Show WEEK IN CONGRESS april 0 9 houar the feat feature ure ot of the days day debate in the hoane on 0 n the t e cuban reciprocity W was wa tile the speech in opposition to tha measure ot william M ot of iran republican senator spooner and quarles 0 I 1 wisconsin and nd dolliver Doll lver of iowa ind and a group of 0 michigan bmat sugar manufacturer in tho the gallery fallry were life bit audience and he be was ra liberally applauded by hla his supporters up porter as he ha walled assailed the republican leaders who were ore advocating vo the bin bill boldly charging abam ua being raise to the republican eloot rine of pro fro lection mr M morris ol of minnesota another male a tron against the bin bill the other speakers ot of the dy day were mr pall ball dem corn texas ten and mr sparkman Spark noan dom fla both of whom are opposed to the bill and nd my mr woodall mondell ol of wyoming who advocated the beaston ot the oen ats te the chinese exclusion bill was wa under die cui lou Klon mr bul mr dillingham 0 of vermont Vermon fc opposed the bill adm turner of 0 washington supported it the senate oate misted insisted on it its amendments to the indian appropriation bill rod and stewart of connecticut wore wera named ill a the senate conferees april 10 nollan the debate on the cuban reciprocity bill was waa devoid of enlivening features Iea ture mr beltt of illinois chairman of 0 the foreign affairs committee reported back the resolution of inquiry calling upon the secretary of title state lor for recard log the alleged removal by canadian officials of landmarks conf alone the tb alaskan border the resolution wag adopted without division mr hitt also reported back bach the sulzer reso lution calling upon the secretary of state tor for the report of the he governor fro vernor of louisiana and all other correspondence relating to the establishment mentora of a ibish base of supplies near benr lulal gift and the shipment of hornos and mules for the use or of the british arms arlins in a south africa soon after the senate converst d mr depow depew offered nn an amendment to the reso bullon to for the election of senators nalora ne hy by popular tote iota tho the amendment way was as follows the qualification of citizens entitled to vote for united states senators natora so end and in conn resa beall be uniform in uil aj the states mates and congress shall have bavo power to enforce this arti article eleby by appropriate lct anatoli v aldo ide for the reci registration of citizens entitled to vote vole the conduct of such and the certificate of the result rosult an effort was made to secure an agreement for a vote on the tha bill but it was un successful april it 11 nona debate on tho the cuban reciprocity bill was continued the principal being made by A n R long of kansas in support lup port of the measure and mr til ot of colorado who opposed the t ill the post appropriation bill was wa bent sell t to conference loud smith of illinois and Sv shannon iannon of virginia were appointed conferees SENATE soon otter after tho the senate convened the river and harbor appropriation bill was waa reported by ur mr prye frye and placed on the calendar blila were passed providing for the use by the united states of devices invented by its naval officers while engaged in ain its service and covered by letters patent and to pay 61 wo to the widow of judge I 1 0 parlier for extraordinary services rendered rou dered by him as juige judge in the weli western tern district of arkansas arkansan Arkan ilia latter bill had bad been reported adversely by mr hoar but be stated that as tho the case vas as absolutely u ho he would vote for it ft april 12 1 Z 1 1 I he house houe passed tho the bill granting a pension to the widow of president Mel vinley of 15 5 a year it had previously I 1 assod the sonata senate and now goes to the prebi dont nt tor for signature 11 0 ture SENATE A feature of the chinese exclusion debate in tho the cenate today w M the sharp ariti cism of minister wu of china borasso of his big protests anade to the twy ot of state against the enactment of the vend pending ag bill ur mr mitchell Ml ot of oregon and mr air teller of colorado sharply attacked him bim declaring that he deserved defer ved to have been gh irl on en his papers and that no gelf respecting cation would have such interference in its ita legislative affairs mr boraker of ohio aud mr hour of massachi Mass Massa achu ebu setta insisted that the minister had bad done no were more thin his duty and that bo would have been derelict of life his duty had lie he done less just after the sennta senate convened mr mason presented the comfor conference enco report on the post onlee office appropriation bill and it mas A as agreed to april 14 Hou aba speakers on the tha cuban reciprocity bill were mccall of wass massachusetts and grantley Dr antley of georgia Geor gift tor for the measure and robertson Rober lson of lout Lou lelana lans ard stevens stevon on of ot ota it the conference report on the post office a appropriation p bill was wa adopted early in the d day ay after some coma criticism of t the pneumatic tio ube tube t provision SENAT EThe the chinese exclusion bill cc occupied on pled the attention of the senate throughout the day senators senator kobaker and McL aurla tn making in akini extended speeches in opposition |