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Ine contracts Tor the canoeing ma
chimes in the Postoffice Department were
debated at length in the Senate Friday
in connection with the postoffice bill. An
amendment by Mr.. Culberson limiting
The rental Of the machines to their cost
was defeated. The consideration of the
bill was not completed. The first hour
of the session was devoted To discussion
by Mr.. Patterson of the Chinese ques-
ton, in which he maintained that the
exclusion laws would be ineffective after
Dec. unless there was additional legis.
lation. The House passed the Philip
pine shipping bill, the only amendment
being to extend the time when the law
shall become operative until July j, 1906.
The bin appropriating $4,000 in aid Of
the Lewis and Clark Centennial EXPOSE
ton to be held in Portland, Ore. was
passed without division.
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In the Senate Saturday Mr.. Spooner
replied 20 the Democratic structures on
the conduct of the Postoffice Department,
He defended the course of the Postmas-
ter General and charged that the effort
on the part of the Democratic Senators
to secure n congressional inquiry was
in the interest of party politics. He also
defended the President against attacks.
No progress was made on the postoffice
bill. The conference report on the In
dian appropriation bill was partly read.
but further consideration was postponed
on the suggestion that the conferees had
inserted provisions that had not been
passed upon by either house. The bill for
the aid of the Portland, Ore, exposition
was passed, as was the Philippine ship
ping bill. In the House Mr.. Cochran
spoke on his resolution directing an in
quiry by the judiciary committee as to
whether there was authority in the law
for the recent executive order relating
to pensions for age disability. The com
mittee on rules had reported an order di-
recting the resolution to lie on the table.
Mr.. Cockrau's remarks were his first
since his entry into the Fifty-eighth Con-
sress. He said his resolution was offer
cd solely to vindicate the dignity of the
House, and charged the executive branch
with usurping the powers of the legisla-
tive. He declared that the House had
lost caste and urged the members to
stand up for their rights. Messrs. Dali
zell and Grosvenor replied. The resolu-
ton was laid on the table by recapitu-
lated yea and nay vote of JOB to 100
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The CuIberson amendment to the post.
office appropriation bill, providing for
commission to investigate the Postofiice
Department. was before the Senate all
of Monday. and in q modified form was
pending when the session was ended
Mr.. German made an earnest plea for an
investigation. Mr.. Aldrich in reply said
the amendment as finally modified meant
nothing. and declared that if any spe-
cific charges were brought in they would
be looked into by Congress. Semi-polit-
ical speeches were made by Messrs. Tel
Ter and Simmons. The conference report
and the Indian appropriation bill were
recommitted to the COMMITTEES Oh Indian
affairs. The House passed the bill re-
ported by the committee on rivers and
harbors, appropriating S3,000,0O0 for the
restoration or maintenance of channels,
or Of other river and harbor improve
ments. Mr. Burton, chairman of the
committee, urged the adoption of settled
principles with regard to river and har-
Dor work.
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A sharp colIoquy took place in the
Senate Tuesday between Senator'S Hop
kins and Teller. Mr.. Hopkins took ex-
ception to the reading of letter writ
ten by the late Gen. III. III. Thomas OF
Chicago attacking the civil service adj
ministration Nof the Treasury Depart
ment and made remarks that Mr.. Teller
took as insults. The postofiice appropria-
ton bill was passed. All amendments
offered BY the Democrats were rejected,
including the one for an investigation OF
the department offered by Mr.. German
and a similar one by Mr.. Teller. The
conference report on the Indian appro'
priation bill was agreed to. The Kit
tredge bill to provide for the temporary
government of the Panama canal zone
was taken mp. The race question ag?,n
was injected into the proceedings OF the
House. Mr.. Scott Of Kansas delivered Q
long address in which he read several
letters from Kansas citizens stating that
if had been the boast of G. Ii. j. Taylor
the negro politician, that he had dined
with President Cleveland. Mr.. Williams
Of Mississippi defended the attitude OF
the South toward the negro. The Alas
kan delegate bill was given further con
sideration. The report Of the select com
mittce investigating the Bristow report
was ordered printed. as was a report on
the views of the minority members oE
the committee.
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Upon the request of Mr.. Fairbanks the
Senate Wednesday ordered printed as a
pablic document the last speech Of Presi-
dent Mckinley at Buffalo. A bill pro-
viding for opening the old Fort Abraham
Lincoln military reservation in North
Dakota was passed, after which consid-
Grafton Of the bill for government of the