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Show LATEST DISPATCHES, GENERAL. FORTY -FOURTH CONGRESS. SENATE. Washington, 30. Senator Cameron, Camer-on, from tho committee on foreign relations, reported favorably on the house biil to carry into effect the Hawaiian treaty. Morrill of Vermont Ver-mont said this bill was a financial question, and he moved it be referred to the committee on finance. After discussion the motion was agreed to. uiscussion the motion was agreed to, ' and the bill was so referred. At 1.15 the Benate took a rccesi till 5 p.m. on , motion of Anthony, who stated in making the motion that it would be economy of time to take a reces in order to allow the conference committees commit-tees on the appropriation bills opportunity oppor-tunity to perfect thoao measures. The republican senators, excepting those on conference commit tea, shortly afterwards went into caucus again. Upon reassembling Sargent moved to reconsider the vote by which the house bill to carry into effect tho Hawaiian treaty was referred to the committee on finance this morning. Morrill of Vermont opposed tho motion, and argued that it should be carefully considered by the finance committee. Sargent said it was unusual to refer a bill reported favorably by one com-'mittee com-'mittee to another. Ho never knew of a matter of this kind being referred re-ferred to another committee in such a silent, quiet way as this. Mitchell said bo would havo called for the yeas and nayj on the motion to refer this morning had he not looked ovor the senate and found that friends of tho moasuro woro not in. After discussion Sargent agrond that the motion to reconsider miirht lio over to bo called up hereafter. Tho senate then took up tho house bill to continue the unexponded balances bal-ances to provido temporarily for tho expend of tho government for a period not to exceed ten days. After some discussion, the hill was amended and pawed. The amendment of tho house to authorize tho congrcmional printer to continue publio printing, fixing tho lime at ten iuntead of Bixty days was agreed to. 'Ihe bill passed. The sonato then took up the sundry civil appropriation bills. Window, in charge of tho bill, Baid t ie amount upprupriatril axitcumul from the bouao wan r,rA',j,M ;i2. To tin's the committeo lias added $1,081,003 55. The following aro the items of in-creano: in-creano: 50,000 for irnprmriimont trial of iialknap; t'M 2.000 additional for public printing; $500,000 for jrnn-eral jrnn-eral expnnsnn of the L)inlrict of Columbia; Col-umbia; $70,00 J additional for mints and ollics; fl, 150,000 additional for publio building throughout tho ;ountry; $70.000 for navy yards; Km;7,000 for tho Jtonk Inland arsoual; M00XW additional (or Hit signal ser |