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Show LATEST DISPATCHES, GENERAL. FRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. 5E.YATE. Washington, 14. Spencer submitted submit-ted a concurrent resolution providing for the appointment of a joint committee com-mittee to consist of three senators and three members of the house to prepare pre-pare a suitable form of government for the Diilrict of Columbia, and report at the next session of cougrees. It also authorizes the committee toait during the recess. Passed. Harney called up the house bill for the sale of saline lands. Several amendments were agreed to, and the bill was passed. Edmund? moved to take up ths proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting the appropriation of money for the support of sectarian schools. Agreed to yeas 2-i, nays 13. A discussion then took place which lasted until tho expiration of the morning hour, when the matter was laid over and the senate proceeded to consider the unfinished business, the bill to carry tno Hawaiian treaty into eOect. Norwood continued his remarks in opposition to the nil). Edmunds called up tho house concurrent con-current resolution to suspend the IGth and 17th joint rules (or the remainder of the session. They provided that no bill having pasted ono house shall be presented to tho other on either of the last nays of the Mi-ion, and that no bill or resolution which has paired the houso and scnato be presented to the president for approbation on the last day of the session. Ho eubmitted an order respectfully returning that resolution to the house with a statement state-ment that since the house bad not notified the senate of the adoption of joint rules for this session ns adopted by the senate January 20th, and transmitted to the houso on the 22d, thre are no joint- .--,. aj w. Wim'"' nbmitted the couferouoe report on the Indian appropriation bill. Alter a long debato it was laid over. When tho Hawaiian bill came up Norwood continued ids remarks against it. it had been asserted that the population of tho islands had been rapidly decreasing, and if tho biil was passed the island would naturally fall into our hands. He denied that the rato in tho decrease of the population was the per centum as claimed, and said even if it was at that rato it would take fourteen years with the present population of 10,000 to dwindle down to 30,000. It was the most remarkable tiling he ever heard of that tho king of the country with which tin treaty had been negotiated had a minister horo urging the passago of a m gii.hu ru which that minister argued would bo 1 tho destruction of tho kingdom he represented. Norwood argued that measure was urged by tho Hawaiian govnrnment for pecuniary advantage. That country would reap tho benefit of the bill fhould it ho pasnud, and the United .Stales would bo Buflerern. In his opinion King Kalfilca.ua had far more craft than ho thought tho United Htaton had, and ho know that tho paiago of tho bill would bo a benefit Ui the kingdom, Tho effect ol tho bill would ho to give tho islandn a lionui ol $I,000,!HK a year and would inerenKO tho difficult) in tho way of lh;ir being acquired by tho . I inited Htnten. J I u snid the Chincne on tho inland worn on the incrcann. Coolio labor was in-eroasing, in-eroasing, and mippon tho United HUttB Hliould acquire tUnu, it would only g"t a nico of Chines", Coolio and half breedi. Itwidon to lako tlit duty off rieo would ho to ilhnininli tho price brlow tho cont nf production jo this country, and 300,001) people were d"pcudcnt on the production f ice in South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana, and the interest of all the people would be injured by the passive pass-ive of this bill. Morrill opposed the bill. Ho argued ar-gued that the passage of tho bill would act disastrously upon the pro-iiuction pro-iiuction of sugar and rice in the south, aud he would do nothing to strike down tho interest of our southern brethren. Hitchcock moml to lay aeido tho pending business and take up the resolution of tho house providing for adjournment at 4 o'clock this afternoon. after-noon. Sargent appealed to the senate not to press that motion. He thought a voto could bo reached on tho Hawaiian Ha-waiian bill in a short time. Hitchcock then withdrew his motion. mo-tion. Logan spoke in favor of the bill to carry the Hawaiian treaty into etl'ect, and argued that the tfiect of it vould be to Americanize those islands. Boutwell spoke in favor, and (aid while he was noi in favor of annexing those islands now, ho desired to sec them in such a condition that whijn the present rulers disapproved, there could lie established there a republican government.controlled by Americans. If this bill should be rejected congress would thrust these people away and force them to gu to England, France or some other country for such treaty West, in reply to Logan, arged i these islanders were needed as a mili tary outpost they.should be bought. Edmunds said he would hcsilah long before he took any steps for tin incorporation of outlying inlands oi either side of the American imvorn aiuB ui uic American government. govern-ment. It convolved too much lor American liberty. If any of the islands should he annexed to the Union these people would a.