Show CONGRESS bj W tbt washington april 12 vance introduced a b all tho use of pages patent and practically otnel ling the the law under which it waa issued by covy making a duty on lead ore eaton said he would antagonize bill with lar appropriation bill adjourned nurse aar apr 12 among the bellg introduced today to day wag ona by mr berry explanatory of tho act granting lien lands to the state of california another by mr or agon to bior a navy yard on tha coast by mr goode of virginia author icing the secretary of the navy to bo cure adequate coaling sta iiona for the use of alie gayy at proper point on abo atlantia antio and coatton central america and the american isthmus tho speaker massago of the the report of the respecting chinese immigration tho went into for three hours de batoon the arcay bill the bonato bill appropriating for iho erection ata on tha alio grande fronties fronti ew mr from the conference committee on the bill reported an agreement that the public debt should ba taken by a special agent it istead of by tho en numerators that copies of the should not bo sent to state officers that alaska be included in the census and that other made in the bill the report was laid aside the geneva award bill was taken up and mr mcdonald McDon ild advocated his substitute classifying the various claims U argued that this award was not merely an award but final action upon a national claim mr chalmers introduced a joint resolution that the purchase of united states bonds by the secretary of the treasury recently had unsettled the stock market and might cause a suspicion of stock jobbing and bring discredit upon the government ern ment and making it unlawful to purcie for the government any bonds except after a weeks notice of the amount by mr warner establishing Etab lishing a bureau of mines and mining manu statistic at the interior department by mr geddes constitutional amendment against a third term mr price contended that the amendment had nothing in it mr butterworth considered etim por tant it was differently construed by the president and by the democrats if this amendment were adopted it was proposed to count in a democratic president in this chamber in 1881 whether elected or not if the pro ident vetoed it the democrats would raise a cry of bayonets as the polls but the people would not be alarmed or deceived he gave notice of an amendment that would clearly define the limits of this plan proposed by providing fayr the arrest and punishment of men approaching the polls with guns pistols or deadly weapons mr bay lies said the amendment waa simply intended to keep the army from the polls brown and williams of wisconsin denounced the amendment as illogical and unconstitutional as abating the power of the pres dent under tho constitution cowgill and dunnell clos ed the debate and several amendments were rejected mr sparks amendment was amended so as to alloy troops to be used en the application of tho legis ture or governor to rapel domestic violence the main question was ordered giouse adjourned |