Show the house passed the sundry cimfl appropriation bill and entered poa cons alon of the general deficiency 1111 the last oi he bills alethe AT EThe senate ebent the day on tha appropriation bill making some pro gress ant not completing it the amendment or mr butler propos ja reduction ot about 1 per cent in the pay for the railway postal vice was defeated 18 to 61 after a debate in which mr depew answered mr butler s crit on the large profits made by american roads tl ure lay discussion anent hazing at west point and annapolis was injected into the house p of iowa created a sensation when he charged that the shortage 0 enlisted men in the navy and deser alons in the army was directly chargeable to the brutality developed in officers tl e arao tice of hazing and that american citizen would not serve under officers schooled in tyranny and oppression SENATE nearly two hours the banate had under d a resolution by mr jonea ot arkansas to discharge the judiciary commit tee front further consideration of the anti trust mil passed by the house at the last session and to bring it before the senate tor consideration the majority maintained chilt the house meas clearly was unconstitutional they pro tested too against the taking up so great a question in the closing hours ot the gesslin athe resolution finally went to the calendar during the remainder of the afternoon the appropriation bill was under discus slon after a ged contest the ap atlon tor pneumatic t be service w s ed entirely so that as the bill now the service will have to be discontinued after tb first of next july vc lay HOUSE one hundred and thirty nine private pension bills twe ty nine claim bills and nino relief bills pas ed the house under consent SENATE he posted e and diplomatic and supply bills i seed the senate an amendment to the floe bl 1 was made au thorl zing the postmaster general to investigate the question of establishing a postal telegraph system and to rei ort bis findings to the next congress saturday HOUSE A resolution was adopted to invests gate the pay ot the house employed emp loyes as a result of the condition of affairs unearthed during debate thursday the house disagreed to the senate amendments to the military academy appropriation bill and the indian appropriation bill also to the senate amendment to the diplomatic and coi sular app bill and the appropriation bill and confer ence committees were aal hinted bill was passed which releases the appropriation 0 S lor the louisiana purchase imposition at st louis it wai amended by providing an M noo tor a government ex 1 bit at ll 11 e charles ton exposition to be held next december tb day was given up to the and army appropriation all s the former being passed mon lay HOU SEThe house concurred in the banate amendment to the naval appropriation bill striking out the appropriation tor two new battleships tle ships and two new crul ers SENA real struggle for insular legis at this session began in the senate the army appropriation bill was under consloe atlon and the philippine abc dment wa reached in addition the cuban amendment was offered and the general debate on these propositions began sharp opposition to the philippine amendment developed on the demo cratic bide beginning with a point of order which the senate overruled and followed with speeches by be natora aluman cattery bacon and morgan ice amendment was de tended by its author mr spooner who pointed out the necessity for the legis atlon senators est hoar and rawlans offered amend ments tending to limit the po vers conferred by the amendment senator morgan made an extended speech severely criticizing criticising critic ising the proposed legislation senator hoar said the bill had a boote as it there was a scheme to sell the public land in the philippines to for before the had a chance to have a voice in the matter lay HOU SEThe house was the beccne of a sensa incident which threw that body into 9 violent state of excitement 1 or an hour th raged ending abruptly when an adjourn anent was taken upon motion ot mr payne the floor leader of the majority mr lentz au ohio democrat who has created many sensa alons during his service in the house stirred the democrats to a fever pitch by rising to a question 0 personal privilege and alleging a speech he had turned over to the public print ing office under general leave to print bad been withheld from the and had beba turned over to general grosvenor Oros venor of ohio by the speaker the nature of the was not developed during the events that followed but ft is learned that it was an attack upon senator alanna and the methods by which he was elected to the senate SENATE an important amendment to the philippine amendment to the army alon bill was agreed to in the senate it waa amplification of the amendment previously offered by mr hoar laying restrictions upon he sale of public lands and the granting of franchises and concessions in the philippines it was accepted by the committee in charge ot the u and Is now a part of the committee dment |