Show PENSION BILLS PASSED Sonato Acts Upon Eightythree Private Pri-vate ilfiasurcs < Washington April 11 Beyond the passage of eightythree private pension bills and some general measures of minor Importance the Senate transacted trans-acted little business today The Alan kan civil code bill was under consideration consider-ation for some time but finally went over until Monday when an effort will be mode to get a vote upon It UNION PACIFIC SETTLEMENT Mr Morgan offered and secured the adoption of resolution requiring the AttorneyGeneral to transmit to the Senate all papers lllcd In the Union Pacific case and to Inform the Senate why the Union Pacific received In settlement set-tlement of the case JJGOQOOO and the United States only about SOO000 VOTING DIRECT FOR SENATORS Mr Berry directed attention tho fact that the Ilonac of Representatives had adopted u resolution In favor of the election of Seimlora by the people and ho appealed to the Committee on PjlxlleWJ and Election to whleli Jils resolution proposing an amendment TO the Constitution for the election of Senators by the people was referred to present a report cither In favor or against the resolution He regarded It as one of the Important questions before tim country CHANDLER IS SARCASTIC Mr Chandler chairman of the Com i inltte on Privileges and Elections said tIm committee had been very much engaged en-gaged thus far this session but now i that the opinion of the Senator from Arkansas has been reinforced by action ac-tion of the House doubtless the committee com-mittee will Immediately proceed to con t wider the ubject Mr Chandler said that personally he wa opposed to the a election of Senators by tho people but ho would be glad to have the question considered QUAY CASE GOES OVER The Quay case was laid before the Senate but nt the Instance of Mr Chandler wa laid aside until Monday Thou the Senator from South Dakota Dako-ta Pcltlgrcw resumed his speech on tho history of the Boer war ndvocat p Ing the adoption of Mr Masons resolution reso-lution expressive of sympathy for the Boers In their light against Great Britain Brit-ain ainWHAT WHAT PETTIGREW HOPES FOR Tim Senator anathematized England In every phase of her government and declared that her colonies were cursed by her control I hope the day will come and I hope the Transvaal war will furnloh the opportunity when Ire laud will rIse and Mweep every British soldier and every British landlord Into the sea At the conclusion of the speech a bill was passed extending the privileges privi-leges of Immediate transportation to the port of Green Bay WIs also to make disposition of the Increment and accretions upon the sums reserved by the Stuto department from the fund received by the United States upon account of the payment of awards of the lato SpanishAmerican claims commission com-mission and to pay and distribute the same sameALASKAN CIVIL CODE The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the Alaskan civil cod I bill The pending question was that p relating to the location of mining p claims by alien offered by Mr TTnna brough but owing to the absence of the authpr It went over until Monday Mr Stewart offered an amendment top to-p tho bill Hi the form of a substitute for I an amendment already adopted relative rela-tive to the granting of permits to dredge the waters below low tide along the Alnakan const for gold He supported sup-ported the amendment In an extended e peeeIi PRIVATE PENSION BILLS Without making further progress J with tin incaaue It was laid aside and th < Snmlo by il special l order devoted fortylive minute to the contddrrnUon z f private pension blll Eightythree bill ero passed V Tho Senate then paused the following I 1 > JIIH For a public building at Great I FallB Mont appropriating WOOOM H t Khlng the Court of Claim Jurlmllctloil J 1 of the claim ol J S Underhlll for compensation i pensation on the monitor Monocacy S and to provide nn American register to the steamer Garonne owned In I Washington The Senate went Into cjcccuUva session ses-sion at 4J2 oclock and adjourned at 41 I |