The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-19
CONGRESSIONAL.
Proceedings of the Extra session-What
 Both Houses Are Doing.


 | Both Houses Are Doing. | IN the senate on the 7th Mir Voorhees, gave | notice that on Wednesday he would ask that | the senate remain in continuous session until | the repeal bill was disposed of Mir Wolcott offered . resolution, which went oyer directing 1 the finance committee to report bill for tho
 coniage of gold and silver in accordance with 1 the policy of a bill reported August S, 1893 i MT. Harris offered resolution appointing 1 committee to investigate the Ford theater dis
 aster. The repeal bill was then further de- | bated. MT. Roach (N. D. spoke against un- 1 conditional repeal, although he favored repeal | with limitations fin favor of silver coinage. He | favored an international conference. MT. | Allen (Neb held the floor against the bill at 1 adjournment. ... There was a very small attend i ance in the house. Debate on the elections bill was continued and at times was quite | animated.
 WHEN the senate met on the 9th MT. Harris | CTenn.) replied in caustic terms to the resolu- | tions of the Memphis exchange criticizing the | action of Tennessee's senators on the repeal bill | MT. Wolcott (Col) spoke on the financial ques. | tion, incidentally against the repeal bill, and Mir Voorhees, replied When the repeal bill
 came up Mir CoclSrell (Mo) spoke at length in opposition MT Dolph (Ore) offered a resolu- i tion calling upon the secretary of state for in. | formation as to whether China has requested | an extension of time for the registration of l Chinamen. Adjourned after an executive ses-
 sion. ... The election repeal bill brought out | warm debate in the house, during which Mir. | Boutelle (Me.) and Mir Springer QlL) had | personal tilt that at time looked serious,
 but finally queted down Debate on the bill | occupied the day
 DEBATE on the repeal bill was renewed in the senate on the 10th Senator Squire (Wash) presented long amendment which he offered
 as compromise. MT. McPherson (N. J) l spoke in favor of the bill. then MT. Stewart | (Nev.) )spoke for a while and MT. Cockrell (Mo) addressed the senate for two hours in opposi- ton to the bill The house amendment i to the bill granting settlers on certain Okla- homa lands the right to commute their home stead entrIes was concurred in, and the house elections bill was reported. .t After routine work the house took up the federal elections | repeal bill and after voting down all amend ments finally passed !t by a vote of 200 yeas to lOl nays, strict party vote, and adjourned. THE senate had it's first all.night fight on the llth. When the repeal bill came up Mir Cock. rell continued his speech fin opposition. Mir. Smith (N J.) favored the bill and MT Irbv (S. CD spoke in opposition. At 6 o'clock Mir. voor- hees announced that he should ask the senate
 10 remain in continuous session until a vote
 was reached, and the senate settled down 10 an all.night session It was simply talking against
 time, and at daylight the body was still in ses. sion %. The house was engaged fin debate oL the McCreary bill to extend the provisions Of the Geary (Chinese excluslon) act six months
 the discussion continuing until o'clock when the house adjourned.
 THE senate opened the day Gin continuous session. on the l2th with Mir. Allen (Neb) still speaking in opposition to the repeal bill, the fight having been kept up all night About g o'clock. after speaking nearly fourteen hours, he yielded the floor to Mir Martin (Kan who took up the fight in opposition to the bill and occupied the floor for several hours. All eff forts to reach a vote failed during the day and the session continued until after midnight with no result, and at 1:40 a. m on motion of Mir
 Voorhees,, the senate adjourned after a contin- uous session Of forty hours, with talk of a com promise filling the air. %. The house had caught the infection Of the senate and proceeded to do nothing, quorum failing to appear, as many members had sat up all night with the sick senate. The point Of no quorum was not urged, however, and bill passed applying the land laws Of March, 1891, to that part of the Sioux reservation that extends into Nebraska The bill to protect forest reservations was debated in committee of the whole Mir Flynn's resolu- tion permitting Cherokee strip settles to vote after a residence of thirty days, passed. The McCreary Chinese extension bill was taken up and debate continued, MT McCreary asked for a night session, but with the awful example of the senate before them the members refused, and at 5:45 the house adjourned
 IN the senate on the 18th Mir. Vest CMo gave notice of an amendment 10 the repeal bill in the nature of a substitute. After repeating the purchasing clause of the Sherman act it authorizes the issuing of coin certificates for the uncoined bullion, consisting of seigniorage on the silver heretofore purchased IL pro. vdes for the coinage of American silver that may be deposited by its owners at the rate of s3o0) 0Oo month up to the limit of $500 900, 900 This coinage is to be fairly proportioned among the silver producing states and territories Holders of standard silver dollars may have them exchanged for certificates. The repeal bill was then taken up and the battle continued until midnight when the senate adjourned. ... No house proceedings were reported as great storm prevailed and communication partially cut on.