The Record Of Congress

Washington City, April 5.- The bül to reimburse depositors of the Freedmen's Savngs bank was up in the senate Wednesday, but after considerable debate went over without aetion. Beck's amendment to the bond purchase bill, requiring the treasury to coin silver dollars to take the place of national ban: notes retired was adopted- 38 to 13. Reagan's amendment to buv bonds with the $100,000,000 reserve for the" redemption of greenbacks was debated, but finally withdrawn. Sherman made a speech declarine that the alleged flnancial distress was causea by the failure of the president to exercise his power to buy bonds already in existence. McPherson offered an amendment limiting the total coinage of silver dollars to ?4,000,000 per month. Stewart moved to table the motion, and pending aetion the senate adjourned. As soon as the house assembled the direct , tax bill, which was the special order for the day, was called up, and its opponents began filibustering, and kept it up all day. The house was treated to every conceivable plan of preventing legislation, and both sides seemed determined to fight it out on that line if ittook all summer. Washington City, April 6.- A proposal from the Canadian government for a full exchange of parliamentary publieations was referred by the senate Thursday to the printihg coimnittee. Wilson of íowa delivered a set speech on the tariff and in advocacy of the protective policy. The bond purchase bill was then taken up and the substituto ofEered by Spooner some days ago passed with the Beek amendment providing for the eoinage of silver dollars to take the place of retired national bank circulation. The senate insisted on iFs amendments at once, and appointed a conference committee. The bill establishing a bureau of animal Industry was then taken up and read, but without aetion the senate went into executivè session, and later adjourned. The house met at 11 :45 a. m., and a debate ensued as to whether the legislative day of Wednesday ended at noon Thursday. The speaker decided that it did not. but that it would last as long as the house reïused to adjourn. The ruling was backed by any number of precedents. Dilatory motions occupied the remainder of the day, and at 5:10 p. m. another reeess was taken to 1 1 :45 a. m. Friday. Washington City, April 7.- The flrst business transacted by the senate Friday was to decide to adjourn until Monday at the close of Kriday's session. Riddleberger offered a resolution whieh was referred to the foreign relations committee, inquiring of the president about the British-Venezuelan troubles. Private pension bilis were then considered and in less than ninety minutes 127 bilis were passed. The bill to establish a buiSau of an: mal industry came next. Hiscock opposed it as unconstitutional where it gave the right of search in case of pleuro-pneumonia. He also would have farmers paid the full value of sound cattle for those killed to stamp out the pleuro. The bill was amended by ineluding in the diseases to be looked after glanders and tuberculosis, it being stated tbat the latter caused the death eaeh year of 50,000 children. The bill was then dropped and made special order for next Thursday, and after some unimportant business the senate held a secret session, adjourning when the doors reopened.' The house spent another day filibustering against the direct tax refunding bill. The bill is opposed, apparently, by those who desire that the eotton tax be refunded, and they say they will stay until next March before they will yield. The advocates of the bill are equally determined, and the dead-lock gives promise of becoming historica!. The house is still in the legislative day of last Wednesday, with a chance of staying there for the remainder of the session. At 5 :80 p. m. recess was taken until 1 1 :30 a. m. Saturday. Washington City, April 9. - The result of Saturday's session of the house was the agreement to the conference report on the house bill authorizing the purchase or eondemnation of lands or material needed in tbe improvement on the Tennewee river. The dead-loek on the direct tax bill remained unbroken, and the situation was praetiealbly the same as on Wednesday. The house at 1 -.55 p. m. took reeess until 1 1 :4ö a. m. Monday. Washington City, April 10- The Belgian invitation to particípate in the international exhibition at Brussels was accepted by the senate Mouday, and J30,000appropriated., The house bill to make valid the patente signed Viy the assistant interior secretary, was passed. Bills were introduced: to establish ;i permanent eciurt of arbitration to settle disputes between United .States, England, and France; to complete the direct tax of 1861, requiring those states wbich did not pay to make good the account. Discussion was had on the bilis to permit aliens to hold mineral lands, and for the admission of Dakota, bat no action was taken on eilher, and the séllate, after un executive session. adjourned. The houe commenced the sixih day's liuhi over the direct tax bül, and nothing vis done all day but calüng tbe rolland dilatoryjmotious. and at 10:80 a rectiss was t;;kcu tu 11:45 a. m. Tuesday. Washington Citi", April 11.- The senate received a petition Tuesday asking that the oil pipe liues l.c regulated by an amendment to the inter-state commerce biU. The bill pxcluding mineral lands from the provisions af the biïl prohibiting the ownershlp of United States lands by aliens was passed, :us was a bill removing the politieal disabüities rf John Kutledge, of South Carolina. The Freedman's bank bili was sent to the nuance committee. The bill for the admission of Dakota was then taken up, and Butler spoke in opposition to dividing the territory, after which, without action on tbe bill the senate held an executive session, and when tbe dours reopened adjourned. The house, still in tbe session of Wednesday, April 4, continued the rilibusteiúng on the direct tax bill, this being the seventh day of the dead-lock. The on ly business done was the adoption of the conference report on the Mempbis bridge bill.