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Show SKX ATE. Williams moved to take up the resolution res-olution of the special committee on ocean telceiaph legislation, but the vote upon the motion was prevented by Sumner, who occupied the floor during the remainder of the morning hour. Williams was not disposed to allow the Senator 'from Massachusetts to accomplish his purpose, by talkimr against tituc; he therefore askedIcave to move to extend the morning hour until the subject was disposed of. Sumner objected and the resolution went over. noise. Sargent introduced a bill for the sale of timber lands in California an i Ore-k'Oti: Ore-k'Oti: also a bill defining wamp and ovpi flowed lands; relcrrcu. Wa-hburne, of Wisconsin, from the committee on private land claims, reported re-ported a bill to restore to certain parties par-ties their rights under the laws, and treaties of the Tinted oiau , giving the legal representatives of .luan Mir-auda, Mir-auda, claiming lands in Calif rnia. known as the ranch Arronde Sanan-ion"io. Sanan-ion"io. the right to pre.-eut their peti tion in writing f r the same to the Foiled States District Court, with such documentary evidence and tu-umony of w,tiis-i.s as sU' h claimants rely upon iu support of their claim. Sargent moved an amendment, providing pro-viding that no more thin i"'-pi acres -houid be 1 vatcd in any uuo lown--hip. lie prntc-ied ugain-t the fur-tlur fur-tlur ahoi'piioti of large tracts of land in California, a pernicious -y-;em which had a'ready cost that State a million of inhabitant-. Johnson, who had oncinary introduced intro-duced the bid, argued in suj -port of us provisions. After cun-ilerable discurr,: Sar-gent Sar-gent s allien i'.nent wa arrifd to 'ii the bi.l was then rt.'e--te i. y.-.v-navs 'jl. Cn motiou cf Jobn-cn, the Set a'e bill to cie.'e an a 1 j;!ionil land 1-rrict 1-rrict in l'...f " .J ''' n '; - speaker - (';.... mn T-- l- I ' -Uou-e. tb-n. at balf-pa-' orie ..'-l.-ck. Went in'.l coiai.lojC ol t..e wu .(e i the nava'. apir pria'i 'n |