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Show CONGRESSIONAL. SENATE. Washington, 2. Sherman presented present-ed a memorial from eoventy-tive merchants mer-chants of Chicago, representing ftlO,-! ftlO,-! 000,000 capital, against the further inflation of tho currency. Logan said tho signers were respectable business men, but did not represent tho business busi-ness men of Chicago. Ho presented a petition from fatten, I "aimer, Sam. J. Wnlker, B. F. Allon, H. O. Stone, J. Young, Scammon and Peter Sehut-tlor, Sehut-tlor, who, ho said, had done moro for Chicago than all tho others, praying for a further increase of currency. Ho also presented a memorial signet) by small traders of Chicago in favor of inflation. Pratt, of the committee on public lauds, reported favorably the Senate bill ceding to the several States the deeds of all uusurveyed lands, bayous and other ludies of unuavigable waters lying within tho limits of such States placed on tho calendar. Ingalls introduced a bill which proposes pro-poses to give tho Central Uraneh of the Union Pacific railroad the right tn UnH pr,iN nn.l .nl.i(K- Itoml l.ir extending its road Lo unite with the Union Pacific on the hundreth meridian, me-ridian, provided the Supreme Court decides such to have been the intention inten-tion of tho Pacific railroad acts of lKt52-li4-it. Tho bill to appoint a Honor traffic commission wok taken up, and the morning hour expiring tho bill was bid over. Pending the tliscu'sion on the bill, the Senate went into executive session and soon after lufjourmd. HOVsK. Uuder the call of States, several bills were introduced and referred. One by Wait), of Illinois, to give flexibility flex-ibility to the currency without inflation. infla-tion. One by Scofu ld to cover into the Treasury the Itonds and money belonging Lo tho Japanese and Chinese Chi-nese indemnity fund. One by Myers imposing a duty of 5 per cent. ! ' rn. lorrm on maccamui antl vermicelli. One by Cannon for the admission of Utah into the Union as a Stale. One by Butler, of Mass., to enable members mem-bers of Cougress to do public business with their constituents and other departments de-partments of government, and to limit lim-it the , franking privilege to certain newspapers. Thu bill provides that during any session ot'CongRWs and for thirty daws prior and subsequent thereto, all written and printed matter, and such j other things as have been ordered by ! either house for distribution" shall in free of postage. Section second provides pro-vides that all newspapers, not advertising adver-tising sheets simply, shall go free of postage through the maiis in the county were printed; but shall not he : delivered under the tree delivery system. sys-tem. Tho third section requires the. prepa ment of all pooUgc Tho resolution by Butler, of k Mass., directing the heads of Departments to retain soldiers who have wives, bi-ters and daughters, in preference, othr things being equal, incase of a mluc-tion mluc-tion of tho force, was adopted. The rules were suspended and a resolution w;is adopted instructing the Committee on the District of Columbia Colum-bia to report a hill compelling the payment of the wages of the school teachers in the District. After some other business the Housp went into the Committee ot the i Whole on the bill to repeal the tax on I matches ami bank checks. KoLhtIs ad Iresst-d the commiu-. Hp argued that tiie taxc sliould not be muddled with. Wood obtained tho floor and the .committee ano ami ttio Hoom; ad-inurnod. |