Show br iry FORTY sixta SIXTH CONGRESS congressional ofal t bema hema SENATE washington 13 the vice president laid before the senate a communication from the post master masten general recommending various minor deficiency appropriations for 1879 1870 amounting to loi lol 1013 several senators presented numerously signed petitions for a commission of inquiry into the ali coholic liquor traffic kernan and Sau bau albury presented memorials for the withdrawal of the legal tender quality of the treasury notes werry terry ferry announced that to suit the convenience of various senators he would not ask the senate to devote thursday Thu to the memorial service of senator chandler but would hereafter hefe heie after ask another day set apart saulsbury by request introduced u ced a bill to preserve the secrecy of telegrams s carpenter from the judiciary committee reported adversely on the bill to extend the jurisdiction of the united states court calendar morrill offered the following reao lution which was laid on the table and he announced his in to s speak p eak upon it on th thursday u rs next resolved that tho committee on finance be instructed to inquire as f to the practicability of refunding any part of tho the national debt at a less rate than 4 per cent interest 1 and also as to whether or not some effective provisions can be made i whereby bona fide subscriptions for sums in moderate amounts may be available and report by bill or otherwise on motion of garland 28 to 25 the 86 senate hh te went into executive session t when the doors were reopened re je opened on motion of thurman the house bill to provide for circuit courts and district courts of the united states stales at columbus ohio and aad transfer ring certain counties from northern 3 districts of that state was taken up and passed on motion of cockrell Cock the sen ate again went into executive session and then adjourned until tomorrow washington 14 davia davis fils flis ills the vice president beck bock williams t allison Alli alii son aon Kirk kirkwood woods baldwin ferry davis pendleton and others presented petitions of women asking for the removal of their political disabilities and for a i dional amendment giving women citizens the right to 10 vote kernon and bayard presented petitions la in favor of withdrawing the legal tender tedder quality of legal tender notes daveral petitions were presented for a commission of inquiry inte into the alcoholic liquor traffic davis AV va from the committee an appropriations reported with amendment a bill to relieve the united states treasurer from the amount now charged to him and deposited in the several states placed on the cale caie calendar the bill to increase the pensions of totally disabled soldiers and sail ors was taken up to HOUSE r i washington 13 after fter after some r routine business consideration was I 1 V resumed of the resolution for print L ing glovers report the question A was re committed to the committee I 1 on pK printing inting with instructions to 3 inquire how bow the house housa lost posses 8 sion of the report and who now has possession of it wilson from the committee on E i printing reported a bill for the election of a congressional printe preferred to the committee of th whole on a point of order becknell chairman of the committee I 1 on counting votes for president and vice president reported back the tho bill to provide for and regulate the counting of votes for president and questions arising there t upon made the special order for the of january I 1 y the bill appropriating for furniture in la the house passed garfielda garniel Garfiel dd motion that the librarian purchase works on finance and i political economy for the ways it I 1 and means moans committee was adopted 9 to 67 many executive communications were reee received ived and referred money chairman of the commit tee on postoffice post poet office submitted a re part port to accompany the bill for the establishment of return letter onni offices referred the house went into committee of the whole on the report of the committee on rules dunnell objected to rule 20 prohibiting hi any amendment to an appropriation bill which changed the existing jaw law unless it retrench trenched re ed expenditures the rule was undemocratic and submitted the house to the control of a bare majority of the committee on privations he opposed the rule requiring the committee on commerce to prepare the river and harbor barbor bill for the committee on appropriations he denounced the attempt to make the river and harbor bill appear to be a gigantic steal barbor opposed that proposition also whitthorne whit WAit thorne believed one cand card c 0 ni cittee should control appropriations brown took the opposite view making the app appropriation comm committee it the sole arple arbiter ei was setting up an aristocracy and making the speaker an autocrat the committee then ross TOSS mr mi Sh ellenberger introduced intro duc d a bill to refund the national debth debb debt reduce the interest and improve the public credit adjourned washington 14 the bill for free importation of or chis chii classical antiquities passed buckner chairman of the committee on banking and currency reported p 0 arted a bill requiring reser vesi of national banks basks t to 0 beep be kept A in gold