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Show COXURESSIOMI. The House Continues Hie Dlaens. alon on the Tarlir ItllL i Washington, Stay 14. In the Senate, among the bills placed on the calendar was tlie Senate bill subjecting Imported liquors to the provisions of tlio laws of the several States. Hoar, a member of the Judiciary committee, explained that tho bill was rendered necessary by a late decision of the Supreme Court. He fully concurred in the support of the bill, but tho supposed principle ot tho court's decision extended to other things than distilled spirits, to opium for Instance, and he should have preferred that the bill should have applied to all articles which tlie States might desire to prohibit the sale of. However, In order not to delay action iu tho matter, he had assented to THE REPORT OF THE RILL. Edmunds, also a member or the Judiciary committee, expressed the sameidea. After further discussion, Plumb desired to know what qut-s-lion was before the Senate, and was Informed by the Vice-President that there was no question pending. He then demauded the regular order, and when Hoar de-sired to make some further remarks Pluinb objected ob-jected and Insisted on the regular order. , This was rocnted hy Hoar, who remarked that he had never seen such an exhibition or boorish ness Lcfore. "Then you nover looked Into the glas" wvs the retort or Plumb. Edmunds introduced a bill to establish es-tablish the University or the United States, and had it referred to a select committee. Tho silver bill was then taken up, aud Teller addressed the Senate. At the conclusion of Teller's speech the Senate went into executive execu-tive session. When the doors were otied the silver bill was laid aside Informally till tomorrow, and the Senate proceeded to business on the calendar, and, alter iissing several bills, adjourned. House. Washington, S.'ay 11. In the tariffbill discussion various amendments amend-ments looking to the reduction on earthen, china and gLcs ware were made on the democratic side-, but with no success. In the course of one of these amendments McMillan said that Campbell of Pittsburg, a glass manufacturer, had adctd for protection from foreign labor, while he was charged with Importing foreign for-eign labor In violation ol tlie contract . raooriaw. Bynum said Caruplicll had come Iieforc the ways and means e-ommlt-: tee and held a consultation with the gentleman from West VirginIa(VH-son) VirginIa(VH-son) and himself and theu had gone away and madeau affidavit, which was false from beginning to end. Payne said he would take Camp-liell's Camp-liell's word as soon as he would that of the gentleman from Indiana, and HE KNEW YH3l DOTH. Wilson (West Virginia) confirmed what tliu gentleman from Indiana had said. In the course ol some further remarks, Bynum said tlie committee, on waj and means lu the formation of its hill, had closed the doors of the Capitol against the lalsir r the country, but had admitted ad-mitted the manufacturers. The very entrance to tliu Capitol was closed iu order to keep everybody from coming iu but those tlie majority major-ity would allow. It admitted nian-ulaiturers nian-ulaiturers but ir honest lalwrcaniH ami knocked at the door, It was not admitted. SIcKiuIeysaid the Imputation ol the gentleman from Iudiaua that the ways aud means committee had closed up the passage to the House, iu onler that the majority might have n private consultation room, was false. He did not iicrmitany tnau to impute to the committee auy bad motives or lack of courtesy to tliu minority. The minority of the committee knew- that any imitation im-itation ot tliat kind was absolutely false. Having considered sixteen of tlie Hfly-slx is-igcs of the bill, the committee) com-mittee) rose aud the House adjourned. |