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the Senate Wednesday, his subject being
the railroad rate bill, and he dealt al
most exclusively with the legal features
of the problem. The conference report
on the bill regulating the final DISPOSE
ton Of the affairs of the Five Civilized
Tribes of Indians was taken up, and
much objection was expressed to many of
the changes. Messrs. La Toilette, Clark
(Wyo.) and Tillman voiced disapproval
of the provision authorizing the Secretary
of the Interior to lease the coal lands.
The matter was still under discussion
when the Senate, at . ~ p. m, went into
executive session, to adjourn few min
utes later. In order that the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bill
might be considered without being subject
to limitless points of order, the House
passed a rule prohibiting that method OF
fighting the measure, by vote of 100 to
100, twenty Republicans voting with the
minority. This appears to have been the
first special rule ever reported from the
committee on rules directly affecting an
appropriation bill. The remainder of the
day was devoted to the consideration of
the measure, and more progress was made
than in all the days heretofore given to it.
At 8 p. m. the House adjourned.
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The Senate Thursday listened to
speeches on the railroad rate bill by
Messrs. Clay, Carmack and Newlands.
All indicated a purpose to support the
measure, but Mr.. Clay favored limited
court review amendment. The bill pro-
viding for the reorganization of the med
ical department of the army by authoriz.
ing the appointment of officers to take
the place of contract surgeons was passed
by vote of AZ to ). Among the other
bills passed was one authorizing a dam
across st. Jo1jh river at Berrien
Springs, Mich. Mr.. Lodge presented the
conference report on the consular reor-
ganizaton bill, which was agreed to. Con.
siderable progress was made with the leg.
islative, executive and judicial appropria.
ton bill in the House The committee on
appropriations suffered a defeat in com.
mittee of the whole, when, by vote of So
to %, a paragraph relating to the division
of the railway mail service was expunged
from the measure, on the ground that ii
was properly part of the postoffice bill.
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There was no session of the Senate
Friday. The House passed the legisla.
tive, executive and judicial appropria.
tion bill, carrying $30,000,000 after con.
sidering the measure two weeks. The
paragraph creating an age limit for gov.
eminent clerks, which had caused much
controversy, finally was eliminated. Eff
forts to discontinue the so-called post.
itye stamp agency" and the services OF
special agents to investigate trade condi.
tions abroad failed.
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The Senate was not in session Satur.
day. 1t being war claim day in the
House, only those directly interested in
legislation on the private calendar were
in attendance. The House, in four hours,
passed ITO bills, and many were sent to
the Court of Claims for adjudication One
of the bills passed awarded $77,712 to the
French Transatlantic Cable Company for
the cutting of the cable and destruction
of cable houses during the war with
Spain.
In the Senate Monday Mr. Long intro
duced the court review amendment to the
railroad rate bill agreed On at the White
House Saturday, but could not get the
floor to speak on it. Mr.. Fulton of Ore.
gon spoke in favor of the ban as it stands,
discussing its constitutional,t- and precip-
itarDg general legal debate Mr.. Nelson
and Mr.. Hepburn made brief speeches on
the measure. Mr.. Hale reported the ur.
gent deficiency bill and gave notice that
he would call it up Tuesday. Mr.. Tillman
presented a complaint from John s. Viii.
liams & Sons, bankers of Richmond, Va,
alleging that the Chesapeake and Ohio and
| Norfolk and Western roads Disseminated
I against Virginia points in favor of phia-
delphia and Baltimore, and took orders
from Pennsylvania railroad officials. A
joint resolution was passed reappointing
Andrew ID. White as member of the board
of regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
The Mallory bill, providing for federal
control of interstate quarantine regula-
tions was passed. The personal liability
bill, favored by the army of railway EN-.
ployes in the country, was passed by the
| House, as was measure permitting the
fertilization of sweet wines and levying a
tax OF cents a gallon on the wines thus
fortified. The pension appropriation bill
was sent to conference, and the conference
report on the naval academy hazing bill
was adopted.
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Mr.. Long of Kansas spoke at length In
the Senate Tuesday in support of the rail.
road rate bill. Several Senators who were
not at the recent conference a. the White
House when the Long amendment was
considered made inquiry concerning ito
proceedings, but both Mr.. Long and Mr..
Allison declined to divulge anything. Mr..
Long assumed complete responsibility for
the amendment. Mr.. Tillman presented
his daily letter on the railroad and coal
situation, it being a complaint from @.
w. Eedes of Balston Spa, N. Y, retail
dealer, who charged that the Delaware
AMI Hudson Railroad Company had
crowded him out of business. The CON FOR.