The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-03-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Proceedings of the Week Briefly
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 THE senate was not in session on the Ath.... The house continued in the deadlock on the segniorage bill ana after brief session and failure 10 secure a quorum adjourned until Monday, having sQuandered the whole week in efforts to secure tue requisite quorum to trans- act business
 THE senate held brief session on the 2eth. A letter from the secretary of the treasury 10 the attorney-general was read as to whether silver certificates were "lawfui money" and the reply of the attorney-general giving negative opinion Mir. Morgan. chairman of the committee on foreign relations, made an announcement of the report of the committee relative to Hawaiian affairs The senate passed the joint resolution providing for the appointment Of a commission to the Antwerp international exposition and then went into executive session, ,.. Soon after the house met MT Bland, seeinglt1at he could not secure 0 quorum and limit debate on his segniorage bill, concluded to allow the debate on the bill to proceed at the same time declaring that he would return to the assault Two sen. Eational speeches followed, one by MT Pence (Col), who denounced the republicans for sub hitting to the crack of ex-Speaker Reeds whip and warned him if the election of presi- dent was thrown into the house in lSQ5 he would rue his flibustering course, and the other by Mir. Fithian QlL), who condemned in the severest terms the action of his democratic colleagues who were taking part in the Ali buster. The debate throughout was exciting. the house being in committee of the whole, and the ouse adjourned in auy thing but good humor.
 THE senate held only brief session on the Eth Mir. Teller offered resolution request ing the president to suspend action in the con solioation of land offices provided for in the sundry civil bill for the fiscal year ended June B. ls9i which was aereed to. resolution by MT. Hawley calling on the secretary of the in- terior for the most advanced copy of the census returns, was amended so as to ask the secre- tary why there was such delay in ils issue and adopted The senate adjourned after brief executive session. ,. In the house Mr. Pence apologized for nnparliamentary words used in his speech of the day before and Mir. Bland again attempted to limit debate on his seignior- age bill but failed, and the discussion proceed. ed until adjournment
 THE senate was in session two hours on the 18th. the whole of which was taken up in speech by Senator Frye on the Hawaiian mud dle.. When the house met the dead lock on the seiguiorage bill was broken by the refusal of the New York delegation to longer flibuster, but the quorum disappeared when 1t came to adopting the special order by two republicans and one democrat who had heretofore voted with the friends Of the bill joining the silent" minorit and the house adjourned.
 WHEN the senate met on March Mir. Voor- hees withdrew his resolution for the temporary appointment of Senator Mills to the finance committee Several petitions and resolutions were presented Senator Frye concluded his speech on Hawaii and was replied to by Sen. ator Gray, who defended the action of Mir Blount The house sundry civil deficiencv bill was passed with amendments. The bill for the erection of new government printing ofiice was considered for time and after an execu- tive session the senate adjourned until Mon day .... When the house met Mr. Bland sue ceeded in securing quorum and the long dead lock on the seigniorage bill was broken Mr. Bland then spoke in favor of it and when tho debate closed the bill for the coinage Of the silver seigniorage in the treasury was passed by ld7 yeas 10 l3I nays. The bill appropriating s+S,OOJ for the reclama tion of the steamer Rear sarge, recently wrecked, was then passed and the house n journed.
 THE senate was not in session on the 2d .. The house had under consideration appropria. ton bills The Qualifications bill, carrying over s20oo,OO, passed and pending consideration Of the pension bill hot words rassed between Messr Meredeth tva and lnk (ll) which at one tme were ugly, but finally quieted down Mir Holman Qnd announced that Mir. Grow. elected from Pennsylvania, was present and escorted him to the speaker and he was sworn iu amid applause. Many pension bills were considered the evening sesSi Il.