The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-26
CONGRESS.
Condensed Proceedings of tho Senate and
 House for the Past Week.

Condensed Proceedings of the Senate and
 House for the Past Week.
 IN the senate on the 14th Mir Allen (Neb.),
 on a question of privilege, severely denounced | the newspaper correspondents who had made certain accusations against him of late in con- nection with an alleged loss of temper on the
 senator's part in a committee room. The leg
 islative appropriation bill was then debated at some length but did not pass on account of the | disappearance Of a quorum The house did no business, a session being held merely for the delivery of eulogies upon the death of l Representative Houck, of Ohio After the adoption of resolutions the house adjourned.
 THE senate put in good days work on the | 18th and disposed of several appropriation bills. The legislative, executive and judicial and the District of Columbia bills were passed. The agricultural appropriation bill was about completed in committee of the whole. Only three more appropriation bills remain to be completed. The conference report on the mil- tary academy bill was agreed to and the house anti-option bill was referred to the agricul- ture committee .... The house by vote of l25 to P adopted MT. McCreary's resolution sus- taining the president in his action in suppress ing lawlessness during the strike. The re- mainder of the day was devoted to considera- tion of the Bailey bankruptcy bill The bill was ordered to third reading but before vote was reached on the passage the quorum disap- peared and the house adjourned.
 IN the senate on the 17th MT. Vests resolu- tion for an investigation into charges of
 favoritism in making awards at the recent worlds fair exhibition was referred After passing several local bills the senate resumed consideration of the agricultural bill MT. Hansbrough offered an amendment appropriat- ing ST 100000 for the destruction of Russian thistles. The amendment was adopted in com mittee of the whole by vote of 27 to 24. At "A 0di ha hpttc cd the Bailey bankruptcy bill by l27 to 8l and de- voted the remainder of the day to business re- ported from the judiciary committee. Two bills passed, one creating an additional circuit judge for the Eigth judicial circuit and bill making United States railroad corporations, for the purpose of jurisdiction, citizens of the states through which they pass or into which they go
 THE senate on the 18th passed the bill re- serving for ten years in each of the states OoO- 900 acres of arid lands. to be redeemed and sold in small tracts to actual settlers. The Indian appropriation bill was then debated at length. The item appropriating s1 ,09j,0 900 for educating Indians provoked a long discussion on the policy of giving money to Indian contract de- nominational schools. Mir Platt (Conn) and Mir. Gallagher (N. H.) opposed the policy of aiding sectarian schools and Mir Call (Fla.) favored the committee report, although he thought government schools should supersede sectarian schools. The item was adopted. The conference report on the naval bill was agreed to. The house passed bills to regulate enlist ments in the army; to authorize the board of managers of the soldiers home to transfer and maintain the inmates of any branch in case of emergency, and placing several officers on the retired list.
 MR ALLEN (Neb) introduced in the senate on the 18th n resolution making an inquiry as to the establishment of bureau Cor intelli- gence ofice) on Ellis island for furnishing in- formation to Italian or other immigrants rela- tive to employment After agreeing to the con- ference report on the diplomatic bill the Indian appropriation bill was taken up Mir. Voorhees, made report as to the conference on the tariff bill and the disagreement The Indian bill was then passed and the senate adjourned .... When the house met lively debate took place over the conference report on the tarir bill and 1t was again sent to conference. During the debate Chairman Wilson appeared for the first time since his illness and was received with loud applause. He spoke with much force against the senate amendments. The confer | ence reports on the naval and military academy bills were agreed to and the house soon ad- journed.
 THE senate held an exciting session on the | aoth. No business was transacted. but the de- l bate on the tarif bill and the disagreement of the conference was the liveliest the senate had | cApSEltuCcu ulhuy u luc speeches of the day were those of Senators | Hill and Vest (democratS). The former de- tended the president and the position assumed | by the executive in his late letter to Chairman | Wilson, and MT. Vest severely criticised the | president and defended the senate bill. Mir. | Smith (N. J) defended the senate bill. Mir. | Palmer (Ill) favored the senate bill because it | was the best that could be obtained under the | circumstances. but he would modify it. Mir. | Blanchard Ua) thought there had been bad | faith somewhere. At the close ot the debate | the senate adjourned until Monday. The | house disposed of a number of bills Most Of the | day. however, was devoted to the discussion of ] a resolution introduced by Mir. Tucker (Va.) to | amend the constitution bv taking away from | congress authority over the election of the . United States senators and empowering the 1 states to prescribe the times, places and man. ner of holding elections for senators. No vote was reached and the evening session was de- voted to pensions.
 Indian ''Tribes" and "Nations."