and silver coin martin desired to offer an amend ment meat providing that united states treasury shall be borall fon for all ail the united sates except excepting hig imports and shall not be otherwise legal tender ender to buckner Backner refused to yield for that amendment I 1 the hib bill was postponed until to morrow the provisions of buck ners neus ners nera bill are as follows section I 1 provides that the national bank act bo be so amended as to require every banking association to keep ini iri gold ot 01 silver colp one halfon hair half of the reserve fund ri now noy ow required by taw law section 2 ProvIde provider hf that any banking ban kini bini association failing to comply with ith the provisions p rovis lons ions of section one shall nou not be allow edg eug edW to increase its liabilities by making aej new loans or discounts otherwise than by discounting or purchasing ng bills of exchange payable at sight eight nor make any dividend oivi denit of its pro fits until the requirements of bf this bill are complied with AMERICAN AMERICA ni washington 13 the democratic members of the house home and senat senate 6 committees on appropriations have agreed that ail all appropriation pria tion bills billa shall be ba brought forward and put through both houses bouses as rapidly as pos poE possible sible in ineich auch ouch shape as to avoid all danger of prolonging prolong ink the session by unprofitable political discussions discue the amounts will therefore be almost invariably based upon last years yearb i figur figures ds without attempting far further ther then material reductions and without endeavoring to add political riders the che oni only y bill likely to aple reopen re open any of the aur auvo tio eions lie tie which we were re so prominent at the extra session is the marshal deficiency nici fici ency enby bill now in the course of bf preparation by shy bup sup commit committee tee tep it is alleged that among the deficiencies for which money is asked is guo of bouic 1000 to liay pay for the services besof of deputy marshh marshals lik lit of election appointed at the california congressional al election the feeling among the democratic members 3 of the committee is strongly in fit favor of inserting a in the bill to prohibit ibe the use of any auy jor portion tion tron of the appropriation far bucit purposes nes either elther past or prospective e and if the measure is thus reported the opportunity for political discussion will undoubtedly be improved A memorial la Is being circulated in washington ington lugton by the ladies ladles 1 society of utah graying praying the house of representatives to expel delegate cannon on the ground tt that he is a mormon apostle and one of the ablest and most most moat strenuous upholders of polygamy the petitioners ir ers s also lert assert that do despite mr Cann cannons onya onla denial before jhb committee heraas he bas has four wives vives with whom be 6 lives openly and whom he introduce introduces a as massuch buch buob such the memorial furnishes the names of cacho cannons ns wives as via follows wife wire no 1 elizabeth hoagland cannon with or chil chii dren of specified sexes bexes wife no 2 sarah jane jenny jearly five children no 3 8 eliza tenney two wo children no 4 martha tilley with five children grand total four wives wires thirteen sons and five daughters articles of incorporation have been prepared by ammen with the assistance of capt phelps and oth other ei gentlemen interested in the nicaraguan inter will be submitted to a s special ec I 1 house committee in a few dis dia days a the name of gen grant heads the list of incorporators WE IS 13 tho ev ning nina post bays says on inquiry we nind find that the metropolitan national bank of thia this city which has on deposit at washington I 1 in d united states four perceil perce per pen cent nL bonds co tor secure 2205 nee nae has haa taken bup up its badda and tor for a taule given up its note circulation elcula tian thie operation la Is merely a business as the barik bank clears a profit by bk it of over 0 the tha bank has hasis a capital of president ra reney beney ney bab baa giyen given it as his bis opinion that if it congress would reduce the tax on we note circulation obe ople oae opie half it now eing being one per cent the banks generally would freely take the bonds nearing per cent boter jn and would largely Inc increase their circulation the snowfall which the people this morning began in this thie city boon goon after midnight and continued until early noon today to day about eight inches of snow fell teil but but brlek westerly winds drifted it about and in many places in the streets it was auly a foot toot in depth east of the Alleg banies hanles the storm was as bevere severe as an to the westward the heaviest beavie at snowfall enow fall fail being in maine haine where about a foot fell at other points it was wag from SIX to eight inches in lri the south butlin but lit tie snow fell but a heavy fall of rain rala and aad bleet sleet is reported the storm is now passing the coast I 1 at t 1 cape dape hatteras followed by rai raplh rapid clearing and cold weather 1 the funeral of frank leslie the th e well known publisher took place this thin chanin morning from bev bev rev dr chapin ind church nearly