Show WEEK IN CONGI CONGRESS tESS thursday house the general debate on the river and harbor b 11 was continued in the house the features of the debate were here the speeches of mr air cushman ot of washington and mr hepburn of 0 iowa love a the latter has been a versi persistent stent appo nent of r ver ter and harbor bills for years and he attacked the b 11 all along the line in a vigorous fashion especially appo ing the const construction of reservoirs to recia in m arid lands mr cushman a speech was un quo que in many particulars he ile vas I 1 1 favor of river and bar bor appropriations and his complaint was duo to the I 1 act that the members of the committee according to his ideas had located the bulk of the allons in their own states and had given scant at antion to the needs of other states especial y to the beattle seattle ship canal in his own state mr cushman illustrated his remarks with a series of carefully prepared charts members membra ra crowded about the area in front of the speaker s desk where he stood explaining the figures on the charts and everyone seemed ta to enjoy thep performance immensely when he wound up with a glowing appeal tor for just ce to the seattle project ha he got a stirring round of applause senate an appeal was presented present edby by teller of colorado from more than 1000 persons in manila urging the united states government to cease its operations against the fil p nos the appell Is sensational in its statements and so 0 o unusual in form that mr hawley of connee ticul made a vigorous objection to its publics tion as a document he ile declared that it was a treasonable denunciation of the government and an attack unon our soldiers fridey house one hundred and seventy private pen slon sion bills were passed by the house the largest n aber passed in one diy daiy since the fifty first congress senate A vigorous attack was made upon that portion of the a my reorganization bill which confers upon the pres dent discretionary power to increase the strength of the army to the maximum I 1 mit fixed by the bill an amendment opening tie tte way to the ap po of volunteer officers to grades as high as captain in the regular army was adopted mr carter of montana called up the bill ap portioning the representatives of the united states among the several states without de bate it was passed prec sely ely as it came from th the a house isnow it now goes to the president tor for his signa ure only seventeen senators aop appeared eared on the floor at the opening of the session the prevailing epidemic of grip and the inclement weather ac so counted tor for the absence of many senators saturday house houe represent Re presen stive catchings of Allm siss pel spoke in defense atthe ot the lm ro of the he mississippi river several speeches against the committee river and harbor bill were made senate the session A a devoted to services held in memory of the late senator C K da vis via of minnesota the long and distinguished services of the M senator and the antl inti mate relation he ed with his colleagues in the senate had endeared him to all and when h a demise came every member of the body felt that chehad he hid suffered a personal loss for many years mr davis served as chairman of the committee on foreign relations andin and in that capacity and in III the capacity of of the paris peace commission he was intimately identified w th the fore agn affairs of the govern ment meat monday honse house consideration of the river and bar har tor bor bi I 1 was resumed an amendment to in crease the lation tor for tacoma harbor from 30 to was defeated the dis brict of columbia appropriation bill was re ported carrying 7 SENATE M allison reported favorably from the finance committee a bill concerning the distilling of brandy from fruits mr wolcott presented the final report of the postal corn com mission he ile exp aine alne I 1 tl ti at the report would have been p e anted earlier had illness not pre vented mr teller of colorado speaking to an an he had offered dt delivered livered a sen national sat lonal ional denunciation of general eagan tor for mer commissary general of the united states army H s statement included also the admin because general eagan had been re tired tire accord rd ii nr to the colorado senator s cha ge as a decoration and a reward tor for his attack upon the commanding general of the army tuesday honse HOUSE the fight of representatives in con gress from the ar d regions of the west to se cure an appropriation tor for irrigation purposes reach reached edits its climax tuesday when the llo house ae v voted do the proposition by a vote of 37 to 9 flo but although the atlon was not 6 secured one important contention was sus sug ta ned that an appropriation for this purpose Is germane to a river and harbor appropriation bill heretofore these amendments have been ruled out of order SENATE bacon s amendment to the army bill striking out the discretionary authority ot of the president to measure the size of the army laid on the table 39 to 20 objection wa was made ade ragnal to fixing february 11 as a day for taking a final vote on the nicaraguan canal bill |