Show WEEK IN CONGRESS mars HOU SEThe to place three new Stars 11 la the flag bad tl e right of way an amendment offered by mr mcrae to con soll date the itel of oklahoma andlar territory wa defeated an amendee it offered by mr ip 01 indiana to m soll date new mexico ed arl eon and admit them as the state q montezuma was pending alien the house adjourned the only aad adopted aas one pro that in the act sh auld be con to legalize polygamy during the ly a resolution exp resolve ot th regret ot the bouse over the d ath 0 beal admiral sampson was adopted nd a corn cittee of members was appointed to attend the funer ilsc bablon of the was continued in th senate gilr dolliver Doll lver 0 iowa made a good natured yet sarcastic ar ot senator carmack who arraigned mr dolliver Doll lver mr bu arton ol 01 kansada concluded his speech may the bill lor the to state bood ol 01 oklahoma arizona al d new mexico was passed the bill as passed provides enabling acts tor oklahoma arizona and new mexico similar in form to cormer enabling act with the ex that the constitutional convention 0 new mexico as empowered to designate the name by which the new state ishall enter the union and in the case of oklahoma the con by irrevocable ordinance express the consent ot that state abit congress at any future time may attach all or any part of in dian territory to it the enabling acts differ from one another chiefly in reference to the public lands appropriated tor educational and public purposes ahe blu reserving a tract ol 01 land from the public lands of the state of oregon as a public park was passed an effort to fix a time tor the vote on the pending philippine bill was unsuccessful may 10 Houst The bouse transacted some minor business including the passage of a resola til a to print the copies of the jefferson bible and then laid aside public business to pay tribute to the memories of the late depre estua polk of pennsylvania and the late senator J H kyle ot south dakota mr underwood objected to the consideration 0 the senate rest lution tor the relief of the west indian disaster because no official report had been made to congress lively debate occurred in the senate upon the amendment to the army ampro atlon bill offered by mr bailey of texas providing that no part of the appropriations made by the measure be used in defray ing the expenses of the special embassy to the coronation of king edward VII of england may 1 HOU SEThe bouse passed by an overwhelm tai vote a bill granting tor the relief of the sufferers in the great calamity in the west indies the bill was a substitute for the relief measure passed by the senate and fol lowed the receipt of a e t am the dent setting forth the ie of the calam ity and urging an of an important con to the discussion of the philippine government bill was made in the senate by mr bonker of ohio hen that united states could not h ave the islands until order bad been restored and until a stable government bad been established he declared that this government would not come away from the islands under jhb present or the next even thon bh the latter be dem because the american people never would consent to poltroonery the bill granting 00 for relief of west indian sufferers was pa ased my 13 the navy appropriation bill for two new battleships two armored cruisers and two gunboats carrying a total of was taken up in the house representative foss of illinois chairman of alie committee in opening the debate soun fled a note of warning against the over confident belief that oer navy Is invincible the senate bill making appropriations tor the martinique sufferers was referred to the appropriations committee an additional appropriation of was made by the senate tor the people of the french west indies in ac corrance cor dance with the recommendation of the president that 00 be appropriated the eral ap bill was passed and then mr stew art of nevada in supporting the ph bill warned the minority that no politic al gain would accrue to them from their on the army |