Show CONGRESS The Free Binding Twine Bill Passed Pensions Pen-sions for tho Black Hawk War Survivors WASHINGTON May 2That tariff oratory is at a discount in the House was manifested mani-fested in the House today when Bryan of Nebraska moved the passage of the free binding twine bill Though under the ules half an hour was permitted for do bate i was only after a good deal of skirmishing that a sufficient number of members could be mustered to occupy that brief space of time THE DEMOCRATS WERE NOT ENTHUSIASTIC and the Republicans were apathic No interest in-terest was taken in the vote and only forty seven Republicans responded to their names and of these three voted in favor of the bill Of the Democrats 1S3 responded three of whom voted against it The rules passed were suspended and the following bill To pension the survivors of the Black Hawk Cherokee Creek and Seminole wars To ratify the agreement with the Colville band of Indians in Washington I Appropriating 100000 for the establishment establish-ment of a military post at or near Helena Montana BRYAN MOVED TO SUSPEND THE RULES and pass the free binding twine bill After a brief debate tho motion was agreed tosea5 183 nays 47 Covert of New York Coburn of Wisconsin and Cadinis ot New Jersey Democrats voted in the negative Brodericlr of Kinsas Pickle and Joley of South Dakota Republicans In the negative On motion of Blount the rules were sus pcnded and the bill passed appropriating 150000 to enable tho President to fulfil the stipulations contained in tho treaty be tweon the United States and Great Bnain signed February 23 and IS 1892 in regurd to the court of arbitration at Paris The House then went into commiiteo of the whole on the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill but without action upon it the committee rose and the House adjourned SENATE PROCEEDINGS Numerous petitibni were presented against closing the Worlds fair Sunday Also against further adverse Chinese legislation legis-lation Bills were disposed of as follows To fix the price of lands entered under the desert land law Passed It fixes the price at 125 per acre whether the lands are outside or within a railroad grant and requires re-quires A REPAYMENT OF THE DirFERENCE to those who have heretofore paid doublo prices for such railroad lands th Qn nf tn nn ann In uu uu UL UjUUQU Uj < D auu plies to the state of Nebraska to replace similar stores destroyed by fire Passed I After executive session adjourned |