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Show THE DAY IN CONGRESS Tna Son:ita TAoi Up tin Felsral Election Bill by a Vote of Forty-one Yeas to Thirty Nays. A EE BATE ON &M0KING TOBACCO. Many Petitions Received in Both House and Senate in Regard to the Tobacco Schedule. Washington, liee. 2. Uy a vote of 41 yeas to lit) nays the senate has taken up the elections bill for consideration. Among various communications and petitions preschteil in the senate this morning and referred were numerous petitions for the amendment of the tariff bill, and piovidingfor a rebate on manufactured tobacco. The annual report (d the secretary of the trcasuiy was presented; also petition peti-tion from Nebraska for the disarmament disarma-ment of the Sioux Indians and sutrgol-itip; sutrgol-itip; that they be deprived of their horses and furnished Willi oxen. A number of bills were introduced and referred, among them one by Daniel, to allow a rebate on tobacco and snuff, held in stock on January 1, Mandcrson offered a resolution which was agreed to, calling on the secretary of war for information as to the steps taken for the disarmament of the Indians In-dians on the reservations in Nebraska and South and North Dakota. Mitchell offered a resolution, which was agreed to, instructing the committee commit-tee on foreign relations to inquire into the advisability of the passage ol a law authorizing a survey sur-vey for a trans Taeilio submarine eablo from some point on the I'acilic coast to the Hawaiian island; thence by Samoa and New Zealaud to Australia, and to encourage the formation of a company for that purpn-o. The senate bill donating to Clallalan county, Washington, for public buildings, build-ings, tho proceeds of the sale of certain public lauds was passed. THE HOfsE. v Washington, Dec. 2. Ilavmer of Pennsylvania presented a petition in the house this morning in faver of an amendment t.i the MeKinley bill, allowing allow-ing a rebate on broken packages of smoking tobacco and snuff. Referred. The house committee on commerce directed a favorable raport on the senate sen-ate bill providing for the inspection of cattle and meats. |