Show n f I 1 W T congressional SUMMARY ay 7 it was waa agreed to hold night might sessio chions a a hereafter the house bill for tho the adjustment of at account of workmen laborer labor ors and mechanic mechanics under the eight hour MIT IT MM then than taken up tho the bill was at great length amended and sue modified anil and finally on motion of mr wolcott Wol colt was recommitted to the committee com on an education 3 jeas eat 27 nay nays 24 2 t rending pending a motion to reconsider the senate adjourned tho lionso adopted the tho confer enco report to ratify the agreement with tho sao and fox nations of indian indians and the iowa tribe of indiana indians in oklahoma mr air morria of kancs submitted the report of tho the itayim itaim in esti gatin g commit loo ordered printed and re committed the houd thu wont went into committee ot of tho the whole mr payson of illinois in tho the chair 0 on the dundr ei I 1 appropriation bill A after ater tho the world I 1 fair air c clause lauso had hod boon adopted tho the committee noeo ro 90 MONDAY FED 9 on motion of senator blair to reconsider the action of yesterday by which the eight hour bill was referred ferrod ro to the committee on and labor a vote vota was taken which resulted in tho the negative 23 ts tz the bill aland stands committed bitted d i tho th e bonato S enato then proceeded ta to the consideration of the bouto copyright bill mr frye offered an amendment extending tho the principles principle ples of tho the bill to maps chart charts dramatic I 1 dramatic or musical compositions engravings cuts print prints chromo and ana lithographs agreed to at the evening session several appoint monti menta were confirmed on firmed the civil bill wa was taken up an important amendment wa wab agreed to and the bill was an cd d the legislative appropriation bill was then discussed but without disposing of the bill the adjourned TUESDAY fen 10 SENATE Confer conference enco waro ordered on the pension appropriation bill and on tho army appropriation bill A message from the president with correspondence re relating to the conduct of commander miter in connection with the urr arr estand killing of general barrundia Barr was presented and referred to tho the committee on naval affairs tho the presidents veto mess asre on tho the bill for fora a public building at dallas texas with the action of the house passing the bill over tho veto was presented and ref reter ercA rd to the committee on publio public build in ings and grounds bills of minor importance were passed the aval appropriation bill was taken up ul and after being amended went over tho the committee on coinage wel weights bats and measure was granted leave to aft aft during the sessions of tho the house the bill for a public building at dallas texas which was vetoed by the president was reported back and the bill passed over the veto the legislative appropriation bill was carried into committee or tie tte whole but without completing it aba tbd house adjourned WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11 6 the senate agreed to a resolution calling on the secretary of the t treasury real for a list of offerings and burthal es lot liver silver the conference report on the roanoke Roa noki virginia publio public bunding building reducing ano aa cost from to was agreed to several beveral small bills were ere passed after which the consideration of the naval appropriation bill was resumed and passed ibe abe cop copyright right bill was then taken UD up but was laid aside informally and bills on the calendar considered and the following passed P as setie senate joint resolution conti continuing nul th the 0 laws of nebraska in force in the ter territory dialto ry of Oa Oal lahoma till july 1 1601 senate bill to provide for tho the disposal of the abandoned fort morgan military reservation er in montana under the homestead and mining laws for educational education ea und other purposes with amendments senate bill creating two additional land districts in montana house after routine business the housego house today to day dayment wont into committee of the whole on the legislative appropriation bill b but no action was taken upon it lt the debate turning chiefly to other measures THURSDAY 12 the credentials of mr air teller for the senatorial term beginning march 4 next were filed the copyright bill billias was taken up tho pending question being on an amendment amen amendment ament by mr bherman but owing to mr shermans absence the bill was laid aside and the district of columbia appropriation pria tion tiou bill was considered A number of amendments were adopted and the bill passed A large number of unimportant bills were passed holsa oo 00 motion 0 mr peel peal of arkansas the senate bill was passed authorizing the kansas arkansas railroad company to extend its line in the indian territory the house then went into committee of the whole on the legislative appropriation bill in speaking of a verbal amendment mr grosvenor Groi venor of ohio sent to the clerk clerks desk with bis his hearty endorsement ti e i account of the meeting in cooper munir n lant last night fud the letter address ud i by grover cleveland to E ellery aldir son the silver question and other matters were discussed at length but the bill was not finished |