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FIFTY.EleHTH CONGRESS.
(First SESSION.

Senate-The Culberson amendment 70
the post office appropriation bill provid-
inc for A. commission to investigate the
post office department was peIore ~
senate, on the nth, and after being rulSu
out Of order in modified form; "%aS va PEN en-
ing when the senate adjourned M e5oi
man made an earnest plea tor an ., inNesn,
CATION saying the post office departHels
had cast reflections upon members ol
tion should be had Mr.. Aldrich ahsNede9
that the amendment fnally Houileu
meant nothing; that II an lnvesusatoni
was 10 be had IT should be % live one
. House-The house passed the pnl re,
ported by the committee on rivers apd
harbors appropriating $3.o"V" te, lop els sl.e
restoration or maintenance or channeis'
or of other river and harbor improve
ments Mr.. Burton. chairman OF the
committee; in explaining the plli, NJ urse5 rsysb
regard TO river and harbor work. MI
Clark CMoD made plea for the Improve
number of bills of minor impdrtance were
passed. = sos e'cloer 2. m the mouse
adjourned.
Senate-A sharp colloquy occurred In
the senate on the 18th, between Senators
Teller and HOPKINS. growing out of the
reading by Mr., Teller of letter wrltIeh wrl
by the late Gen. II. II. Thomas OF chi
eagO, attacking the civil service admin
istration OF the treasury department; Inc
Incident occurred in connection with tne
discussion OF the post office appropriation
bill. That measure was under discussion
during the first half of the session, and
was passed, all amendments o1ereo py
the democrats being voted down. Inc
bill providing a form of government nor
the Panama canal zone was taken up,
but debate on it had not been begun
when the senate adjourned :... House,
The race question was again injected
into the proceedings of the house or rep
resentatives when Mr. Scott tkaS) de-
livered a long address, in when ne re-
ferred to his previous statemehI ma, tnat ~
was current in Kansas that eX-PreSldeht
Cleveland had dined G. ii. J. Taylor.
Kansas negro politician. In a splrlteo
reply. Mr. Williams (Miss.l, the minority
leader. defended the attitude OF the south
toward the negro.
Senate--The senate. on the 18th, began
consideration of the bill providing Tor the
government of the Panama canal zone;
The greater part Of the day was occupied
by Mr.. Morgan. in support OF amehu-
ments offered by lsmself. None OF theim men,
were accepted, and the reading OF the Dill
was nearly half completed. MT. MorSah
attacked the new Panama canal company,
and contended that the United states
snould proceed to carry into erect the
provisions of the treaty with Panama, re-
gardless of the demands of that company
...... House-Under a special rule the
house devoted itself TO consideration of
bin amending the law relating TO the
Philippine islands. The provision In the
bill in reference to the granting OF ran.
road franchises and the guaranteeing o1
invested in such railroads was opposed
by Mr. Jones (Va.), who alleged that
British and Belgian capitalists. were ready
to build the roads without such guaran-
tee At $50 p. IN. the house adjourned.
Senate-The senate devoted the entire
day. on the 18th to consideration OF the
bill for the government of the Panama
canal zone. and Mr.. Morgan again occu-
pied the floor most of the day. The as
cussion related principally to details OF
governing the canal, but some considera-
tion also was given to Mr.. Hale amend
ment requiring the use of American Dot
toms in the shipment of canal suppiles
TO the zone. Consideration of the bill
was not concluded when senate ad-
iourned ..... .House-The house of repre-
sentatives passed the Philinnine bill, fol-
lowing Which there was an extended de-
bate oVdsSa resolution TO permit Col
Thomas @W. symons. of the engineer
corps ofsihe army. TO serve on the ad-
yisory bt of consulting engineers IN
Ss 3oaR FSs as En-
fciency bS was taken up, and Mr. Ham
iton (Mich0 discussed capital apd labor.
while MIR. Cochran -(Mo) criticized the
"usurpation of the legislative power by
the executive" and said that eX-Presi-
dent Cleveland had given the most nota-
bile instance of such usurpation in forcing
his financial policies on the people. He
declared Mir. Cleveland had been put
into exile, never again TO be reinStated
in the confidence of the people. At Sic
p. M house adjourned.
Senate-After n day devoted to routine
proceedings, the senate, on the 18TH, was
treated to a spirited speech by Mr. Bailey,
ltSt ptlNIt oii AiiS ANSohAoH
OF civil service. The subject came up in
connection with paragraph in the sun
dry civil appropriation bill. Mr. Bailey
announced in plain terms that he had no
sympathy with the irridescent dream OF
civil service He declared that each party
should control the patronage while IN
power, and aVowed himself a spokesman.
The civil service appropriation bill was
taken up. and when the senate adjourned
about half of it had been read. At 5;N
the senate adjourned. ..... .House-Consid-
GRAFTON of the general deficiency bill was
resumed in the house, after number OF
minor bills had been passed. The presi-
dents recent order regarding service pen
sions was attacked by Mr.. Underwood
CAiaD. who contended that there was no
warrant in law for it. The president also
was criticised by Mr.. Hay Na1, because
of certain suspensions of the civil service
rules and regulations