Show WEEK IN CONGRESS bearch 11 Hou siTha the bouse boue entered v apon pon the consid aeration of the post postoffice office appropriation hill bill which carries turtle am 68 but sit an usual during general debate on an bill tho the member bembera who spoke devoted themselves to 8 except the bill before the aba house forbes oral bours the tha senate bad the bap ship subsidy bill under cor ion mr mallory of florida mode made an extended speech in III opposition to the measure mr hoar poke in to the pw iding lor for the iu lection of senators eena tors by popular vote one private pension bills bill were aused march 12 general debate on the post postoffice office bill continued in the house a number dumber of being ahe proceedings were enn eni en i livened by a claih between mr corliss 04 of michigan and mr richardson chardson Hl of 0 alabama on an the subject of the pacific cable 11 Uhl his alatha Is the bacon second 4 time these two members hatie hate locked horne bonia on the cable question agal again in tho the phlp subsidy bill occupied practically the entire time of the senate A few bills i were ere including one proa f for the redemption of hawaiian Ilaw atlan silver coins and nd the substitution thereof of american silver coins soon boon after the bonato conven convened edIr mr rawlins of utah introduced a reho revolution lution which was paused directing tho the secretary of war to send bend to the the reports of inspectors Ins carpenter berand and maus maua and any other nallon he h nifty have beve la in relation to the transports trane porta between the united states and the philippines ea pec lully regarding free tor for individuals divi duals march 13 33 hoviin the house closed general tener nl debate on the appropriation bill and nd completed consideration of twelve or of the twenty seven beven of the bill no were adopt rd d the principal portion of the general dex de bate was devoted to the discus alou of appropriations for tat fast mall mail facilities A was adopted to authorize the president too to invite the families of marshal and marquis D Lafa lafayette yetto and the people of france to be present at as the va in veiling of the statue latue of marshal ambeau in washington may 24 ON and appropriating to carry or rry out the tha purposes pur poe of the resola ito alon among the bills pasted passed were the following to divide nebraska into two judicial districts granting homesteaders home on an the lh abandoned fort bridger fort saunders nr and acid fort laramie military reservations to in wyoming the right fight to purchase oria one quarter soot lon of publio land on the reservation as pasture or crazing lands granting to the suits state of wain wash i acres of land hosid to aid in BIC ance enlargement and maintenance of thel th washington state slate soldiers and abd Sailor shomo abo X bo greater portion of the day was spent beatta in consider consideration atlon of the ship chip subsidy blu bill march 14 11 husn A bill was massod to include thi colville indian reservation la in tb the staw stat of at washington under the general free homestead act and for the tb relief of bonacce settlers la in other bills were passed to ratify the act of the arizona providing a und fund for the university un lver sity of arizona for th the refunding of the debt of navajo county arizona at a lower lowen rate of interest and to cliance the boun boundaries dartes between the southern and central districts of at indian territory to provide for tho the issuance of patent to the town alK o of danin wyo wye tol toj the municipal authorities thereof for the use and benefit of said town the conference report on the diplomatic and consular appropriation w u as adopted through the session Bessi loo of tho the the ship subsidy bill i ws asunder under ilia measure was by por aker of ohio lu Ju of and harris of kansas march 15 housie the house devoted the day to private pension bills 79 2 7 9 bills and clearing the calendar 11 ibis his is the largest number of pen pea slon blon bills ever passed by the house at one si tes eslon Blon differences of opinion on the re ke pub lIcau side bide appeared in the beauto debate on the bill mr allison of iowa indicated that he was wai nut not quite with the measure AS now and gave notice of amendments he be proposed to offer to lo it limiting t tho be time of its operation and limiting also the a mount of money annu annually alls to be paid from rom the treasury oi 0 i account of it llo was wag followed by mr spooner of biscon wiscon bin who took exception to dome bome provisions of the measure lie was not at all certain tho the dill vituld the great results which its ita advocates claimed for it and he urged that enactment into law definite antor notion point furnished to congress lon Kresa ile gave notice of an amendment which ho he proposed to oner offer providing that the bill mirent be amended or repealed by con congress grebA without however impairing any under 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