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CONGRESS.
senate.
Washington. Feb. 2t.--Thc senate ac-
cepted the house resolution apuropriat-
ing 5000, 900 for the raising OF the wreck
cd battleship Maine. There was no de-
bate. MIR. Allen CPop. NebD renewed
the resolution offered by him last week.
directing the committee on naval af-
fairs to make thorough Inquiry into the
destruction OF the battleship Maine.
and II was agreed to without objection.
Washington. Feb. 22.-Tn the Senate
last Tuesday Mr.. Morgan (Aln) secur-
ed the adoption Of the following reso-
luton: THAT the committee on naval
affairs IL instructed to inquire and re-
port whether man OF war equal at
east, to any warship In the world. to
bc named the George Washington, can
be built. armed and commissioned
within period OF ~ months by the
use Of the facilities OF the ship yards.
machine shops. mines and forests OF
the United States. wherever the same
be found and that the committee
have leave TO report at any time by bill
or otherwise"
The resolution offered n few days ag,
by Mr.. Allen to appoint committees
Of five senators to Investigate the
Cuban situation was withdrawn by lts
author when II was laid before the
Senate Thursday. He said II was sure
Of defeat. Mr.. Spooner (Wis). spoke
on the right Of Henry w. Corbett to sit
In the Senate from oregon. under an
appointment OF the governor
House.
Washington, Feb. 19--After four Days
OF consideration the house passed the
t.aY IL tf.tg ~
committees on judiciary as substl-
tute for the Nelson bill passed by the
senate at the extra session last summer.
The bill Is known as the Henderson
bill and contains both voluntary and
involuntary features. 1t Is considered
less drastic than the measure passed
by the last house by vote OF l57 TO 81
The involuntary feature. however. had
but 16 majority. To-day a motion to
strike out the involuntary feature was
defeated by a majority OF 49, the vc~,
standing yeas 15S. nayes 1875. Eighteen
Republicans voted against the bin and
~ Democrats for II. The Popullsts
with one exception voted against II.
Washington, ID. c.. Feb. Y.-Thls
was private bill day In the house. but
little was accomplished. owing TO the
fact that most OF the time was con-
sumed in the passage OF private PEN
sion bills coming over from the Friday
night session three weeks ago. The
feature Of the day was the spirited
contest over the bill to pay Newberry
colleges a Lutheran institution in South
Carolina, $4,000 for damages by feder-
al troops. 1t was finally passed.
The house last Wednesday adopted n
resolution calling upon the treasury de-
partment for information concerning
steps taken to prevent filibustern2 ex-
petitions and their cost.
Speaker Reed announced the signing
OF the joint resolution appropriation
$4,000 for raising the wreck OF the
| Maine. The house then, In committee
OF the whole. proceeded with the con-
| sideration OF the sundry civil appropri-
alton bill.
The house devoted itself strictly 70
business last Thursday and disposed OF
| forty additional pages Of the sundry
| civil appropriation bill. An unsuccess-
| full attempt to Increase the appropria-
tion for the suppression OF epi-
demic diseases by 100000 led /,
| considerable debate on the advisa-
| antine. The fact that the government
| Is preparing for contingencies was re-
| cognized in the house to-day when
| Chairman Cannon, who has been labor
| ing to keep down appropriations, ac-
cepted without a word OF protest an
| amendment to Increase the appropria-
ton to care for the unused machinery
| at the Springfield arsenal. Mr.. Giilett
| explained the necessity for using this
| machinery might occur at any time
| A long and somewhat exciting debate
| over the question Of river and harbor
| appropriations was precipitated in tho
| House Friday during the consideration
| Of the sundry civil appropriation bill.
II was practically agreed by all those
| who participated that there would bs
| no river and harbor bill at this session
OF Congress- and this led Mr.. Moody to
attack the contract items carried In ths
| sundry civil bill
Mr.. Berry. of Kentucky succeeded
| In securing the adoption Of an amend
| ment increasing the appropriation fer
| the Kentucky river from $l05.090 to
| $3.50. 600 Only four pagss Of the bill were
disposed Of to-day. The senate amend
| ments to the army appropriation bill
| were agreed to without debate.
Washington. Feb. 23.-Representative
| Barrett OF Massachusetts. has Intro
duced a. resolution in the House allow
ing the nava affairs committee TO in
corporate in the naval appropriation
| bill provision for an appropriation not
| to exceed IS. 735. 900 for new dry docks.
| or extensions TO existing ones at Bo,-
ton. New York, Norfolk. Port Royal.
New Orleans and Mare Island Carf:r-
MIA. Chairman Danford Of the immi-
grafton committee of the house made
| another effort to secure unanimous
| consent for the consideration In tn =
house OF the Lodge immigration bill on
| March Is, but Representative Mahany
| objected. Mr.. Danfcrd tn n gave notic /.
| that on that date he would call up
the senate bill which Is lying on tbs
sneaker's table as privileged matter.