Show WEEK IN CONGRESS may 37 27 tho the house passed the loi im migration bill tho the feature of the day was a lively debate on the question of prohibiting the pale ot of intoxicating late floating liquors at immigrant linin lgrant fita lion thorr it was precipitated by an amendment offered by mr Do r nf h u nans to prohibit such sale bale which was man carried 83 to IS mr landis of indiana followed this victory with an amendment to prohibit the sute sale of intoxicant nta in the capital and it prevailed ly by a still larger majority to it 10 A fruitless effort was wag made do just before adjournment of the senate to secure au all agreement on a tinie lime tor for a vole on the philippine up bill the discus sim indicated that borne flay day next week eventually woul I 1 be agreed gereed upon but no tin time e was ass fixed mr bur ro we of committee on an privileges and elections elect loni reported report eil tatt the majority of the committee was opposed to the house resolution providing pro Iding for tho the election 0 of senators Benn tors by the people M 1 l SS 28 houg X 7 he houss house spent pont a the day debating thab lIto binerta 0 tho the subsidiary coinage by coining the nelver bullion in the treasury rv and to the standard dollars aa the public noo may inay require ibe 11 be boat of ry coinage it la now buoo too 0 0 1 lie bill increases to an aa indefinite amount in the discretion of the ibe secretary of the treasury the following bills were wera passed authorizing tile board ot of supervisors of santa cruze ariz to esua bonds for or the of a courthouse and jail granting title to tho the town of juneau alaska to lands occupied lor for school purposes adjusting certain con conflicts flicks respecting state indemnity in lieu of sections in abandoned military reservations an agre enit tit nt was reached by which a 0 final vote on the pending philippine government bill and all amendments hill III be taken up next tuesday MAY ATAY si 29 the bill to increase the sub subsidiary adis ry s silver coinage was pasca the text 0 the bill follows I 1 that the secretary of the treasury to la hemby iced to coin belver bullion in the treasury treo sury purchased purtha sed under the act of 0 july 14 into such huch iden omin itsou i of subsidiary a liver coin as aa he be may deeni deem necessary to an meet c ct public requirements and thereafter as aa pub publeo i ia may demand to beloin silver dollar are into subsidiary coin and so much of any ideta ft all limit mitto to the aggregate of ot lary silver coin outstanding ond tic so much c f ny ac act t as deretta the coinage of auy any portion ot of the bullion purchased under the nets acts of 0 may alay hab 1890 into standard silver dollars Is hera by repealed A bill was pasted for tho the improvement and care of confederate mound oak oakwood wood cemetery i chicago A bill was passed to reduce the selection ot of reserve banks to cities of 15 inhabitants ahe conference report on nn the fortifications bill was adopted the house then adjourned un until til monday the philippine bill still occupies the attention allen llon of 0 the senate morgan CI ty ly and spooner were ere the principal speakers of the day A joint was introduced and passed authorizing the secretary of war todell to deliver verto to the governor of new jersey us its many condemned bronze cannon not weighing bing over 1500 1 as might be ne necessary cesary for or the cont construction ruction of 0 an equestrian statue of 0 general W J bewell I 1 ho be conference report on the river and harbor bill was preben presented ted and without comment conci eat agreed to bly SENATE hissing Ills sing in tho the cenate Is so unusual it I 1 that when it occurred in ilia odthe 0 the philippine appl ppl ne debate it created a sensation mr fa 0 of was speaking and referred incidentally to the that tory that thata 4 thousand filipinos had been put to death by amerl can troops in trenches which they m ere corn com pilled to dai mr air lodge said the story had been denied by bj the father of tho the soldier who aho had bad started iland that the war department hail had cabled abbed to genera chaffee to ascertain the flits mr bir car cordock ack interrupted to say that the a soldiers idlers 0 would deny the story as all in the philippines and been required to joao do 1111 remark was greeted with hisses from the gal lories the demon demonstration of disapproval al callian out a sharp rapping of the gavel gave from tho the chair june 2 brouss rhe house hy by a vote of to 46 the rules rule s thil aud d a I 1 apted the pa at reso lution extend li g tho thanks of congress t secretary of state hay for his address on th abb occasion of tho the memorial exercises last february rebr uary the conference conto renca report upon the senate bill to protect wild mild game gaine and birds in aliska vai adopted the special rule tor for tile the consideration of the anti antl anaclay bill until of N w as a lopped an attempt to suspend the rules and pass a M bill to retire general stern berg failed SENATE little interest either on the floor or in ili the galleries ries was us manifested in the senate debate on the philippine government bill mr mir mason of illinois in a vigorous speech differed from the majority in the treatment proposed for the lie ile urged tant no rea son eon existed tor for accord ingato theta them a treatment different from that accorded to the C cubans and strong sl ronel ll 84 advised ased that they be afforded afford eil the right to govern them elvea other senators ho bloke were me mears ars hour hoar foraker cullom diacon patterson aeller ello and proctor |