Show WEEK IN COi WRES january 9 cinal bill occupied I 1 the house aad was discussed pro and con the offer of the panama company to sell to the united states government having infected an element ot uncertainty as to the passage of the present mil chairman hepburn that the offer ot the panama company to sell was only another effort to delay the building ot the canal representative hooker ot M intro dueer a on asking congress to declare schley in command at the battle ot santiago representative sutherland introduced a mil to re amburse scott P stewart and andrew J stewart jr ot provo utah in the sum ot 1 80 tor surveys made ot public lands ot utah and 11 provid ng that utah may select lands to indemnity it tor school sections which hay been disposed ot under the laws of con gress senator kearns ot utah introduced a resolution calling upon the secretary of the interior tor information regard ng the pro posed lease ot mineral lands on the uintah utah indian reservation the resolution was intended to prevent the execution of a lease senator stewart ot nevada followed the resolution by another cat ing for information re garding the leasing of indian lands elsewhere in the country A resolution to open the reservation to settle ment will follow in a few days january 10 debate on the N caragian cara guan canal b II 11 in the house developed sent ment in favor of giving consideration to the recent offer of the panama company to sell its franchise and prop erty tor 0 th s sentiment taking the form of advocating advocat inz the morris amendment to empower the president to select the latter route it the canal upon considering the company s offer recommends it and the re quiren concessions can be obtained from co bombia lombia the canal bill passed and go to the sen ate senator introduced a reso gutlon call ng tor an investigation by the senate of all matters bearin upon the proposed lease it mineral lands on the uintah anu had read a number ot letters from government employed emp loyes showing collusion to gain control of the lands through lease from the interior de apartment part ment the senate spent some time in private pensions durin which the chairman 0 the pens ons committee said that none but meritorious cases would presented or con sider atlon january 11 HOUSE the consideration of a b 11 estabi sh ing a permanent census bureau occue ed tha attention of the house etorly opposition de ve loping against certain features of the meas ure brov sion was mide ta place th present torce of 2 census empio es under the pro of the civil service law the bill granting to mrs mckenley the ing privilege dur n the remainder of her life was passed unanimously by the house january 13 HOOTS Consideration 0 the pension bill fras begun dixey of virgin a ere abed a stir by introducing a resolution that confederate sold ers be admitted to soldiers homes the republicans took no part in the debate on the resolution but many southerners south eners opposed it 11 to create a department of commerce was called up and d by sev eral senators senator teller took the lead in opposing action on the measure claiming its effect on the ning ind stry would be fat reaching and more time for cons aeration de ration was demanded mr lode sa d he did not think that consular reports giving commercial statistics should be transferred from the state department mr hale and others said they desired time for consideration and the bill went over january 4 house debated the pensions ap bill and devoted much lime to a proposition to open soldiers homes to canted erate veterans the bill carries an alon of which is more than ficq millions less than abed the las congress the first time th s session the philippine question w s touched upon in the senate the interest taken indicates that w 11 occupy the attention of the upper branch of congress tor some time when the b 11 i reported the phil pp nes were the subject 01 an address by mr hoar who spoke on reso gutlon provid ng tor the appointment of a senate committee to investigate the admin s of these islands senator mason advocated rec proc ty with cuba A resolution was passed directing the at torney general to inform the senate as to what steps had been taken to secure the klyment ol 01 interest st 11 due the un ted states on account of the subsidy debt of the kansas division of the union pacific railway company |