The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-09
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Proceedings of the Week Briefly
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 THE senate was not in session on the 2Sth .... The house held brief session and passed number of private bills. A joint resolution was adopted extending appropriations to Au- gust 14. and the heat was so severe that an ad- journment was soon taken.
 THE senate on the 3Oth passed the bill pro- viding for additional court facilities for the Indian territory. MT. Allen (Neb.) introduced bill to provide for the issuing of 900 in treasury notes to be distributed pro rata among the states flor the relief of the worthy poor" The conference report on the agri- cultural bill was received. There was disa- greement on the Si 100000 Russian thistle ap- propriation. The senate insisted on the amendment and sent the bill back to the house. The house resolution extending the appropria- tions to August IA was adopted %. But little was done in the house. MT. Boutelle offered resolution recognizing the new Hawaiian re- public, which went over. While trying to se- cure consideration of MT. McRae's bill to pro- tect forests, the quorum disappeared and the house adjourned
 THE senate on the 31st discussed the qucs- tion of site for the new government printing o1ice. The general deficiency bill was reported and placed on the calendar, as was also the house bill to provide uniform system of bank ruptcy. The conference report on the Indian bill was adopted, and the bill sent back to conference as the report agreed to some amendments and disagreed to others. %. The house held brief session and put in the time discussing the senate amendment to the agri- cultural bill appropriating Sl 100000 to ex- terminate Russian thistles. The conferees were instructed to insist on having it stricken out. Adjourned.
 THE senate discussed the sundry civil bill in a desultory way on August 1, but reached no final action. A few bills passed, among them the bill extending the time for payment by purchasers of Omaha Indian lands in Nebraska. The conference report on the house bill requir- ing railroads to build depots at certain towns in territories (having special reference to the Rock Island squabble in Oklahoma) occasioned a long debate on the motion that the senate re- cede from the amendment, which does not re- qure the roads to build depotS. The senate finally receded by vote of 24 20 The senate also receded from the Russian thistle appro- priaton to the agricultural bill The house spent the whole day debating the Moore-Fun- ston contest from the Second Kansas district and finally decided by vote of 90 to l26 that Funston is not entitled to the seat Before formally seating Moore the house adjourned
 THE senate on the 2d passed the sundry civil bill and the Hatch anti-option bill was reported from the agricultural committee and placed on the calendar. Mir Gray, from the special com mittee to investigate the charges of bribery against senators in connection with sugar legiS- lation, made q report which was unanimous It exonerates senators from any improper acts or being governed by improper influences and declares the reflections upon Secretary Car lisle without foundation. The general deh- ciency bill was taken up and at 5:l0 o'clock the senate went into executive session The house passed several bills of local nature and the action of the court martial at Fort Omaha for dismissing private soldier for refusing to obey an order for target practice on Sunday was debated at some length. the action of the officer who issued the order being severely crit icised. The Moore Funston contest then came up and the house by li6 to s7 declared Moore entitled to the seat as representative from the Second Kansas district Col Moore was then sworn in. The conference report upon the h. dian appropriation bill was agreed to. At 3 o'clock the house adjourned.
 THE senate on the Sd passed the last of the appropriation bills, the deficiency bill, after discussing 1t nearly the whole day. The bills for the admission of New Mexico and Arizona were reported and placed on the calendar. The house bill for the protection of persons furnish ing material and labor for constructing public works passed. After a short executive session the senate adjourned The house put in a large part of the day discussing the bills classi- flying railway mail clerks and second-class post office clerks. The conference report on the river and harbor bill was agreed to. Mir. Blair CN. H.) offered a long resolution on the subject of lynchngs, which went over Pensions were considered at the evening session and tho house adjourned until Monday.