Show WEEK IN CONGRESS march 8 HOUSEA genuine sensation was caused in the house by the presentation by mr richard I 1 eon ot tennessee the democratic leade 0 charges alleging the corrupt use ot ft fund 0 1500 in connection with the sale 0 the dan ish west indies the charges were contained in an alleged secret report 0 captain V alter christmas to the danish government which declared that he bad employed corrupt means to bring the negotiations tor the sale of the islands to a consummation the report extracts from which mr michard eon read mentioned the names ol 01 abner me kinley and bis partner colonel brown VV knox who was described as an intimate friend of senator hanna richard P evans who was said to represent mr gardner and bla friends in the house and two press assoria alons the names 0 which were not given as having been interested in the matter the charges against members of congress were not specific upon the basis of this report mr richard son asked the adoption ot a resolution tor the appointment of an investigating committee of seven the speaker ruled that the matter was privileged alter mr richardson bad amended his resolution so as to specifically include members of the house the resolution after being amended in minor part colars was was adopted the resolutions further recite that said secret report states that the shall be immediately paid to if the purchase paid by the united states tor the corrupt objects set forth the of the ratification pt the treaty Is also bet forth the speaker immediately announced the in on committee as follows represent Re presen dalzell pennsylvania hitt 1 ligols cousins iowa mccall massachusetts laicans and u tennessee dinsmore arkansas and cowherd missouri democrats SENATE Debate on the oleomargarine all occupied the entire time of the banate 38 spent the day passing private pension bills in all 5 passed with one exception this Is the record for the num her of such bills passed at a single session the president s pol cy with regard to tha veto of bills to remove the charge ot desertion from the records of soldiers came in tor much discussion during the day the sundry cov appropriation bill was re ported and mr cannon gave notice that be would call it up monday the bill appropriates 3 95 being la 12 02 less than the regu lar and supplemented estimates and 12 ila less than the appropriations lor the current fiscal year amond the main items are en largemont lar gement of posts sl among the public bu iding items over fco are poise idaho ta cheyenne wyo chicago 1 l helena mont e salt lake city utah 0 beattle washington march 30 house devoted most of the day to the bill increasing the efficiency of the reve nue cutter service but did not complete its consideration immediately after the house met major pruden the assistant secretary of the sent appeared and transmitted from the lent the allee correspondence called lor by the burleson resolution which was adopted sev ral days ago rhe members appeared greatly interested but only the letter ol 01 transmittal fras read and there was much disappointment the bouse then proceeded with the consider atlon of the senate bill to promote the ency of the revenue cutter service it was agreed that there should be eight hours gen eral debate upon the bill march 31 Hoc sEThe house began of the sundry civil appropriation bill completing the general debate before the close of the ses blon little ot the speech making was per to the bill williams of sippi pou of carolina and spleet of M spoke on the proposed investigation ol 01 the southern buu question mr bell 0 colorado the financial bills before the mr payne chairman 0 the ways and means committee reported the cuban reciprocity bill and k e notice that he would call it up on the ath SENATE During almost the entire session ol 01 fhe cenate the oleo marga lae till was under consideration the following bills were passed providing an additional circuit judge in the seventh judicial to pay the legal re presenta alves of A G boone of colorado 12 tor services and expenses in negotiating an indian treaty in to pay 5 to members of the 1 te SAV eg crew tor losses sustained by them in the galveston hurricane of september 8 to amend the act for the protection of the lives of miners n he territories ing tor the improvement of the mount balner national park in the state ot washing ton mrs M D meeker ot colorado ta 10 out ol 01 the funds of the confederated band ot ute indians on account of the assassination of her husband aniT property losses april songe rapid progress was made with the aundry civil bill 83 of the 1 9 pages of the b 4 be ng completed to amend the bill were successfully defeated as a rule by mr cannon chairman of the ap atlon committee wbk was personally in charge of the measure the proceedings vere without incident SEN ATEAn agreement was reached to vote on the pend ng bill before ad journ ment dext debate on the measure was continued throughout the session mr ot idaho opposed the bill because he believed that it proposed to drive the oleomargarine industry 0 o the wall mr reported the indian appropriation bill and gave not ce thai he would call it up at an early date |