Show WEEK IN CONGRESS 9 1 may 81 hovas HOUSE A bill was passed providing that tho the statutes of limitation of the several states thau shall apply as ft a defense to brought in tny any mutts courts for the recovery of land patents under the treaty of may 10 2854 between tho the united suites states of ameilla and the Shaw tribe of idillar a by unanimous consent the house bouse seated charles charlen II 11 rhomas rhoma from aba 1 11 hird bird north carolina district whoso choso scab cicat was contested contented by john 0 E bowler tua the contest of ez ex representative john 3 lontz against mr 1 from the twelfth ohio district also was taken up mr tompkins Tomp klit being seated similar action was wag taken confirming mr rhea of virginia to the right of the pie seat feat of 0 the ninth virginia district tho the contestant james A walker having died L resolution was adopted condrat elating tho the of cuba on Us its entry into the family of independent rations nations A communication from tho the secretary of 0 state was presented announcing the unveiling of the status statue of marshal of franco france la in washington on saturday may on of oc ur mr cullom of Illin olp the genta ate decided that when that body adjourns adjourn on oa may it bo until the following mondayla monday in he said bald that the senate might attend the th ceremonies the eon conference forence report on the agricultural bill was wai agreed to MAY 99 22 the house resumed discussion of the immigration bill almost the entire day was W taken up with the amendment offered ered by mr underwood of alabama requiring an edu on catl test for immigrants to this country it wax wait adopted the tha bill then went over until tax next t week mr ir hoar of massachusetts spoke tor for two hours and a half on an the philippine question ue lie denounced the attitude of the government in the philippines an one of the most wicked and foolish ob chapters apters in american history ile ho urged that the united states should WiLh withdraw draw from the I 1 avid and per wit the people there to erect their own govern ment as aa hud boen been done in cuba he sharply arraigned general funston for the be pursued in the capture of aguinaldo Agul naldo and intimated Int imad strongly that hat the senate been aware of the abe facts not bays been la in bis recent promotion ho he hoped as the irrevocable step had not been taken by the united states staten better counsels counsel would yet prevail and that this government would leave the philippines may 23 HOUSE the hotine devo devoted the lay day to private pension bills and to a low few other minor measures mr loud of california criticized criticised the alt at I 1 il pension legislation KB as a disgrace and ni aw w emphatic responses from of new hampshire sulzer of new york sad and bayers of in all pension bills were passed the house bouse ad journea until in order to participate la in the abe rochambeau exercises A temperate and carefully pro pre pared delivered ln la the senate on th philippine bill by mr bir dubois of idaho ailt H confined himself almost entirely toa discussion of the coin mercial inert lal and aspects of abi tb philippine question lis ills being to show that it would be a disadvantage to the people ol 01 0 this country to retain the islands no ila held that their retention would result disastrously to american labor ile he reviewed at length the tha agricultural of japan and china with a view to showing th that atwith altti their heir advantages of cheap labor imbor they would be able to control tits the markets of the or ent including the philippines he maintained that the united estates by its iti policy simply pimply was arousing the sleeping dragon of china ghib in the end would dei devour our the world may 8 douall ibe house devoted the day to bust busl nose connected with the district of columbia and took a recess until I 1 lift I 1 a in tomorrow in order to complete the bill in order to amend the district code mr patterson noa of colorado one of the minority rnino rity members of the philippine committee of tho the senate occupied the ficler most of the day in a discussion of the philippine question mr gailinger offered a resolution providing that the committee of the senate should inako an investigation into the subject of lynch bings ings with a view of ascertaining hether there Is any remedy for them sixty two private pension bills were passed |