Show WEEK IN CONGRESS january 30 the house passed the bill er th creation of a permanent ceniu bureau the friends ol 01 the civil service law who were op posed to making the employees 0 the bureau eligible tor transfer or retention were over defeated by the terms of the bill the permanent organization will succeed the present temporary organization july 1 and all employed on the rolls upon the date of the passage of the act will become eligible tor transfer to other departments or retention in he permanent organization the bill also provides for a manufacturing census ID clooj and tor the collection of certain special annually A bill tor the protection of the lives of miners in the territories was passed it provides that in every mine over feet in depth mine owners be required to provide cubic feet ot pure air tor every fifty miners A resolution offered by mr proc tor directing the of the interior and of agriculture to report to the senate any facts they may posse regarding the preservation ot the american buffalo or bison and whether any steps ought to be taken to prevent the ex unction of the animals was adopted mr hoar at the conclusion of routine busl I 1 ness called up for the jo nt reso gutlon proposing an amendment to the conati gutlon of the un ted states respecting the sue cession to the presidency in case the president elect should die between the time ot his eleo alon and the date of his inauguration without a word of comment th was passed the president pro tern an bouncing at the re quest of mr hoar that two thirds of the sena tors had voted tor it among the bills passed was one to establish the fredericksburg and adjacent and national battlefields pick in virginia and ap tor the purpose adding 1 I to the cost of the public building at san to increase the limit of cost tor the public building at butte mont from 5 to appropriating tor the erection of a public building at evanston Ev aniton wyo granting to the state ot wyoming 60 acres of non mineral land to aid in the contina allon enlargement and maintenance 0 wyom ing state bold lers and sailors home provid ing that bona alde set lers in forest u may make good their claims to land la bertain cases granting to ibe state 0 idaho 60 acres of land to aid la the continuation enlargement and maintenance of idaho state bold lers and sailors home 3 ahe house devoted the day to gen e al debate upon the oleomargarine bl 1 the opponents of the measure attempted to flit buster against it at the opening of the session but were beaten by more than a two thirds vote the speakers were henry of connecticut ua ins of vermont and braff 0 illinois in favor ot the measure and new york ot illinois burleton Bur leaon of texas and clayton ot alabama in opposition to it chose who antagonized the bill favored the adoption of the substitute which Is designed to prevent the fraudulent sale of oleomargarine under the aulse of butter before the bill was taken up mr bull of rhode island who has been congress convened was sworn in and mr payne from the committee on ways and means reported the bill to repeal the wat reveau taxes SENATE considering the b 11 to increate In creane the salaries of united autes judges the re ding amendment anen dment was that offered by M S ewart increasing the tal arlei of senators and n em bers of the house of representatives to tr VU annually beginning on march 4 1903 after brief discussion tre amendment was rejected 15 to 44 A spirited debate on the philippine tariff bill between cap ack of tennessee and beveridge Beverl dge of indiana closed the day g session leir uary 4 debate oi the oleomargarine bill continued in the hou e the opponents of the bill mal ing a strong fight so far aa the presen of arg anent Is concerned the speakers in favor of bill were tompkins of new york bobb ol 01 missouri knapp of new york bates of pennsylvania coasin drisco f new york and ot iowa in favor of the bill and cowherd of missouri lanham of lexas grosvenor of ohio and of texas against the wl after brief discussion the senate passed the bill providing for a 5 per cent in crease in the salaries of united states judges by a vote ot 9 to john dryden was inducted into office as the successor of the late senator william J sewall of new jersey during the rem iander of the day s session the urgent deficiency appropriation bill was under consideration the philippine tariff neasure being laid aside temporarily |