-sist in making laws for tho whole American Amer-ican people and the inhabitants not being homogenous with our people ho could not consent to such a thing. Morrill Bubmitled an amendment providing that the treaty should be suspended whenever any condition contained in tho secoud and fourth articles should not bo faithfully observed ob-served by hia majesty the king of the Hawaiian islands. Rejected. He also submitted two other sections, which wero rejected. Gordon spoke in opposition to the bill as being partial and unjust to the people of one section of tho country. He moved to postpone the bill until tho second Tuesday in December next, in order to give southern planters an opportunity to harvest this season's rico crop. Rejected. Re-jected. The bill was then read a third time and passed; yeas, -0, nays 12. Logan called ud the conference report re-port on the bill regulating tho issue ot artificial limbs to soldiers and sailors. After disrussion it was agreed to. Spenco submitted tho following resolution, the present consideration of which was objected to by several democrats and it went over: fi kercus, It is alleged that the late election on August 7th, 1S76, in the state of Alabama, for stato officers and members of the legislature, was characterized by frauds, violence and intimidation, whereby the freedom of l the ballot box wru in a great measure destroyed, a reign of terror established, ballot boxes stuffed, precincts whert; largo republican majorities existed were not opened for voting, obstacles were interposed to prevent registration so the majority of more than 10,000 was overcome, and in its place there was given an apparent but fraudulent majority of more than 40,0 JO. Whereas, tho legis'aturo thus chosen will have the election of a senator to represent that state in this body, and WUcnaa, if these alleg.Uiuns are true, a great number of citizens had their rights under the constitution and laws of the United States wickedly wick-edly violated, therefore Jicsolvo-l, that a committee of five Bcnators be appointed by thcchir to investigate the truths of du'ul fleet;, n, with power to eit during i.ccm, to visit Alabama aud make invietiga-tiotis, invietiga-tiotis, to scnJ for pereuiis aud to uati all necessary process in the performance perform-ance of their duties, ami to make report to the senate during the next session of their investigation and finding, find-ing, and that said committee be authorized to employ a clerk and stenographer. Kccess tiil H o'clock. HOLME. Tho houso met at 10 o'clock in continuation of Saturday's session. Ou motion of Packer tho sei.ate bill authorizing tho sernsary ol th; treasury to use tho Burpius of certain i moneys heretofore appropriated tori public buildings at Harri.ih-jrg, Pa., was passed. , Singleton addressed the house on tho condition of public nllairs in Mississippi. Mis-sissippi. Ho gavo an emphatic denial de-nial to tho statements made in the Iioupo and senate that there had been frauds committed in tho rerent election elec-tion in that atatp, and n.mi that no such thing had been chur d on the part of the government of Mississippi or of the election judges. Henry Wnttcraon, nit-ruber elect from Kentucky to fill tho vacancy caused by tho death of 1'arfons, presented pre-sented himself and took tho oalli ot office modified. Tne scnato bills lor tho printing of tho report of the iMknan impeachment impeach-ment trial and for tho appointment of a joint committee to framo a government gov-ernment lor the District of Columbia wero passed. Kcleicher ma Jo a speech in advo cacy of the nilvr bill. A lew private1 bills wen; introduced an. I f.rrrul and referred. Kandall gubmitto'l tho report ol the committee on conference on the Indian In-dian appropriation hi 1 h Tho report was agreed to without discussion. Kandall then proceeded to make sorno general remarks ou the several appropriations. Kandall gavo an account of the houso reduction policy, -charging the senate with defeating tho still greater economy intended. Tho various bill wero Biillicient. Ho arraigned the republican party an extravagant and as obstructing economy. Ho reviewed the cflorts of the democratic house for economy and civil nervico reform, and defended the hounri'u action on the reduction of tho president's nalary. Tho scnato had urged againstthe proposed pro-posed reduction of eongre.sHmon'H compensation, tho abolition of the franking privilre", but tho nnnato has, sinco tho'bill was pftiund, voted to rentoro tho franking privilege. It would certainly receive criticism, therefore tho provision againut political politi-cal aiscHsinenlH was a valuable enactment. enact-ment. Recapitulating tho appropriation appropri-ation bills, ho said tho estimates of Ihn departments for tho year wprn $L'03 000 000. Tho committor! on appropriations ap-propriations reported $137,000,000. Tho hUH0 passed $139,000,000, and tho amain increased llio amount lo UoH 000,000. Tim hilln cnanh-d $PlK'000,ft00 again"! $178,000,000 lnHt ynar a aaving of :(0,OifO(llOO. Itnndall mud his opinion exprnMnd early in tho newdmi that tho n.tpondi-turen n.tpondi-turen could bo reduced thirty to forty millions wan fully boron out, 'j'lin houso had been compiled to yield lo tho urnntii $10,ron,ooo. n hoped and believed that nwxt ynar, Ihn somite concurring witli tho hoi inn, and with tho chiuf magmtrato acting in harmony with tho present homo, u further reduction ot $10,000,000 could be made. These figures