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Show coxGi:ss. ni Mir. WAgiiLtaTUN, Feb 4. On morfon ofHhcnuau the Pmldeiit'i raistage el Thursday last concerning Iho trout-ponatlon trout-ponatlon of merchaudlro over tho Canadian rosda wat referred to tho lommltleo on foreign relatloni and luterstato commerce. Thu Sonata then took up Iho Ileum billion the calendar without action however. Thlt order of buslnett wat Interruited to permit tho Judiciary commltteo tu rijioit Iho now bill to submit thu McUairalmii claim to thu court of private land claims. Tho Investigation Into tbo whisky trust waa returned by tho tub cum-mlltoe. cum-mlltoe. not u. Wabuiniiton, Feb. 4. Tho ant(. option bill wat referred lo tho commute commu-te o of the.whole and thu Houso proceeded pro-ceeded to tho consideration of tho diplomatic and consular appropriation appropria-tion bill. A nrnarkabtu and unprecolented scene wasenacltd In tho House. It waa a trlbuto to Illount of Ueorgla, who retire! from CoDgieis at thlt sis Hon. When the consideration of thu dlplomallo bill had been completed Holman, the Democrttlo father of the lioutu, arosoaud ex ns-cl hit sincere rig ret that au ru-oclitloli of tweuty yeert waa lu be severed. O'Nell, Peiiua.,tliolteUbllcan Nulor, endorsed endors-ed every word of the high euloglum which Holniau bad uttered mid llltl. Illand, Bpilugerand McCretry added their meed uf rale to tho ability and pairlotliui of tbo railing iiiembvr.and thruugli tho tiechet wat a vein run-nlug run-nlug III tho direction ol Itlouul'a promotion pro-motion to the cabinet. llluunt ttii rolouudly moved. Inn rew vorda ho resjiouJed to the renmrkt nud declared that whatever future bad In store for hi oi, he would ever look back to this hour at the brightest hour lulils lilt. The dli lotuitlo bill wat loiscd. |