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 SENArE-W ASH NGToS, Feb 26, 1915. The House bill providing for commercial inter- course with the island of Maquon, was taken up and ordered to be engrsssed. The civil and diplomatic appropriation bill. was reported from the fnan;e committee with sundry a. mendnents. One is for the completion of the Pa tent office building.

 Last night alter the recess, Mir. Berrien resumed and concluded hIs remarks in opposition to the Tex as resolutions.

 Mir. Walker followed and made an able speech in their favor.

 This morning, Mir. Miller spoke for three hours against the resolutions, after which the Senate took d recess till o'clock.

 As sn many desire tospeak. il IS thought the ques- tion cannot be taken to night It will be attempted. HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIvEs. Last night after l closed, the war against the Senate Post Office bill was continued without tnier- mission for two hours, the whole time being occupied by repeated motions tor leers, calls of the House, motous 10 adjourn, etc. At length the committee having risen for want of quorum, a resolution was adopted dscharging the committee from further con- sderation of the bill. The previous question was ordered on the amendments, after which the House adjourned. IL would be impossible 10 give even faint idea of the uproar and III feeling which pre- vailed during the struggle.

 This mornng, after some unimportant business, the consideration of the bill was resumed, the ques ton being on the amendments reported from commit lee of the whole.

 The amendment which provides that the bill shall not go into operation until the Isl of July, l845 agreed to without division.

 The next ainendu ent, providing that the charge on all sngl letters, for a less distance than 300 m,les, shall be charged five cents, and over that distance ten cents, was agreed to-yeas 1l0, nays 85. The remaining amenements were elected. The bill was then read third time and passed-yeas 12S, nays "A

 Mir. Thompson, of Mass, moved to amend tie t- tie of the bill SO as to make il "A bill te make the Post Office public nuisance etc."

 On this motion he made speech against the bill. He believed the consequence of the bill would be the total destruction of the Post Office deparlineni.- WheH his ammunition was expended, the motion rejected. The bill was then sent 10 the Senate.

 The House then went into committee of the whole. and took up the bill making appropriation for the i'm provemeut of certain rivers. The following are he items For he Hudson SlO0 0O0; for the Savannah river $35, ,OOO; for Newark Bay sl5, ,0OO; for removing obatructions from the mouth of the Sus main channel into the Chesapeake bay, $20 000; for the improvement of the Ohio above the Falls S100, ,000; below tlie Falls s24O,00O.

 In the course of a discussion which arose, MT Rayner managed to conclude his Texas speech com menced the other day. He said, if the Texas reso- lutons should pass shall be involved in war in less than six months. Hence il WAS our duty to husband resources instead of expending them on these works of internal improvement.

 Mr. Tibbatts moved to substitute the bill for the improvement of certain harbors. This bill appro- priaes $20 900 for improving the harbor of Balt more city.

 A long debate arose, after which the committee