The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-12-28
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Weeks Proceedings of Senate and
 House.

House.
 THE senate was not in session on the 18th. ... After routine business in the house the sena te
 amendment 10 the bill providing two additional judges for Oklahoma was agreed to- In com mittee of the whole the urgency deficiency bill
 was considered until adjournment the debate on which turned on the pension policy of the admnis tration Messrs. Livingston Ga and
 Enloe Crenn) defended the admins tra son and
 Messrs Lacy (N. Y.) and Morse (Alass) op- posed
 SOON after the nate met on the 18th the preside ent's special message on Hawaiian affairs
 was received That and other papers sent led
 to A warm debate. Many bills were introduced, among them one by MT Pefer (Kan) provid. ing funds for immediate use in relieving the want and distress of the country. Mir. Hans brough then addressed the senate on his bill for the destruction of noxlous weeds and Mir
 Dolph spoke upon the presidents annual mes sage. Adjourned %. The house continuei de- bate upon the pension question, which delaye the reading Of the presidents message until after o'clock, when the message was read A very lively debate followed A resolution by
 MT. BOutelle (Me) declaring the administra- lion policy inconsistent with the spirit of the constitution and traditions of the government, was ruled out Of order The instructions 10 Minister Willis were ordered read and the house finally adjourned.
 
 spoke in favor of the federal elections repeal lill and Mir. Peier lK8n advocated his bill appropriating money for immediate use in re- lieving want and destitutiOn throughout the country. The bill was referred. After an executive session the remainder of the time of the senate was occupied in debate upon Mir COckrels bill 10 expedite work in the post of flee department. I he house met in bad temper, the Hawaiian question being to the front Mir. Cockran's resolution of the day be- fore was referred and Mir Boutelle's resolution on the Hawaiian matter was before the house, Mir. Boutelle spoke against the policy Of the administration. His resolution was finally re. ferred, after tims Of excitement and con fusion. The urgency deficiency Dill was con. sidered in committee of the whole. The ma jority of the ways and means committee thr ugh its chairman, made a lengthy report in favor of the tarin bilL known as the Wilson bill The minority report will be made later Adjourned
 THE Hawaiian question was discussed in the senate on the 2Jth Mir Hoar made A long speech against the policy of the administration, at the conclusion Of which the whole matter was referred 10 the foreign relations commit. tee resolution offered by Mir Morgan was agreed to directing the foreign relations com mittce 10 inquire and report whether any irreg- ularities, fl so what, have occurred in our dip- lomntic relations with Hawaii The urgency uenclenCy Dlll was men further ueDated and passed After an executive session the senate adjourned. ... The house was engaged all day in considering conference reports The conference on the urgency deficiency bill was agreed to A resolution for a hoiday recess from Decem. Der @l to January was agreed 10 and several private bils passed. The committee on terri tories reported favoraby the bill for the ad- mission Of Oklahoma as a state. Under the bill Oklahoma will be entitled 10 two congress- men.
 IN the senate on the 2lst Mir. Proctor (Vt) introduced bill 10 annex the territory of Utah 10 the state of Nevada Tn senate soon went into executive session. When open ses. sion was resumed several minor resolutions were disposed of and at 345 the senate ad- jour, ed until January 8 .... The Hawaiian mat ter was again at the front in the house. Messrs Boutsle and Blair each offered resolu- tions calling for inrormlLion Objections were raise and the resolutions went over The chairman of Ihe foreign relations committee reported substitutes for the Boutelle and Hit resolutions heretofore offered. At the expira- tion Of the morning hour MT Wheeler moved 10 go into committee of the whole on the New Mexico admission bill, but objections were made. MT. Wilson gave notice that debate on the tarin bill would commence when the house met after the holiday recess At3l5 the house to January 3