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Show The Vermont Senator Bushes upon Vance and to the Eescue of Protect-ion Protect-ion to Tanners. COHGEESSMAN MOEEOW STUEBOEN And the Fourth District' Eepuhlicans of California Must Look for Some Other Candidate. WAsnisiirux, Sept. a. ( all offered a resolution, which w as referred to tho committee ou foreign relations, declaring declar-ing the murder of General Harruudia on the steamer Acapulco, by the authorities au-thorities of Guatemala, while under the protection of the Hag of the United States as au insult to tho people of tho United States which demanded prompt action or redress. CThe tariff bill was taken up, the sugar schedule being under consideration. Kdmunds addressed the senate. ILo referred re-ferred to the assertion in Vance's speech last evening that farmers bore all the burden of customs duties while he had no benefit from them. Kdmunds Kd-munds went ou to mention the mica, tolucet), rice, pilch, tar and turpentine lax which benetiled the farmers of North Carolina. Vance declared there was nothing on the free list except rico on which duty was reduced. Coming to the question of reciprocity Kdmunds recalled history and practical operation (injurious to tho United Statesl of the Canadian reciprocity treaty of KA. HOVSK. Washington, Sept. a. During the absence of the speaker, on motion of Cannon (Illinois). Burrows of Michigan was elected speaker pro tern of the house, and ho took the chair amid applause ap-plause from both sides. Mansur of Missouri, reported a resolution reso-lution authorizing the committee ou territories ter-ritories to proceed to Arizona and New-Mexico New-Mexico and inquiro into the soeial. educational, edu-cational, financial and moral conditions existing in those territories, and report whether they are prepared for statehood, state-hood, also to visit Utah and inquire into the extent of celestial marriages in that territory. Buchanan objected to its consideration. The house then proceeded to the consideration con-sideration of the Clayton-Breekenridgo case. Bergen then resumed bis argument in favor unseating Breckinridge. After depicting the assassination of Clayton he criticised Breckinridge for not resigning re-signing his seat and thereby disowning the advantage he had gained from the murder. Ho had not done so but had stood by those who had stood by him at tho death. Was Breekenridgo a party to tho conspiracy vthich ended in a tragedy? lie trusted not. lie was almost readv to say he believed not. Ho would feel v ery sad to make any statement on tiiis floor us terrible as that But it had been in Breckinridge's power to save the life of Clayton. Had he done it? It was said ho had. He (Bergen) trusted that he had, but tho gentleman evaded saying so. ' |