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Show SENATE RECEIVES THE APPROPRIATION BILL WASHINGTON. Dec. .. 1L When the Senate convened today a message was received re-ceived from the House transmitting. tne emergency bill appropriating $11,000,000 to aid in the construction of the Panama canal. ca-nal. It was withheld by the Vice-President until the conclusion of the routine morning business. During the introduction of bills there were numerous conferences on the floor to determine whether the measure should be referred to the Commute on Appropriations Appropri-ations or the Interoceanlc Canal commiu tee. i ..1 |