The Forrest City times., 1893-12-29
CoNGaE EssioNAL
The Weeks Proceedings of Senate and
 House.

House
 SOON after the nate met on the 18th the preside nts special message on Hawaiian affairs was received That and other papers sent led to warm debate. Many bills were introduced among them one by Mr. Pefer tkan) provid- ing funds for immediate use in relieving the want and distress of the country. Mr~sHdns- brough then addressed the senate on his bill for the destruction of noxious weeds and Mir. Dolph spoke upon the presidents annual mes sage Adjourned. %. The house continued de- baie upon ihe pension question. which delayed the reading of the presidents message until after o'clock, when the message was read very lively debate followed A resolution by MT. Bouielle tMe) declaring the administra- Iion policy inconsistent with the spirit of the constitution and traditions of the government ruled out of order. The instructions 10 Minister Willis were ordered read and the house finally adjourned.
 IN the senate on the 18th Mir Berry (ArN). sroSe in favor of the federal elections repeal bil and Mir Peffer tkan advocated bis bill appropTiatinC money for immediate use in re- lieving want and Restitution 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. Cockreli's bill 10 expedite work in the post of- fee departme The 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 time of excitement and con. fusion. The urgency deficiency pill was con sidered in compittee Of the whole. The ma 1ority of the ways and means committee thr ugh it's chairman, made 2 lezg;hY FeTort in favor of the tariff bill known the Wilson bill The minority report will be made later Adjourned
 THE Hawaiian question was discussed in the senate on the 2oth. MT. Hoar made long speech against the policy of the administration, at the conclusion of which the whole matter was referred 10 the foreign relations commit tee A res ,lution offered by MT. Morgan agreed to directing the foreign relations com mittee to inquire and report whe ther any irreg- ularties if so what, have occurred in our dip lomatic relations with Hawaii. The urgency deficiency bill was then further debated and passed After an executive session the senate adjourned .. The house engaged all day in considering conference reports The conference on the urgency eficiency bill was agreed to A resolution for a holiday recess from Decem- Der 2i 10 January was agreed to and several private biils passed. The committee terri tories reported fayorably the bill for the ad- mission of Oklahoma n state. Under the bill Oklahoma will be entitled to two congress- men.
 IN the senate on the e1st MT. Proctor (Vt introduced bill 10 annex the territory of Utah to 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 B 45 the senate ad- jour ed until January .... The Hawaiian mat ter was again at the front in the house. Messrs Boutelle and Blair each offered resolu- tion5 calling for information Objections were raise and the resolutions went The chairman of the foreign relations committee reported substitutes for the Boutelle and Hit resolutions heretofore offered At the expira- tion of the morning hour Mir. Wheeler moved to go into committee of the whole on the New Mexico admission bill, but objections were made. Mir. Wilson gave notice that debate on the tariff bill would commence when the house met after the holiday recess At l5 the house adjourned to January 3