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Show 'ON.RENSlo;AL. SKXATK. l-'relitiijiiv-cn prr-ntr-l ih.s p.-tition of tho one.iiehi steain-liip conipuny, asking redress for tho soizuro of their t(1srufr.:; at onezuela and said that the complaints against this country might yet necessitate severe measures on the-purL the-purL of our government. Sumner said that he had examined the question and found hi own country in tho wronc Buckingham presented a lengthy petition against woman snllVwgo, which was referred. Buckingham .said that more than 10,-000 10,-000 of the most respectable women in tho country have signified to congress their unwillingness to havo tho responsibility ofsuflrago thrust upon them. Harlan introduced a bill for the relief of certain settlors on public lands in iowa. Tlie house bill to equalize tho pay for working men under tlio eight hour law was referred to the finance committee. Anthony's bill to cronto a committee on retrenchineiiL wa3 warmly supported by Wilson, who said the Kepubiican party must show their determination to keep every department of l!io administration pure. iSye opposed Trumbull's resolution. He paid certain gentlemen in the He-publican He-publican party thought the President waa becoming too popular. They devised de-vised the sthomo of civil service reform, re-form, and now they were attempting to revive an old committee with all its extraordinary powers, sending for persons per-sons and papers. Thurm&n called the attention of the senator to tho momorablo occasion wiien a commit lee of tho house of representatives waa examining into the conduct of senators to discover whether or not they had been bribed to acquit Andrew Johnson, and asked where was tho voice of tho senator then objecting to sending for persons and papers. Schurzropliod to Jiye and said in the the course of his remarks that tho legitimate legiti-mate sphero of the comedian is generally within the walls of tho theatre, but if the senator is satisfied with the role ho plays here, nobody else, has reason to be dissatisfied. Tipton favored I lie resolution. He dosired to rcdoom tho Republican party from the curso which had come upon it through the mistakes of the administration administra-tion and the corruption of its otlicials. Tho Trumbull amendment was rejected re-jected to '2'. Tlie original motion , was then adopted. HOI SE. Ilurehtud oiler ed a resolution which ; was adopted, calling upon tho secretary : of tho treasury to J'urnish all custom 1 house expenses for tho year oniling .1 line i liOth. last. Tho honso then wont into ' committee of the whole on the appro-' appro-' tionment bill. After n long dimispion, the number of ; repreaentativos of which the house : should be composed wan tinally fiscd at 283. An amendment o tiered by Pott? r, providing that no new Slate shall hereafter here-after he admitted having a less population popula-tion than tlio wnmher lived n, tho rate of represontatalion, wai alo adopted. The committee rose and reported the bill, when Ni black movoil to lay it on the table. Lost yeas 110, nays M6. Karnsworth moved to strike out Potter's amendment. .Motion lost yeas 87, nays 117. Tho bill was then passed without a division. It provides that the house shall consist of members distributed dis-tributed as follows : Alaino 0, New Hampshiro 2, Vermont 2, Massachusetts 11 ltbodo Island 2, Connecticut 4, !Now York 32, Now Jersey 7, Pennsylvania 5i Delaware 1, Maryland 0, Virginia 9, North Carolina 8, South Carolina 0, Georgia ', Alabama 7, Mississippi u, Louisiana 5, Ohio 20, Kentucky 10, Ten-neeo Ten-neeo 9, Indiana 12, Illinois 19, Missouri Missou-ri 13 Arkansas -J, Michigan 9, Florida 1 Texas G, Iowa 9, Wisconsin 8, Califor-i Califor-i n'ia4, -Minnosota a, Oregon 1, Kansas 1, West Virginia 3, Nevada 1, Nebraska 1. Tho house adjourned until to-morrow. |