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Show CO"GRE.SSIOAL. SSSATE. A number of bills were introduced and referred. Frelinghuysen offered a joint resolution proposing an amendment amend-ment to the constitution providing that tbe supreme court of the United State shall decide the cases f contested election elec-tion of presidential electors. Sherman called up his resolution offered yesterday yester-day directing tha committee on- elections elec-tions to inquire into the recent elections in Louisiana and Arkansas. Some discussion dis-cussion en-ued as to the constitutional right of congress to inquire into the legality le-gality of an election in a Slate, but the resolution finally passed. The Indian appropriation bill came up as unfinished business and the usual discussion of the Indian policy followed. fol-lowed. An amendment was adopted directing the secretary of the interior to communicate to congress what appropriations appro-priations may, in his judgment, be dispensed with. An amendment was adopted appropriating $60,000 to remove tho Winnebruo Indians of Wisconsin to the Indian territory, if they consent The senate then adjourned. iiorsE. Several bills were introduced and referred. re-ferred. P.O. Bunnell, of Pennsylvania, Pennsylva-nia, took the oath and seat in place of Mercer resigned. Hale reported the naval appropriation bill appropriating $18,884.y93, as special order for next Saturday. A bill was reported authorizing author-izing the attorney general to examine the claims of China, the insurance company com-pany of Boston, and other owners of the bark Calder, to be paid out of the Chinese indemnity fund. After discussion dis-cussion the bill was recommitted. Packard, from the committer on f.ir. eign affairs, reported a bill to enforce tho stipulations of the convention with Venezuela of April 25th IS0 and the payment of the adjudicated claims. Tbo bill was passed without discussion. Niblact, from the comniitteo on apro-prialions, apro-prialions, reported the annual fort ideation idea-tion bill, which was made the special order for Tuesday next. The bill appropriates ap-propriates $1,999,000. The House then went into a committee commit-tee of tho whole, Dawes in tbe chair, on the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill. The bill appropriates appropri-ates $17,041,352. On motion of Mc-Creary Mc-Creary an amendment was adopted, foibidding tbo payment of contestants in contested election cases. In the course of his remarks he stated that the amount paid unsuccessful contestants during last congress was $105,601. After disposing of about one fifth of the bill tho committee rose, and the speaker speak-er announced the following select comr mittee, ordered on the Credjt Mobiier and Union Pacific railroad question. Wilson, Indiana; Shell a barge r, Hoar, ; Swann, and Slocum. Tho speaker presented pre-sented the resignation of Bovoridga as congressman at largo from Illinois. Adjourned. |