Show MATTERS IN THE CONGRESS the utah home rule bill passed the house AS WELL AS THE LEAD ORE BILL I 1 while tin plate travelers apparel bill and the land forfeiture bill were also passed NOTON july 8 the sundry civil a appropriation billias bill was under consideration in appropriation I 1 tile senate four hours today toda to day da andru and bat it little progress was made tile parag paragraph rl appropriating a million dollars for tha t le geological survey sun ey after considerable dis cu casion cus sion was agreed to resolutions as asto to th the homestead conflict w ere not reported back from the committee on oil contingent conting ept expenses but gallinger Galling cr nindo made a in d defence se and rid laudation of the tile republican pol policy icy of protection in inthe the sundry civil bill the paragraph paragraph paral raph for the sarvey an and resurvey of public lands ands was amended by increasing the appropriation to the house hill bill redu reducing the duty on oil tin plate was laid before tho senate add referred adjourned in the tile house the tile fillou filibustering of the lie iro republicans public ans against suspension ay was not ery very vigorous a n 1 I was not pressed the tile tin plate bill lead ore bill and tile lie bill to limit the tile aqunt amount of henring apparel that trailers travelers may inay brine into this country free of duty were passed under tinder suspension of the rules the tile democrats having a larger number of members present than the aliey y hao have had for months the bill passed amending the land forfeiture bill 0 of 1890 the abe r bill providing for local self government of utah met resistance but it was finally passed as was the tile bill regulating car couplings lacking a quorum on oil tho the california cal fornia debris bill the house adjourned |