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Show Washington, o. A diciis-iuii took place n tlio circular presented by Mor-, Mor-, rill, of Vermont, concerning the raii-' raii-' roads demanding fifty per Cent, above ' present contract rates lor carrying the mails, Cameron saying lie was sntiMied lit was false so Jar as regarded Tom Scott. Tho circular was finally laid on j tho table. ' Bayard ga 0 notice that at an early ' day he would move to tako up tho reso-'lution reso-'lution asking the President to transmit i the instructions given to tho U. S. dis-! dis-! trict attorncj" for New York, relative to Lho prosecution of persons who have i given gratuities to custom house otfi-, otfi-, eials. I Logan called up tho bill to authorize-, authorize-, tho appointment of certain oflicers in ' the quartermaster's department. On i motion of Thurmon it was amended so as to apply also to the inspector general's gener-al's department, and passed. Tho senate resumed consideration of ; tho legislative appropriation bill. Sawyer, Saw-yer, from Lho committee on education : and labor, reported an amendment to ! increase tho appropriation for the bureau I of education from $20,500 to S:o,."0. Carpenter opposed the amendment, declaring de-claring his belief that neither bureau had any warrant under the constitution. IThurman also opposed it, and com- u en ted upon tho centralization tendency I of Lho government, evinced in the crea-' crea-' tion of illegal bureaus for tho control of I the educational and agricultural interests inter-ests of tho country through federal ofli-l ofli-l cers. Tho amendment was rejected i Frelinghuyson offered an amendment to increase the salaries in tho agricultural I department: lost. After a discussion on 'civil service reform and tho rejection of ' several amondmonLs, Lho bill was ro-iporlcdtotho ro-iporlcdtotho eeoate, which then went 1 into exocutive committoe, aad soon after ' adjourned. j IIUl'SK. j Tho apiHcation of tlio Central Pneitic : Railroad Company for lho half of Goat ; Island, in tho bav of San l'ran- ciaco having como up, Sargent spoko of tho enormous grants to the Pacific niil-l niil-l ways, from which the men who built th ' roa'ds hud put $40,000,0110 clear into their pockets, alter building tho line. Con-1 Con-1 gTdfa had dealt liberally with theso , road?, and loaded them down with Mauds and bonds, and now they enmo for an additional subsidy. Ho .-aid tho roport of . lho army engineer-; allowed . that no part of tho road can be sutl'oring. ! Kellogg favored Lho bill, as it wft-i for the intWoet of commerce rather than i the railroads. Buttler, of Massachusetts, ' o tiered an amendment giving tho claim-'auts claim-'auts any part of -tho island. I The house went into committee of tho j whole on lho deficiency bill, ami : a long discusHon ensued, of a personal ; and political character, embracing a re-i re-i view of Llio if eords of the two political ! parlies, with suggestions as to tho fuliiro policy of each and respective plans ! for lho ensuing presidential campaign. cam-paign. At the conclusion Air, 1 Dawes oll'orod nn amendment for tho ; payment of laborers, workmen and i mechanics in government employ, at ' tho rato of ft full day's wages for eight : hours work. Atler a long discussion on the labor question, Farnswortli oll'orcd "("ijn in IlriTvcs' amendment, Hint ni r;.. ; ; ; United States, who ,, ...i -iill not bo taxed to, ',, . ..uii.y iur thoso only ,vur!::.,i' "i2Kt u. s i. lili- h ij- Agreed tu ..-.,., -..i.- JULlllOIll L,,.ts rtlll-'nd- t.i-fi- r,-r. ; jiutlor o'' Mn-aciiu-' - rci.v I vD-.we6" WP.hioi in : ''lui l-Ui, l'."'D ;t p pro ui i t. '.'.'.' 1 Mi" I iortro p-irposo. 'Phi - .its. ; ouh'V. I ; and the committee- n-,; ami cpurtcd th r bill back to the hous... l,'ituou(- voting on it tho houso adjourned i |