The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-04-26
CONGRESSIONAL.
Tho Proceedings of the Week Briefi!
 Given,

Tho Proceedings of the Week Briefly
 Given.
 THE senate held very short session on the l4th MT Walsh, the new senator from Georgia, offered bill for the reform of the judiciary MT Quay's resolution to hear a delegation Of workingmen was tabled. Mir Quay spoke in opposition to the tariff bill After an executive session the senate ad. iourned. ... As soon as the house met MT Reed (Me.) resumed his flibustering tactics upon the approval of the journal and the house ad- journed, democratic caucus being in session to consider new rule by which a quorum may be counted.
 No business was transacted in the senate on the 10th the body adiourning on account of the death Of Senator Vance. .., The same action was taken by the house, The latter body also adopted resolutions on the death Of Gen. Slocum. Each house appo nted committees to attend the funeral of the late Senator Vance.
 WHEN the senate met on the l7th by con sent after much talk, 1t was decided that gen. eral debate on the tari1 bill should continue until Tuesday, Debate on the tariff bill was then continued with but little interest in the subject. %. The house had under consideration the new rule to provide for the counting of quorum and at one time lively debate was promised but 1t subsided and the rule was finally adopted, all the republicans voting for it and i7 democrats against The rule pro- vides that on each roll call tellers shall be ap- pointed to note members present and refusing to answer to their names, who shall be re- ported as present but not voting and shall be | counted The house soon after adjourned THE tariff debate was resumed in the senate on the 18th After the morning hour expired | Senator Morrill, (Vt), who has just passed his | sIth year. spoke for over an hour and was lis tened to with marked attention. Senator Tur' | pie supported the tarin bill and Senator | Caffery (La) said he would support the bill l Senators Cameron and Quay (Pa spoke in op- | position. The senate then went into executive | session. e. The house devoted the entire day to debate on the consular and diplomatic bill | THE day in the senate on the 18th was occu' pied by Mir Perkins (Cal) in speech against | the tarifH bill The conference report on the | urgency deficiency bill was agreed to- and MT, | Peffer's resolution for the appointment Of q committee for the purpose of hearing the | grievances of Coxey's army was debated by Senators Pe1er and Allen, both of whom fa vored it The resolution went over At o'clock eulogies were pronounced upon the late Representative Enochs, of Ohio, and the sen ate adjourned m When the house met O resolu | tion offered by the chairman of the Pacific railroads committee was adopted calling on tn, secretary of the inter or for information as tC | what provision roads aided by the governmen had made for the payment of maturing bonds The house then went into committee of tht whole to consider the diplomatic bill, but | game of baseball in the afternoon dissolved thu quorum and the house adjourned.
 IN the senate on the 2Oth MT Sherman re ported bill for the correction of an error fl the Behring sea bill recently passed which wa passed without opposition MT. Perer's reso lution for the appointment of a reception com mittee for Coxeys army care up and althougl briefly considered was severely handled bI aenator Hawley, in which he referred to tn
 speech of Senator Allen (Neb.), the day oefor' in terms of regret Senator Allen took tn
 flo to reply, but the tar T bill came up anC displaced the resolution. Debate on the latte
 bill continued until adjournment. The busi
 ness in the house was of no general interes Friday being a day devoted to private bills , and the evening session to pension claims.