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Show CONGRESSIONAL. UK NATE. Washington, 10. Conkling, after speaking of the life and character of the late ex-President Fillmore, oller-ccl oller-ccl the followingresulution: That the Senate has heard with deep regret of the death of Mi Hard Fillmore, formerly former-ly chief magistrate of the United States, and Vice President, and that a committee ol three Senators bo appointed ap-pointed by the Chair to attend tho funeral in behalf of the Senate. The resolution was unanimously adopted, and the chair appointed as the committee com-mittee to attend tho funeral, Fenton, Hamlin anil Bayard. Oglesby presented a joint resolution of tiie Illinois State Legislature, asking ask-ing the passage of laws to prevent unjust un-just discrimination and charges by R. R. companies; referral. Wright reported and recommended recommend-ed the passage of a bill declaring il Ui bo the truo intent and meaning of the Pacific Railroad acts of ISO t and ' 1800, lhat for the construction of the central branch of the U, P. R. R. loans and bonds were granted for 100 wiles next the Missouri river, and no more, and prohibiting tlie issuance of bonds or patents for tlie lands for any extension of sail! road or of the Hannibal Hanni-bal and St. Joseph Railroad in excess of one hundred miles next to the Missouri Mis-souri river; placed on the calendar. Morrill rcport(l favorably on the bill appropriating $10,000 lo defray tlie expenses of the Committee Investigating Inves-tigating the District of Columbia at li lire. The bill to equalize the distribution of national currency, w;is taken up, and Ferry, of Mich., delivered a long argument in favor of free banking on the national bank system. The Senate weni into executive session and goon adjourned. housi;. A memorial from the OhioWomen's Suffrage Associate m, protesting against Frclinghuyscn's bill, regulat-i(Tiiiirr..n regulat-i(Tiiiirr..n iv.i, t...l A resolution was adopted instructing instruct-ing tlie committee on Indian Alliiirs, to make a thorough investigation into the facUi connected with Indian contracts. con-tracts. The bill fir the apporliomnent of Wyoming Territory Ibr Legislative purposes WW passed. I Tlie bill to prevent Hie useless ' slaughter of bullalo on the Western1 prairies, was passed. J Tlie JLnisewent into Committee ' of the Whole on tlie Legislative, Ex-cutivo Ex-cutivo and Judicial Appropriation bill. Beck addressed the committee and reasserted tlie correctness of the statement made by him and disputed by Garfield in regard to the estimates and appropriations for the current fiscal year. Ho referred to the San-lxrn San-lxrn contract, charging Butler with engineering Hie hill providing for the same through Congress. Butler said the newspapers had done him Junior in saying he engineered engi-neered the bill through Congress, .as he knew nothing about it till Saniwrn had tlie contract. Jt Sanborn had asked his (Butler's) advice, he Would have told him not to take the contract, as onvious, mischievous, lying ly-ing men would accuse him of wrong doing. He then proceeded to defend the contract and the operations under it, declaring it was tho only way to collect taxes from parties who had been proceeded against under it, and declaring that the charges against Sanborn were made by corrupt men instigated by delinquent tax-payers. Eldridgc iw-ked if it would nut be more in concordance with republic-can republic-can institutions and the republican administration to have rmiovxi incompetent in-competent officials and paired (hue in their places who would liavo dono their duly. Faster said he had offered a resolution resolu-tion under which the report about the SanUirn cm tract bad been made. He i was also authorized hy tlie Committee of Ways and .Means to report a bill to repeal that law. Ue said that three-fourths of all the collections made under those contracts would havo been ' made by tho ordinary ordin-ary Internal Revenue officers. He said under tho law theo contractors, contrac-tors, instead ol" assisting tho revenue officers iu the discovery of hack taxes, had been assisted by the officers. He alluded to Butler as the atlomey for Sanborn, an accusation wnich Butler denied. Halo, of Mo., denounced tlie whole system of spies, informers and special agents. After further discussion between Garfield and Beck on the qtirition of appropriations and estimate, tlie Committee roso and the House adjourned. |