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Show j GENEI2AL. :C0NCRE?S10.VAL PROCEEDINGS ic-j.srixi- 'kom Hiir i-aoe.! SKXATK. When t'ne bill came up to provide i'Lr a commission to investigate t'ne Mubjoct of tlie sale and manufacture of alconolic liquors, Chrisliancy submitted sub-mitted an amendment declaring that the commission shall be appointed fur the purpose of obtaining iu:orma-tion iu:orma-tion wiiich may servo iu a guido to the nystem cf legislation best lilted for the District of Columbia, the several sev-eral territories of tho United States, and other places subject to the legislation legis-lation of congress, in reference to the (piestion of revenue from tho manufacture manu-facture and sale of alcoholic and fer-1 uicnttd liquors, and the elfect ot" the .use of such liquors upon the morals land welfare oi the people of such 'district, territories and places. The 'amendment waa agreed to. Ihe amendments proposed by tlie senate committee on finance on the 21st ol January were also concurred in and the bill passed as amended yeas, 37; nays, -0, Booth and Withers voting vot-ing with the republicans in favor of i the bill. Flarvey called up tho senato bill to confirm tho preemption and homestead home-stead entries of public lands within tho limit Of railroad grants in cases where such entries have been made under the regulations of the land department, de-partment, liarvey spoke in favor of the passage, of tho bill and quoted from several decisions of the interior department against the rights ol settlers, which he said were erroneous and the settlers could nut have their rights decided in courts in consequence conse-quence of such decision. Ingalls said aid had been granted to probably a hundred railroad companies. com-panies. The laws which had heretofore here-tofore been construed in favor o! settlers within the past three years had been reversed and are now just opposite and had been opposite since Delano waa secretary of the interior and Willis Drurumond was commissioner com-missioner of the general land oliice, there was no appeal from the decisions de-cisions oi the secretary of the interior. Bogy said the decisions of the late secretary of the interior in the cases complained of were erroneous. Pending tho discussion Hamlin moved that tiio senate proceed to the consideration of executive business. The senate then went into executive session and then adjourned. HOLSE. In the course of Lamar's speech on the Centennial, he asked whether it could be said that in view of the plenary power of the general government govern-ment in foreign atiaits there was a constitutional incompetency in congress con-gress to invite commissioners from foreign countries to bring here productions pro-ductions of commerce, art and industry indus-try ? Was it unconstitutional in the prcsident to give an invitation which the law authorized him to give? I; not it was clearly and unqualifiedly the duty ot congress to appropriate ihe moneys for that purpose. He favored the celebration in order that the people of the north should be I come satisfied of the longing desire of the southern people to live with them in perpetual union, and before that feeling a!l others sink into insignificance. insig-nificance. He deprecated an allusion made by Townsend of New Y'ork last week to Preston Brooks, anil intimated that the inevitable eflect ot ihe allusion was to excite passion, to inflame animosity and to awaken hatred and sectionalism. He (Lamar) advocated the scheme because it car-, ried out the scheme of peace and reconciliation. The currents of pas sion and feeling might How hither and thither, lashed by extraneous agencies, but there was in the great sea an unsounded depth of common humanity, common interest and patriotism, which lay unshaken. Lamar spoko under the ten minutes' rule, but as soon as his time expired Garfield rose, and being recognized, courteously yielded his time to Lamar. Rea spoke against the bill and then, general discussion bavinc ceased, Holman moved, as a test vote, to strike out the enacting clause of the bill. The motion was rejected 101 to 1'20. Mills offered an amendment authorizing author-izing tlie governor of Texas to appoint ap-point two commissioners from that state in place of those acting under the former appointment, but on a point of order the amendment was ruled out. Mills explained that Texas desired to be represented at the celebration, but she would not be represented by two such gentlemen as those who had been appointed. The amendment offered by Sheakley for free admission in the 4iJi of July, and every Thursday Thurs-day was rejected, and several other amendments were prooosed and rejected. re-jected. The committee then rose iind reported tlie bill to the house with the recommendation that it paa. Hopkins, chairman of toe select committee which had reported the bill, having an hour to cluse the debate, yielded portions of bid time to other members and further speeches were made for tlie bill by Young and Randall. A largo number of requests for leave to have speeches on the Centennial Cen-tennial bill printed in the congressional congres-sional record were made and granted. An amendment offered by Springer requiring payment in full to the treasury of any ba anee that may be left in the hands of tlie finance committee, com-mittee, before any division or per centago of profits be paid to the stockholders, stock-holders, was agreed to. Tho house then proceeded to vote on the passage ! of the bill. Trie bill was passed : ye-', 1 Iii; nay.j, 1:50. The announcement was greeted with applause. The house adjourned. |