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Show HOUSE. The commilleo on elections reported in the Pennsylvania case of Cessna against My res, that Myres was en tit loci to the seat. " "" ' Qn motion of Dawes, the senate bill refunding a half per cent, of tho dividend divi-dend tax of banks and insuranco companies, com-panies, for liye months, was tabled on account of tho constitutional question involved in tho soDato originating such measures. Tho original bill to thasamo !!ect introduced by' Dawes was referred. refer-red. The consideration of the educational bill was resumed. Amotion to reconsider recon-sider the vote rejecting liurcbard's substitute sub-stitute was tabled; yeas 111, nays OG; all other pending substitute were also rejected, re-jected, and tho bill us amended passed; yeas 115, nays '.IS. Hrooks, ol New York, presented a memorial of a committee appointed at the Cooper Institute meeting, asking that the surplus of the Chinese indemnity indem-nity fund bo devoted to tho education of Chinese and Amoriean interpreters and to facilitate commercial intercourse with China. Tho fund nosy amounts to over S4-j,uop. |