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Show Ramsey and Davis ont of the Field. St, Paul, 12. The senatorial con-teat con-teat assumed a new phase this afternoon. after-noon. Gov. Davis Bent a letter to his friendj withdrawing his name from the conttst ou condition that Ramsey is withdrawn. Tlie friends of the latter promptly responded, and neither oithe toruier republican contestants con-testants is now a candidate. It is understood that everything is again open, and every republican member or tho IcgVture is at liberty to vote L to morrow for whomsoever he pleases. The vute will bo at least interesting, 1 out probably not decisive. jt LATEST DISPATCHES.' I GENERAL. i KOKTY-TIIIIU) :oni;iu:ss. I SENATE- i Washington, 12. The vice presi-, dent presented the rcpurt of the engi-neor engi-neor in rearQ to the cost of the I survey and extending the Chesapeake; .ind Uhio canal from Cuml-erland, Md., to Pittsburg. Ordered printed! and referred to the committee onj transportation routes. l Tne credentials of A. E. Burtiside as eenutor elect from Rhede laland j were presented and placed on fife. During tho morning hour Clayton moved ttiat tho president's message on Arkansas afiaira be taken up lor the purpose of having it referred. j Edmunds riiicd the point of orderj that it could not be dune, as by thei recent rule the senate commiliee must bo called in order, and nothing but a unanimous consent could set that rule aside. He therelore objected object-ed to taking up the message now. Clavton withdrew his motion. Sargent, of California, presented a petition of Juan do Toro, of California, Califor-nia, praying fur an appropriation to fiiablo him to cnnir!fcto a contemplated contem-plated record and index of private land claims in California. Referred to the cltfjrus conimittte. Pratt, of Indiana, from the committee com-mittee on pub:ic lands, reported ad-versilyon ad-versilyon the bill to grant the right of way through the public landa to the CanyonvilleikGalesvillo railroad company com-pany in the state of Oregon, and it was indefinitely postponed. Alter the expiration of tho time allowed al-lowed the committee reported tho result of the consideration on the bill to provide a new government tor the District of Columbia. Tho pending amendment, being Sargent's to provide pro-vide fur the election of a delegate to congress, was rejected, 21 to 29. Morton o tiered an amendment providing pro-viding for two of tho commissioners to be appointed by the presidont and ono elected. Sargent moved to amend by mating mat-ing two elective and ono appointive; agreed to, 24 to 23. Allison ollered an amendment to the y-lih section, providing for the presentation for exchaugo of claima allowed under the act of '7-4, shall be made within five months alter the passage of the act, and declaring that nothing in the act shall be construed to pledge the government to pay the debt ot the district or cities of Washington Wash-ington or Georgetown, other than the fifty year bonds provided for in the act of '74. Marston gave notice that he would to-morrow move for a consideration of the resolution for the admission of Pinchback. PendiDg the discussion of Allison's amendment to the District of Columbia Colum-bia bill the senate went into excecu-tive excecu-tive session, and soon adjourned. HOUSE. After reading the journal, on motion mo-tion of Dawes, the house wont into committee of the whole on tho revenue rev-enue bill. E. H. Roberts obtained the floor and made an elaborato speech. Kelley followed. He began by saying that the imposition of war taxes in times of peace was as ill-judged ill-judged as it was inopportune. He diflered from the majority of his col-Uauuef col-Uauuef autha wavsajjd means corn-financial corn-financial distress, to a vicious eystem of legislation. At the close of Kelly's speech the further consideration of the revenue bill was postponed and tho house took up tho pension appropriation appro-priation bill. Objection was made to the consideration con-sideration of the pension bill and tho private calendar was taken up nd a large number of private bills acted upon. The committee rose and the house atrain went into committee on the private calendar, and after discussing without action the bill for relief of certain cer-tain loyal citizens,, whose money was confiscated by order of the confederate confed-erate congress, adjourned. |