The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-02-01
CONGRESS-.
Condensed Proceedings of the Senate and

House for the Past Week
 , hS senate was not ia session on the Y0th nrr 'n 'ne mousse met consideration of the tarin O"n SSs resumed Soon after o'clock the other latch of Hawaiian correspondence tha reaalng '1 which was listened to with much iu'eresI The message was referred Atb:m O0'oeN recess was taken until evening, when the tarin Dill was further considered.
 HE resolution of Senator Pener declaring % .n"l tne secretary Of the treasury had no right 10 issue live per cent bonds was debated in inc senate on the 2ld and finally went over witbont action A res lu ion in regard to civil service Ie'ortn Nas agreed to The federal elections repeal bill was informally laid aside at the re. quest ol Senator Pefier In executive e,sion the president sentin the nomination Of William IL FecRham, of New York for associate justice o' lhc supreme court and the senate soon ud. Iourheu ..,. The house had under consideration nll day inc sugar schedu,e of tho turir bill and the debate was prolonged, and after some wrang- Uhg, by vote of l5o Seas to GO nays the bounty ou sugar was abolished The bill was further debated at the night session.
 IN the senate tn the E3l Mir Turpic from the foreign committee, reported re olution that u Is unwise and incxpedicnt to consider at this time any project for the annexation of the Hawaiian islands and asked it's immediate con. slderation, but Mir, Teller objected and the resolution went over Senator Stewart spoke In favor Of Senator Pencr's resolution denying me right or the secretary of the treasury to Issue bonds. The federal elections repeal bill was taken up and Senator Wilson Ia) spoke against repeal Senator Chandler suggested that the bill go over until the first Monday in December, but the suggest ton was not accepted ana the senator spoke against the bill After some talk on the Ha aiian and other questions the senate adjourned. .. The house further con sluered the sugar schedule of the tarin bill and adopted the Warner amendment which aooiishes bounties on sugar and places 1t on the Tree list Voting on the various amendments was continued, the fight being on the coal and ron schedules, which was kept up into and dur ing the evening session at which the galleries were crowded.
 THE senate devoted an hour on the 24th to the discussion of the Hawaiian question At eo'clock the f deral elections repeal bill was taken up and Senator Lodge spoke against re. peal After some debate the bill authorizing the Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas City railroad to bridge the NeecAes and Sabine rivers in Louis lana and Texas passed Several other private bills passed and the senate adjourned. 10. .. The house continued consideration of the tarif Dill The debate was full of interest The sensational features of the debate were the op- position speeches of two democrats, BeltZ. hoover (Pa) and Denson (Ala), both of whom spoke against the bill and in favor of protec.
 
 amendments to the schedule defeated The committee of the whole rose and Mir. McMil. len brought forward the internal revenue bill containing the income tax feature A lively battle followed, the opponents of the income tax favoriug adjournment, but the motion was badly defeated and moment before the hour of recess Mr. McRi.len reported the revenue ouL The attendance Ut the evening session was small
 TIE senate held m uueventful session on tho Sth. Senator Allen (Neb) argued at length In favor of his resolution against the contem. plated issue of bonds and there was scatter Ing debate on the federal elections repeal bill After eulogies upon the late Representative Chipman. of Michigan, the euato adjourned Tee hruse further debated the tarin bill after inef7ectual attempts on the part of the democratic opponents of the bill to break a quorum Only one Smendmeut of importance 10 the bill was sddopted and that was the repeal of the reciprocity clause of the Mckinley law, by vote of l26 to Sa At the night session Q number of speeches were made for and against the bill
 THE senate on the 26,h devoted some time to the discussion of Senator Calls public land resolution and then debated the eecu n repeal bfll Senator Chandler again moved to post pone consideration of the bill until December, but met with defeat PepdIag debate on the bill the senate went into executive session and then adjourned until Monday ... Tao house re- sumed the tsrif debate with number of Now York democrats tlibusIeripg against the in- come tax proposition The resolution of Mir. Bailey tTex.) expressing 1t as the sentiment of the commiIne that the secretary Of the treas ury has no authority urd0r tae resumption act to use the proceeds of the sale of bonds to pay current expenses was fayorably reported from the judiciary committee