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Show Wiiral. Stanford'; Position rjrarliii;r the Closing Kosoltit Ion Clearly Stated in the Senate. The House This Morning Omitted the Usual Struggle over Yesterday's Journal. THE COMMITTEE 0!t COINAGE Is Now Listening to the Hankers of JSoston in Opposition to Silver. Tho Fcrt Ellis Reservation in Fontana to be Disposed of Under the Homestead Law. UTAH JUDCE CONFIRMED YESTERDAY Mitchell WanuaOaTsrniii.nl Subsidy for Pacific Cable Other New. from th Capital. Washington, Jan. 2H. In tho senate Stewart said that inasmuch as thero was some uncertainty as to Stanford's position on the vote on Monday, to lay aside the closure rule, he wished to have read a telegram written to him by Stanford on Monday morning, but not delivered on account of the interruption of telegraphic business. The telegram which has been already published was then read. Tho house bill to ratify and confirm the agreement with the Sac and Fox nation na-tion and the Iowa tribe of Indians of Oklahoma territory passed. The house apportionment bill was taken up and Hale, who had reported it from tho census committee, explained and advocated the bill and argued against the amendment proposed by the minority of the committee. IIOISF.. The journal of yestorday's proceedings proceed-ings was approved without question this morning. The house adopted the conference report re-port on the bill to dispose of the abau-doued abau-doued Fort Kllis, Montana, military reservation. Tho senate resolution for the printing print-ing of 15,000 extra copies of the report of the irrigation committee on tho irrigation irri-gation of arid lands was agreed to. Tho speaker laid before the house the resignation of McCarthy as a representative repre-sentative from the eighth district of New York. Laid on the table. The house then went into committee commit-tee of tho whole on the military academy acad-emy appropriation bill. The conference report on the bill for a public building at Pueblo, Colorado, was agreed to today. The apportionment apportion-ment is reduced from $100,000 to $250, ooo. |