all the persons employed in leslie Ly allea a establishment were prea present ent the pall bearers were Ga vernor or rice bice rice rree rt of uclair sinclair Sl toncey john bic blondean blo Ic nean Kean general graham JE S wim Him kemball ball bail isaac W england Engla pl whitelaw reft bell justice fitz sen hen senator lor lon tor anthony an and henry F gillan A number af persons persona interested arthe IH the to hu an tepee railroad rall Bail road compan company pany assembled y yesterday to leaten to the rep report orlof of the committee previously appointed to look aftel after its interests the coin committee m reported that the charter of thi old company having been cancelled by congress alfred learned of massachusetts had obtained a new grant on june ad last and they recommend that a new now company be pe organized under this grant under r the thu name of ot the tehuantepec inter octabio ballway company this thih was adopted andrit was resolved that steps be taken taker iad tat at afim onee once to complete theroan the road toad the line ia la across mexico to the sea coast where 1 it jol joi joins joli i sited a lindof of res ys vessels the thin herald says barel barei barclay ay a member of parliament tor for forfar shire has been travelling tra tri in colorado and in pila pile plia of the beetle beetie indians and rind such non arable arabie land as exists be he waxes anth enthusiastic us ta s i ainther in the fortnightly the natural features bf the state hepa he tays ya that there the english farmer will find a rich and andreade an ready dready field for hi hin bin industry when ED england gland giand and scot and are ruined countries it is 1816 to be hoped that bl beaconsfield Beacons nield field who has ha s not been to colorado reads reada the ibe fortnightly neww and knows that colorado ia but a single one of our many sparse sparsely fly settled states CHICAGO 13 rhe times augusta special bays says bayst this move of the republicans ia 14 looked upon as their last card their men were getting sick of the game which whick the leaders were playing and it be came apparent they could not be held in line much longer therefore it was absolutely necessary for them to do some bome something think but it ia Is believed they have bave done the very vecy worst thing faey possibly couii could hava have done they have formed a legislature without the least vea vee tige of law to sustain them they have no official clat roll no nb of election and no legislative re turns and to cap the climax they propose to ask the opinion of the supreme courtad to the legality of all other and regular legislature which was according to law can the court pay any attention to the questions submitted by such an unlawful body the best beat lawyers here eay say that they would not stultify themselves to do BO so the fusionists fusio held a caucus tonight andare budare and aud are in high spirits over the situation last night at tho ibe capitol passed very quietly a full fall guard was on the only oldy thing talog irregular this morning mord was when 0 W martin attempted to 0 pabs pass the guard in def defiance latice of the police regulations an and d was unmanly um tum manly marily handled by the police are very reticent about expressing an opinion of the events of last jast night might they seem surprised and entirely unwilling to converse upon the subject wallace wailace JR IL white whose card of denial of bribery has bas been published has be been en summoned before the bribery eom bom committee mitte but refused to appear following Is his card to henry rogalle to galls galle chairman in committee I 1 have received ybur to appear before your committee comit tee charged w with ith lih investigation of the alleged bribery of T B swann and moses hardman I 1 decline to appear for the realon reason that you are not competent rosend to bend for persons and papers papera and not competent to administer a legal legai oath witnesses before you could swear to anything without incurring hazard of prosecution for perjury if dw a and harriman had bad secured a bribe they would naturally swear falsely about it and if they merely put up a ajob job they would be still more likely to swear falsely when ameet them I 1 want it tobe to be before a tribunal t hathas power to enforce its decrees audgo and aud to administer punishment your house of Re representatives presenta is illegally organized or not organized at tit all and it if you have any doubt on that point I 1 shall be aglid ad to bage bave you arrest me we for contempt and sod then have the authority of your dour your process tested by a writ of habeas corpus before th the e supreme judicial court if pm im not sustained by that tribunal I 1 shall cheerfully appear before your committee signed WALLACE washington olvin civiN 33 13 gen brady asserted that thau no bo denneler ey in the appropriation i for the atar alar 81 a r service actu actually ally aily existed nor would any bi be created the facts were that such additional had bad aeeti during uhe the hat it 1 luis tha I 1 must be continued upon its present basalt basis he the appropriation t lation made for that branch ranch of the service would be insufficient it was me the desire of the department to be guided in its ita 6 by the view which should be taken |