En- Congress.
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bills had been disposed of, Mr. BERRlzS ad-
dressed the Senate in very able speech upon the
Bankrupt Law. He urged tho adoption OF the
substitute reported by the judiciary Committee
for the repeal bill received from the House. Ro
spoke of the vacillation which would be justly
chargeable upon Congress, if they should now re-
peal the act, and declared his belief that ma
ority of the Senate were decidedly in favor of g
commercial bankrup; law. He went on to explain
the objects of the various amendments reported by
the committee The interests of the commercial
and agricultural states, he said alike demand
law such as now exists, and he thought It great
mistake to suppose that either class would be
benefited BY its repeal The number Of voluntary
applications for the benefit Of the law he stated at
80, 399 But the chief benefit of the law had
been felt in the compromises enforced by it be-
tween debtors and creditors. 1t must be evident,
he thought, from the great dsproportion between
the number Of expected, and the number OF actual
applicants, that the indirect benefits Of the law
had been very great. Out of 12,e00 cases acted
upon, moreover, only 80 applications had been re-
fused. The repeal of the law at present. he also
urged, would be deeply injurious to the credit OF
the country abroad.


Mr. WALKER introduced an amendment to en-
brace banks in the provisions Of the bill. 1t was
finally determined that the subject should again
come up on Saturday. Several Executive ccmmu-
nications were received and among them one Civ
Jag statements relating to commerce and nav1ge-
tion The Committee of Conference on the SUBJ
ject of Cadets then reported that the Senate insist
upon their amendments; so that the provision foi
the appointment Of ten cadets at large is to bo car
ried into effect


In the HOUSE, MIR. WILLIAMS moved that, the
| Committee of the Whole be discharged from the
farther consideration Of the bill divide the Unit
ed States inte military districts: On taking the
question, however, quorum voted. The Naval
Appropriation bill from the Senate was then after
some amend ments, referred to the Judiciary Com
nittee. A letter received from the Secretary
of State, transmitting statement. showing the
number OF passengers arriving in the United States
| in 1912; and another from the Secretary OF the
Treasury giving the number of persons employed
in that department. A letter was also received
from the Postmaster General giving statements
concerning the department in answer to resolutions.
The question was then taken on the motion to dis
charge the Committee of the Whole from the far
ther consideration of the bill to divide the Union
into military districts, and the motion was carried.


The bill suspending the operation of the second
section of the superintendent act was then taken
up, and after brief debate was ordered 10 third
reading On taking the question, however, the
bill was ELECTED by vote Of 90 to 81. a motion
to reconsider then failed SO to 100.


Mr.. HOLMES moved to go into committee to
consider the French spolaton bill, su, the Speaker
ruled the mStion out OF order.


The bill regulating the taking of testimony in
cases of contested elections, then came up. Mr..
SAUNDERS moved to lay it on the table Lost
S6 to I00 Mr.. HALsTED moved an amendment,
providing that the law should not extend to the
election for Inc 29;h Congress in any state eject
ing by general ticket, when the Legislature should
not have been in session since the passage of the
apportieRment act, and should not be in session
before the time now prescribed for the hodiag of
the election. The amendment! was agreed to, and
the bill finally passed by vote of los 10 3d.


The general appropriation bill was ther taken
up AIR. G. DAVIS moved amendmen, to the
item making appropriations for books and maps,
providing for the payment OF the claims Of Thos.
Allen, for printing the compendium of the census,
amounting to SIS, ,049, and those Of Blair and
Rives for printing the same document, of SS,924.
The motion prevailed. Mr.. MERlwETHER moved
to strike the appropriation OF 81, 500 for
pen>ation Of the Secretary TO sign patents After
desultoyy discussion the amendment was rejected
by vote OF Il to 81, an the House adjourned.
Naval Court Martial on board the U. 3.
ship North Carolina.


SATURDAY, FEB Is, 1915.


The Court met usual, and after the record
had been read, Jonas E. D. Humber was recalled
and cross-examined at great length, but nothing a,
all shown to effect his testimony as given in his ex-
animation in chief.


James B. Jarvis, Sd class apprentice, IA years
of age, was then called and sworn. He said he
had frequently used Wilson's dirk, and on one oc-
casion he using it, and wills told him to put
| it down; and on his asking what made him so
afraid of his knife, ne replied that it none Of
bis business, it had got great deal of slaughter
ing to do some Of these days, and ne was going TO
sharpen it that night. He had heard Wilson
threaten the lives of Weaver and Tyson about four
days before Mr.. Spencer, arrest.


The Court then adjourned till II o'clock on
Monday.


CENTRAL AMxRIcA.-The ship Louis. Maria
was to sail from Os,cnd between the 10th and 18th
Of the present month, with the frs, detachment Of
settlers to Central America, on account Of the Bel