Show WEEK IN iNGRESS CO february nary an agreement was reached in the louse whereby the oleomargarine bill will be rought to a vote after two more days of con Ider atlon one to be devoted to general debate ind one to debate under the five minute rule representative New lams 0 nevada intro deuced a resolution asking cuba to come into the union first as a territory and then as a tate SENATE the banate passed the urgent dl fl clency bill substantially as it came the house during the early part of the session the case of judge arthur H noyes of the district court of alaska and A lexander mckenzie Mc Kenzle and others were discussed mr of borth da kota delivered an elaborate in defense of judge noyes and mr Md venzle incidentally he criticized criticised the circuit court of appeals of san francisco tor permitting itself to be ln by prejudice and bias february HOU SEThe house spent the day on the leg executive and judicial bill very rapid progress was made seven our of the pages of the bill being disposed of before adjournment no debate ot import en developed during the consideration of the bill and no amendments of importance were adopted SENAT EThe following bills were parsed authorizing the construction of a bridge across the columbia river by the washington oregon railway company appropriating f SOO tor the erection of a in the city of new york appropriating tor the erection of a public building at tacoma wash providing tor two additional associate justices tor the territory ot oklahoma february 7 HOUSE the house passed the legislative executive and judicial bill the second of the regular supply bills As passed it carries la 15 which 1 1 71 in excess of the current law only two an end ments of am were adopted one provides tor a commission to the legislative dis tracts of oklahoma and the other authorizes the president in bis discretion to cover into the civil service the temporary clerical force employed on account ot the war with spain SENATE the pension appropriation bill was passed the senate agreed to house amend ments on the urgent deficiency bill adjourned to monday february 10 HOUSE Genera debate on the oleomargarine bill was finally closed the friends of the bill have decided to offer an amendment to make the ten cents tax apply to oleomargarine of butter of any shade of yellow bev dr couden the blind chaplain of the house in his invocation atlon to health of theodore roosevelt jr the debate on the oleomargarine bill was in to allow the presentation of the con ference report on the urgent MIL the most important matters still in dispute between the two houses were those relating to la abra and well claims and the state claims tor expenses incurred in raising the troops during the civil war involving a total of tl HM 25 2 5 the report was adopted SENATE throughout nearly the entire ses slon of the senate the tariff bill was under dis mr turner of washington concluded his speech begun last friday on the legal and of the philippine question he held in the main that as the had established an independent government in the islands prior to the falling of manilla the united states under the principles ot inter national law had no right in the islands mr halipre anted a partial conference report on the urgent deficiency appropriation bill february 11 the voting on amendments to the oleomargarine bill in the house indicated a considerable change of sentiment since last congress when the bill had 10 majority and that the opposition to the measure has gained strength while the passage of Is not endangered it Is not likely that the majority tomorrow when the final vote Is taken will exceed thirty senates 1 he senate passed joint resola alon submitting a constitutional amendment changing the time of presidential inaugurations and the termination and commencement of congresses from the ath of march to the last thursday of april A stirring debate on the general philippine question was precipitated ie the senate the principal participants being mr platt 0 con and mr hoar of massachusetts |