The Monticellonian., 1894-12-21
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Weeks Proceedings in a Condensed
 Form.


 THE senate was not in session on the sth .... The house had under consideration bill to re- tire incapacitated officers of the revenue cutter service and the tactics were to talk 1t to death. Mir. Clark CMo) occupied the morning hour in a speech against the bill The pooling bill was then debated until adjournment.
 THE senate met on the 10th with senator liar ris (Tenn) in the chair in the absence of the vice president. MT. Call offered resolution requesting the president to open negotiations with Spain for the independence Of Cuba, which went over, Mir. Call also offered reso- luton Ii favor of intervention by other nations to bring about peace between China and Japan Referred MT. Allen (Neb) called up resolu- tion Of his in regard to the attorney general and the late strike, which led to a tilt between himself and Senator Pugh Then the Nicaragua canal bill came up and was debated until au- journment .... The house devoted the day to District of Columbia business. MT. Clark (Mo) talked at length on the late elections and many other matters to the amusement of the members. After passing several local bills the house adjourned.
 THE presiding officer laid before the senate On the ttth the report of the superintendent Of the coast and geodetic survey; also report from the secretary of war showing the number Of aliens and naturalized citizens in the army. MT. Berry tArk) spoke in favor of his bill for organization of the new territory of lndianola and then Senator Morrill, (Vt.) spoke in oppoSt- tion to the various financial bills of Senator Peffer, which bills he reported adversely from the finance committee. The Vermont sen ator was very severe in his denunciation of all visionary financial schemes. At the conclusion of his remarks the bills were all indefinitely postponed Then the Nicaragua canal bill was debated until adjournment....T The house fur ther debated the bill to authorize railroad pooling. After a lively fight the bill passed as it came from the committee by q vote of 166 to l10 despite active filibuStering against 1t. The urgency deficiency bill was reported and the house soon adjourned.
 THERE was small attendance in the senate on the l2th On motion of MT. Allen (Neb) the bill passed withdrawing certain public lands from private entry, MT. Berrys bill for forming new territory was discussed briefly and referred, and MT. Higgins resolution call ing for correspondence relating to offers of mediation between Japan and China passed. MT Gray moved to dispaee the Nicaragua canal bill with the bill changing the duty on sugar, but the motion was defeated by g to ?, and the Nicaragua canal bill was then dis cussed until adjournment =. The house en- tered upon consideration of the urgency de- iciency bill with much Yigor, the provisions making appropriations to carry into effect the income tax and providing for special pension examiners bringing on q lively debate. Sev- eral New York members made speeches against the income tax, which they declared to be vicious law. Pending discussion of the bill the house adjourned. Before adjournment a vote was taken on striking out the item for collecting the income tax which was defeated by vote of 54 yeas to 127 nays.
 THE senate on the 18th further discussed the Nicaragua canal bill, and Mr. Morgan's effort to fix day for voting on 1t failed. Adjourned until Monday .... The house passed three ap- propriation billS-the urgency deficiency, for tiHcatons and military aeademy-and made fair progress on the pension bill. Mir. Cochran moved to recommit the deficiency bill with instruction to strike out the income tax pro- vision, but his motion was defeated by 12J ma jerity. the vote standing i9 to t5a. The fOrtih- cations bill as passed carried St s79057, S5,41S, 6l6 less than the estimates and the military academy bill $I57,G79 s127,372 less than the estimates.
 THE senate was not in session on the f4th .... The time of the house was occupied in debate upon the pension bill. It carries an appropri- ation of 51fl3Sl,570, and tho bill passed with out amendment The Hltt resolution calling on the secretary of state for the correspondence relating to the payment of 3i25 001 ill the bill in connection with the fur sealing controversy vas adopted. Private pensions were consid- cred at the evening session and the house ad- JuurnCt until Monday