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Show 0 -ltlMO V I,. SEN AT hi. Washington, 20. The senate passed the appropriation bills for the expeuees of the mixod coiiimission at Washington, Washing-ton, and for tho (ioneva conference. Davis oflcrod a resolution instructing the committee on investigation and retrenchment re-trenchment to inquire and report concerning con-cerning the President's intercut in public pub-lic contracts, tiio apiK)intrDenl of his re-lutiveri re-lutiveri to ollice, ad tho appointments to oilice of those who have made him presents; also concerning the iSiin Domingo Do-mingo treaty, and as to tha President and the headi of tlie departments absenting ab-senting themselves (rom Washington. Edmunds thought Ilia resolution scandalous, scan-dalous, but wanted it printed for use as a campaign document. Morton wanted it passed. Tho resolution was laid over. (Jragin reported a bill to pay tho expense ex-pense of the prosecutions in Utah. Uumner'i resolution for information in regard to U. S, naval vessels sent to San Domingo was pussed. Ronton introduced a bill to recognize the custom-house service, iiiiug various salaries of various officers in lieu of all other perquisites. The New York collector of customs gets $lo,000; surveyor. sur-veyor. $10,000,and navul officer,$10,000. Thecolloctorof Boston and dan iVancis-co iVancis-co receive $10,000 each, Philadelphia and Baltimore $S,000, St. Louis, Chicago and Cincinnati $li,0(X); other officers in proportion. All linos, forfeitures and penalties are lo bo paid into the treasury, except in case of detection of fraud, where the informer receives one-fourth of the penalty. The senate then discussed al length the house general amnesty bill and agreed to vote on it to-morrow at four p.m. JIUUSK. Ualh'jofi, the dolegnto from New Mexico Mex-ico was sworn in. The house resumed the discussion of iloura labor commission commis-sion bill. The house linished the debate on lloar'i bill J'or the appointment of a committee on tho subject of labor, wages, etc., and after voting down an amendment dirocting investigation to be made by the bureau of statistics nnd another, providing for a joint committee of the two houses, and adopting an amendment requiring one of tho commissioners com-missioners to be practically identified with tho laboring interest of tho coun-, coun-, try, and limiting the term of the com-j com-j inissionera to on yoar, and another requiring re-quiring the commissioners to bo selected select-ed solely in reference to their character and capacity and irrespective of politics poli-tics or partisan considerations, passed Lhe bill by a vote of 1114 Lo -tc. Tlio hill provijnn for the appointment appoint-ment by the President of three persons per-sons connected with tlie industrial interests in-terests of the country, to he selectod from civil Hie, with reference sololy to their character and capacity irrespective irrespec-tive of political considerations, to hold I office for tho term of one yeur, who3e I duty it shall be to regulate the condi-' condi-' tion and necessities of the laboring pop- ulation, A:c. The commissioners are to 1 have each a salary of $5,000 a year. |