The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-11-09
CONGRESSIONAL.
Proceedings of the Extrs session-What Both Houses Are Doing-The Repeal Bill Passed and Signed Adfourned.

| PrOceedings or the ExurB Session-"nat
 Both Houses Are Doing-The Repeal Bill
 Passed and signed-Adjourned.
 THE repeal bill was taken up in the senate soon after it met on tho 2Sth, and several l speeches were made MT. Wolcott (Col spoke | in opposition to the bill MT. Sherman fa- vored the bill but also favored an issue of | bonds. After some further talk another vote was reached 1t was the most important one pending, and considered test It was MT. | Berry's amendment incorporating the Bland | Allison act. and was defeated by vote of 8 | yeas to 37 nays; also Mir Aliens amendment | for free coinage Several other amendments | were voted down. A recess was then taken un- | til Monday ... The house was not in session. THE senate on the 30th finally ended the struggle on the silver bill At II o'clock the | bill came up in regular order and many sena | tors took part in the closing debate. Messrs. | Hunton tVa), Cameron (Pa), Morgan (Ala) Vest and Cockrell (Mo), and other senators de- | tended their position on the silver question, and Messrs. Wolcott (Col) and Jones (Nev) made urgent appeals for silver Messrs Peffer | (Kan and Harris (Tenn.) protested against the bill and MT Stewart (Ney) declared: "The die is cast and the gold kings are vic- torious" At7:2) the final vote was taken and the bill passed by 43 yeas to 32 nays. with ten senators paired. At 1:3o the session which commenced the l4th adjourned .. In the house
 
 Of Chicago, was adopted The resolution Of Mir. Weadock (Mlch) relating to the A. P. A. in the Eighth Michigan district was referred to the elections committed At the expiration of the morning hour debate on the bankruptcy bill was resumed and continued until ad- journment
 THE senate opened with prayer on the 3ist for the first time since the i7th The house bill passed providing for the time and place of hOldfnp district and rircuit fin Cnuth Dakota; also the bill extending the time for payment on desert land entries Mir Black burns resolution was agreed 10 instructing the committee on rules to inquire and report what revision Of the rules fl any, should be adopted The rest Of the session was taken up in discussing the New York and New Jersey bridge bill. When the house met the senate joint resolution transferring the model Of the oattleship "Illinois' at the worlds fair to the city Of Chicago was agreed to The re- peal bill was then reported from the senate At the expiration Of ihe morning hour Mir. Livingston (Ga) attempted to secure unani. nous consent for consideration Of the repeal bill but Mir Bland (Mo) protested vehcmently and the effort failed. Debate on the bank ruptcy bill was then resumed and continued until adjournment
 WORK fin the senate on November i was purely of a routine character. Mir I'ill offered resolution to amend the rules so as to provide against filibustering which was referred. MT Hoar offered a bill making an appropriation of s5O0JO for the relief of sufferers by the late storm on the coast Of Charleston, which went over. Mir Teller's resolution Of inquiry for information concerning the silver bullion. .pur. chased under the Sherman act was agreed to The bill amending the Chinese exclusion act was taken up and debated until adjournment .... Soon after the house met the speaker laid before it the senate substitute for the house re- peal bill trepealing the purchasing clause of the sherman acD and Mir Wilson demanded the previous question. This brought on a feeble attempt at flibnsternC which the speaker suppressed by decisive action Debate was limited At 50 o'clock a vote was taken and the substitute Uhe Voorhees, senate bil) was agreed to by vote Of l93 yeas 10 9I nays The conference report on the bill suspending for one year the statute requiring work to the amount of siOO on all mining claims was then agreed to and at 4:lg the house adjourned
 THE senate on the 2d passed the bill relating 10 the admission Of articles to the W rld's fair Among the bills passed was ne granting the right of way to the Kansas, Oklahoma Central & Southwest rail ay througl the Oklahoma and Indian territories Mir. Stewart intro. duced Dill for the free and unlimited coinage Of silver, which was referred Att o'clo k the house Chinese exclusion bi was taken up and after debate WIS passed without amendment. .... Soon after the house met the committee on rules reported joint resolution for adjourn. ment Friday o'clock and the resolution was adopted number of local bills passed. bill for the admission of Utah was reported. resolution by Mir, Wilson permitting he ways and means committee to sit during re- cess (having special reference to the considera. ton of the tarif bill) occasioned II ely oppo- sition, during which there was lack of quorum The resolution was finally modified and the matter settled The house refused to agree to the conference on the deficiency bill and ad. Iourned.
 THERE was a small attendance when the sem ate met on the Sd MT Cockrell called up the house resolution for adjournment at o'clock MT. Coke (Tex) opposed the resolution so did MT. Dolph and MT Harris. After some talk the resolution was finally agreed 10 House bill in aid of the worlds fair prize winners ex. hibtion, to be held in New York city, passed. After appointing committee to wait on the president and brief executive session the vice president at o'clock declared the extra session adjourned sine die .... The house reced- ed from its amendments 10 the world s fair bill, permitting the sale of exhibits in this country at a reduction of duties. The house got into wrangle and attempted to extend the time of adjournment, but pending the attempt the hour of 3 o'clock arrived and the speaker summarily declared the house adjourned and all conference reports failed