Show I lie House WASHISOTOV Feb 21In the House fInn dl1 of i n memorial II of the Itbode island Itadionl 1eaoo Society agaInst expenditures ex-penditures for vessels and fortifications and asking for wise statesmanship which will submit grave questions of dispute between nations to the arbitrament of reason nnd international Deferred Henderson of North Carolina from the Committee on elections submitted a report Frhli JJ of the Indiana contested election cnscKtdd against Steelo it was laid over until Tuea day The report which is unanimous confirms con-firms the right of the contestee Steele to the seat Cobb of Indiana then called up the conference con-ference report on tho bill repealing the preemption pre-emption timber culture and desert land laws Stone of Missouri said that the rapid I augmentation of tho population of country the rapid decrease in this area of public I nnds and the growing demand for homes had led the committee to report the measure II I I |