Show FORTYNINTH CONGRESS i f K SENATE to ff r WASHINGTON January 26The credentials 1t i entials of Senators Gray Delaware i i Dawes Massachusetts and Cockrell H Missouri for Jl hS f ullterm commencing commenc-ing on March 4th were presented and J placed on file 1 Morganj from the committee on i foreign relations made report oa the petitioaof William Webster citizen 1 t of ttie United Stateswithja resolution stating that after due examination of the matters presented in the petition and of evidence in support of the claim tor indemnity from the British government i govern-ment for lands irr New Zealand purchased q pur-chased by him in good faith from native chiefs and duly conveyed to him by the government of Great Britain when vit acquired sovereignty overf thai ooun ttry the Senatajcbiftiderd such laim to be founded on justice and to de bervq the cognizance and oupport of the government 6f thqJ United States Alsorequesting the President jto take measures as in his opinion may be proper to secure to William Webster a just settlement and fi ml adjustmen t of his claim Ho stated that the report hadthe approval every member except j ex-cept Edmundswho dissented from it 4 The Tejolutions wcre placed on the calendar The Senates proceeded to the consi 5 c eration of the resolution reported yesterday yes-terday by Hoar instructing the committee com-mittee on privileges and elections to investigate in-vestigate the allegations made by three c residents tif Washington County OMxai as to their being driven from their homes compelled to abandon their property and deprived of the right of suffrage in that county After jtt long discussion the resolution was adopted by a vote of 31to 20 The Senate resumed consideration of j the bill to establish agricultural experiment j experi-ment stations in connection witi the agricultural colleges established under the act of July 2d 1S83 I Mr Morgan stated his objection to the bill ta be that it did nat place any j control over the subject within the l power of the several States He thought that the control oftlie agricultural colleges i col-leges and of the proposed experiment stations honld Leplaced entirely in the hands of the States After a long fis cnssion and the oflering of and voting k on a large number of amendment Mr Hawley offered a sriostitate for the bill I and on his motion tile bill > and substitute substi-tute were ordered printed and the matt 9 mat-t T went over till tomorow The railroad attorney bill was taken fj upand Mr Berry obtained the floor to discussedbut Senate immediately jt went into secret session and when the doors reopened adjourned 1p HOUSE The Sjene te fishery bill was referred to > iJ the committee on foreign affairs in the j House this morning and leave was > granted That committee to report at any time 1 J I J The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury submitting estimates of the i appropriations ta meet the expenditures I1I expendi-tures q re < Ylithe Mexisan pension bill The Secretary estimates that54 l GG34Q3 will be required Jor tlJe first jj veaelv uavmenLoL neD5II ns nnddista FL ionfia appropriation f fcs000s rti j BrAgg Wis orisi 1rMi6riiitie 1E s con j ference report upon tha army appropriation h appro-priation bill and it was agreed to 411 Pay on ijliaolsj from the committee i Ion I-on public lurftis reported back the resolution reso-lution requesting the Secretary of the It Interior to procure tho opinion of the AttorneyGeneral whether any further f hI legislation is necessary to prevent the i unlawful fencing oJ > public laads h Adopted ti II After a struggle for precedsnre between 1r be-tween the pleuropneumoDia bill and 1 j thar river and hajborjf appropriation iP > jblllf the latterprcvedtsuccessful and the House went into committee of the whole on that measure The biil will ffJ come ap for final action tomorrow 4 t h |