Show IN SENATE AND HOUSE rise Senate WASHINGTON Feb 11 The presiding officer presented lbs resolutions of tho joint convention of tho General Assembly of Indiana the Republican members protesting protest-ing against tho validity of tIme election of David lurpla as United States Senator lioforrod to tho Commltce Privileges and ElectIons Dolph from tho Conference Com ml I too on this Senate amendments to tho Houso bill to repeal the preemption timber culture and desert n8r laws reported a disagreement I disagree-ment and asked for n new conference After Af-ter discussion nuother conference was ordered or-dered Hale from tho Committee on Naval Affairs reported back this bill for the purchase et chase l John Ericssons i Destroyer and It was referred to tho Committee on Appropriations Appropri-ations On motion of Howell this Houso bill to provide for the location and erection of a t branch homo I for disabled I volunteer soldiers west of the KocKy Mountains appropriating appropri-ating 103030 was taken up and amended by time adoption of n substitute appropriating appropri-ating flWJOOO nod providing for ten instead in-stead of nine managers one of them tn bon bo-n resident of n State or Territory west of the hooky Mountains and appointing James A Wajmire of ban Francisco to serve ns manager up to April 1037 Iho bill as thus amended was passpd and n con forrnco asked rho bonato resumed consideration of tho House bill relating to tho importing and landing of mackerel ianght during tho spawning beason Miller moved to amend b > milking tho bill tnko effect on tho first day of July instead in-stead of March 1888 Uojected The Senate bill grinling to the Spokano Palouso Itnilrond Comp uij and to the Washington JL Idaho llailioud the right of way through tho Cetur iVAlono Indi in reservation res-ervation In Idaho v < ro paswil Iho Hennto then resumed consult ration of the Ends lohauntcpoc bill nnd was addressed ad-dressed by Gibson nndlluir insuppmt t of it |