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Show CONGRESSIONAL. ! ;-Alt. ''ai:in mu, 1-L Morri.l. of Ve-r- , nioi.t. ca.le-i up the H-.-J-e b.li to .luLuonzc lii-' ;'e :eUrv of trie Tre-.itLiry to aiur -;i-d rta. ul-h the itubiic Lui.'iu.j-: ijj itd 'inc House L-iil -'..iur.im- the ivue uf dephcate An- ullural College land s-nip, wne-re H" ongiiul waa lofel or desTovt.d, w-is ''a. ..d up .md i pao.-eel. Itjgy called up tnc liuu;'- bill aiueiidalory lu li.e I'arilie Railroad Act, eoitip'-Hntt: liie Union I'aeinc railruiw.1 to prei rule Ireigiil-? miu the Kaunas Pacific and olner Pacific railroad?-. Tnc bill furtiier provide-! that t he Denver Pacific railroad shall be denaed a part and cxiendon ! of liie Kaunas I'aeihc railroad the Loinl "' 'lj: junction thereof with the L mou Pacific; passed without amendment. The Senate then took' up the ntotlico apltruiiriatiuii bill, whicr. was explained ex-plained bv West. It appropriates $:;j,;'41,0ii, nu ext'prs of nearly 'J,-(XX(lXio'oveT 'J,-(XX(lXio'oveT that ut U-.t year, the increase in-crease being due lo liie exteiiMUU of service. Tue increase uf service Iihb been between seven and eight per cent, while the increase of expenses is only live and a half per cent. Too bill was then read and the fullowimr amendments recommended by the committee on appropriations were agreed to: Une limiting the free deli de-li very svste-m to cities exceeding a onnnbition nf oO.OUO and trikiuc Out the clause inserted by the House providing pro-viding for the tree carriage of t'uruugb mails of agricultural reports. Sherman ollbred an amendment, fixing fix-ing the rate of postate on newspapers 1 and periodicals mailed trom the office of-fice oi publication, addressed to actual ac-tual subscribers, at four cents per pound or fraction thereof; single papers pa-pers or circulars placed in a letter earner's ear-ner's olhec lurdelivury to pay one cent each; periodicals weighing over two ounces to pay two cents each; these rates to bo prepaid by stamps; newspapers news-papers go tree through tli-; mails to subscribers in the comity ol publi- a-tion, a-tion, but not to bu distributed by carriers 'free. Mail mailer, third class, to be charged one cent each two ouuces. The Postmaster General is authorised to require the publishers of newspapers or news agents to make affidavit that they w'lll not send matter through the mail except to actual subscribers without prepayment of postage, a refusal to make such affidavit is punishable with a line of not exceeding 51,000 . for each refusal. The amendment also divides poetmasterd into four classes, whose salaries shall be adjusted by the Postmaster General with the exception of tho postmaster at New Y'ork, whose salary shall be fixed at ?S,000. The provisions of tho Houso bill to pre vent and punish giving straw bonds, wore added to tho amendments, also a motion providing for the distribu tion of public documents, which shal not exceed the postal charge of twen ty-five cents, shall bo paid by the person rocoiving thorn. A long d is cussion ensued on the franking priv ilege. Morrill, of Me., declared it i i I-.1L- alvii.l rrcilrinCT till franking privilege. Sherman thought Congress either ought to skip printing public documents or provide for their distribution. Carpenter thought the people would vote for the restoration restora-tion of the privilege. Adjourned. HOCST. i The rules were suspended and the bill passed for the relief of savings institutions in-stitutions having no capital stock and doing business solely, lor depositors. Smith, of New Y'ork. from the Elections Elec-tions Committee, reported a bill pro- viilbvr tint ..kvty cl..,U l, nlb.U.b- as a Dclcgale in the House who is guilty of bigamy or polygamy. The fill also fixes the other qualifications as now existing. It does not apply to sitting delegates. The House proceeded lo ihe consideration consid-eration of the Senate amendments to the Indian Appropriation bill. The amendments, forty -four in number, wefe mostly of a verbal character,and those were generally concurred in. . The more important ones were non-concurred non-concurred in iud a conference ciiru- nmtee orucrcu. Cox from the committee on foreign at lairs made a unanimous -report ou the bill jelafiu to our ocean'1 telegraphs. Tho committee was opposed op-posed to special legislation, and therefore there-fore reported a general bill arlectiug existing rights, and giving all companies com-panies c.iial powers. The bill passed. Cox. reported back several bills on the same subject which were tabled. Burrows moved lo suspend the rules and adopt a resolution directing the committee of elections to report next Saturday the result of the investigation investiga-tion of the charges against Cannon, of Utah. Tlie motion wa- Io4: 71 to Trcmaiue from the conference committee com-mittee reported the bankruptcy bill : a agreed to. The bill now govs lo the President for his approval. j The House recessed till evening, tho session to be fur bearing reports from the committee on pensions. At the evening seEsion one hundred and fifteen pension bilbj pa'-:cd upon report. Rusk, from the Commit t:e uu Invalid In-valid Pensions, reported a biii providing provid-ing for the payment uf arrears on pensions to soldiers who died or contracted con-tracted disease in the United States jurvio eiii.-fl Afin.l, ltl, IC,:i fer tile application for a pension be filed prior to January 1st. ls;.jt and the application is granted, the arrears "are to date from the death or discharge ol the soldier. After a discussion, Rusk consented to withdraw the bill, but gave notice that he would ask the House to pass it to-morrow. Under a suspension of the rules a lar-re number num-ber of bills of a private character were then reported and passed. |