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Show THE WORK OF CONGRESS- Several Measuran lntrodiii-ed to Help Financial Fi-nancial Mattera. Washington, Dec. l.V Tho senate met at 10 this morning. Mr. Morgan gave notice that he would call up the Dolph resolution respecting the abridgement abridge-ment of tho right of suffrage tomorrow morning. Tho tirst bill on the calendar was one enlarging the rights of homesteaders on public lands. Passed. It provides that when parties have settled opposite to unsurveved lauds and therefore were obliged to take up less than 1(10 acres, they may extend their holdings, not to exceed 100 acres. The bill subjecting oleomargeriue to the operation of stato laws, the Paddock Pad-dock pure food bill and the Congor pure lard bill having come up in their order were laid aside and tho senate prote 'dod to the consideration of the electi.ms bill. Mr. Colquitt spoko upon it. Senator Sanders today introduced a bill to amend tho silver coinage law nnd authorize the secretary of the treasury to purchase all the silver bullion bul-lion offered at a price not exceeding Jl for ;I71.2!S grains of pure silver, and to issue treasury notes in payment thereof. nor.sE. WASHtNtiTox, Dec. 15. Mr. McKin-ley McKin-ley from the ways and meansoommittee reported and the house adopted a resolution reso-lution calling on tho secretary of the " ' treasury for the names of the banks in which public money is deposited, the reasons for mak-ng tho deposits and tho rate of interest, if any, given in return re-turn for the use of public funds. Also for information as to the authority by which and the law under which such deposits have been made. The speaker stated the pending business busi-ness to be on the motion made by Hermann Her-mann of Oregon to suspend the rules and pass a bill for the adjustment and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations. After advocacy of tho measure by Hermann, Lanlmm, Townsend of Colorado, Colo-rado, Sayers. Mills and Perkins, and criticisiu'iipon it by llilman and Kil-gorc, Kil-gorc, the matter was agreed to and the lull passed. The bill provides for the appointment by the president, of three judges to constitute con-stitute a court to adjudicate all claims for property taken by Indians without just cause. |