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Henry w. Corbett was on Monday de-
MED admission to the Senate as Senator
from Oregon on appointment by the Gov
ernor by vote of. 90 to 10. The Senate
began consideration of the Alaska home
stead and railway right of way bill. and
had not concluded 1t when IL adjourned.
The Hohse passed the sundry civil APP
preparation bill after four days debate.
The appropriation for representation ut
the Paris exposition was eliminated on
| point of order. The sudden change OF
| sentiment which Is often witnessed when
members 60 on record was twice illus
| trated. On Friday the House, in commit
| tee of the whole, where there Is no record
of the vote, knocked out provision in
the bill for an appropriation TO pay those
who furnish the Government with infor-
nation leading to the conviction Of the
| violators of the internal revenue laws, and
in committee an extra months pay was
| voted the employees of the House. When
| the members voted on roll calls in the
| House, however both of these PROPOSE
| tons were overwhelmingly defeated.
| The House entered upon the consider
alton of the Loud bill relative ossecond-
class mail matter, on Tuesday. The bill
| Is identical with the measure passed by
| the last Congress, but Mr.. Loud gave no
| tice Of an amendment permitting the
| transmission at pound rates of sample
copies up to 10 per cent. of the bona fide
circulation Of the newspaper periodicals.
This amendment removes much opposi-
ton to the bill. Mr.. Loud made an ex-
| haustive speech in it's favor. Mr.. Moon
| Dem., TennD spoke in opposition to the
bill, and Mr.. Perkins Rep., Iowa. in ia
vor Of it. The Senate passed resolu-
| ton for erection of a bronze tablet to the
memory of the victims of the Maine.
Wednesdays debate in the Senate on
| the Alaskan homestead and railway right
Of way bill was spirited. Mr.. Carter
| (Mont.) delivered vigorous speech in re-
ply to that made by Mr.. Rawlins Utah),
| in the course of which he made strong
| defense of the honor of Congressional
| committees and of officials in the several
government departments. One Of the spe-
cial features of the debate WINS speech
delivered by Mr.. Elkins CIV. Va, in
which he explained that the Canadian Pa
ciic Railway was enabled to make war
upon American interests, and how and
| why the aggressiohs of that great rail-
road ought TO Bd stdFBad by the United
States. The speech drew replies from
Mr.. Hoar fMass.), iMr. Chiffon (Texas).
and Mr.. Nelson (Minn.). Mr.. Hoar main
tanned that large part of the speech of
| Mr.. Elkins was irrelevant to the pending
discussion. The House spent another day
| in debate upon the Loud bill relating to
second class mail matter. The speeches
| as n rule attracted little interest. The
speakers were Messrs. Cromwell rep,
| Ohio, and Ogden (Dem., La.), in favor
of the measure, and Messrs. Bell Pop,
| Colo.), Simpson Pop. Kan.), Clark
| (Dem., iIo.), Brown Rep., Ohio, and
Lentz Dem Ohio, in opposition to it.
| In the Senate on Thursday the House
amendments to the bankruptcy bill were
-concurred in, and Messrs. Hoar Mel
son and Lindsay were appointed as SEN
ate conferees. During almost the entire
session the Senate had under considera-
ton the Alaska homestead and railway
right of way bill. One of the features of
the discussion was a speech delivered by
Mr.. Vest, in which he ridiculed the idea
| Of homesteading any part of Alaska or
constructing railroads in that district. His
motion to eliminate the homestead fea-
ture of the bill by striking out the first
section was defeated. The resolution for
q congressional investigation Of the MUIR
| der of the postmaster at Lake City, s. c.,
was referred to the Committee, on Con-
| tingent expenses. A bill was passed to
establish an assay office in Seattle, Wash.
| In the House the Loud BILL to correct al
\ legged abuses of the second-class mail mat
| ter privilege. was laid on the table by a
| vote of 1G2 TO 10, thus killing it. Forty
seven Republicans joined with the Dem
| ocrats and Popuists in accomplishing this
| result and ten Democrats voted with the
! majority Of the Republicans. Mr.. White
| tRep.. n. ca, the only colored member Of
| the House, asked unanimous considera-
| ton for resolution appropriating $1,000
| for the family of the assassinated Lake
| City postmaster, but it went over upon
objection from Mr.. Bartlett Dem., Ga.).
| After debate lasting several days the
Senate on Friday passed the bill extend
ing the homestead laws and providing for
right of way for railroads in the district
| of Alaska. Comparatively little discus
sion of general interest was created by
the bill Section 10, providing for certain
bonding concessions to Canada in lieu OF
| privileges to be extended by the Domin-
| ion Government to this country, however,
induced a pretty lively debate. as il
brought into the controversy the old fish
cries question Oh the New England coast,
| which has been pending between the Unit
ed States and Great Britain for 100 years.
| Two more appropriations were sent to
the President Friday, the pension bill and
| the consular and diplomatic. both of
which went through their final stage in
the House. 1t was private bill day. The
most important action taken was acqui-
essence in an agreement to make the bill
| approprating about $1,200,O00 for war
claims approved by the court of claims
under the provisions Of the Bowman act
special order for the next Friday. The
claims carried by the bill, $50 in number,
are for stores and supplies seized during
the war in the southern States. Only
two bills were passed, one to pay the heirs
of Sterling T. Austin about $4,000 for
cotton seized during the war, and the 9th
| er to pay an aggregate Of $3.360 in small
claims growing out of back pay. etc.,
earned during the war. The House adj
| journed until Mondar.