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Show LATliST DISPATCHES, . ! GENERAL. FORTY-THIRD COXURESS. SENATE Washington, lo. Conk ling presented pre-sented a memorial in relation t) the d preciated value of the bonds of the District of Columbia, and introduced a bill to consolidate the debt of the district, to issue the bonds of the United States in exchi'nge for ths bonds of the district. Tho bill and memorial were refernd. Wright submitted a joint resolution proposing certain amendments to the constitution. It provides lor the election of president and vice-president hy a direct voto of the people, fixing their term at six years, and makes tbe president ineligible for reelection. re-election. A majority of votes cast elects, and in case there is no choice a new election must be held, at which only the two candidates receiving re-ceiving the largest number of votes at the previous election shall be voted for. The returns are to be canvassed by the supreme cnurt of the United Suites which shall issue certificates of election. The oub jiuiieiary committee, But- j let-. PnUnrl und U'liilo rpnnrtpd tn the full committee to-day in lavor of amending tbe civil right bills bo as to omit the mixed schools provision, and require merely that equally good educational facilities shall ho provided pro-vided for both races; that the penalty 500 fine be omitted, leaving the pecuniary pe-cuniary punishment lor violati n of any provision ot the bill to consist of liabilities in $500 damages at the suit ol any luuivuiual denied equality ol accommodations, etc. There was a general discu.sion of the subject, but no definite action, there being a wide difference of views. Wright introduced a resolution instructing in-structing the judiciary committee (o examine into the extent and meaning of the act of June. 1 874, conferring jurisdiction on the criminal court of the District Dis-trict of Columbia. Jbdmunds said the committee did enquire into that subject at the last session. He didn't see the necessity of going over the matter again. If any one st-" thought the utterer of malicious b1 fl ders oubside the district couid be brought here for trial, it waB nut worth while for the committee to further fur-ther enlighten him. Conklin moved to amend the resolution reso-lution by adding the words "aud also whether said act has any application to prosecution or indictment for the crime ot libel." The amendment was agreed to and the resolution adopted am amended. The consideration of the bill to frame a new government for the Dintrict of Columbia was resumed, and the reading of the bill being concluded, con-cluded, it was laid aside till to-mor-morrow. The senate then went into executive execu-tive Beseion, and when the doors mere reopened, Spencer, from the committer commit-ter on military aflaira, reported favorably favor-ably the senate hill for the relief of utlerers from the ravages of grasshoppers grass-hoppers in the western frontier states. Plactd on t..e calender. It authorizes author-izes the president to issue temporary supplies of food and disused army slothing to such Buflerers, and appropriates appro-priates $100,000 for that purpose. Adjourned. HOUSE. Dawes, from the committee of ways and means, reported a concurrent concur-rent resohiLirm for Ohmtmiu rofpss lrom Dec. 2&1 to January 5th. Adopted. J2S to 123. Tuere was a struggle over the vote, and many vjtes were changed, Garfield changing chang-ing his to the affiruiHtive and moving a n consideration. Randall moved lo table the motion. Tho house refused to lay the m lion on the table, yeas 120, nayB 12S, and then at the sug-ge sug-ge lion of Dawes the subject was ' postponed till Monday nxt. House went into committee ol the whole on the legislative appropriation bill. In connection with the bills senate, Cox asked Garfield if the etutement made by the latter at the end of lait session that the -ppropria-tions for the year were less by twenly- five millions than for the previous year was correct. Garfield "Yea." Cox "There is no mistake about it?" Garfield "No, sir." Cox 1 "There is no little d.fference of ten or filteen millions dollars ?" Garfield t "iNo, air." Cox "That will be de-s de-s veloped in the course of time." Gar-! Gar-! field "Gentlemen will find that my i remark on that occasion has been borne out and more fully than I then : hoped." The qtaestion being raised in regard to the Capitol pouce, Garfield explained ex-plained that in view of the political change which would take place in tbe organization of the house in the next congress, the committee on appropriations appro-priations regarded it aa Bomewhat indecorous to inaugurate changes which would mainly reler to the next house. Wilson, of ludiana, thought the fact of the pending change should make no difference in cutting down expenses if it could be properly do-e. Holman favored the abolition of the capitol police and an increase in the number of watchmen. He offered an amendment to that effect which was agreed to. After deposing of sixteen out of the seventy-three- pages of bills the committee com-mittee rose, and the apeaker announced an-nounced as the committee to visit Vicksburg, Conger, Hurlbut, Williams, Wil-liams, of Wi., Spear and O'Brien; and aa a select committee on the condition con-dition of Louisiana and the southern I states, jG. F. Hoar, Wheeler, ol New York, Frve, Foster, of Ohio, Phelps, 1 ot New Jersey, Kohinson, of Illinois, 1 and Potter. Adjourned. |