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Show WEEK IN CONGHESS. j April ua. House Tha House put it heel upon the pneumatic mall-tube servlco now In operation In New York, lloston and Philadelphia, and If II action standi the whole service will be cruthed out. The pottofllce committee had recommended recom-mended an Increase of the appropriation appropria-tion for thlt service from tm.ooi) to S73o.OOO. The IIoom) voted, 87 to SO, j to trlke out tho entire appropriation fro-i the bill, allegation li ivlng been i made that the pneumatic tuba com pany wa ulng undue moan to secure i the appropriation. I'hl changed tha ' sentiment of the House, which prima- i rl'y farorul the Increase. Senate I lie conference report on tha llanallan bill wa agreed to, the right of franchise and Imprisonment for debt being retained. Theagrlcul- ;' tural bill, carrying an appropriation f of 31,000,000, was passed. Jt April a u 'J Tho poslolllco bill patcd the House. 9 Tha pneumatic tube service approprla- tlon wn killed.. The b'll to Increasq the salary of thedliectorot the crnsui f to 57, Mm) and the salurlet of super. 2 visors of the censu by S per cenL o 1 the amount receded by their rnumer. t atort wav passed. 'I fie final confer- ence report on I tie llanallan govern ment bill wa presented but not acted a upon, owlug to thu absence of n M quorum. Semite Almost the entire'sesalon ol X the Senate today wa ilevuled to the J contlilcratlon of the right of Nathan f II. Seolt, nf West Virginia, to rctnlo I hi eat lif the Senate. A vote is a not I reached. The following bills were 1 pMd: Appropriating -jvi,ouo forlht 1 erection of u publiv limldlng nt Ogdeu, Utali, making tTS.ouo Imiuedlately available; amending the net tnprevcul forett Urea on the public domain and providing penally for peraou cou- i vieted of starling audi Area, April X7. Ilontc The llnu.e broke all reconla by patting uluctv-one private pension bill. Among tbem wa one to pension pen-sion at the rale of Sin per month Hit tvldow of the late Colonel John M. Slottenberg nf the I Ir.t Nebraska, who wa-.kllle.lln the Philippine. Thd conference report on the Hawaiian government bill ra adupteil and now ' goe lo the prethleut Senate Only llireo rote tvere oust ) agalntt the right uf Nathan II. Scott, of West Virginia, to hold hi aeal In thu Senate. April so. House The House patted the tacey bill to enlarge the power of the department de-partment of agrlculturo nnd to prohibit Interstate commerce In game killed In violation of local Inns. The bill for aionatltuttonal amend J ment to disqualify polygamlat for ' ', election at senator and reprcacnla- ' I tlvct and lo prohibit polygamy, which waa reported by the coramlttco on elec- i .! tlon uf president, vice prceldcnt nnd representatlrea In congrcta, naa re- . i fcrred to Hie eommltteo on Judiciary, after meeting with opposition on both I tldea of the house F.rrry speaker wins antagonized the bill suld he opposed polygamy, but did not tee any reason for legislation on the constitution and Invading the right of the states. The house agreed to the conference . report on the joint resolution extend- : Ing the tenure of military ofllcera lu U Porto Itlco. Senato The question of expressing " a sympathy for the Ilorrassa voted on ji In the senate and defeated SO to !!0. '' t The conference report on thu Joint 1 i , retolutlon relating to the admlnlttra- , t tlon of civil affaire In Porlo Itlco and ' ' providing for tho appointment of tern 5 porary ofllcer on the Island waa agreed f ' to. During the greater part of tho ( ' session the Alaskan civil codo bill wn . under consideration, but no progrca 'M i ss aa made. ' ! ; si., i, ; House. For the Ural tlmo during tho i fifty year of agitation of the project ' , for the construction of an Inter-oceunlc j canal, the house of representative entered en-tered upon consideration of a measure - i' to octually authorlie tha building of a ; canal. Opposition to tho bill Is qullo trong, not that the building of a canal Is opposed, but that action Is premature i while a commission is In the Held to determine the beat route for a water- ' way, nnd favoring postponement of tho E question until December, when tho H commission will have, finished Its labor K and reported. B Senate Tho Alaskan bill wa pasted. K All mneudinenta which met with oppo B altlon were vvlthdmnn. A retolutlon B calling for n record of tests of Krupp B armor ul Indian Jlted wa adopted. B |