Show MOAt WASUIXOTOX Feb 17 Dawe > presented over 2I petitions from Mnstachu tts f Li ting that mon luau SOOOO gallon4 of intoxicating liquors were annually exported from the United States to Africa demoralizing de-moralizing to Africa and detrimen talto legitimate commerce wit i that people and praying that under that section of the Constitution which authorizes Congress to rrgu 1lle I commerce wIth foreign nntlnn that sort Uf thing IK stopped 1 inferred in-ferred to the committee on education educa-tion and labor Cliaudltr presented a petition from Mississippi complaining of the suppression of the republican vote tSCrc lIlli of that State representing the Leg hlature of MIsalsIppI which recently Liucted a law for is tabli hlng a new constitution lor that State the same was not to U submitteu the IItflle for ratllka tlon that itwna the aow11 purpose pur-pose of Die democrats to employ fraudulent methods to deprive many of the iitelligent citizens of their franchise Referred to lInt committee commit-tee on privileges and election Blair prsented petitions signed by 30000 mtuiUn of the G A It In favor of pcn ioni to army nurs i lftl aunt I petithus I tinned by over JWJ 003 jicrens in Liver of the educational educa-tional lilt Among other petitions presented were several for per diem pension tills for the removal of the limitation of pension I arrears for 1J nf bounty O soldiers of the regular army wlo served In the war the rebellion Frye torn the select committee on Paclfl railroad reported back adverxjy the two Pacific railroad funding SilLs referred to itand in lien of tbim retorted on the original bill |