Show l THE SENATE A Conference Ordered With the House on jt the AntiOption Bill C WASHINGTON Feb 1The Senate ordered a conference with the House on the antioption bill and then took up the fortifications bill The bill gave rise t debate a t the necessity of increased appropriations I ap-propriations for coast defenses Messrs i Hawley and Platt derided the utter insufficiency i in-sufficiency of the appropriation while Mr Gordon defended the action of Congress Con-gress saying it had been a liberal as it i ought t be in tho experimental stage The bill was finally passed The army appropriation bill was then t taken up and passed with s single amendment > amend-ment increasing the monthly pay of sergeants of the army The District of Columbia bill came next in order All the committee amendments were agreed t except one reserved for action tomorrow looking to the erection of a 50O municipal building in Washington Wash-ington City and the bill went over Mr Pollen sent to the clerks desk and had read the resolutions adopted at a meeting of the chamber of commerce at Ban Francisco Cal regarding the Hawaiian matter referred and then the I Senate adjourned |