Show 1I 1ItHTNING LINES I Mings in the National Legis eiatyife Wednesday > > J n TELEPHONE4 TROUBLES fefe d icIttcBailroads Repeat f z h i il ScrvlceEaw Mlscel IOOUS Stow Notes SENATE I TOS March 2lThe Chair I 1 re the Senate a petition from of the Pacific Coast protesting 1 j3t the treatment of inoflending I i jjtse It was referred to the com I tee on iQrcign relations J tie Logan bill to increase the I tic ency of the army was placed before je benate Teller opposed the increase He aid not discuss in detail the Indian oiicy but saw TIO reason in the Indian ue = Von for an increase of the army We could take a number of Indian children from the hostile tribes place hen in Indian schools and Indian ms would cease The children would constitute hostages for the good be afior of their parents The debate was continued on the bill increase the army The hour of 2 clock arriving the army bill went I over and the resolutions reported from the judiciary committee were placed before the Senate Mr Morgan addressed the Senate in opposition to the majority report After debate the Senate adjourned HOUSE auchard of Louisiana from tha committee on civil service reform re red a resolution calling on various t ab net officers for information as t5 whether or not employees in their de jraieDts are permitted to employ jLitiiCs to perform their duties wh ° the such substitutes are employed appointed and if so by whom and whether they have Tiassed the civil ser ce examination Adopted UMhout action on the bill the morn JB hour expired and the House went utj committee of the whole McMillan jf Tennessee in tho chair on the India In-dia appropriation bill After a debate > > upon an amendment offered and re ected the committee e and the bill wac passed yeas 226 nays 5 The House immediately went into I committee of the whole MrHammond cf Georgia in the chair on the post j office appropriation bill Yr Blount of Georgia chairman of lie committee on postotfices and post roads briefly explained the provisions at the bill appropriated he said 51 32i3J3S3 as against an estimate of 5193G afti and an appropriation of 53700990 for the current year The committee hld rose and Mr Blount moved that lu general debate on the bill be limited 1 > six hours This was not considered I tficient time by tho Republican sided side-d Burrows of Michigan moved to sopnd by making the time ten hours ihe amendment was lost 79to 91and V Blounts motion was agreed to L committee resumed its session ier debate the committee rose a 1P House adjourned |