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Show SENATE TRANSACTS BUSINESS. Eighty Bills Passed, Moroccan Question Ques-tion Avoided. WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. The Senate made It plain toda that It had had yesterday yes-terday all that It wants to hear for the present on the Moroccan question. There were two opoortunltles to resume consideration consid-eration of the subject, but both were avoided, apparently with the assent of bJJ the members, and the Senate adjourned a i a comparatively eatly hour rather than take It up. Eighty Bills Passed. Notwithstanding the early adjournment, a great deal of business was disposed of About eighty bills were passed, leaving on the calendar only six or seven measures. meas-ures. Of the bills passed, a large ma-Jcrltv ma-Jcrltv grant private pensions, and many Were Nrldge bills. Cine of the bills fa-orably fa-orably acted upon appropriates $200,ii0 for the appropriate marking of the graves Of Confederate soldiers who died In Northern prisons during the Civil war. Shipping Bill Is Read. For the rest of lhe session the Senate gave attention In turn to the question of silarbs paid to Panama canal officials, to the pure food bill and the merchant marine shipping bill, but without taking action on either of these subjects. The canal subjei t was discussed by Mr Simmons, Sim-mons, and the pure focd bill by Mr. Hey-burn. Hey-burn. The only action taken on tb shipping bill waa that of reading It at length Neutralization of Philippines, At the beginning of today s session Mr. Crane Introduced by request a Joint resolution reso-lution requiring the President to "open negotiations with the- other nations to se- CUre the neutralization of the Philippine Islands and the recognition of their ln-dependeiic. ln-dependeiic. whenever the sume shall bo granted to them by the United States." Quotes Poultney Bigelow. After the routine business hud been disposed dis-posed of Mr Simmon- ailed up Ida resolution reso-lution making a request for the names of He- high salaried employees "t the Pan-amu Pan-amu Canal commission Mr. Simmons I ii it 1 tin article from 'oultnes Bigelow criticising lhe management of the canal. sayiiiK that be was not In sympathy with It. Made a Flying Trip. "Does the Senator know how long Mr Bigelow was on the Isthmus?" asked Mr Lodgi and when Mi Simmons replied In tin m gatlv. Mi I odge said he was there only for twenty-eight hours, from November No-vember 2T, to December 1. "I hope, " replied Mi. Simmons, "that while Here mi observations were so directed di-rected as to get more truth out of the situation that did the Secretary of War in his recCnt visit." Continuing Mr. Simmons 6aid that his ohlj purpose in referring to the article was to show that the mind of the American Ameri-can p'ople is prepared to expect excess and abuses on the Isthmus The resolution was refl rTed to tho Committee Com-mittee on Interoceanlc Canals. Heybuni Talks Pure Eood. On motion of Mr. Heyburn the Senate then proceeded to the consideration of tho pure food bill ami Mr Heyburn addressed the Senate In support of the measure. He said that the primary object of the bill was t protect tho public against fraud and deception He analyzed the bill and said that It had been so modified as to protect retail dealers In manufactured goods and he added that there had been other changes, adding, howver ihat the hill contained all that was In the bill of last winter. Spooner Doesn't Like It "Then " said Mr. Spooner, "It Is oh-) oh-) i tlonabls " When told by Mr. Heyburn that the penalty provision In the hill had been so amended as to provide that dealers in importer) articles covered bj the i,m shall not be punished unless they purchase the goods knowing them i" be adulterated. Mr Spooner rr phed that the change effects ef-fects S great improvement" Further consideration of the bin was postponed until tomorrow. Among tbe bills passed were the following: follow-ing: Some Bills Passed. ncorporatlon the American National Institute In-stitute prix de Paris i. ai Paris. France ; authorizing the marking of the graves if the Confederate soldiers who died In Northern prisons during the Civil war, and appropriating $L''in Oeo for that purpose. pur-pose. At 2 o clock Mr Galllnger asked for the reading of the Merchant Marine Shipping nlil. but Mr. Morgan suggested thai thai bill had been displaced by the Senate M secret session vesterdav. when It made the BSCOn Mm r solution the regular order. The chair held thai the Morocco resolution reso-lution had gone to the calondar With, unanimous nuin nt Handle It Gingerly. The reeding ol the shipping bm then proceeded W hen the Moroccan resolution resolu-tion was under consideration It was not referred to by name Mr Morgan spoke of ii as rtaln proposition and the Vice-President mentioned it as "tns measure meas-ure referred to." The Senate at .7 17 p m went Into executive session, and adjourned at 3.2K p. m. |