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SENATE AND HOUSE.

tion case which went over without action.
Adjourned. HoUsK.-The House as COM
mittee of the whole while considering the
Indian appropriation bill struck out the
annual salary Of $1,000 for Capt Pratt
the superintendent of the Carlisle Indian
school. The cause of this action was the
charge or statement made by Capt Pratt
that the Catholic church had lobby in
Congress which worked through political
channels for appropriations for parochial
schools to the detriment OF the national
schools. After the committee arose the
previous question was ordered. The
amendment providing that hereafter when
ever vacancies shall occur in Indian agen
cies they shall be filled by army officers,
detailed for duty by the President was
adopted. The appropriation for the In
dian school at Santa Fe., N. M, was in
creased IS. 900. The bill then passed. The
free wool bill was reported from the ways
and means committee, together with the
minority report, and was referred. The
same committee reported for the free Gu
try of binding Irvine, cotton baggipg and
ties. All OF these matters were referred
to the committee Of the whole. Adjourned.
SENATE. "A petition was presented on
the I'd for government aid and the speedy
completion of the Nicaragua canal. After
a discussion OF the Idaho election case the
Senate went into executive session and
shortly afterward Adjourned. House.
The District of Columbia appropriations
bill was taken up and the principal work
done on it was the adoption of an amend
ment to fix the salary of the recorder of
deeds at So, 600 without fees, The present
fee system brings a salary Of about $12,-
900 per year. Hon. B. X. Bruce, of Mis-
sissippi, formerly the colored United States
Senator, holds the office. Adjourned.
SENATE.-The Idaho election case was
resumed on the Sd and the vote for Mr..
Dubois to retain his seat resulted-yeas,
55; nays, 5. Twenty-one Democratic men,
bers voted for Mr.. Dubois as opposed tc
their party's candidate. The pure food
bill was taken up but went over. Adj
| journed. HoUsE.-In com mittee of the
whole the consideration of the District OF
Columbia bill was resumed. The unfn-
ished sections were considered without
amendment, the committee arose and the
bill passed. A bill to allow railroad COM
panies to give special rates to commercial
travellers was introduced and amended TO
include G. A. II. men. The bill went over
and goes on the calendar of unfinished
business. Adjourned.
SENATE.-A bill directing the purchase
of silver bullion the coinage there OF was
introduced and referred, on the 4th. The
pure food bill was resumed but not acted
upon. Eulogies were delivered in respect
to the memory of the late Representative
Lee of Virginia. Adjourned. HOUSE,
Speaker Crisp and Mr.. Reed had lively
tilt on the subject of quorum" No i'm
portant business transacted. Recess until
evening when private pension bills were
considered.
SENATE.-No session on the 5th
HoUsE.-A letter was received from the
Acting Secretary Of the Treasury saying
that $500, 900 will be required during the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, for col
lecting and preparing the government ex-
hibit at the Worlds Fair. Referred. The
committee on election of President, Vice
President, ETC., reported Joint resolution
proposing a constitutional amendment
changing the date, beginning and ending of
terms of Senator's and Representatives
from March 4, to December 81; providing
that the annual sessions shall begin on the
second Monday in January; and further
providing that the term of the President
and Vice-President shall commence and
end on April 30, instead of March A.
Placed on the House calendar. The
urgent deficiency bill passed without
amendment. Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri,
called up the bill approprlating las
deficiency $3.50. 900 for carrying on the
work of the Bureau Of Animal Industry
and $40, 600 for experiments in the pro-
Afc hn volt inai 1nnt
of the day occurred when Mr.. Holman. of
Indiana, opposed the bill on the ground
that the committee of agriculture had no
jurisdiction over the matter, and that it
properly came under the jurisdiction of
the committee on appropriation. Mr..
Hatch won the victory completely over
whelming his opponent with arguments.
The bill passed and the House went into
committee of the whole on the inv aid
pension appropriation bill. Without &C
ton the House adjourned.
SENATE.-Among the bills introduced
and referred on the 9TH was one to author
ize tho establishment of a postal telegraph
service 1t was moved TO reconsider the
vote by which Mr.. Dubois, of Idaho, was
entitled to retain his seat; the motion was
laid aside. temporarily. A resolution for
the opening of railroad lands in Florida,
for settlement, was referred. The pure
food bill was next taken up, but there be-
ing no quorum the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE.-The first step toward victory was
gained by the free silver men. The propo-
sition to set aside three days for the con-
sideration of the Bland silver bill was the
one on which the fight was made. The
resolution was called up before the reading
of the journal, and the anti-silver men de-
clared it out of order, but the chair ruled
otherwise. The ants appealed from
the decision Of the chair, but
the appeal was lost. After consider
able heated debate--probably the warmest
of the present session-the vote was taken
and resulted in the adoption of the resolu-
tion-yeas, 100; nays, S4. Then after
reading the journal the House took up the
pension appropriation bill and without
transacting any further business of i'm
portance The House adjourned.