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Mr.. Scott spoke in opposition TO the
pend;nc measure, and Mr.. Clapp sup
ported it. The remainder Of the session
was devoted to statehood, Messrs. Per-
kins and Spooner speaking in opposition.
Under the cover of the general debate On
the Indian appropriation bill the House
INDUCED in a flood of oratory. Mr..
Burke IS. d. told of the prosperous con-
dition o. the Indians; Mr.. Kline pa
advocated reforms in the fiscal system;
Mr.. Brantley (Ga.) spoke against fed
eral licenses for pilots; Mr.. Haughcn
| Iowa) opposed the establishment of
parcels post Mr.. Gardner (Mass.) urged
| additional immigration restrictions. and
Mr.. Gaines (Tenn.) defended Henry
Clay from the charge of being stand
patter.
TIE entire time of the Senate Thurs
day was devoted to general debate on the
statehood bill. Messrs. McCumber anu
| Patterson opposed the measure as 1t now
| stands, while Mr.. Beverdge supported 1t.
| He had not completed his speech when
| adjournment was taken. The House pass
ed the Indian appropriation bill, carrying
| 81. 1855 Only few minor amend
nents were made The members then pro-
| ceedeG to entangle themselves over the
| bill 10 abolish the grade of lieutenant
general. The result was an adjournment
| for lack of quorum, but the vote to
| consider the bill showed an overwhelming
sentiment in it's favor, and it probably
| will be passed in due course. The follow
| ing resolutions were passed: Calling on
| the Secretary of State for the report of
| Herbert ii. ID. Peirce on the condition Of
American consulates in the Orient, and
especially Shanghai; requiring the Post
master General to report to the House
whether Town Topics is admitted to the
mails and whether the government assists
the publication in "its occupation of ex-
tortiug money by blackmail." The latter
was from Bourke Cochran.
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The Senate Friday passed a bill for
| the admission of a new State to be called
Oklahoma, and to be composed of the
present territory of Oklahoma and Indian
| Territory. 1t was the House joint state
hood bill with all the provisions relat-
ing to Arizona and New Mexico stricken
out. The motion to eliminate these terri
tories from the measure prevailed by a
vote OF 81 to 35 The House railroad
rate bill was made unfinished business.
During the morning hour" bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the Improvement of
the mouth of the Columbia River was
| passed The House passed 40S private
| pension bills and devoted three hours to
| the consideration of bill providing for a
uniform system Of naturalization, the
chief feature of which requires an alien
| TO write either his own or the English
! language and to speak and read the lat
| ter, and to declare his intention to re-
side permanently in the United States
| before ne can become an American citi-
| zen. 1t met with many objections. A
resolution calling on the Postmaster Gen
| eral to inform the House why the linda
| homa Union Signal of Shawnee, Okla, is
| excluded as second-class mail matter was
| laid on the table. Both houses adjourn
| ed until Monday.
Acrimonious debate over the Presi-
dents recent message scoring the resou-
| ton for an inquiry into the coal roads as
being inadequate occupied the early part
of the Senate session Monday. Senator
Tillman, who framed the resolution, bit
terly condemned the Presidents attitude.
1 SSeIdlOIS ltDuSt anu IDpoOucI loOh lur
position that the President was warrant
ed in making the criticisms. At 2 o'clock
the rate bin was called up and Senator
! Culberson spoke on the subject of a bill
! which he has introduced to take the place
| of the House measure. Several bills OF
local Importance were passed. The state
hood bill was returned TO the House from
the Senate and was laid on the Speakers
table without comment. District of Co
| lumbia legislation then was taken up. An
effort to bring up the naturalization bill
| failed because of lack of a quorum.
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| The Senate Tuesday passed number of
bills, including the following: ProviI-
ing for the punishment of government Off
Gals for the premature divulgence of Sc
! cret information of government bureaus
| in such matters as crop reports, granting
executive authority over the construction
of bridges over navigable streams, giving
government sanction to the efforts on
the part Of Delaware and New Jersey to
adjust their long pending boundary dis
pute, authorizing the construction of
public building in Denver at a cost OF
$2300,000, authorizing the disposal Of
sos 900 acres of land in the Kiowa, Co
mRnche and Apache reservations in Okla
h6ma to the highest bidders under the
provisions of the homestead laws, author
izng the erection II a monument in
| Washington to the memory of John Paul
Jones a. cost of $4,000. Mr.. Simmons
made the speech of the day on the rail-
road rate bill, supporting the House meas
ure The House began the consideration
of the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation BILL and incident to it dis.
cussed the question of eliminating aged
clerks from the government service, the
| placing of alcohol used in the arts on the
| free list. the restriction of Japanese and