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Show TiIKTHii IKitsl.-i. Tlie llrnrlrnrj mil onsl.lrrr.1 In tlie Senale.-Ilaiise I'rnsramnie. WasiiimituN, Aug. 1 5. Tlie Senate Sen-ate proceedesl to Ilia ciiUMiiratlou if tlie deficiency bill. Tlleconmit-tee Tlleconmit-tee Inserltsl an item, width was a;n-ed to by the Sciiitr, appropriating appropri-ating $12,0.)J for a steam vessel on IugetSouud, to prevent tlie viola tlou of the Chines.' restriction ait and of thecu-toms laws. The amendment appropriating an aggregate of 51, i39,6s.s, fur pay nient of the French sjoltatlou claims was opjosed byl'iumb, who said these claims were '.essentially fraudulent, aud intended, not for the benefit of the claimants, but of the attorneys and assignees. The amendment was defended and advocated by Hale, lllair and Morgan, and agreed to. The bill was rejortcd to thti Senate Sen-ate and all tlie amendments that were agreed to by the committee were agrct-d hi in lulk, the only one reserved for special vote lielng tlie one iii-ertingan item of $ltl,iuilto complete the investigation by tl.e Department of Agriculture as to the uuuerllnw f artesian wattrs and their advisability for Irrigation. The amendment was discussed for nearly two hours, and eventually agreed to. Tlie bill then assed. 1'liimli olTeretl a n-Milutlon Instructing In-structing the committee on rules to make such orJers as w ill w holly re-vent re-vent tlie sale of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors in the Senate wing of tlie Capitol. Itlalr suggested the worJs '-and drinking." I'lunib I havenooljection. The resolution weut over until tomorrow. to-morrow. The tarifTbill was then taken up, but without coming to a vote on Plumb's amendment, reducing the duty on tin plates, the Senate adjourned. ad-journed. Ilitt (I1L). from the committee on foreign Allaire, moved tosusiK-nd the rules and pass the Senate joint resolution providing that nothing In the diplomatic and consular ajs proiriitlou bill shall be construed to interrupt the publication of the retorts of the international American Ameri-can conference. Hreckinridgc (Ky.) factiously inquired in-quired whether tlie lubllcatloiui would contain certain recent letters ofthesecrelaryofstatconthesulject of reciprocity, and on Hltt replying tliat they would contain only the proceedings of the conference, Breckinridge sent to the clrrk's desk and liad n-ad Secretary Illal lie's second letter to Senator Fr e. A motion to supeiid tlie ruffs aud pass tile resolution was agreed to. llax.r. WAElllMmi.N, Aug. IS. In the House, Sweeney (la.) presented and the House agreed to the conference con-ference report ou the Senat- bill to reorganize and establish tlie customs cus-toms collection district of Piiget Sound. On motion of Morrill (Kan.) the Senate bill was passed authorizing the construction of a bridge across tlie Columbia 1 liver by the Oregon Itailway extension conqony. On motion of Cummlngs the Senate Sen-ate bill was passed granting leave of absence to the employes of thn ciu torn service. Dilzell called up tlie Mi-sisalppl contested election case of Chalmers against Morgan. The majority report re-port finds in favor of Morgan, the titling member. Which was agn-ad to. |