Show the house washington june 8 the eat hours today in continuation of saturdays session by this parliament i tary action continuing in effect abo resolution of last week making in order mo to pass bills under suspension of the rules operating under this resolution the following measures were passed house bill directing the construction of a federal prison to cover not exceeding house bill making further appropriations to pay deficiencies for the current fiscal bear senate joint resolution directing the secretary of the treasury to order a scientific investigation of the alaskan y oo 00 tt yB ybonne onni ing and amending the law of for the protection of the salmon fisheries of alaska amending the laws relating to the employment of sailors abolishing imprisonment for violation of contract and the system of allotments of aea meas wages and providing the quality and value of the rations provided tor them house joint resolution clothing tho purchasers ot the northern pacific at foreclosure sale next month with the rights and privileges leses of the original corporal ion and imposing the same obligations house bill establishing a new division of the cashera judicial district of texas and providing semiannual semi annual terms of court at beaumont senate amendments were agreed to the house bill to expedite the transportation por tation cf import packages valued at not exceeding and not more than pounds in weight conference reports were presented and agreed to on the following appropriation pria tion bills post office final in and district of columbia in order to maintain tha presence of a quorum the house adopted resolutions offered by mr dingley rep me revoking all leaves cf absence excepting those granted on account of illness and directing the sergeant at arms to telegraph other absent members that their presence here is necessary to the transaction of public business in this connection tion the house bieard with applause the announcing that the senate had passed without amendment the general deficiency bill which the house passed saturday afternoon twice mr daniel jaep N T endeavored deavo red to bring up for consideration the report of elections committee no 1 on the contest case of aldrach vs underwood in the ninth district of alabama the first time the house refused to enter upon its consideration the vote on the second motion had been announced noun ced when at 6 a further re cees was taken until 10 tomorrow morning it will be id order then there will be it is understood no adjournment journ ment of the house until it finally adjourns for the session mr loud rep cal submitted the final report of the conferees on the post office bill and it was agreed to in connection with the presentation en of this report mr loua took occasion to present some figures going to show that the operation of the sample copy pound rate law passed in 1883 was responsible for the increasing deficiencies in postal revenues these had increased be said aiom in 1853 84 to in 1891 05 he exhibited samples of what he characterized as the stuff which under that aw was transmitted through the mails and the exhibit deemed to greatly interest the members mr johnson rep cal rising to a question of personal privilege lei bounced as malicious false and slanderous a statement published in the san francisco examiner regarding his action upon what is known aa the mineral land bill the passage of which was desired by the miners union of ackor nia |