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Show THEIR DAY'S WORK. The S'nile and Home of ncprotn-tatlTt ncprotn-tatlTt Ortnplnl nitl, Tanoas OLOW1NG UP THE DANUBE'S "IRON GATE." A Calaunt (0 the Ilowtr UI;Iit m IUVerl IUx Uaiailtaa'. Mtdoiv. PRESIDENT 0IA2 OPEN!: MEXICO'S MEX-ICO'S CONGRESS. Extraonllcsi-T .IrdJral In. Tilch the EltclKc VTitr Vlijs Its D-aillf l'jrl. CjTrfgTjDH'lteJdfoa.l . COMJltESIOXAL. Proeeedinsa or 'iratrnlar In the I Tin, lloa.e. Wasiiixotox,. BqiL 10. Vice- PretUcnt Slorton rnsIJwi iu U10 Senate t&Usy. The. following bills were laecvJ; Tbo . jnato bill au-tbo.-uing U10 librarian ofCoan to imrcliasuat not oxo-cdins 510,000 Toviavuils WUraty of National. CtaiaanJ luJlvlJual rcajnln. mn. ocruiru; the origin, luoress and coostque-nces of the civil war; the Senate bill to qrant the rljht of way tltrouli fcibho IanJe. Tlie conference rejort on the niln-nytttitl forfeiture bill ru re-tuniwlan!! re-tuniwlan!! Morgan continued lib argunieut afrainat it. Ho spokoof ilia fir,t taction of the bill as a mere sham and pretense as a forfeiture bill. It was nothing but a mere political performance. Bate also ojipcretl the confcrence report and akl where mnder tlio biil forfeit ore came. I1uiuua!d it forfeited all lands which, under the decision ot the Supremo Court could be forfeited. It forfeited somewhere bet u ecu ftveu and ten million acre?. It confirmed not a single arro to any railroad company, anu did not dkturbethe status of any acre granted to the rallroaj comjuuita, except byter-uinatlnj byter-uinatlnj the right of the companies GO bull J anr mum nf thflr r,vt f. nn.l by forfeiting grants opposite to un-finiiliwl un-finiiliwl portion;. A vole was then Liken, and the conference retort was agreed to yeas TO, nays 13-a strictly turty vote. The Hou.8 antl-l&llery bill was then, on motion of Sawyer, taken from the calendar and jEtuetl without with-out a word of dbi-uisroa. o.t ilariojc o? i-himi:, the Senate nroceeded to consideration considera-tion of tlmilou-o bill to repeal the timber culture laws. Phimb moved auamendment in the nature of a tubetilutc lamierson moved aa amend-mcotprovl.lln amend-mcotprovl.lln that na more than 6IB(lo-tead of 160) acre fiiall l embraced in one town site. Agreed f j. Plumb also inovol to add to the eUbaUtuteauesr section, rcslricUng reerrairaiten toao mueh-landasnly as Is actually necessary for tile in--truetion and njaintenance of the ren-rvoir. Agreed to. Teller also oQVred an amendment (which was agreed toj glvliu a right of way through the public binds furcuiil or tlitch comtianies, form-d for the urrxe of irrlga-tii. irrlga-tii. n. Sandrs oflVred an amendment providing tint the gold and Mlver miiiic? regions of the State of Xe-vada Xe-vada aud thc-sa States and Terrl urits in wdnh ther are public UuJsconUiuiniftlniberand, where there is no United States Uw authorizing the sale of such timber lautK the m-idtnUof Mich Slateaor rerritorl -s, if prosecuted for ccnisa seen Tl illicit, may plead tliat It was eut for agricultural agri-cultural or mining rurjKMes. After some moaificatton this was agreed to. Jtauderson moved to add a new ect:oc Mttiug apart the Anctte It-lands It-lands ia tlie Alexander Arcliij--lago, IiisuutlieAeteni AkuLa, as a reset vatlon for the use of tlie Mella-kahlla Mella-kahlla IndLtn, recently (migrated from Ilrilbh C'olumbLt to Alaska, and such olhtr Altskan natives as may join them. Agreul to. The kultitute was then agreed to ind the bill patetl. The Senate bill to establish a United SLttt land court wasLtid i-ltfo umil toitrarrow and the Senate Sen-ate adjourned. |