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Show LATEST TELEOIUMS. FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. EXTRA SESSION. SENATE. Washington, 27. McDonald asked leave to present a petition and memorial of ex - soldiers and sailors of Providence, protesting against the violation of civil service Reform, eapeoially in relation to the appointment of custom officers in Providence, and alleging interference by federal officers in elections. The memorial seeming to reflect on Anthony, An-thony, who was absent, Burusids explained ex-plained tbe circumutances alluded to in the memorial. After a spirited debate on the reception of the papers, they went over till to-mcrrow on objections. ob-jections. Tbe bill regarding the transportation transporta-tion of catUo was amended by striking out the clause appointing inspectors and in other respects. A motion to recommit was lost 32 to 18; and upon motion of Edmunds the subject waa postponed until the first Msnday in December. The bill for the relief of JoEeph B. Collins, passed. The senate refused to go into executive exe-cutive session, and took up the subsidiary coin bill and adjourned. BOISE. Washington, 27. The bill relative to the removal of cases from stats to federal courts came up in the morn ing hour, the pending question being on ssconding the previous question. Fernando Wood appealed to Townshend, Illinois, who has charge of the bill to permit it reference or recommittal, so as not to have it blocking up the business of ail other committees. lownehend regarded it as his duty to press for action on the bill. Republican then resorted to the; policy of withholding their vote, andj thia made necessary a call of the house. I The call was followed by roll caH 00 a motion to dispense with further i proceedings, and tho morning hour baring expired tbe bid went over I without action. The house then proceeded pro-ceeded to consideration o! the bill to prevent the introduction of con-1 tagions and icfectioui diseases into! the United States, the senate bill in relation to that subjict having been substituted for the bouse bill. j CoDger advocaltd the bill which, if it meant anything, meant that tba -federal government had absolute au- tbority over tbe states. If state rights cculd interfere with the exercise of the omnipresent power of congress to defend the people, let them come; let sute rights men pass this bill and I they Wfculd have passed the Rubicon; . let them pass this bill which tbe scourge of pestilence compelled them 1 to pass, for in no olher way could they shut cut the scourge of pestilence from i the land and they would have over- stripped all their finely drawn distinctions, distinc-tions, le friends of state rights dare n-)t make that question paramount when the lives of thouBands of their 1 fellow citizens quiver in the balance, j He said the democrats from the south, ten years ago, said they were of (he belief that tbe river end harbor appropriations could not lawfully be made by tbe government, but gentle urging and Die littlo petitions of their constituents had sapped ibe'loundaiion ot slate rights and they yielded tiat point. (Laughter). He looked in vain during the paet two years for , a southern stales rights democrat who did not believe in the annual appro- J priation of $300,000 for the Big Ka-. nawba and a qnarter of a million for tho Little Kanawha. Gradually bis state rights friends wero slipping from their mooring. What log born would recall them from the unknown Beas? His own was insufficient, (Laughter). It was gratifying to aee them im pelled by plague and pestilence to relinquish their antiquated notions of stale rights aud in the strength of their humanity stand by the national government in tbe performance of its duly to its people. Ho could Bee the passage of the bill eaving horn plague thousands ol lives and redeeming redeem-ing the country by one more effort from worso than pestilence of diseases the plague of state rights. Hooker was burprised at this discussion. discus-sion. Nobody who voted for or against the bill would do so believing it on inviaion of state rights. The bouse considered the bill by seclions. Young asked that the bill be not annended lest it (ail iu the senate before ad0urument. Pound That is the firet I have heard of there being any danger of an adjournment. Robinaon naked Young if ho waB vrilhng congress should adjourn before pces'iDg the appropriation bills? Young Baid no. After two amendments bad been rejected, Young moved the previous question, which was seconded, and tne bill passed exactly bb it' came from the senate, and it now goes to tbe President, Garb eld and others having asked leave of absence, Reagan objected to granting it, except on account of sickneBS. Adjourned. |