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Show CO . G K E $ 1 0 A L , SENATK. A motion was made, which went over, that A. Devino bo expelled from the senate gallery, fur publishing a card in lho liuiton Daily Aartrtist r that senator (Joukling's attack on tlio associated press reporters was absolutely false. HOUSE. Butler, of ila;s., moved to suspend the ru'.fj and pass the folio wing question: ques-tion: Wliereas this house is informed by telegraph that at a lueetnitr of the Kxeter Chamber of Commerce tfir thaf-tord thaf-tord K orlhco'.c, who presided, in a speech stated that the understanding of tlio British commissioners was that a promise hud been given that a claim for indirect damages should not be presented, pre-sented, bin ,ii was necessary that the Ammiean seuato should dol bo placed in a po;ili"n reuiriiij; a confession of wrong, which Hud been done, said statement by a leading member of the joint high commission on tbo partof Great Britain deeply concerns the good faith and integrity of ihc American commissioners and of the government as well us the honor of the nation; therefore there-fore be it resolved that the President of the United States bo hereby nonnested, if not detrimental to public interests, to inform the House whether the Executive, Execu-tive, havo any knowledge of a promise being made by any oliieial person that the claims of indirect damages shall not be presented, and if so, by whom. The motion was rejected, yeas loll, nays 13; lho resolution was then referred to the committee on foreign atlairs. A bill authorizing tho President to appoint one or more commissioners on the part of tbo government to tho international inter-national expo:ilion of agricultural industry in-dustry and line arts at Vienna in ltt"3 passed, also ft bill to provide for the appointment ap-pointment of a secretary of the legation at Japan, with a salary of ,5tA; also a bill providing for tho payment to the Japanese gorernmont from the indemnity indem-nity fund of the sum due for rent of lands and buildings. |