need no elaboration, and on thid result the majority rested its claims of having faithfully discharged its duties to the I country. It was impossible to predict the exact date for resumption, but it would be expedited by a saving each j year, and this he believed was the only way to speedy resumption. ; As Kandall concluded his side id' the house warmly applauded him. Foster of tiie appropriation committee com-mittee said the minority had entered on their duty intent on a reduction of expenses also, but not unpractically. unpractic-ally. The minority thought $10,000,-000 $10,000,-000 could be saved. Further reduc tious would leave a deficiency for noxt year. He intimated that the purpose of tho reduction was tn pay vast cotton claims of the south at tho next srssion. The houso had not reduced tho taxes which would be uunrecialed tno taxes wmcn wouiu oe uppreciaieu j by the people. The hou'e had square-1 ly repudiated the judgments of the court of claims by not oppropriating i for thorn. He declared deductions should be made from Springer's table! of reduction as fnllowB : Errors inj additions, $014,000; reduction claimed; on pectuou, $.466,000; items in post- office bill, $f50,000; deficiency bill of i last year, $036,000; reappropriations, i $400,000; indefinite appropriations! ; for assay office, $500,000; judgments , of court of claims, $2,000,000; Cen! t tonnial appropriations, $1,500,000; New York postofiice, $227,000, and a few others, making a total of $14,-j 3 719,032. Most of the remaing Baving' 3 was in violation of the trusts, injured i commerce and otherwise disgraced the nation. The reduction ota$l,- 500,000 in the navy bill did great injustice to the navy, and that! over $3 000 000 wes a postponement! on the army bill. Over $4.000,000 , was nostponement in the sundry civil I bill. Over $11,000,000 was a postponement post-ponement in reduction ; $1,000,000 i was due mainly to the substitution of j silver for fractional currency. The. actual r'jduction he set down at $10,-o55,3S9, $10,-o55,3S9, aud the postponement at $24,143,909. Of the $10,000,0001 saved, the main part was obtained by crippling the government. Never had the democrats so distorted cur-, rent factg. They evidenced no re- form so far as practical legislation: was concerned. The house had been an absolute failure. He recapitulated recapitu-lated the services and claims of the republican party. The speaker presented the president's presi-dent's message concerning the river and harbor bill, stating if it had boon compulsory to expend ire money approved ap-proved therein, ho would have vetoed it; as it was he would take care that no public money was expended on useless work. The message created a sensntion. Reagan moved its reference to the committee on commerce, of whieh he is a member. He paid that the president assumed that his personal judgment and discretion were to determine de-termine how lar tha apprnpria' ions of the biil were to be applied to (he . ,;..i.ru fl,.fIo.l it. tl,.-. hill Ti,w objects ckhneu in iho bill. Hi: wt an act ot personal government. He - yarded this remai knble ducurnent us such a departure tr n:i the couoti . tution and such an avor.al oi tne president not lo utuy the laws; mat lie thought the people's represent lives should have a chance to dijcnt from the message. Hereford also criliciz" I the message m in keeping with the president's idea expr-e-fcd alter tne Franco German Ger-man war, timt tnere w.ia a Mrnihrily between the uii'rie.wi republic and til-- German empire. Tne presidi-nl plainly annouueid tiiat he inten hd to nullify the will of t he Anu-ru:t:i congress. I le lavored the prop. - I reference. Cullger dtf. hdt d the 111, merely jugged iiik tiiat in a biil h.tsl . ily passed in conference tiieru iniiit be imperlectiuns, whioh h.i de irt d as ( one of Lie tmmtrv's reformers to f make right in 'i.e interest ol the country. He a-ked Hereford (iruni ( rally) O there were in the biil any ob-1 jtcte not iwilion.tl in character, and if! not, wliy ceiifiire the message? HbJ could not bi-!;eu tliecc southern j bpttiiCM coming lutek to their father's huti-e witii reform ou their lip audi the i;lory of rel-enehment u Intloj around their bends, would have; crowded into this lull njiprupiiale .us ! for wonts not nntiini.il. J le reminded his hearers lli.tt the it: 1 1 rv-i i--nt of, riven and hnrlri nver hail hMi it j democratic policy. Pnllc vet-n d uwrr such bill, and tlialer Kucha nun H it it ; dollar wa." spent Inr the purpn-e. lUndall denied tile preni.l.-nl'a n.-i tiination that ihw c. illt-el-on nt p-vetum h.ul been crippled by the tppmpii.i-tion tppmpii.i-tion bills. The reduction of inlertml revenue-districllo revenue-districllo lOo, which the l;oii8 pro pM"d, was abandoned, and thf number num-ber inserted bv the sen ilriind reconi mendtd by the department, lul, hai been pn.vi led for. K onion dWrndfd tii;; pre ideut'i meiiiyr. Kolman protested thut tim protii-drnt protii-drnt was nut Umnd to spend all tho money appropriated by any bill, imperially such a min. Kis-oii k.ihI . You stan I by the pr anient. 1 fnlman I ntund by tint duclnne vhich has been the doctrine of (lie deinociotic parly in thh hoii'e in all pn-l history. Kurd tried to th tl.or in reply, but M:is dcrbind out of urdcr. The inei)siiL;tt wag then relerred lo the MUninitlee on commerce. Recess nil S o'clock. |