Show LATEST TELEGRAMS FORTYSIXTH CONGRESS REGULAR SESSION S SENATE Washington Pendleton submitted sub-mitted a resolution instructing the committee on judiciary to inquire whether sections 40S3 to 4128 inclusive in-clusive Revised Statutes are authorized author-ized by the lonstitution Ho explained ex-plained that these sections related to judicial powers of counselors and ministers min-isters in eastern countries The mln ister of the United States at Cairo Egypt was exercising sxtonaive ex traordinaryif not unwarranted power The actions gave absolutely despotic and irrevocable authority to consuh over any citizens of the United States Consuls cannot constitutionally be au therized to try men without juries convict and punish by imprisonment or death when judges at homo cannot can-not do EO The resolution was adopted ad-opted 0 Morgans amendment was rejected S3 to 18 The bill was then reported re-ported to the Senate and all amendments amend-ments concurred in except that reducing re-ducing from 110COO to 85000 the appropriation for Illinois The river bill then passed 36 to 13 Adjourned HOUSE p Washington 2Tbe Housa went into committee of the whole Whit thorne in the chair on the general deficiency appropriation bill the pending paragraph being that appropriating appro-priating 20000 to enable the secretary secre-tary of tho treasury to provide storage for silver coin To this was pending a 1 substitute amendment offered yesterday yes-terday by Bland and amended by Hayes directing the secretary of the treasury to pay in standard silver dollars the amount appropriated by this act appropriating 10000 for the storage of so much of raid coin as may be returned to the treasury for certificates issued therefor and providing pro-viding that the salaries of members of Congress shall be paid in standard silver dollars Townshend offered an amendment providing that all federal salaries shall be paid in dollars Rejected 27 to 56 A large number of amendments were offered and rejected and Blands substitute was finally rejected 32 to 57A A number of amendments providing provid-ing for the payment of government obligations in silver coin now iq the treasuries were ruled out on points of order Warner rJHered tho following substitute sub-stitute for the original paragraph which was agreed to To enable the secretary of the treasury to provide more secure and if need be additional vault room for coin and bullion 20000 Townsend moved to strike out the paragraph as amended by Warner Rejected After further amendment the committee com-mittee rose and the main question being ordered adjourned |