The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Weeks Proceedings in a Condensed
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 THE senate was not in session on the Sth .... The house had under consideration a bill to re- tire incapacitated officers of the revenue cutter service, and the tactics were to talk 1t to death. MT. Clark (Mo.) occupied the morning hour in speech against the bill The pooling bill was then debated until adjournment.
 THE senate met on the 10th with Senator Har- ris (Tenn.) in the chair in the absence of the vice president. Mir Call offered resolution requesting the president to open negotiations with Spain for the independence of Cuba, which went over Mir. Call also offered reso- lution in 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 tilt between himself and Senator Pugh. Then the Nicaragua canal bill came up and was debated until ad- journment. The house devoted the day to District of Columbia business. Mir. 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 llth the report of the superintendent of the coast and geodetic survey; also report from the secretary of war showing the number of aliens and naturalizcd citizens in the army. Mir Berry (ArlS.) spoke in favor of his bill for organization of the new territory of Indianola and then Senator Morrill, (Vt) spoke in opposi- 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. The house fur ther debated the bill to authorize railroad pooling. After lively fight the bill passed as 1t came from the committee by vote of l65 to ll0 despite active filibustering against it. The urgency deficiency bill was reported and the house soon adjourned.
 THERE was a small attendance in the senate on the 18th. On motion Of MT. Allen (Neb.) the bill passed withdrawing certain public lands from private entry Mir Berry's bill for forming new territory was discussed briefly and referred, and Mr. Higgins resolution call ing for correspondence relating to offers of mediation between Japan and China passed Mir. Gray moved to displace the Nicaragua canal bill with the bill changing the duty on sugar, but the motion was defeated by 23 to 2, and the Nicaragua canal bill was then dis cussed until adjournment. The house en- tered upon consideration of the urgency de- ficiency bill with much vigor, the provisions making appropriations to carry into effect the income tax and providing for special pension examiners bringing on a lively debate. Sey- eral New York members made speeches against the income tax, which they declared to be a vicious law. Pending discussion of the bill the house adjourned. Before adjournment & vote was taken on striking out the item for collecting the income tax, which was defeated by a vote of 54 yeas to l27 nays.
 THE senate on the 18th further discussed the Nicaragua canal bill, and MT. 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 tifcations and military academy-and made fair progress on the pension bill. Mr. Cochran moved to recommit the deficiency bill with instruction to strike out the income tax pro- vision, but his motion was defeated by l2J ma jority the vote standing 40 to 169. The fortifi- cations bill as passed carried SlS79,057 Sj,47S,- 6i6 less than the estimates, and the military academy bill, si57 ,679, Sl27,372 less than the estimates
 THE senate was not in session on the 14th The time of the house was occupied in debate upon the pension bill. It carries an appropri- ation of Si4l ,3sl ,570 and the bill passed with out amendment. The Hit resolution calling on the secretary of state for the correspondence relating to the payment of S425 900 in the bill in connection with the fur sealing controversy was adopted Private pensions were consid- cred at the evening session and the house ad- journed until Monday.