| Show CONGHESS WAS EXCITED Attempt to Bring Forward Cuban Matters Causes a Flurry In the House SENATE HAS BUSINESS ON ITS HANDS r Bo y m OUIy Lt S vsLTslle 1110 to Colo 000 hc 1 1lne st1NATF Washington Jan 18Mr nalllnser coinmllleo of public health and national nation-al quarantine today reported favorably to the bonati 1 I III providing for an Investigation ot the Subject of leprosy and I was Placed on the calendar Mr Vest Mihsnuil for the finance cot lattice reported the Teller leso lotion which w u adopted by the coal inltlcu lIla and gave notice that he would call It up at nn early date I Mr Platt Conn antiuortill Vrlnt dhl1 to e undesto1 that atehareisoneememulf1telp wood Unnnimoui the ml Olt Ol tho ommll Ww not i I Ml Daniel Virginia secured the I adoption of a resolution dlreitlng the Bierctnr of ttate to supply the He nato tills Information the Aepaitment oC 1 State hid respecting tile killing of 1innk 1pioi I I I sailor of the United Stats steamer Oltnpla by Japanese j IeOII f subject In the limber I l Niuisaltl I I Jaun In Decembrl 1S37 and to In form the Senate If yI steps have been I taken linking to reparation The solution presented to the Senate Sen-ate yesterday calling upon secretary of the treasury for the reasons why the Item of fit 000 000 interest due the United States from tile Pacific lall loads had been chopped sent his State mnt hlch m ent over Under objection obJec-tion was agreed to Mr Allen Nebraska called up till resolution cllng for an Investigation by the pension committee o to the authority eif the commissioner of pen alone to promulgate tin order that no n consideration Should be Overs to appl cans for iweasea 01 gvcl vv thin twelve months after Benson nnlea ton tall locn made Mr Oalnger chairman of tho pen Fault committee announced that lie believed be-lieved the resolution to he entirely proper and It vvns ngreed to In accordance with notice previously given Mr Hale Maine called up the urgent deficiency bill The bill ni It passed the House carried fl711 843 nIt n-It was repeated to the Senate It carries J1RJ1523 nn Increase of JIM 000 The bill earning fl 01310 was passed mad after a few amendments wore madMr Mr Parakeet of the Pacific railroads case mltttee asked for consideration of the bill reported yestorday conferring Uxm till President authority to bid In the Knn ns Pacific ranch ot the Union Paclllc road at the forthcoming sale Atr Thurlon Nebraska announced that he would earnestly Irea nn amendment 10 tile measure conferring authority upon the President to sell the road In case It should be purchased by the government and would Oppose any I authority to purchase the rood unless his amendment was adopted I iMIng evident that the bill would provoke considerable discussion Mr Iomkrr ltMrw him amendment for I Immediate consideration 1 Mr Davis I moved the Senate go Into xcuth session Mr Carter chairman of the eu I committee salt he desired to ell attention tentlon to the notice h had riven estcnliy that he would today call up i for consideration the pending census i bill The committee he said regarded this bill ns of great Importance and felt that It should be passed promptly Front publh1 Statements made by members of the foreign relations committee paid Mr Carter It appears ap-pears that the Senate may be engaged en-gaged for pet haps thirty days In tho rllldraUon 01 the 10nln annex ntlon treat The census 1111 ought not to 1o I delayed so long as that The necessity of effecting the preliminary arrangements for taking the eu li evident to all senators The census I committee can not look ith equarim I Ity upon a iwsjlble delnv of thirty Ida I-da My opinion Is I that we shall mako irogre with the treaty by Promptly disposing of th census bill i the 011erUol of which will rcqluro I only n trw hour motion Mr Davis houever Insisted upon his I Mr Carter then wanted a time fixed i far oUng on tile census hi hit nt the quest oC Strintor Faulkner who pIe far the Democrats agreed tn putone Ilia request Until tomorrow morning The Sont then nt 110 p m ment I Into execute Peoslon niatW