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Show AN APPROPRIATION For a Honumcnt to Certain Prisoners Prison-ers or War, Refused by tlie tUma THE ELECTIONS BILL IN THE SENATE. Secretary lVIndom and tin Ittpub- Iica Caucus Committee iTork- log at a Problem. THE U. S. NAVY'S rOUR NEW MEN-Or-WAR. The Boj and the Dog Sild td l-s Bolag Well, bat .Not Vet Cut Apart. ily Tilfarapa totaeBna. l.f lO.VOItES-t. No Muttuinent lo the llellra or Srlon Slbljis. WAilltNoTo"", Dec. 15 Spinola (N Y.) mived to suspend the m'i and usBllie bill appropriating SIU, OW lor tho en-itlou if a munument to the victims of prbon ihlps at Gt, Green, Brooklyn. Allen (Mich.), while adding his pralee to the patriotism ot thu men whom It is desigued to honor, opposed op-posed the bill, l'liese men ba-J raftered raf-tered untold horrors, hut there i.t all over this country men who had sutlcrcd horrors tqu-illy atrocious at Libby, Aiidereuuville aud every ptUou toulli uf the Potomac. .Tlusv men had Come time and Hgaln mh-lug mh-lug Congrwstogive them uiiIUnte. So lar tnelr prayer had tieen rt-lused, rt-lused, auu leauliij pollers of New York Ciiy hid uvi-ii enipgJ In bringing their powerful luttet'cs to lit-ar iitaiti nubhe sentiment in order lo turn it agaiust granting l-ensions of any kl'!d whatever. Atlhesame lime re rcsei.tauvts of New York City i,uie here and asked the gov-eriueut gov-eriueut to build a monument to i- mmemurato the men who needed uo monument to till the story ot their Eitriollm. Sweeney (ia.) said the present was no time for miking appropriations appropria-tions of thU character. The gentlemen gentle-men who urged the passage of this measure were the very oues who, day lifter day, ueclareu that there w-i.uld Ik a deficiency in the Treasury. Treas-ury. v.auuan (Ills.) said he was Informed In-formed that Uio libiary committee had rejwrteu favorably thltty mouu-meal mouu-meal bilt-. 'Ihere.tsiin estimali-J tucnr.se of txiieudlture of Pi- guv-enimcut guv-enimcut of 7o,fJWfiM, and aie est. mated increase in reveuues was JOO.O'ViW. Congress mu-t choose intwiiusivlng relief to the living and i reeling cuuuments. J. II. 'laylor (Ohio) and Kerr (la. j t-AiCed tlie Ne York member u 1th the fact tliat their city iud not erected u monument to Gen. Grant, but uereitlielrf) askeu Cungrtis lor a mrauml lo Mctiuu ot prisoa sh!f. , SplnoHVmo'Mri was lost, 105 to W. McKinley (Ohio) fcrnrted Hie Flower reMiuiiuii, exteiidic the bonded irrio.1 to July lot, uexL there being a disi-ontiou ou the ,art of Culwrrtron I Tex.) to dilate i. McKiuley withdrew It. Ad-oarnI. Ad-oarnI. THE St'ATE. Washington. 1J--C Is. The bill suljevtiiu cleomargeriiie to thel operation of state laws, the Paddock Pad-dock l'ure Food bill and the Coc-gir Coc-gir Pure Innl bill, having come up in their order, wer- laid aside, and the Senate j rocteUed to consideration considera-tion of the election bill. Colquitt (Ga.1, Wilson (Md.) and Vance (N. CI sjaike at some leugth again-t the h-iectioioj bill. At the close of Vault's iech Ihe Vice-I'restdent Vice-I'restdent announced the question to be ull Grave's amendment to trike out the Houte to House i-l.u-e. A vote vros not reached, however. liullcr spoke iu supiiort of the amendment he had SaggenttU reve:al days ago, providing Uiat the sujiervisor, cauvassers aud ether election iiftttrs be .regarded as luhil-terial aud not Judicial cftlcers. Hoar opjwseii tne amendircnl aud a long ieuato ensued. Before it elided ttie Senate went Into executive session and toon adjourned. |