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Show j CONGRESSIONAL. t " j SENATE. ' Washington, 22. Tho message of the President, transmitting tho report of tho Civil Scrvico Commissioners, was received and ordered printed. ; The Senate resumed the consideration considera-tion of the bill to enable Memnonitcs, of liussia, to e fleet a permanent set- ' tlement on the public lands of the United States. An amendment, filing fil-ing the aggregate to be held under a declaratory sutement at iiOO.OOO in- 1 stead of 5i0,000, and fixing the amount of anv one filing at not to exceed C0,0oo' instead of 100,000 acres, was adopted. I The morning hour expired and tlio I Louisiana bill came up as the regular 1 order, Stockton having the floor. He I yielded to Salisbury who wished to ; speak on the bill. ! Buckingham introduced a bill to enable Induing to beconio citizens uf the United Slates; referral. Salisbury began bis speech, but was interrupted by the appearance of tho President's private secretary with tlio message vetoing the Pmancc bill. The message having been read, the chair announced thai the bill was now j before the Senate; the question was, I should it pa, notwithstanding the objections of the President? ; Conkling said it w.is desirable to have it considered at nn early day, bul he (supposed the Senators wanted to see the message in print and examine ex-amine St, and he therefore moved that :it bo printed and lay on the table. Agreed to. Saulsbury concluded his speech and the uill was temporarily laid aside. The Senate proceeded with the bills on the calandcr, disposed of a number, num-ber, wont into executive scijioii and mljourue.l. UOIbE. Bromberg made an inelfccUial attempt at-tempt to have a bdi pusscd removing the political . disability of Iiaphael Scmmcs. Hale, of Maine, remarked that lie thought the matter might wait till alter the distribution of the Geneva award. Hoar reported a bill to carry into execution ibe provisions of the fourteenth four-teenth amendment, touceruing citizenship citi-zenship mid to dctiun certain rights ofcili.ons of tho United Stales in foreign countries. Tlio bill was d is-cii'scd is-cii'scd till tlio expiration of tho morning hour and then went over. ..Tho liouso went into Committee of thu Whole on tlio legislative appropriation appro-priation bid and disposed of lourteen pities, the only amendment adopted liomu a.Mibslitutiou for the item of 'vlO0 for the lussy ollico at Charlotte, Char-lotte, X. C., an item tor $1,000 for keeping tlio ollice iu repair. The Committee lose and the Homo adjourned. |