Show NEWS FROM washington the work of congress notes note aboul hoblia llen also SENATE the resolution heretofore offered by mr air reffer requesting the secretary ol of state to obtain information concerning alio ue ot of electricity as a power dapower in the propulsion ol of farm machinery and implements and la in the propagation and growth ol of plants in foreign countries was waa up and M explained briefly by mr feller and agreed to I 1 A bill to facilitate the disposition ol of cases in the court of claims was passed HOUSE the naval bill w was as alien up A number ol of amendments looking loan to an ln in r to i Y were voted down but lol 01 olman p a rn motion to str strike 1 ke 6 0 u t the firo DT t r ilon io n fo tor r a ew v crul cru cruiser ser was a also e 0 v voted 0 t e d d down 0 w n T the be t hilll il I 1 pIle passed sd 19 SENATE tho the feature of 0 the opening session of 0 the senate was the short 1 but spirited debate on the arizona funding bill which by indirection brought up tho the silver question and resulted in a yea aud nay vote on the question of striking out the worda words gold coin and inserting the words lawful money of the united states in ii the interests interest bearing provision of the bill the amendment was carried by it 0 vote of 28 to 24 but mr gray democrat who voted in the negative took occasion to deny that the vote had tiny any bearing on the free coinage question mr palmer of illinois who it ho voted the same way explained that be did so EO in recognition of the right of arizona to manage her own affairs in her own way and an d t to 0 VU pay in gold if she wanted to do so mr nill hill new york voted for the amendment without comment IQ 12 CT session the behring sea modus was ratified HOUSE the house passed a resolution tc vacate the order of general leave to print to members who desired to submit remarks remark or on the tariff and silver questions A resolution was also adopted authorizing the civil service committee to investigate uia the alleged violation of that law by certain officials in baltimore the remainder of the session was waa devoted to the consideration of the contested election case of noyes vs rockwell twenty eighth district of new york APRIL 20 SENATE mr tiller teller taking the morgan silver resolutions as a text test addressed the ale senate upon the subject of tree free coinage in his hia speech ft aich occupied two two and d n half hours mr teller attacked both the republican and democratic parties tor for their attitude and prophesied that it if the republican party did not change its ila position it would lose colorado nevada montana aud arid idaho at the close ot of ills his speech mr sanders SaD ilera denied this statement so tar far as iu muia diat xiat oln nc vern wc rait into executive session HOUSE the entire day was devoted to the noyes rockwell contest arna 21 sz SENATE sonata senate bills were passed remitting penalties on the dynamite cruiser vesuvius establishing consuls in the congo country authorizing commander D W mullan united states navy to accept a medal conferred upon him by the chilian government in commemoration of the final victory of chill over peru in the war ot of commander mullan having been sent out as a representative of the united states to observe the military and naval operations appropriating for sundry light lighthouses houses and other aids to navigation distributed all over the coast the chinese exclusion bill was then considered HOUSE hous m tho the rockwell noyes contested election ease case occupied the day t amirr 23 A bill to amenti amend a law in regard to appeals taken by aliens convicted of crimes crimea wits was passed senate bill appropriating tor for william willi ain and mary blary college of virginia for occupation and damages by united spaces troops during the war wag wa taken from the calendar lind and passed the urgent deficiency bill was taken up and passed other bills passed pas ed were ty ere placing the secretary of agriculture in the line of succession to the presidency in certain contingencies authorizing authorising autho rising the secretary of the interior to increase to 12 it a month the pension of every pensioner who Is now on the rolls at za 8 per month on oil accod nt ot of r service ervice in the mexican aarand who is holly disabled for manual labor and Is in such destitute circumstances that 8 a month Is insufficient to provide him with the necessaries of we life resolutions were adopted inviting the king ant an J queen ot of spain and the presidents ot of the south american republics to participate in III the worlds fair also one requesting ill the a loan from spain of certain mementoes ot of columbus for display at the worlds fair the chinese exclusion not act was then taken alp for HOUSE the of the noyes rook well contest front from new york was rose resumed modana and a vote taken which resulted in favor of mr rockwell to private pension bills were considered during the evening aram 23 21 SR JAM A resolution introduced by senator toller was adopting askin asking 9 the president to inform the senate what steps had been taken to arrange an international money conference the chinese exclusion bill was taken up and discussed during the rest ol of the day HOUSE A few private bills were passed and other unimportant business transacted |