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SEEK TO RUSH THE BILL.
Resolution in House Provides for Dis
position OF uiIl Dill After Two
Days' Debate.

Days' Debate.
Washington, Jan. IS. - Chairman
coinage, Saturday introduced reso,
luton making the Hill bill for estab
fishing the parity between the silver
dollar and gold special order in the
house with two days for debate. The
| resolution goes to the committee on
rules, which will determine whether
| the measure is to be brought TO the
front as a special order. Before this
is done the advocates of the measure
will canvass the sentiment of senators
with a view to assuring Speaker Hen.
derson that the consideration given to
| the measure in the house will not be
| fruitless.
Washington, Jan. 2s.-The house
committee on banking and currency
Saturday voted to. 4 in, favor of re.
porting the Overstreet bill maintain
ing at all times the parity OF the stand
ard silver dollar with gold. Two dem
ocrats, briggs of New York, and Thayer
of Massachusetts, voted with the re-
publicans in favor of the bill
Washington, Jan 2S.-1he house Sat
urday disagreed to the senate amend
ments to the legislative. executive and
judicial appropriation bill and agreed
to the conference asked for by the SEN
ate. Messrs. Bingham Pa.), Hemen-
way lnd) and Livingston (Ga.) were
appointed conferees upon the part of
the house.
The house then proceeded with the
consideration of the bill to revise and
codify the postal laws which was in
terrupted by the consideration of APP
preparation bills.
Washington, Jan. 2s.-.An effort was
made by Senator Hawley Saturday to
obtain consideration of the conference
report upon the army reorganization
bill, but the report finally went over
under objection. The Indian appropri-
alton bill was then taken up.
The first business in the senate
Saturday was the presentation of the
credentials of Fred T. Dubois as SEN
ator-elect OF Idaho, and of Shelby NJ
SaAASki. as -CICCt vi the
presentation being made in Senator
Dubois case of Senator Heitfeld, and
in Senator Cullom's case by Senator
Mason.
The desk of the Illinois senator was
covered with flowers and upon his APP
pearance. the first since n II selection,
he. iwas-"6rdially greeted by his asso-
ciates on the floor.
Senator Hoar (Mass) introduced.
and the senate passed, a resolution ask
ing for all information at the command
of the president or any executive Of
hcers of the government as to the eX-
tent of lands in the Philippine islands
held for ecclesiastical purposes, the
character and value of such lands and
whether any official had. on behalf of
the government, entered into any OBJ
legation as to the title of such lands.
Washington. Jan. 2s.-The brief
in the message of the
president sent to the senate Friday
urging immediate legislation in the
interest of the Filipinos caused gen
eral surprise among senator's, and &C.
casioned speculation upon the proba-
bility of an extra session of congress
Immediately after March A. Senator'S
generally say they have no intimation
from the white house that special
session of the entire congress may be
desirable, but they unite as one man
in saying that no Philippine legislation
is possible during the remaining five
weeks of the present session. The
short Spooner bill, vesting all power
for the government of the Philippine
archipelago in the president is the only
Filipino general bill. 1t is believed
that whenever an earnest effort is made
to secure legislation bearing upon this
subject much time will be required.
Some senator's also express the opin-
ion that legislation may be necessary
in connection with the Cuban legisla-
ton, and while there are differences
of opinion as to this necessity, all agree
that if such action should become nee
essary it would be impossible to Sc
cure it at this session.
Washington. Jan. 2s.-Conditions in
the Philippines are much improved, &C.
corolng TO the report OF the secretary
of war transmitting to the president
the report of the Taft commission.
Tens of thousands of natives already
have sworn allegiance to the United
States, the insurrection is dying out
and considerable progress has beer
made in establishing civil governments.
In sending the documents to the SEN
ate the president says that the report
includes not only the reports of the
commission, but its acts of legislation
land other important information re-
lating to the conditions and immediate
wants of the Philippine islands" Con-
GLIDING, the president says: 81 earnest
ly recommend legislation under which
the government of the islands may have
authority to assist in their peaceful in
dustrial development in the directions
indicated by the secretary of war"
To Pick Leper Sites.
Manila, Jan. 2S.-Mai. Maus of the