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Show CONGRESSIONAL. r f-F.SXl K, Wn'ihingfon, Davis introduced a bill to reduce the tax on the circulation circula-tion of Stale banks from ten percent, to ono per cent,, tho samo as on Nation il Hank circulation. I hi, argueel that tho enormous lax on StaUi banks was adopted us a war nO'tflurn, but there was now no excuse for continuing it.nnd the circulation of Slate banks would now bo iu a measure meas-ure a great relief lo tho south and west. Tie gave nntico that ho won lei at an e irly day tu-k Hie Senate to take up and paM the bill rcporled from tho Finance ( ViMiiiiilfee, to withdraw tho National Hank circulation firing tho States Hiaving an in cess, nnd dintri- 1 bw to it hi the Sluleia having h'Sfl than j their proportion, with an amendmd Hiibmitlcil by him to withdraw $o 000,000 instead of $L'.j, 0(10,0110, un tji eommitteo reported. Tho 1'resideL in his veto, referred to the pronosi increnso as $100, (100.000. Ho, Da v. thought it was f'JO.ODO.OOO. ?H.00G 1 000 legal tenders, and $10,000,000 i National Bank currency. Tho bl was referral to the Fin.vncn Corf mittce. Scott introdueeil u bill supplimc-itary supplimc-itary to the act of incorporation of tit j Texas Pacific, Railroad Co.. and aid of tiie construction of the roa; referred. Tho Senate discussed the menioril bill until the expiration of tho mon ing hnur, when the Louisiana te lotion lo-tion bill was resumed,' 1 Hamhn gave notice that on tb conclusion of tho remarks ot Merit mou, wl o bad the iioor, he woiji movo to table the whole subject. Ca-penter Ca-penter expressed tho hope that Us elebate would not bo shut off. 11 wanted tj rcph' to some argumens brought ngain-,t tho bill. Hamlfc said di3cuion waa useless. Tlf speeches were all repetitions of wht was said before. Merrimon proccet-cd proccet-cd lo speak, but before concluding Is yielded for the executive session, aftr which the Senate adjourned. HOfSK. j Southard offered a resolution il-structing il-structing tiie Banking Committee) p inquire into the re:ison for the noi-withdrawal noi-withdrawal of National Bank currency curren-cy from the States having an execs, aud a redistribution among thoe having less than their proportion; alto if further legislation is necessary to secure this result. Referred to Banking Bank-ing Committee, aa was also a resoli-tiou resoli-tiou by Beck, asking similar iufif-mation iufif-mation from the S;civtary of tie Treasury. A bill was also iutroductd providing that tne tax on State bants hall not bo greater than on 'Natioml banks; samo reference. 1 The Houso discussed tho bill reported re-ported yesterday from the Committee on Foreign Affairs in relation to citizenship citi-zenship and tiie rights of U. S. citi ens in foreign countries, until the ! expiration of the morning hour, when fhey went into Committee of the Whole on the legislative appropriation appropria-tion bill. Alter disposing of seven pages of the bill, the Committee rose. Tyncr reported tho Post Office Appropriation Ap-propriation Bill, which was referred to the Committee of tiie Whole. It appropriates $j,033,3'J1 , of which 3,034, S1'2 comes O'lt of the Treasury, Treas-ury, the rest being derived from the postal revenues. It appropriates for a steamship service to Cnina and Japan, $000,000; to Brazil, $100,000; to the Sandwich Islands, $70,0' JO. I Tiie Hou.se took a recess tdl even-ins, even-ins, the session to be for the consideration consider-ation of tho legislative appropriation j bill. |