Show WENT THROUGH QUICKLY House adopts conference report on cuban resolutions eleven caysi re as pa lilleane and mine eft awo ban fafa disposed of f nr the pr ageal Us the people will await the astion or of the th ex fute rivers and barbose A 0 malt ait lake washington april 6 the house to day adopted the conference report on the cuban resolutions by A vote of to 27 and passed the river and harbor appropriations bill under suspension of at the bullik after a lively debate of forty minutes by a vote of 20 to 40 the report OR on the cuban resolutions had been debated friday and saturday and the vote today was taken immediately after the reading of the journal eighteen republicans republican and nine derno denio crate rat voted against the he report after the mot most determined opposition to 0 recognition of the insurgents insurgent in the 6 enstrand enste and house there were but ten more votes against the report than against the original resolutions the former vote was to 17 by its ac tion today the house agreed to the senate resolutions and disposed of the cu ban question for the present those resolutions were as follows resolved that in the opinion of congress a condition of public war exists between the government of spain and government the proclaimed and for some time maintained by the force of arms by the of cuba and that the people of the united states of america t f hould maintain a strict neutrality between the contending powers accord ing to each and all the rights of belligerents lige rents in the ports an and d territory of the united states resolved further that the friendly of the united states should be offered by the president to the spanish government for the recognition of thi the independence of cuba the river and harbor bill passed to t day carries in actual appropriations of and authorizes contracts for thirty two new projects m with ith A limit of cost of only forty minutes debate was allo allowed ed mr hooker chairman of the river and harbor committee attempted to secure an extension of this time but first mr maguire dem cat cal and then mr grosvenor Re rep ohio objected the debate was very pirl spirited pi ted mr dockery Dock cry dem demmo mo attacked the recklessness with whirl which it was proposed to extend the continuing contract system on the bill a natural result he claimed of the policy of giving the governments prom the ibe to pay instead of paying cash tie he admitted however the great economy of tile contract system which mr burton rep ohio had stated from official reports to be 30 30 per cent mr rep iowa also made a vigorous as sault opt the bill lie he devoted himself particularly to the mississippi river committee the work ork of which he denounced denounced this brought forth a reply from mr r catchings the former chairman of the rivers and harbors and a defense of the measure from mr hooker rep N Y the present chairman when the vote vot was wag finally taken the majority in favor of it was so overwhelming that its op pon ponente entis were unable to secure the ayes and nays before the house adjourned the new mexican bond bill was defeated and the bill to open the assiniboine military res er erv atlon was I 1 assed the senate spent the entire day on the appropriation bill but did not complete it I 1 ahe he bill served to bring out some sharp criticisms by senator gorman german on the administration of the postoffice post office department part ment and by senator allen alien on alleged irregularities resulting from the civil service system mr allen alien re heated sensational charges as to large money contributions said to have been made in the interest or mr cleveland and mr harrison the charge that mr wannamaker contributed to ward mr harrisons Harrl sons election led to an emphatic dental denial from mr hawley awley II who alluded to the president dentas as hia maje majesty ty and as the 4 chief of the country the full committee of the houte house corn com on en public lands and buildings has adopted the report of the sub rub committee in favor of the salt bait lake public build ing and an appropriation of an effort Is being made to get the bill favorably reported tu to the house but in view of 0 the policy of the chairman of the committee to keep down bills carry ing appropriations which he himself admits Is the order of the speaker it is doubtful if the hill bill gets through its advocates however are doing all in their power to push it to a favorable report and a place on the ca lendIr ir |