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The Senate Friday passed the army
ray bill increasing the pay Of od6cefs
from . to 3 per CENT and the average ~
ef enlisted men 20 per cent. Mr.. DepsW
spoke In favor Of the Aldrich currenW
bill. The House unanimously adopted Z
resolution to Investigate the charms
brought BY Representative Lilley Of c.
necticnt Of corrupt influences upon naus-
b~r Of the House naval affairs ccumittos
In connection with authorizations for sub.
marine torpedo boats. The bill to pay .
the archbishop Of Manila. Of the nsin1n
Catholic church. 100000 for damages =
church property by the forces Of the Gait.
ID States Was passed.
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The Senate was not in session Satur.
day. A part Of the session Of the HouDe
kas devoted to the consideration Of PHI
vate claims bills. A number were passed,
after which the remainder Of the da3
was given to e~ulogies Of the late Repre-
sentative Campbell Stemp OF Virginia.
A. . further mark OF respect the House
adjourned until Monday.
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senator Bailey Of Texas, q member d
the Finance Committee, which reported
the Aldrich currency bill In the Senate
Monday. spoke In opposition to tho meas
ure. The Senate also spent over IN hour
in debating the Frye bill providing that
materials and supplies shipped from the
United States for the Panama Canal
shall be transported only n America
vesselk Resolutions of SORROW upon the
announcement of the death OF Represen.
tative Adolph Meyer Of Louisiana were
adopted. n 1t $50 o'clock the Senate
adjourned as n further mark Of respect
to his memory. The House was in ~.
sion but q few minutes, adjourning as
II ~ upon announcement Of Mr.. Msy.
er's death.
Cotton As q basis for the issuance o.
treasury notes in times of money strin.
gency was the chief feature OF q speech
in the Senate Tuesday on the pending
currency bill by Senator McIAurin Of
Mississippi. Senator Gallinger secured
nm agreement to vote on the ocean mail
ship subsidy bill March 20. After pass
ing several bills on the calendar the Sen.
ate adjourned. Consideration Of the post.
office appropriation bill was resumed In
the House. A speech by Mr.. Hamilton Of
Michigan upholding the right Of the fed.
eral government to control corporations
and sustaining the President in his atti.
tude toward them. was the feature of the
days proceedings. Small of~North Care
lima and Finley of South Carolina attack.
ed the proposition to increase the pay
for ocean mail service on the ground
that It vas a subterfuge for q ship sub.
sidy.
A message from the Presidents and n
ports from the committee on military At
fairs on the Brownsville ARRAY consumed
the time Of the Senate during the early
part Of the session Wednesday. A brief
debate brought out 4 statement BY Sena-
tor Warren, chairman Of the committee
on military affairs. that a bill will soon
be introduced for the reinstatement Of the
discharged colored soldiers of the TWEEN.
Regiment under certain condi.
tons. The Aldrich bill was discussed BY
Senator Clarke of Arkansas, who declared
that he would vote for neither the Aldrich
nor the Bailey substitute. After the pas
sage Of several bills on the calendar the
Senate adjourned. Persistent assaults on
the postofice appropriation bill in thu
House resulted in the application Of
that measure in many importaa. parts
the protests Of Chairman Over.
street and the committee. The letter car.
riers finally won their fight for $1,000
salaries. The House also allowed an ad-
ditional $4,000 for clerks in third clam
Offices and $4,000 additional for con-
tract stations. There were incorporated
in the bill a provision prohibiting the
transmission through the mails Of intoxi-
eating liquors. which was later modified
to include cocaine and its derivatives. Al
together the appropriations carried BY the
bill were increased $1,225,OOO.
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Senator Lodge Of Massachusetts, Thurs
day strongly indoryed the Aldrich cur.
rency bill in the Senate and declared that
II would be serviceable a. an emergency
measure. Senator Paynter Of Kentucky
opposed the bill. Referring to Senator
Depew's recent remarks about might rid.
ers" and barn burning in Kentucky, Sem
ators Paynter and McCreary of that
State condemned such lawlessness and
denounced the tobacco trust. The post
Office appropriation bill had rough sailing
in the House. The attacks were begun
on the section relating to the pneumatic
tube service. which was changed so that
extensions of such service should not b
confined to the cities named, but should
Be made wherever the Postmaster General
may think best. The House was . unit
for withholding q portion Of the pay to
railroads for transportation of mails un-
til a correct system OK weighing should
be established. A vigorous but Intellectual
fight was made on a proposition to in
cNase by 100000 the appropriation
for paying the expenses Of railway NAH
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