Show WEEK IN CONGRESS tl newland providing tor the arri ration 0 arid land in the west was introduced in the house the time ol 01 the house wae pied in discussion of appropriation bills and little headway was made senate devoted almost the en tire day to consideration 0 the bill mr hale ol 01 maine and mr lodge oi massachusetts bounded notes of against the enormous appropriation abeln made by the present congress mr hale de dared the people of the country would bool become alarmed friday HOUSE Under the leadership of mr cannon chairman of the appropriations committee 1 long consumed the time of the bious friday mr cannon desired the house to pro aeed with the sundry civil appropriation ahil the democrats desired to devote the day to th consideration of the private it wal the last day under the rules which could be de voted to claims at this congress and notices had been sent out yesterday asking the democrat to be in their eats today A a result mr cannon was outwitted but he kept up the elgh all day forcing roll call tor three hours and later filibustering in committee of the whole the net result was that the whole day wa wasted SENATE the agricultural supply bill wai passed the appropriation tor seeds tor distal was increased from to A resolution authorizing the jedlan commis glon 0 the banate during the recess ot con gress to visit indian reservations and inglai schools was adopted A bill was passed ap t 0 for the purchase 0 a replica of the bronze equestrian statue ol 01 genera george washington the shipping subsidy bill was discussed 01 several hours senator teller announced that under no consideration would he consent a vot on the bill mr chandler asserted that th position ot the opposition was preposterous and mr bianna replying to mr teller becam impassioned in his denunciation of the method employed by the opposition to defeat the meas ure it mr teller maintains his purpose nc vote this session will be possible saturday HOU SEThe sundry civil appropriation bill was under consideration but little progress pro gresa was made richardson forced the to have a quorum to proceed remarking that the republican leader the lous day had demanded a quorum to pass an bill and be thought one should be had tc pass a bill SENATE nearly bills were passed including private pension bills among the more important were permitting the transportation by steam vessels ol 01 gasoline and other product ot petroleum when used as source ot motive power providing that it ahall be a misdemeanor tor a civilian to refuse to appear and testify before a military court martial the shipping subsidy bill was replaced a unfinished business by the grout ane bill monday HOU SEThe bill to authorize the holding ol 01 the international exhibition of the centennial anniversary of the louisiana purchase at st louis in 1903 and appropriating there for passed the house under suspension ot the rules by a vote of to 11 the bill to define the word conspiracy in the sherman anti trust law to avoid the possibility of its be ing held applicable to labor organizations was defeated by almost a two thirds vote SENAT EThe whole session was devoted to consideration of the appropriation bill so tar as committee amendments to the measure are concerned the bill practically was completed although the amendment ap atlig 1500 tor an extension 0 the pheama tie tube service remains of tuesday feature ot the day was the de bate upon the question of national irrigation 0 lands in the west which came up incidentally after remarks by mondell of wyom ing king of utah and bell 0 colorado the advisability of government aid mr can non chairman of the appropriations committee concluded this branch of the debate the arid land senators and representatives he said had arrived at the conclusion that the time hail come to irrigate the arid lands at the empens of the federal treasury mr cannon predicted that it the scheme were entered upon it would cost more than in the next fatt years SENA TEBy the emphatic vote of 18 to f th senate rejected the conference report on military academy appropriation this action came at the conclusion of a spirited debate up on the provisions against hazing inserted la the report of the conte ence committee ol 01 th wo branches of congress |