Show WENT THROUGH QUICKLY house adopts conference confere nce report on cuban resolutions twenty seven octen nays eighteen ke pu blicaus and nine cu ca ban Il of for the present prent hat bat the people lonely await the action of the ex rivers fl and G A building for salt sail lake washington april 6 the house today adopted the conference report on the cuban resolutions resolution by a vote of to 27 anil and pasted passed the river and harbor bill under suspension pension lus of the rules rule after a lively debate of forty minutes minute by a vote of to 40 the report on the cuban resolutions had been debated friday and saturday and the vote today was taken immediately after the reading of the journal eighteen republicans and nine demo crate voted against the report after the mot most determined opposition to recognition of the insurgents in the senate and house there were but ten more votes against the report than the resolutions the former vote was wa to 17 by lit its action today the house agreed to the ten sen ate resolutions and disposed of the cuban question forthe for the pretest present those resolutions were as follows follow resolved that in the opinion of congress a condition of public war exists between the government of spain and ike government proclaimed and for tome some time maintained by the force of arms arini by the people of cuba and that the people of the ike united states stater of america i hould maintain a strict neutrality between the contending powers accord ing to each and all the rights of belligerents belligerent lige li rents in the ports and territory of the united states stater resolved further thattie that the friendly offices of the united states should be offered by the president to the spanish government for the recognition of the independence of cuba the river and harbor bill passed today carries in actual appropriations of and authorizes contracts for thirty two new projects with i ith a limit of cost of only forty minutes debate was allou allowed ed mr hooker ch eirman of the river and harbor committee attempted to secure an extension of this time but first mr maguire dem cal and then mr grosvenor rep ohio Okio objected the debate was very spirited pi mr dockery dem mo attacked the reckless recklessness nesa with which it was proposed to extend the continuing contract system on the bill a natural result he claimed of the policy of giving the governments promise to pay instead of paying cash he admitted however the great economy of the contract system which mr burton rep ohio had stated from official reports to be 30 per cent mr hepburn rep iowa also made a vigorous assault on the bill ile he devoted himself particularly to the mississippi rh raier cr committee the work of which he denounced this brought forth a reply from mr catchings the former chairman of the rivers and harbors and a defense of the measure from mr hooker rep N Y the present chairman when the vote was finally taken the majority in favor of it was so overwhelming that its opponents were unable to secure the aves and nays nay 6 before the house adjourned the new mexican bond bill was defeated and the bill to open the Anini hoine military reservation er win was i 1 eased assed the senate pent the entire day on the appropriation bill but did not com complete it the bill served to bring out som some sharp harp criticisms by senator gorman on the administration of the post postoffice office department part ment and by senator alien rAllen on alleged irregularities resulting from the civil service system mr allen alien repeated charges charge ar a to large money contributions contribution to have been made in the interest Inte reet or mr cleveland and mr harrison the charge that P mr r wannamaker wannamake r contributed toward mr harrisons election led to an emphatic denial from mr hawley who alluded to the pi eidentas 4 his majesty and as the chief of the country the full committee of the house committee on public lands and buildings has ha adopted the report of the sub hub committee committe in favor of the salt lake public build ing and in an appropriation of an effort Is 1 being made to get the bill favorably reported to the house but in view of the policy of the chairman of the committee to keep down blics bill carrying appropriations which he himself admits admit it is the order of the speaker tp eaker it II jr it doubtful it if the bill sets gets through its it advocates how however everi are doing all in their poor to push it to a favorable report and and a place on the calendar |