Senate —A memorial was presented
by Sn, Plumb, from the legislaturo of
Kansas, praying congress to provide for
the right of way for railroads through
Indian Territory. At two o’clock Sena
tor Jackson took the floor on the edu
cational bill. He said that inasmuch as
the d.-sign of the measuee was not lo
establish national #drools, but give lam
purary aid to states for tire purposes of
education, he would support it. He
dw. It brit fiy on the question of suffrage
iu the south and the indieppnsible nec
estPy of the education of the voters
everywhere in order that trillrage may
not bo corrupted. The credentials of
the re-election of Senator A. I*. Gorman
were presented by San. Wilson, and
were read and filvd. The senate then
adjourned.
House.— ln the house to-day James,
from the committee on coinage, weights
and n-easures, reported adversely the
Biand bill for the free coinage of silver,
and it was placed on the calendar.
Bl md obtained leave to file a mimority
report, and stated that the house would
bo asked to consider the hill at the earli
est opportunity. The house went into
comnmUeof the whole (Springer in the
chao) on the Fiiz John Porter bill.
After debite the committee rose and the
house took a recess untill 7 o’clock, the
evening session to be for the further
consideration of the Fitz John Porter
bill. At the evening -Vision of the house,
the Filz John Poit.r biii was then taken
up. Brown, It iwell, Perkins and
Peters opposed he bill. The committee
then rote and the house adjourned.
Wednesday, Feb. 17.
