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Show 1'DAVS DOIHGS W ' j SENATE AND HOUSE (1 . WASHINQTON, April 1 Good Friday was devoted to almost continuous discus-. discus-. ' skm of political questions. The time until 2 o'clock was devoted to consideration of lhe Carmack resolution proposing an inquiry in-quiry into the legality of the recent executive ex-ecutive old-age pension order.. Mr.- Mal-- Mal-- lory was the principal speaker, but be ; was frequently Interrupted by Republican Senators. He contended that v Secretary 1 Hitchcock bad- transcended the limits of executive authority In Issuing the order -The latter half of the day was devoted . to the postofflce appropriation bill,, but no -- appreciable progress was made wfth that measure, the speeches on It being, in the main, political and of a general character. - The Housa passed the sundry civil - appropriation bill, after voting down a ' proposition by Mr. Sulcer to recommit it with instructions to strike out the appro- rrfatlon of for rent of the New - York custom house. t ' The remainder of the day was devoted tojdlscusslon of the conference report on ' the army appropriation bill. With the ex-" ex-" ceptlon of one amendment, providing cer-' cer-' tain Increases in the signal corps the '. House disagreed to all other important - ' Senate amendments and the bill was sent ; back to conference. The proposition to consolidate the office of the Adjutant- ' - ' General with that of the record and pension pen-sion division, and make Brlg.-Oen. Ains-worth, Ains-worth, chief of the latter division, military mili-tary secretary, with' the rank of Major-General Major-General and put him in charge, and the , Vamendment to allow officers who served ' in the Civil war who retire, or already may have retired, to retire at the next igher grade, were debated at length and met with strong opposition! v Mr. Patterson Introduced a bill for . . the amendment of the Chinese exclusion , act of 1902, giving notice that on Wednes-. Wednes-. day next be would address the Senate on . the bill. ' i la giving this natice. he sqrtd he had received what be considered definite ln-. ln-. formation that the Chinese Government had denounced the treaty between that Government and the United States, and the treaty would expire December 7th next Unless the law should be extended (Chinese could come Into the United States ' Vfter that date without obstruction. Mr, -Wlast of- Connecticut expressed dissent - tfrom this view. . A bin was passed authorising the free transmission through the malls of books for the blind: Also the following: Authorizing Au-thorizing the collection of labor statistics In Hawaii; authorizing the detail of retired re-tired officers of the army and navy to, ' schools as instructors. |