Show SENT TO CONTEBENCE House Takes Action on the Tariff Bill Washington July 8The house today sent the tarCff bill to conference Chair jnan Dinglcy Payne of New York Dal zcH of Pennsylvania Hopkins of Illinois and Grosvenor of Ohio Republiouns and Bailey of Texas MtiMHIan of Tennessee Ten-nessee and Wheeler of Alabama Democrats Demo-crats were appointed conferees Ttoe proceedings were in no way sen onional This action was taken by means of a special order brought in from tile committee on rules The mSnoraty made ao objection to It but protested because the jntyorrty refused in advance to enter into an agreement as to the length of time to be showed for debate wheji the bill Is rmnr ± pd back bv the conlereoe They aso attempted to make some political po-litical capital about the refusi of the jnrajority to perznK action on the Cuban belligerency resolution and the bank f ruptcy bIlL jnr r HbMSHan tried to offer an amendment 1 amend-ment to the special order setting aside TOmorrow for the consideration of uhe fcbnate Cubat beK gerency resiXutlon and Saturday for the cocisSderatton of the bankruptcy UM birt Mr Detach paid he j had not yielded for < the puipose of amendment amend-ment Besides he submitted that the P nmtindinent was not germane Mr McMillan argued that If the houseS house-S was to proceed at IOM to do business t thoe matters stiould be deposed of 5 You shouM enact legislation > said tic to release the people from the lI1k ruvtcy brtu wtticii you are thrtllternng them and to lad the people of Cutia In their ItT1xe for freedom Mr Swanson conttended 4hat the houseS house-S Should Have an opportunity to vote on 5e nr tle een3nCntS as they now de sjred to act upon Mr BaUey in closing the debate for his t S side said if tae mSnortty had been given assunanccs or a reasonable time for de J bate wlaen Ute conference report was presented pre-sented to the house the adoption of the i general order would not have been an tartontesd He defended the course of the DemocratS in the senate shOwing that no attempt had been made mere to delay a I partisan tariff measure and contrasted wJCfc thbt the refusal of the house to consider the nonpartisan Cuban restitution restitu-tion and the banlzruptcy bill bot5i of wtLcSh he said were approved by the I overwheJming sentiment of the people S Mr Baileys atlusitm to Cuba was warmly applauded by the Democrats who renewed I I f re-newed their demonstration when Mr t B11ler ijd that the president had found I dme to send a Bjjvcsai unoassaaor aww 5 miles to attend the festivities in honor of I a European monarch but none to send J even B message of sympathy to people 15 5 tftrugglSng i for areedom at our very doors Mr iKHzell In closing the debate enld there was no doubt that a reasonable S time w uld be allowed for debate on the r J < caneracce report I t jp BeOr the tariff bHl was acted upon jMr Lewis of WaShington fur the mtn r < > fU3 off red as a privileged question to secure the adoption of a resolution de daring tJia5 the house by its six days I ailjournmenas Sn violuUon of the cDn s tuttou wits orgnnized and unionbti I ttstioiial and could not give legality to IS tfct trust amendments to the tariff bIll The csptaUer de are the resolutIon not to > b i ij < VtiIted question Mr Lewis apped nut the mail refused to put lei le-i t the houSe the house fen the afternoon under the sj1el l order adopted lest week fteten inrt to etugies un the life and public t services of the late Judge Holman who 5 Vesiin Ms services In the house U years ayn aynAt 5 oclock as a further mark o respect r re-spect the iiouse adjourned S They Are Both All Bight I S f Washington July SThe senate com I sproittee on commerce alter exhaustive inquiry Into the charges against John JfGoodnotv nominated as consul general i1c Shanghai and B W Warner jr o j 4 L jf nominated as consul to Leipslc agreed I aged to report both with favorable recom favorable reom mendations S I There was no division In the committee com-mittee on the Warner nomination Senator Sen-ator Berry voted against Godnow I The committee also decided upon a favorable resort in the case of F H Heustis nominated for collector of colector Puset sound Washington Quay Hay Quit Washington July S Senator Quay of Pennsylvania when asked concern ing1 the statement that he would retire from public life at the close of his term said he was making no announcement that he would not be a candidate for reelection but unless he Changed his mind he would not remain longer in the senate senate Eave Agreed to Separate I Washington July 8 Chairman j I Prltchard of the committee of civil I service in the senate has been informed that the civil commerce commission has agreed to a proposition to separate the I deputy collectors o customs and in ternal revenue from the classified serv ice and that an order to this effect will soon be prepared and sent to the pros ident pre I Many Pension Cases Affected I Washington July 8dany pension I cases are affected by the following rulings rul-ings which have just been made by Assistant Secretary of the Interior Webster Davis In the claim of Francis Frank of company 11 Sixteenth Michigan in fantry the department holds that a claimant who has attained the age of age Co years shall be deemed entitled to at least the minimum rate of pension un mdi i j less the evidence discloses an unusual vigor and ability for the performance f I of manual 1nhn t tf tht oz In the case of Edward Moore rthe Fourteenth Independent battery Ohio light artillery this policy is laid down I When it shall be shown shal that the i pensioners right to have the pension I inure wholly to his benefit is being I abridged or forfeited by the malfeasance I I malfeas-ance of the guardian and that the appointing ap-pointing court will not administer relief I re-lief then the commissioner of pensions I would be legally authorized to refuse II I I payment to the guardian and if need I I be to pay the pensioner himself nee I Military Hatters Washington July Brigadier General Gen-eral H C Merriam formerly colonel of the Seventh infantry qualified in his i i new rank at Fort Logan Colo today and orders were issued from the war department here assigning him to com mand the department the Columbia I with headquarters at Vancouver Wash i Colonel T 1 Anderson Fourteenth i infantry has been in temporary com i t mand of the department since General j Otis transfer i j I |