Show CONGRESS Proceedings in Both Houses Wednesday f POINTS FROM TUB CAPITAL The Silver Coinage BiUllie Coiu promisiiig Strikers The T egraIhcrs The Senate 1TS1nO ToS Deccuibur 10 Sherman piesides over the Senate today The Chair laid before the Senate an invitation to that body from the com 111issi0J1 rs of the New Orleans exposition expo-sition to participate in the opening of the expoaiLio on the HtlI ins tan Phe commuuicat on was laid ou the table that being the usual formal dispo > itiMn of such documents in the Senate vhei no anfcial or immediate imposition ia demanded by any Senator Vest in behalf of the committee on commerce requested that the committee com-mittee be discharged from consideration of the interoceanic ship railway bill Vest stated that he had received a letter from Captain Eads saving certain changes had been made in the concession conces-sion from Mexico which made it necessary neces-sary to withdraw the bill The committee was accordingly discharged dis-charged from consideration of the bill which was ordered to be withdrawn from the tiles of the Senate The Senate took up the Oregon Central hind forfeiture bill At J oclock l the bill was laid aside uiuil tonionov and the Dakota bill was taken up Vfij leased the Senate in opposition oppo-sition to the adlIli ion of Dakota He contended that the population was not enough to entitle it to representtion in Congress and it would to a certain ex tent be a dibfranchisement or the States already in the Union to give the present population of Dakota two representatives repre-sentatives in the United States Senate > as well as a representative in the lower house of Congress The demands saul to have been made since 1870 for the admission ad-mission of the Territory had been the demands of ambitious politician After executive session the Senate ado ad-o urned House Wsu INOTON December 10The joint l resolution for continuing the work of I the census bureau passed The House went into committee of the whole on the military academy appropriations appro-priations 0 Keller offered an amendment providing provid-ing that hereafter all appointments to the grade of secmd lieutenant in the army shall be confined to graduates from the Military Academy and to meritorious commissioned officer recommended for promotion in the manner now provided by law At the suggestion of Roaeorans the amendment was modified by including enlisted men within its provisions and by making the law inapplicablein time of foreign war The anfendment was then passed The committee rose and reported the bill to the House The ayes and nays vote having been demanded on Keifers amendment agreed to in committee it was defeated j ems 80 hays 150 The bill then passed On motionjof Morrison the committee of the whole was discharged from further fur-ther consideration of the Presid < ntfs annual message Morrison then offered a resolution which was adopted without debate or opposition distributing the message appropriately among the standing I stand-ing and select committees of the House So much of the message which relates to the revenue provisions of the treaties with Hawaii Mexico and pain was referred re-ferred to the committee of ways and means Morrison offered a resolution providing provid-ing for a holiday rjecess from the 23d of December until the 5th of January Referred Re-ferred The House resumed consideration of the interState commerce bill In reply to a question by Townsend Regan expressed the hope that a vote on the bill would be reached tomorrow Townsend said in that case he would call up the Mexican pension bill as soon as the pending measure was disposed dis-posed of Stewart Vermont took the floor with a speech in favor of the appointment of 1 a commission I Turner Kentuckysupported the substitute sub-stitute and claimed superiority over the committee bill which did nothing but create useless and ornainenCal uffices Budd while he favored the general the features of the substitute vigorously attacked the provision of it prohibiting the railroad companies from charging more for a short than a long haul If that provision were retained in he would be compelled to vote against the entire measure Pending further debate the matter went over The Speaker laid before the House a I message from the President transmitting i transmit-ting the report of the Secretary of State I showing the necessity immediate legislation I leg-islation for the ourpose of bringing the satute of the lnited States under con formiy with the international regulation regula-tion lor preventing collisions at sea which has been adopted by all the leading lead-ing maritime powers of the world except ex-cept this country Referred Adjourned I |