National Affairs

SENATE. ■Washington, May 3.- In the Sonate ye9terday bilis were passed íor public buildings at Fort Dodge, Ia. ; Sterling, 111. ; Duluth, Minn., and Atchison, Kan., and 105 pension bilis, forty-two.being House bilis. The Railroad Land Grant Forfeiture bill and the bill for the establishment of a bureau of animal industry were discussed. Washington, May 4.- Bills were placed on the calendar in the Senate yesterday to retire certain disabled offlcers of the army ; for promotion of army offlcers after twenty years' continuous service in one grade, and to restore to the public domain part of the Utah Valley Indian Reservation in Utah. A bill was introduced to execute the stipulations of the new Chinese treaty. The Railroad Land-Grant Forfeiture bill and the bill for the establishment of a bureau of animal industry were further considered. Adjourned to the 7th. Washington, May 8.- In the Senate yesterday the Railroad Land Forfeiture and the Bureau of Animal Industry bilis, were further considered. The Chinese treaty was ratified. A bill was introduced appropriating $1,000,000 to provide more efficiënt mail service between the United State9 and Central and South America and the West Indies. Petitions from Illinois citizens ware presented favoring the per diem pension bill and opposing the admission of Utah. Washington, May 9.- The Senate yesterday passed the bill increasing the pension of soldiers f or total disability to $73 per month. A memorul was presented from the New England Methodist conference protesting against any treaty that precludes Chinese ministers of the Gospel or Chinese delegates to religious conventions coming into the country. The Railroad Land Forfeiture bill was further considered. Mr. Voorhees apologized f or his harsh language during the speech made by Mr. Ingalls on Tuesday last. THE HOUSE. Washington, May 3.- In the House yesterday the discussion on the Tariff bill was pavticipated in by Mr. Wilson (Minn.), Mr. Lanham (Tex.) and Mr. Caruth (Ky.), in favor of the bill, and by Mr. Allen (Mass.) and Mr. McComas (Md.) in opposition. Washington, May 4.- In the House yesterday Mr. Watson (W. Va.) and Mr. McKinney (N. H.) spoke in favor of the Tariff bill, and Mr. Dingley (Me.) against it. The joint resolutlon accepting on behalf of the nited States the in vitation of -the French Republic to take part in the International exhibition to be held in Paris in 1889 was adopted. Washington, May 5. - In the House yesterdav the debate on the Tariff bill was resumed, Mr. Guenther (Wis.t speaking against the measure, and Messrs. McDonald (Minn.) and Wheeler (Ala.) in its favor. At the evening session twentyseven pension bilis were passed. Washington, May 7.- Two members oí the House, Mr. Bryce, of New York, and Mr. Brumm, of Pennsylvania, engaged in an angry exchange of abusive epithets in th oourse of the tarift debate. On Saturday Mr. Woodburn (Nev.) spoke against the bill, and ridiculed the claim of the Democrats that their party was the f riend of the working-man, and said policy outlined by the Mills bill surnendered American markets and American labor to the f ree traders of Great Britain. Mr. Stockdale (Miss.) defended the bill. Washikgton, May 8.- The River and Harbor bill, which appropriates about $20,000,000 was passod In the House yesterday - yeas, 161 ; nays, 69. A bill was introduced to amend the Civil-Service law, making eliglble for appointment without being required to pass the civil-service examination all honorably discharged Federal soldiers and sailors oí the late war. Washington, May 9.- The following Senate bilis were favorably reported to the House yesterday : Appropriating $75,000 for a public building at Akron, O., and $75,000 for a public building at Youngstown, O., and increasing the pension for total disability to $72 per month. The principal tariff speech was made by Mr. Hopkins (111.), who opposed the Mills bill. He chargec the Democrats with practicing a system of f alse pretenses in order to get into power, and said Samuel J. Randall was the ables man ' in that party. Mr. Mansur (Mo. spoke in favor of the bill, claiming that i was a wise and conservative measure. OTHEB NOTES. Washington, May 6.- The Senate Com mittee on Education and Labor Friday ordered a favorable report on the home bil to prohibit the employment of alien labor on public works. Washington, May 9.- The Senate Com mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds has ordered favorable reports on public building bilis as follows: Hastings, Neb., $75,000; Jackson, Miss., $6,000; Beatrice, Neb., $40,000; Altoona, Pa. $75,000; Peoria, 111., $12,000; Reno, Nev. $60,000; Virginia City, Nev., $25,000; Vicks burg, Miss., $100,000; Columbus, Ga., $100,000; Charleston, S. C, $300,000; Council Bluffs, Ia., $10,000; Atlanta, Ga., $120,000. Washington, May 8.- When the Mills Tariff bill shall have been reported back to the House of Representativos from . the committee of the whole, a substitute will be introduced by the Republicans, providing for a reduction of $94,000,000 in reveue, of which $3,000,000 would be on tobáceo and $6,000,000 on alcohol, besides L58,000,000 from repeal of the duty on sugar.