The National Legislature

WASHINGTON CITT, JaU. 15. - The senate devoted the entire day yesterday, from 10 o'clock until adjournment, discussing the flnancial bilí. Ingalls and Jones delivered set speeches. At 8 o'clock debate under six minute rule began, and at 5:45 p. m. a vote was taken on the adoption of Stewart's free coinage amendment, resulting: Yeas, tó; nays, 30. Then about everything in the bill except Stewart's amendment was struck out, aud as a general free silver wimlup Vest olïered a simple free silver substituto wliich was agreed to- 3'J to 27. The elección bill was theu declared the next business by the vice-president's casting vota and the seuate adjuiirued, it being 12:15 a. ra. ïlie house passed the army appropriation bill, iiniunded so as to provide that land grant railroads sball receive for army transportatiou but 50 per cent of the price paid to thein by private parties for similar services. The District oC Columbia appropriation bill was carried into the couimittee of the whole and debate agreed upon. Washington City, Jan, 16.- After routine business in the señóte yesterday the elections bill was considered, and Evarts addressed the senate in its support. Hoar gave notice that at noon to-day he would ask the senate to remain in session until the disposal of the bill. The senate then went into executive session and soon afterwards adjourned. The house devoted most of its session to a discussion of conference reports on public building bilis. The reports for buildings at Portland, Ore.; Sioux Falls, S. D.; Mankat'o, Miun., and St. Albans, Vt., were agreed to. The speaker appointed Dingley, Payne, Rowell, Oates, anti Peel a conimittee to investígate the alleged silver pool. The free coinage silver bill was received by the house and sent to the speaker's table, and subsequently referred to the committee on coinage, weights and measures. The District of Columbia appropriation bill was taken up in committee of the whole and further debated without action. Washington City, Jan. 17.- The senate yesterday after routine business proceeded with the consideration of the federal election bilí. Pasco made a speech lasting until 8 p. m., the senate having refused to adjourn, and Reagan and others kept up the debate until 10:15. Two Democratie amendments were tabled, and then a quorum disappeared. Up to 4 a. m. it had not reappeared, and prospeets were good íor a continuation of the fight all night and all Saturday. The house went into committee oL the whole on the District of Colnmbia appro priation bilí. The day was devoted to speeches by Rogers on the f ree coinage bilí, by Shively on the subsidy bilí, and by Langston on the elections bilí. Ño action on the District bilí. A niht session was held, at which seventy private pension bilis were passed, auiong t-hein one for Gen. N. P. Banks, SlOOper montb, and one for $30 per inonth to Gen. Franz Sigel. Washington Citt, Jan. 19.- The senate Saturday, after a continuous session of thirty hours in debate on the federal elections bilí, at 6 p. m. adjourned until Monday. A resolution was agreed to calling on the secretary of the treasury for a statement of accounts of John I. Davenport, circuit court conimissioner. The house went into committee of the whole on the District of Columbia appropriation bill immediately after the reading of the journal. The day was devoted to speeches of a political nature by Richardson, Grosvenor, Evans, Springer, and others. Without action on the bill the house at 5 o'clock adjourned. Washington City, Jan. 20.- In the senate yesterday an hour and a half was consurned discussing a point of order raised by Gorman, taking issue with the vice president's ruling last Friday to the effect that an appeal from a decisión of the chair on a non-debatable question was itself not debatable. The matter was finallv dropped, and after the introduction of a numberof bilis, the elections bill was taken up and George addressed the senate in opposition to the bill. Most of the session of the house was taken up by political speeches and assaults upon the speaker by the Democrats for past rulings. Only one bill of minor importance was passed, and at S o'clock the house adiourned. Washington City, Jan. 21.- The house yesterday was the scène of wild confusión, precipitated by the refusal of tbe speaker to allow debaos on the question of the approval of the journal. {filis, in a very excited manner, ran down the aisle, and, shaking bis fist at the speaker, denounced him as practícina a fraud upun the house. Uut the speaker was immovable, and called upoa those opposed to approving the journal to ris,-, and declared the motion u approve ths jourual cai-ried. Further demonsimtious were made by Mills and thu tuao was consumed until { o'clock, whea the journal was finally approved. Tiie diitrieo of Columuia appropriation bill was then canied into comniittee, but beyond anumber of political speeches no action was taken on the bill proper, and the house adjourned. During the Mills demonstration the sergeant-at arms had to carry the mace down the aisle to restore order. In the seuate Aldrich at 1:50 asked for the cousideration of his resolution for a change of the rules. The question was discussed until 3 o'clock, when che elections bill was laid before the senate, and George, who had the floor, declined to yield to anybody, andcontinued his speech against the bill. He finally beoame so weary that he yielded to Aldrich, who moved that the cloture resolution be taken up. The motion was declared carried, ali though Ransom insisted that it had not been. A motion to adjourn was also carried, witli the cloture resol utiou the next thing for consideration as the record stood.