho interior, that fully ono fourth of tho pensions now paid wero frauds. He had been so astonished by such an extraordinary statement that ho had written down the words at the time, and the commissioner of pensions who was present at tho time conlirmed the statement. The house went into committee of the whole on the legislative allotment bill. The provision that no claim against government will be considered or paid, unlc-i presented within seven year-froni year-froni i lie dale of the claim, was i-tricken i oin. liariidd oil-Tod nn amendment looking b restriction in the public printine-. lie exhibited Vol, :! of the ..logical explorations, of the loth p;ir-. p;ir-. :i!lcl, by Ci:ircn-e Kin?, got up in tli-: m.-.-t c ..ena e "style, said ' t h.-re w ei e inn more volume to come, and he underMood that tho total cost ol ! the book would not be Jes than i-'O.- S.H Lf.'-aTQt l-.llowd in the .-:.uie line ol ' ! argument, and said that the drawing1 d . iiiacliin-'-ry, Tiiine, tunnels, Ac. with . i w hi. Ii ibo volumci were tilled, were not ' made by Cbircnco King or any of his . n-i-tanl--. who had never vi'itcl the place-, but were supplied bv persons in-t.-r.-'lM in the Sutro T;.nr,cl, Comjtock bde, The fih.endmcTit was agreed , to. The total sum appropriated is about seventeen million". The committee then ioolc up the pon-.-ion appropriation bill, which appropriates appro-priates - '.1.1, li. i""J and di? posed of iu : when the committee roso and reported botli bills to tl,a nou.-e. The aiocndmoi.l -ere agreed to and the bii's pasicd. House adjourned. ; The ;e--iun to-morrow is lor general : debate only, and aa mggled by Cox ;not more. thf.n ii-- Tnr-mir4 "rT'-il o |