Show CONGRESS by western A press to the SENATE dec 17 the has passed t the is bill to repeal the tenure ce luct p of f office M act 30 to 32 butler offered a preamble and res resolutions 0 reciting the close proximity of mexico and ana the united states and the desirability of maintaining the closest of friendship between the two countries and providing provi 0 1 dine 1 for the appointment ofa of a sear select tva committee 1 of lips five senators eena tore to visit places along the frontier and the city of mexico with the approval of the mexican government to inquire into and report upon any disturbances that may have occurred between citizens of the two countries with power to send for persons and papers pipers and to employ a stenographer and ano euch such other persona persons admay as may be necessary yand and to sit during the recess of congress Con grets laid on the table on motion of allison it was ordered that when the senate adjourn today to day it ke be till monday on motion of miller and after a brief statement by him the senate lookup up an and I 1 passed without without discussion and without division the bill for the retirement and coinage re of the trade dollar on motion of conger the house bill to extend the free delivery tem of the postoffice post office department passed bythe house on the ath dinst was taken up and pasted passed A bill was introduced by mr morgan to regulate the fees and iea of united states district attorney attorneys in new mexico and Ar arizona izolia on motion of mr conger the bill passed by the house on the oth in feml tant stant authorizing the employment of female messengers in the postal service was taken up I 1 amended and passed and a bonfe conference rence asked mr aldrich introduced a bill to provide for the reduction of the interest on the bonded debt of the united state states referred blair moved to take up the bill reported by him on the of june from the committee on pensions to give right of trial by jury to pension claimants whose application have been rejected on motion offload of hoar floar the bill was re committed the senate then proceeded to the consideration of the private calendar after passing two bills the senate took up the unfinished business of yesterday being the mil bill to repeal the tenure of office act and without farther further discussion the bill was passed yeas 30 nays 22 the senate then took lookup up the r order being the bill to prohibit members of congress from acting as attorneys for subsidized railroad companies but as mr evarts had bad requested that it should not be acted on in his absence it was laid aside on motion of mcmillan a bill for the appointment of an inspector of hulls and boilers in duluth was taken up and passed after an executive session the senate adjourned till monday washington dec 17 delmont of new york introduced the following bill which was referred to the corns com cittee on foreign af sif faire fairs that llie the president be and is h hereby ere b authorized to appo inva commis j eion ya n to proceed to such places in the united states or elsewhere as may be designated by the secretary of state to take testimony under oath or affirmation in relation to the losses and injuries inflicted since the of december 1883 1885 by british authorities imperial or colonial upon citizens of the united states engaged in a the fisheries on the northeast coast of british north america this commission shall everywhere have in respect to the administration of oaths or affirmation and the taking of testimony the gimo same powers as a corn com mie bouer of the circuit court and shall be paid the same fees as are prescribed tor for similar services of a commissioner of a circuit court together with ith traveling expenses mr air negley pennsylvania asked unanimous consent to strike from the bill the paragraph ara graph providing that no person shall be eligible to a position or employment in the government of or the management of any soldiers home who is interested in or connect with directly or indirectly any railroad brewery merchant tile Is house manufactory or distillery in the state where such home is lo 10 bated air moved to tho bill with instructions to the catu mitto joon to report it back with an amendment from to tho the appropriations for the outdoor relief of persons entitled for admission to the doroe lost yeas naye nays the bill was then passed mr air duffy maine presented memorials of the Ne ship pint ping association requesting that in the revision odthe of the treaty with spain all american vessels be placed on the same footing in spanish american ports as vessels carrying the and that no discrimination bo be made against the sailing eai lini vessels referred the house then took A 6 recess until the evening session to be for the consideration of the pension billa WIN the house at its evening session ees sion I 1 passed eighteen pension bills and at 1005 adjourned t norro morrow washington hOTON TOr dec IS 18 A A motion by bi morrison that the house RO go into a committee of the whole on the tariff bill waa wits defeated to the following bemo arsts voted in tho the negative bliss boyle campbell ohio curtis Ermen ermentrout foran gay geddes greene N J lawler lefevre bl martin artin mcadoo merriman muller randall seney A st 1 riggs martin na wallace allacc ward illinois warner ohio and wilkins the following repa in the affirmative li harden arden nelson stone mase mass strait wakefield and white minn litin A the house went into a committee of the whole mole on abri oklahoma bill barnes ga opposed the bill because it did not provide clearly defined territory over which the government waa was to bo be established the ex tent of territory b being 19 depend dependent enton on the ability of the government 0 to induce or coerce the five civilized nations to surrender a portion of their land iio he believed that the honor of the country would bo be affected by tho the bill for good faith toward towards detente defense less and inoffensive people required that it should not pass pending ac tion the committee rose and the morning hour expired |