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Show WASHIX6T0K. Conpress Disposing of tho Various Vari-ous Appropriation Hills as Kaiililly as Possible. Wanamaker's Pet Scheme for a Postal Telegraph Service Laid on the Table. OUR NEW TREATY WITH BRAZIL ThelCflVet Keti profit y with that lCepublio will llavo on Our Trade. The Secretary of War is Finding the Forsyth For-syth Case a Rather Delicate Problem- D0INCS IN THE DEPARTMENTS. Important News from tha National Capital Operation! of tha Peusioa llurrau. Washington, Feb. 6. In the senate today Paddock presented resolutions from the Nebraska house of representatives representa-tives agaiust tho passage of the Conger lard bill for the reason that it would inflict in-flict great losses on the cattle industry of Nebraska ami in favor of the passage of the I'addock pure food bill. The conference report on the bill providing pro-viding an additional associate justice of the supreme court of Arizona, was agreed to. The naval appropriation bill was reported re-ported with sundry amendments and Halo gave notice that he would ask the senate to take it up tomorrow or Monday. Mon-day. Ilawley offered a resolution, which was agree 1 to, calling on the president for the correspondence in reference to the conduct of the senior naval ollicer of tho President on the occasion of the arrest and killing of General Barruudia aud the action of the navy department. Morgan addressed tho senate in support sup-port of the bill reported from the committee com-mittee on foreign relations in aid of the construction of the Nicaragua maritime mari-time cunal. HOI SE. In tho house, McKiuley asked unanimous unani-mous consent for the present consideration consider-ation of the bill providing that nothing in the tariff net shall be held to repeal or impair the reciprocity treaty with A the IUwailun islands. ' . , Pland thought the bill aheuld be coti" siderod in committee of the whole, and McKinley moved that the house go into ' " " -"committee for that purpose," but withdrew with-drew his action when he found it was impossible to limit the time for debate. The speaker laid before tho house the senate bill amending the land forfeiture act of September '".), 1hs)0, so that the period within which settlers, purchasers purchas-ers aud others under the provisions of said act may make application to purchase pur-chase lands forfeited thereby when such period begins run from the passage of the act, shall begin to run from the date os the promulgation by the commissioner commis-sioner of the general land office of the instructions to officers of the local land offices for their direction in the disposition dispo-sition of said lands. Tho bill passed w ith verbal amendments. The senate bill as passeil referring to the court of claims the claim of administratrix ad-ministratrix of George W. Lawrence, growing out of the construction of the vessels Agaw an and l'oiitunsie in lsflj. The committee on poslollices and post roads reported the postollice ap-jiropriation ap-jiropriation bill and it was placed on the c:nenil:ir. The hous then went into committee of the whole d'ayson of Illinois in the chain on the sundry civil service appropriation appro-priation bill. The pending question was on tho decision de-cision of the chair upon the point of order or-der raised by Dingley, against Bland's free coinage amendment. There was no debate and the speaker immediately proceeded to deliver his decision, sustaining sus-taining the point of order. Miami appealed ap-pealed from the decision but the chair was sustained. The following democrats voted in the affirmative: Andrew. Mutchlcr, Vanx, Apinola, Dunphy, Wiley and Clancy. The following republicans voted in the negative: Carter, Townsend, of Colorado, Colo-rado, Lind, Martiney, Turner, of Kansas, Kan-sas, Kelley, Maws, Connell, Herman, Sweet and Clark of Wyoming. When the chair announced the vote 134 to 127 the republican side burst into applause. Dockcry of Missouri, moved to strike out the appropriation ot $20,000 for re-coinage re-coinage and insert words "aud so much as may he necessary to meet the expenses ex-penses of such re-coinage is hereby appropriated ap-propriated out of tho silver protit fund." Adopted. |