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Show WEEK IN CO1NGIU.SS. ltoci-Nf wUftd'n. bill ptv Mine (or th? irrl Mlloa of Arid latfrl In the wi wn Intrwtur! la tbf houM Tbe tin ol U hou wm ocru (itftl In dlraMon t appropriation trill. I lit If hKlWljT W4 MMdf fciflATS-THflttMdTotwl nlmol thern tlrr rfar to nmltfratlon of th erlculturl bill Mr 1U1 or Main int Mr Uhc of Msahus-Mi-. Mnindr not-M or warning ralnt the enoreioM n & pro irl lion tlnT iiwulebf th prent ronuttm Mr l!alJ" rUrol lbi-ile or the country nouM toon becotno alurucU, IInrtr--tiHl'M'thoIriiJ-rhIpof Mr I'jnnon, tbfttrman o( h pprtiprlatlona t-otntnlttrp. I Ion Qllbuttf r con-urnrd the time or the llouo PrhUr .Mr Cannon le-irHl the llouvtopro- retl wltb the Kuiiilrj civil apiimprlatlon. while H the IVmocrat-tdeftlrM totltvute thedar to the H ronttlderatlon of the private rUlmi It wat H tbelatrtar under the rule which rouhlbede H totM to claim-at thlt confrraiantlnolkeahatl Iwen cnt out jrralcnUjr aUlnrf the trmocrati lo be In thtlr ttti UxUjr. A- a rcult Mr H Cannon a outwitted but he kept up the 01.1 H nil day. fort In rollnlU for three houra and H Ulrr fillbuterlni(luromtnlttee of the whole. H The net) re.ult m thnt the whole day wu H wattr-l H HiATK-Tbe agricultural supply bill wi H paiked, the appropriation rorwedt for dltlrl H button waa Increaaed from II70..U" to I rro.t--U . A resolution. authorUtnir the Indian rotnmli H Ion or the Senate during tho rerew of Con- r""- J irrrkatovUll tmllan rfMTTatlon and Indian iHb' choolt wat adopted. A bill mi aed ap H pruprlatlnc l,WJ for the purchae of a rcpllc t of the bronce CNiuenttlan atatuo of (icueral M 1 ' Ueorjre Waihlnuton, V I The oblpHnf HUbsldy bill wai dlcued for rvetrral houra- Senator Teller anuouiicetl that j4! under no ronaldrratton would he ronirnt n voto on the bill. Mr- Chandler a-MHcd thai the I iHHltlouof the opposition a prfpolcrou, M and Mr Manna, rept)fn.f to Mr Teller, becamt 'I Imp4tt.iimt In hNdrnuitclatlonorthe method! rmplojed by thefpp)rlllon tu defeat the tncai uro U Mr Teller inalntalni hU purpoe no vote this elon will l iKxt-tlhle. i SnlunUy. Horxii-TheMintlry ilvll upproprlxtlon bill was under eontldrrutlon, but llttlo projtrct was made. Iteprescntutl.o UlchanlMn forctsl the Hepublleans to hare a quorum to proceed, remarking that the ICepubllea n leader tho prcr lousdayhaddrmandetl n ijutirum to n.s aa iNObltl, nndbe thoutrbtonoahould bo had to !- a Hn.iOMH) bill. hKXATK Nearly Wi unobjected bills were t passed, Ineludliiff I7 private pension bllt-t, B Atnoitf the more Imjiortant were; l'crmltttntf '''fall the truniH)rt allot) by strain vchmic 1-tof icasollne H ami other products of truleum. when umh! at H a isourro of motive power, providing that 11 H shall tm m misdemeanor for a civilian to rcfum H to appear atwl testify brfore & military court 'sflH martial. WJ The ahlpptnff auhsldy bill was replaced M f ' unnalshedbuslii by the (Irout olrumargcr- ' -. Ineblll. fl j Monday. JJ Hni'ais-Thehllltoauthortxethe boldlnff of the International eihlbltlov or the centennial J ' anniversary of the Louisiana purthaso at St, Xt f-oul In lw-9 and appropriating l.a-i).(i(-0 there M for paused Itho House under kuspcnidon ml oftheruleibyavotoodtfltnsl. The bill tc FA deflno the word "con pl racy" ln the Sherman JM antitrust law to oroM tho possibility of lube- Jsl Inif held appllcatde to labor ortranlutloui, wat Y defeated by almost a two-third voto. f 8 1 SAT The whole Must on was devoted to , ronstderatlon of the postofflce appropriation 1 bill. Hofar asconunttteesDicndmrnt to th measure are cotcruM, rhe bill practically wat X complclfdjHliough the Amendment approprl- t jgKil attaiSu.uu' for n eiuttstun ofthrpheuuaftAgBljr mtB i IftTtUlHi ,rTlCyy'?U'&VWJUt;t,,a 'ffsWeSWWrWj'lPfc t jr1 Tuesday, ftl Hocai-Thereatureortho day waa the de I bato upon tho question of national Irrigation of A landa In the west, which camu up Incldcnlatly. t After rmnatks by Messra. Mondell of Wyotn Int. King of Vtnliand Ucll of Colorado, upui 1 tbe advisability of Boternment bUL Mr. Can I non, chairman of tbe appropriations committee I concluded thla branch of tho debate. The arid ' land wnitors and representatlveM, he said, bad arrived at the conclusion that tho time ha come to Irrigate the arid lands at tho ripens of the federal treasury. Mr-Cannon predicted that If tho scheme wrro entered upon It woulJ cost more than ITSO.OUU.UU In tho next flftj yiar. HKKATB-lly the emphatic rote or IB to 42 thi Senato rejected the conrerenco report on tbi .. military academy appropriation. Thlaocttoi came at the conclusion of a spirited debate, up on the provisions against bating Inserted in the report or tho confcicnco committee oHbt two brunches) or cougrcssi |