The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-24
CONGRESS.
Condensed Proceedings of the Senate ard
 House for the Past Week,

Condensed Proceedings of the Senate ard
 House for the Past Week.
 WHEN the hour arrived for the meeting ts the senate on the 18th, only four senators weIt in their seats and it was nearly half an hour be, fore quorum was obtained After some rou tine business the tarin bill was taken up and considered by paragraphs until adjournment. When the house met Mir. Ogden. elected from Louisiana to succeed Mir. Blanchard, was sworn in and after routine business the naval appropriation bill was considered in committee of the whole until adjournment
 AFTER one hour devoted to routine and other business of little importance the senate on the 14th entered upon the seventh week Of the tariff debate, the sugar schedule being under consider ation most Of the day. ... The house was engaged in District of Columbia business. A small sensation was brought about by Q negro man rising in the gallery and addressing the speaker and declaring that the Lord had directed him to appear and speak in favor of the Coxey bill The negro was elected and con- sideration of appropriation bills resumed
 WHEN the senate met on the 18th MT Allen (Neb) offered resolution calling upon the sec- retary Of the treasury for information as to ths total number of persons engaged in the pro. tected industries, and other statistics as to wages. the number of native citizens and aliens employed. etc. The resolution went over. The tarif debate was then resumed and Ill tuC hOuoO o bill was reported from the labor committee making labor day a national holiday The naval appropriation bill was then taken up and considered in committee Of the whole and at 2 o'clock the bill passed The remainder of the day was occupied in considering the agricult- ural bill
 IN the senate on the 18th Mir. Aliens resolu- tton calling upon the secretary of the treasury for information as to the number of persons tnl l..v,. Atttf md hty competition with the foreign laborers in the United States was discussed until l2 o'clock. MT. Lodge offered a resolution for the investiga- tion of charges made of ofiers to bribe senators, and the tarin debate was resumed At o'clock the senate went into executive session 70. The house passed the bill for the validation of affi- davits made before United States commission CTS in all land entries, and the labor committee reported the joint resolution for an investiga- tion of the industrial depression. The house then went into committee of the whole for the consideration of the agricultural bill. At 5 o'clock the committee rose and the house ad- journed.
 ON the 17th the senate had an interesting discussion upon the resolution of Mir. Lodge for an investigation of the charges of attempt ed bribery of senators by the sugar trust. Mir. Lodge spoke in severe terms about any att tempt to bribe senators and said the matter should be fully investigated. Other senators took part and several amendments made to the resolution by which it was made "veritable drag net" and as amended was adopted. It provides for committee of five senators to make a thorough investigation of the charges as well as reported efforts of any parties or corporations to attempt to influence tarin leg islation by bribery directly or indirectly. The vice president appointed Senatcr3 Cray, Lind say, Lodge, Allen and Davis as the committee. The tariG debate then occupied the senate un- til adjournment. In the house bill was fa- vorably reported for an inquiry into the feasi- bility of constructing ship canal from the Hudson river to the great lakes. The agricult- ural bill was further considered and passed and the house adjourned.
 THE senate continued the consideration of the tarin bill on the 18th without any flibuster- ing, an agreement having been reached that after Monday there should he longer daily ses- sions. At 4:50 o'clock, after adopting MT. Mor- gans resolution calling upon the attorney-gen- eral as to the existence of sugar trust the senate went into executive session ... The house had under consideration the legislative appropriation bill which was considered until recess. The evening session was devoted to pension bills and the house adjourned until Monday.