The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21
CONGRESSIONAL. L.
The Proceedings of the Week Briefly
 Given,

THE senate on the 9th passed bill fixing the pay of railway postal clerks and classifying them into seven classes, with pay ranging from SSO0 to Sl ,800 After some minor business the tariff bill was further considered. .., The house held short sessiou and did practically no bus mess. The Indian bill was considered briefly.
 IN the senate on the 11th MT. Quay, on a ques- tion of privilege, denied certain newspaper stories of his connection with street railway deal in the District of Columbia and gave few important facts that gave rise to such news paper comment. He moved to refer the news paper article to the scandal committee, which was done and the tarin bill debated until adjournment. There was but little interest shown in the house proceedings. The day was claimed by MT. Heard for District of Columbia business, but quorum could not be kept in at tendance and legislation went to sleep.
 THE senate further considered the tarif bill on the 18th, if long-winded speeches might be called considering" Of the eight hours the senate was in session Mir Quay spoke four in continuation of his speech commenced five weeks previous, and which had already taken up four days. Mossrs. Pettgrew, Power and Pener also spoke. A resolution was introduced to bring Chapman the Wall street broker who refused to answer questions asked by the in- vestigating committee, before the senate for contempt and at o'clock the senate adjourned After passing a bill setting aside $l00,000 from the fund belonging to the estates of de- ceased colored soldiers for the purpose of erect ing in the District of Columbia national home for aged colored people, the house further considered the Indian bill.
 WHEN the senate met on the 18th Mir Per kins spoke briefly in defense of the late Sena- tor Stanford and defended him from the charge made by Representative Geary in connection with the Stanford university. A resolution of fered by Mir. Morgan calling on the secretary of the treasury for certain information in re- gard to gold receipts and bond issues was adopted. A resolution from Mir. Hoar was adopted calling upon the president for infor- nation as to whether certain foreign govern ments contemplated retaliation on account of the proposed imposition of a discriminating duty on sugar. Then the debate on the wool schedule of the tarifI bill was resumed .. The house disposed of several bills of a local na- ture and then took up the Indian appropria- bill which was under consideration at ad jOurnment
 THE senate on the lIth passed bill to pay Joseph Redfern, one of the Ford theater yic- tins, $2 74S: also bill to authorize the ap- pointment of women as public school trustees in the District of Columbia; also a bill for the development and encouragement of silk cul- ture, and then resumed consideration of the tarin bill, the wool schedule being discussed until adjournment .... The house had under consideration the Indian appropriation bill in committee of the whole, but did not complete it.
 WHEN the tarin bill was taken up in the sen ate on the 18th MT. Dolph spoke at length against free wool. The wool schedule occupied the attention of the senate all day. Every amendment offered was voted down. .. The house had the Indian bill under consideration all day and in the evening gave some attention to pension bills.