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Show " WEEK L CONGRESS. lelntary SI Homs The debate on the Porln 1 Ilea n Mil wa closed by Dollver for republican nnjl Daily, for the Democrat Demo-crat . J . I ' Senate -The amendment to tho Ha-wtilUn Ha-wtilUn trill providing for a postal lav Ing ,lthk wts wllhdMten. and nu nmcnilment adopted presiding for tho payment by the United State of nit mils now on deposit In tho Hawaiian postul MVfngs hank VI ruarjr IM Honse-1 ho Porto ttlonn tariff hill psed the hntist 17. to III A strong effort to get out the full vote wni. made. ix irfen were brought from led of stekmss nnd two from hospitals. Six Republicans, Messrs. Irumpacker of Indiana, Mctchernf Mluncsoln, Little : Held of Maine Uirlmer of Illinois and McLnlt of Massachusetts, voted with the opposition against lhe bill, and four Democrats Messrs Davey and Meyer ol Louisiana Dctrle of California ami Sibley of Pennsylvania, voted with Iho Republicans for the bill An effort to tlx n dole for consideration ot thu Mo-nraguon Mo-nraguon cuiiat bill wa objected to, on Ing to the- pendency of the llnj-Paumefotc llnj-Paumefotc treats In the senate .Mart I. I . House An attempt to take np lhe. I contested election case from Alabama, wa defeated by the voir of two Republican, Re-publican, Mundnll of Wyoming and Smith of Mtchlgun, Consideration of the I on 1 postal bill wa flxed for March Si) American registry wn granted the ship Windward, In which Lieutenant Pear) will attempt to reach the north pole -enste llio Hawaiian bill passed the Senate without division, party i line not having been drawn Ihu Porto Rlcan bill wn made unfinished business mid n ote ordered on th conference report of the Unnncu com. mlttee forlursdo), March n Msrrh X House Within two hours of the re-ci re-ci Ipt of a message from tho president rt commending the placing of all tho money collected In revenue from Porto lllro since that Island becamo United State territory and nil that In future, may be collected In the hand of tho president to rellevn distress In tho Island, a bill was framed and passed by J thu house by a parly vote, tlioltn I mediate sum Involved I 8:,ui3,tS3, and 1 wa collected In fourteen and n half I months. Discussion wn limited to twenty minute on each side lhe money. It I said, I to boused lo relievo thu SUiTercr 'rom tlio diftustrous atorm I which swept the Island lsst fsll ll Senate Consideration of tho l'ortis i Rlcan tariff bill list begun. A lues I sago from tho president recommending i tho n proprlatlon of mottles collected -J on Porto Rlcan product for tho relief i of the Islander wa received end re-fcrrcd re-fcrrcd A resolution wn adopted ' asking thu president for information concerning lhe number ot saloons lu ' Manila Miiio American occupation .' Msrrh 1. House A bill wn passed for tho V acquisition of certain reservations of '' giant trees In California Tho death ot Representative 1 ppe ot Virginia wo j announced and theliouscadjaurncdout ' of respect ' Senate Thirty seven private pension bill ere re passed, when tho death of . Representative Hppcs was announced and the senate adjourned ( Jl.tfli a. ( Homo District of Columbia busl lies largely occupied the attention of the House A bill to Incorporate tho ' Frederick Douglas Memorial association, associa-tion, which Is Intended to collect a history his-tory of the autl slavery movement, was preventt I from passing by fllllbutter !ng of Hepersentatlve Holler ot Texas Senate "isnator Carter of Moutaur. spoke In favor ot seating Mr. Quay on appointment ot ,hu governor ot Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania Senator 1 oraker gave uotlco of an amendment to the Porto Rleo bill lo Impose n duty of five cent u, pound on coffee, chicory root and chicory Imported into Porto Itlco, and lo pretcnt the Importation from I'orto Rico to the United State of good or I products not actuully of I'orto ltlcau origin Msrrh 11 Douse Tho llouso spent the entlro ! dy In consideration of the Aldrlcli- ! Ilobblns contested election case from , the I ourth Alabama district. ' Senate The conferenco report on the finance bill waa adopted by a voto of 44 to 50, a majority of 18 Iho icsolutlon ot tho House In favor of acquiring two grovea ot mammoth trees In California was concurred In. The Quay esse was returned Senator Mitchell of Orcif-on, opposed seating Quay, and called attention to the fact that Mr Quay wa paired against eating Mr lorbctt of Oregon, last year, o an appointee, of the Uovernor of Oregon |