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Show uu IMPORTANT BILLS BEFORE CONGRESS Washington, May 10 Neither branch of congress was In session today, to-day, but thoro w'as more or le3s activity ac-tivity ol committees. Interest on the henatc sldo of the capital lay chiefly In tho continued hearings on Canadian reciprocity before be-fore the finance committee. Farmers, paper manufacturers and wlro manufacturers had obtained reservations res-ervations of time In which to address the committee. Some of those who I talked were before that body when the last, congress considered the sub-. sub-. ject, They seemed to direct their remarks largely to the now raombors of the committee. Tho house committee on territories agnln considered statehood for Arizona Ari-zona and New .Mexico, delay having j been caused by Republican insistence I that Now Mexico ho admitted wllh-! wllh-! out the necessity of voting on a proposed pro-posed nmundment. There will bo a minority leport'when the resolution Is submitted to the house Friday. |