Wniehlntttnn Jan nTh nt contested con-tested election case of the present Con gross WIS disposed of by tho House today to-day Chalimau To lor ot the committee mittee on elections No 1 reported that Thomas Clark w ho filed notice ot con lejl ugalnet Jesse F htallluts representing repre-senting the Second Al el ama district i had abandoned his content and the committee therefore unanlmosl report ell n resolution declaring Mr btalllngg ntltled to the seat The house then resumed consldem Uon oC the army appropriation bill When the 1018 jonm1 yesterday a polnl 01 order h1 hen calmed ago not it lrIlon jf the bill modifying the method of computing themilage of any Ulcers The chair overruled the point of order tieis Dem Texas said the pro pH1 lmllon ould friercriso the eot olmlen tu the goVeMlmnt and after I lOl It uas ternpoiarfly Passed over 11er then raised 0 poInt 01 order against the provision acquiring the pay ot illstrd men tO lie paid by Per masters In person fho TInt 0 0 r n sustained and the went nn provision over Little Dern Ark orfe reel an amend moot to appropriate fis 000 for the repair pair I of the Notional cemetery nt Tort Smith Ask He explained that the cemetery had been l totally wrecked by 1ho Storm which recently devastated the town The amendment fell under it point or order The army appropriation bill was paused and the diplomatic nnd consular appropriation bill taken up The nilmm hervc notice that they proposed pro-posed lo elibale our foreign relations exhaustively Mr Dearmond nf Mlsslourl offered am nn nmodment tn tile IlomaUe nn1 consular appropriation bill 1 resolution for the recognition of Cuban belligerency belliger-ency anti mhen it point 01 order wn raised against It lie Inside 1 strong Is sarsaling 10 thoe who ym pathlzed wllh the rtruggllnir Insurgents tcroverriele the rules of tho I House ns Sort themselves and ndopt this amend merit now He declared they could never explain their course to their coal sUtlonl If they did not seize this 01 personify Mr aly mm ro amidst n Intent 01 applause challenged lrllt chairman ot tile committee on foreign affalro to state that I was the Intention Inten-tion ot those In authority t jlvo the I I I I 0 1 I I 11011 I a 0 t r Hour ni oLporunl to vote 0 tho cuiva hllgernc reolulon Mr Hilt made D mpl Y xeept to pnl that Mr llalleyPll llalley we out 01 rder Mr Iteplau n In the chair stained the point I of Ode Mr Deoimond thereupon appealed rom the tUdslon of tho chair anti urged the mcnbcrs to Seize the jirw I nt oppe rtunlly I Mr DlueJey floor leader ot the ma jrlty J hurried to the rescue Great excitement ex-citement prevailed The speaker itt i it-t tvd the hall I while Mr Dlngley I np el tt his J Irh of 1r IIQUPQ to 1114 I I lejrd tl their Personal Inclination towrd the amendment and tu Stood fly tile rule stno I In reply lo Mr Dingier M Dear ond urged th memhrn t free she 10ne Cor n in hour from n do minion so nb oltito Ihit t members could tboalm get ranoMeratlon for nothing except after those In nuthorlt had approved ior Party lines wre hrken Mhen Flem Inl mm I 11111be opposed the Cuban amendrati m the Brounl that tt was not In order and Colson Hep IYJ folloiNed In n vigorous speech arraign Inl tile committee on forellis affairs nrulr ind his Republican Msclat for 10 ly on Cuba He warned Pepubllcirs le warne 1I > hlcn that the People > would hold them accountable ac-countable for the 11 are in declared that It omclhlo was net no he would b One to t Join tho must roln > Uonar tactics on the floor 10 bring the Cuban question to n bearing On the motion t0 close debate on the appeal the lsIlg vote wa YrJ 132 slays 12 General Henderson Hep la answered an-swered Mr De Armond declaring that If a majority of th House wits ncalnit the Cuban resrlullon there would bono bo-no action eloplto the fine display of the Missouri gentleman The excitement excite-ment on the nor continued but the < debate was lemporrll diverted to the rules and parliamentary status no plrlomnlnr otnt Tile chair was sustained on tho ap Dcarmond Peal 152 to amendment 151 This ruled out the |
