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Show DEMOCRATS CRITICISE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WASHINGTON, April .-Consideration of tho goncral dellcicncy bill was resumed In the Houso today, after a number of minor bills had been passed. A resolution was agreed to directing tho Sccrotary of tho Treasury to furnish tho TIouso with the names of national bankn which during tho months of September. October, November, December, lK)r., and January, February and M;ixch, 190i. applied ap-plied to him for tho retirement of national na-tional bank notes and the amount of such notos so rctirad. Bills Passed. Bills wero pansed authorizing the Secretary Sec-retary of tho Treasury to enlarge tho building site In tho city of Los AiiKelcfl, Cnl.. and to increase the limit of cot of such building; providing for an additional Circuit court Judgo in tho First Judicial circuit; amending tho rovlsod statutes so as to provido for the detail of retired officers offi-cers of tho army and navy to assist In military instruction In schools: permitting permit-ting tho Missouri. Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad cbmpany to sell its franchise and properties to tho Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway company. Mr. Undorwood (Alabama) attacked tho provlnlon for supplying a deficiency ot H.000,000 for pensions, which, ho 3ald, represented $1,600)000 as tho result of tho President's recent order regarding age disability, and asked if there was proper authority of law to pay thoao pensions tnder that order. Mr- Underwood said tho Republicans wero undertaking to sustain tho order of scnllltv issued by President Cleveland. "If "Cloveland was right," said Mr. Homenway, "wo would havo to retlro somo of our distinguished gentlemen from public llfo." , Mr. Underwood asserted that ho had long repudiated tho cx-preBldent on that proposition, and said ho desired tho Republican Re-publican party, to repudiate tho present |