The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-31
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Proceedings of the Week Brish

The Proceedings of the Week Briefly
 Given.
 THE senate further discussed the tarif bill
 on the l0th and made but little progress. Mir. Gallinger continued his serial Several un- important bills were passed and at 405 the
 senate adjourned until Monday The house was not in session.
 THE senate met at 10 o'clock on the morning
 of the 2lst, under the new order adopted but only few members were in attendance. Sev- eral bills passed and consideration of the tar iff bill was resumed the iron ore schedule being
 under discussion. At o'clock the senate ad- journed.. Soon after assembling the house
 went into committee of the whole on the legis- lativc appropriation bill. The only point that
 seemed to attract general interest was the question of docking members for non-attend-
 ance The house agreed that the statute had
 been repealed, but Mir. Dockery gave notice that he would demand yea and nay vote on the proposition when final action came. At 5 o'clock the house adjourned.
 THE senate on the 22d hammered for eight
 hours on the metal schedule of the tarif bill and disposed of seven paragraphs Somewhat of sensation was caused by MT. Jones pre- senting an amendment substituting the Mo- Kinley bill classification on certain qualities of iron. Pending consideration of the bill the senate went into executive session ... The house further considered the legislative appro- priation bill in committee of the whole. An amendment was offered striking out the pro- vision for the civil service commission and after some stirring remarks adopted by a vote
 of l09 to 7l. Mir. Dingley gave notice that he
 would demand the yeas and nays in the house on the final vote When the committee rose the house adjourned.
 MATTERS took a new turn in the senate on the 23d. The day was one of surprises on the tarif bill. Senator German spoke at some length, in which he explained the position of democratic senators who had favored the com promise bill and favored the bill as it stood at present, although he had opposed the income tax feature. Mir. Teller, to test the matter, then addressed the senate and closed by mal1- ing motion to lay the tariff bill on the table. This was bomb that caused a sensation. Absent senators were hastily called in and the motion to table was lost by a vote of 3S,to 28, the democrats voting solidly against it to- gether with Messrs. PeTer, Kyle and Allen. At 5:30 the senate went into executive session
 The house continued consideration of the legislative bill the main fight being against the civil-service commission. Soon after 5 o'clock the house adjourned, after getting about half way through the bill.
 WHEN the senate met on the 24th Mir Aliens resolution declaring it is not the purpose Of the United States to restore Lilioukalani as queen of Hawaii etc., was discussed for awhile and "Shb OftI' NnCu utDdlt On tilC LdTli hdS Tt- sumed. Pending discussion an amendment of- feped by Mir. Allen CNeb) placing barb wire on the free list was accepted to the surprise of the senate. At o'clock the senate adjourned %. After routine business the house resumed con- sideration of the legislative bill When the bill was reported to the house the anti-dock- ing amendment was lost, also the amendment striking out the appropriation for the civil-ser- vice commission-the latter by large vote, and the bill passed. The house soon ad- journed
 THE senate consumed the morning hour on the 18th debating Senator Ryle's Hawaiian resolution during which Senators Harris (Tenn.) and Hoar (Mass.) crossed swords on the question Of senatorial courtesy, but the
 war was only one of words. The tarin bill was then taken up and as a coincident the rate of duty on shotguns was the first section that re- ceived consideration. After considering the
 bill until o'clock the senate went into execu- tive session At the close of the morning hour the house went into committee of the whole to consider private bills and thus continued un-
 til o'clock. The evening session was for con-
 sidering pension bills