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Show FJh.Ti -FIFTH CONGRESS. SENATE. Washington, 6. During the morn ing hour, Voorhees spoke in favor ot tin early consideration of the bill to repeal the specie resumption act, and said the senate might ad well look this matter iu the face If it watj ot going to repeal the act let it say so by its vote. No greater question had engaged the American congress. He would take every opportunity from now to the close ol the session to insist that the mattt-r should be disposed dis-posed of. The senate had time to pass all sorts oi buU to bridge rivu-leU), rivu-leU), but no time to nioet the question which involved morn peril ami dm tress than had ever been produced by war aDd pestilent:.!. He thrmht thr bill could be dip3.- i ut m s.xiy minutes. Howe called up the bill relating to foreign cables, and said it simply permitted any foreign govfernment to land a cable here, unrter provisions, i Djrsey, from the" District of Columbia Co-lumbia committee, reported, with amendments, the senate bill to tux liquors sold in the district. Cullender. PavU (Illo.) called up the bill to furnish trusses to disabled soldiers. . i'a sed. At the expiration of the morning , hour, and alter a long discussion, the senate yeas 3o, nsiys L!3 took up the Lmv appropriation bill. Buinesaid Hie bdl. us it came from the bouse, apiaupriiled f'Jo,iS2'J,(KH). The senate committee has raised it to f'JG.lSy.OOO, the principal additional Heme being $302. (XD lor pay of the army and $loO,CHK) for a military post near the Black Hills. The estimates of the war department were 31,E'.2, 000, and he had no doubt' cousiclera b!e defii'iency would occur, and had I happened this year. The tivo-minute rules were applied ;to all amendments except the transfer ! to the war department ot the Indian 1 bureau, and forhulding the use of the army as a posse comitatus. Allison moved to strike out ol the I house bill tl claiirQ intending to per maccntly r too n- 'her of en'ited me i in tne ttrrny, ireed to. The committee amendment in creasing the army tj L.j.llOO was agreed to iio to I'J. Tending discussion. Thurman, from the judiciary committee, reported a bill creating Pacific railroad corn mis sionera. Calendar. McDonaid said be would submit ftj substitute when it was considered. I The a: my bill waB then resumed j nd Blaine moved to amend it by i i hmirinc tlm nipnal service enliftrueutu to 4f)0 instead of 400. Acreed to. 1'he committee's amendments, increasing in-creasing t'Le appropriation iur the quarter. n aetr's department, were a-;rfCl u; also the amendments iu crensuig liif apprupriation for the jiurehae ol caval.y hordes from -roO.OiNJ to i COO. 000, reduciue the amntint for hospituls Irom J75.OO0 to ft-'o.OOO, and appropriating flofl.000 for , military post near the Black Hills. Spencer reported from the commit-tf-o on military affair-i an amendment appropriating $100,000 to build a military pool m tue vicinity of Milk river, northern Montana. Agreed to. All sections of the house bill re gardmi: the reorganization of the B'jrnside submitted the amendment from the military committee, pro vi.iing for a committee of two mem tiers of the suate military committee, three members of the bouse military committee and three regular army officers to consider toe whole question oi the reorganization of the army and o report to the next congress. Agreed to without discussion. Ttie section of the house bill providing pro-viding for a credit of longevity pay to orfi-'era or men who had served full ime, was returued, on motion of Plumb. Biyard moved, as a substitute for thelranlnrof tho Indian bureau t( the war department, a. reference o the euhject to the committee ou the renrgaciz-'iou of the army, juet provided pro-vided for. Blaine moved to amend, authoriz :.... .0..rl a h,M tf carry uito eflcct Us suggeoticnp, ani. ; al.-o mov-d to amend by making the I commiue t-.. consist o: two senator?, I three i. 'preventatives and three !oiiioe:s, auu said he wjuIJ submit :m hm-ivIiiihiU authorizing the st-c: -t.i.-y of the interior to ".ppoiut two ' i-iviii in Jiieint'ers. ! Bayard accused P'.a'me of tryii.g to jdcti-.t ibe bill and favored an execu-Hive execu-Hive te-sion for the confeteuce. He opposed the ameudmeul. ) Allison submitted an ameudmenl 1 directing said com in lesion to repor' (upon the question l.er tiie Indian Itr'.bee would berime slf suBtainuig land at some length favored a pec-. ' policy toward the Indian?. I Dorsey, Sargeut and Withers were I appointed a conference on the post office bill. ; Adj 3-arned. |