Show LATEST TELEGRAMS g FORTYSIXTH CONGRESS L l REGULAR SESSION 8EXATE Washington 25 The Senate adjourns today until Monday I Cameron Pennsylvania introduced intro-duced a joint resolution for a commission com-mission of three representatives three senators ana three citizens on the regulation of inter state commerce com-merce He supported the resolution The bill incorporating the national educational association and the bIll amending the act of 1879 authorizing he issue of twenty year 5 per cant bonds of the District of Columbia passed also several private bills The vicepresident presented some nominations also a message from the secretary of war with a letter from the chief of engineers representing the importance of an appropriation of 75000 to defiay the expenses of a geographical and topographical surveys sur-veys of the Mississippi River Withers reported the sixty surgeons bill Calendar Adjourned till Monday HOUSE Washington 25Tho question of reading the journals came up and < the speaker said the etill unfinished business was whether Wednesdays journal should be read before Mon iaya and Tuesdays F Vo3d as a compromise suggested sug-gested that Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays journals be read and I then the House vote on the resolution I discharging the committee on revision revi-sion of laws from consideration of the Townshend bill and refer it to the ways and means committee Blackburn and To was bend as seated TownshenJ said those conscien tiqusly in favor I of this bill had been misled by the false issue which its opponents had raised He admitted that he might have spoken too firmly yesterday but would not retract a single syllable Townshend said he followed the precedents Bet by Kelly in introducing his bill without definite title and it i might ai properly go to the commit tee on revision of law as to the ways and mean Kelly said his feeling of confidence in and warm regard for Towmhend had changed to one of coolness and inquiry Ho tben went on tj show that Townshend had violated a plain unmistakable law in having this bill so referred He stoutly defended the ways and means committee as a I conscientious con-scientious and hardworking commit tee He hoped what Townshend had committed would be the greatest mis take of his life McMillan complained that under the guise of personal explanation Kelly was castigating a member Young thought the rules so imper fact and unintelligible they ought to be revised The previous question on McLanes proposition was eeconded taking the bill from the committee on revision of the laws and referring it to the ways and means committee Blackburn demanded a division on the proposition On motion of Garfield Mondays oarnal was then approved and Tuee tbys journal read Tuesdays nnd Wednesdays journals jour-nals were read and approved After some discussion as to whether IcLanes resolution should be divided the house 142 to ion din charged the committee on revision of Jaws from further consideration of the bill Thirtyfive democrats andgreen backers voted with the republicans and by a rots of 142 to S9 the bill was referred to the ways and means committee Converse chairman of the com nit tee on public lands reported a bill to quiet titles to the DeeMoinea River I lands Iowa Calendar Adjourned |