The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-01-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Proceedings of the Week Briefly
 

Iho NEocoouihbs o' Given.
 THE deadlock continued in the house on the 9th Mir. Boutelle renewed his filibustering tactics against the report Of the committee on rules having in view the immediate considera' tion of the tarin bill The refusal Of the re- publicans, populists and fifteen anti-tarin re-
 form democrats to answer to roll call prevent
 ed the friendS of the Wilson bill from securing a quorum, and finally after the adoption of a resolution ordering the arrest Of members ab' sent without leave the house adjourned. IN the senate on the sth Senator sherman presented petition from Ohio eX-soldiers ask | ing for an investigation of the pension bureau Senator Chandler introduced resolution or in- | qury as to the power Of the president to send agents or representatives to foreign nations. | The resolution had reference to the appoint | ment of Commissioner Blount 10 Hawaii This gave rise to a lengthy debate and the resolu' | tion was referred A resolution by MT. Turple l to the effect that it is unwise and inexpedient | to consider further at this time the treaty or project of annexation was laid on the table. No other business was transacted. %. The deadlock | in the house was broken by the appearance Of a quorum of democrats and the filibustering of Mr. B Itelle against the tariff bill ended The gentleman was vehement and persistent, but the tariff bill was declared before the house and MT. Wilson (W Va ], chairman of the ways and means committee addressed the house in l favor of the bill uLtil adIournment A night session was held at which e debate was con. tinued
 THE work of the senate on the 9th was de- cidedly tame. After passing several private bills an executive session was held and at o'clock the federal elections repeal bill was called up by Mir Gray. but was laid over until Monday. The senate soon adjourned %. The tariff debate was continued in the house. Mir. Wilson closed his speech in favor of the bill, and MT Burrows (Michj spoke for three hours in opposition. Gen Black (Ill ) replied to MT. Burrows, and Mir Hopkins tIll concluded the afternoon debate in q speech against the bill Debate on the bill was continued at the even- ing session
 THE event of interest in the senate on the 10th was the speech of Senator Davis (Minn in support Of the policy of non-interference in Hawaiian affairs. He favored ultimate annex alion as clearly a case of manifest destiny. In a speech on expenditures Senator German cre- ated somewhat of a surprise by introducing st tstics to show that during the past three years the total appropriations had exceeded the receipts of the government by sDO,OO,OJ0 After an executive session the senate ad- journed .... The tarid debate was continued in the house. MT Johnson (O), a large steel rail manufacturer, spoke in favor of the bill and especially for q reduction on steel rails, and against the steel rail pool In repl, to Mir. Dal- zell (Pa) Mir. Johnson produced document to show the pool or trust had offered one manu' facturer Sl,O0J q day to shut down and dis charge its men and gave another SsJ,p0l @ year to close down so to maintain high prices MT. Woomer (Pa and MT. Curtis (kan.) spoke against the bill The debate continued until 10 o'clock in the evening.
 THE Hawaiian controversy occupied the at tention of the senate on the llth Senator Davis (Minn) resumed his remarks in opposi- tion to the policy of the administration, and particularly in the appointment of a special commissioner by the president Other sena' tors spoke on the question Mir. Chandler, on behalf of the republicans, presented the minor. Ity report on the federal elections repeal biil, a d after an executive session the senate ad. journed ... The house was deluged with an. other flood Of ttrin oratOry. Messrs BrecEin. ridge (Ky). Richards O., HIrier (O) and Springer (Ill) spoke in favor of the bill and Messrs. Brossius (Pa) and Dingley (Me.) against it The debate continued at the even. ing session with only few members present
 BUT little was done in the senate on the 18th except in executive session The resolution of MT Allen (Neb,) asking the secretary Of the treasury to explain certain figures in his rep rt in regard to the evportltion of gold was adopt. ed and after an executive session the senate adjourned until MondaV.... Soon after the house met the tarifI debate was resumed MT Payne (N. I m de the leading speech against the bill and Mir. simpson (k n said he would vote for the bill although he objected to many features of 1t He raked over both the repub lican and democratic parties and created the sensation Of the day b. illustrating his remarks on the depora6le condition of the agricultural classes by displaying a dilapidated overcoat which he got from q farmer on the market place. He said he could duplicate 1t on the backs Of q million farmers in the country to- day. It was the product Of the Ameri an sys- tem Of protection. The debate continued at the evening session.