The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-02-14
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Weeks Proceedings In Condensed
 Form.

The Weeks Proceedings in a Condensed
 Form.
 THE senate spent the whole day on the 2d further considerin!, the District of Columbia bill During the debate Senators Hale, Chan dler and Aldrich made speeches denying cur rent reports that senators were purposely de- laying appropriation bills in order to cut of financial legislation, and declared that repub- lcan senators stood ready to advance such leg- islation. The senate adjourned at 4:25 o'clock ....The house further considered the Pacific railroad bill. The amendment was adopted that no dividends should be paid until the gov- ernment had been fully paid. proposition to compromise the government claim (aggregat- ing $l3OO)0,OoO) for 900 was defeated The bill was finally recommitted by the sur- prising vote of IT to l08, which virtually kills it, The house passed the senate bill reviving the grade of lieutenant-general in the army for the benefit of Gen. Schotield and soon ad- Journed.
 THE senate further considered the District of Columbia bill on the 4th. Secretary Car lisle submitted a letter of information in an- swer to a resolution previously adopted in which he stated that from estimates made up- on the basis of laws now in force it is believed that for the twelve months ending December 8l, 1895, the revenues of the government from all sources will exceed ordinary expenditures by S22,563023. The house bill to establish a national military park at Gettysburg, Pa., passed, and a resolution adopted calling on the railroad commission for certain information in regard to Canadian Pacific contracts with American lines The attempt in the house to pass an omnibus bill for the payment of claims for supplies contiscated from loyal peo- pie in the south during the war, amounting to S7l8663, was defeated The agricultural bill then occupied the remainder Of the session. It was finally passed and the Hawaiian corre- spondence laid before the house. Adjourned.
 SOMEWHAT of f1utter was created in the senate on the 5th by fusillade of sharp words between Senators Harris tTenn.) and Mitchell (Ore.). MT. Mitchell wished to make a report upon a sugar bounty bill to which MT. Harris objected and the matter led to harsh words; otherwise 1t was harmless. After disposing of minor subjects the District of Columbia bill was finally passed and the consular and diplo- matic bill made the next order of business .... In the house debate on the administration bill to authorize the issue of s5OO O)O OOO gold bonds for the purpose Of retiring the legal tender and treasury notes, was commenced and continued six hours. Pending debate the house ad- journed.
 WHEN the senate met on the 9th Clarence D. Clark, the new senator from Wyoming. was sworn in which eliminated the democratic ma jority. The resolution of MT. Pefer was agreed to calling on the secretary of the treasury for u from the sale of bonds Debate then followed on the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill The Hawaiian provision led to a colloquy between Senators Hale and Allen, in which the latter favored government ownership of railroads, telegraph lines, etc, which was com battei by Mir. Hale, and this led to general debate on the constitutional right of the gov- ernment to own or construct railroads and other lines. At 5:25 the senate adjourned .
 
 tion currency bill At o'clock the house, in committee of the whole, began voting on amendments. The committee on banking and currency sustained two defeats, two of the amendments proposed by that committee being voted down. They were the amendment pro- posing to strike out the section providing for the payment of customs duties in gold, which was allowed to stand amended so as to make them payable in gold and silver. and that com polling national banks to carry their reserve in gold and silver coin. Mir. Bland offered a substitute which was ruled out. Mir. Bland appealed from the ruling which was pending when the house adjourned.
 THE proceedings of the senate were of little interest on the 7th. The president submitted report in response to the Aldrich resolution of January l6, giving the correspondence with Germany and other foreign countries concern ing the effect Of the present tariff law on the
 
 tries. The Hawaiian cabEe project was further discussed, but no conclusion reached. Messrs. Mitchell and Harris made apologies for their recent scrap and the senate adjourned The absorbing subject in the house was the administration bond bill The final considera- tion of the bill occupied the attention of the house from II to 3:3O o'clock Mir Reeds amendment for issuing coin bonds was lost: also the Bell amendment making the bonds ln1 in gilt 0f1A ernlI Rvn1 1l,. voted for the bill, but explained his vote When the bill came up for third reading inter- est was at the boiling point, and as the vote proceeded every one watched the result with the keenest anxiety At the conclusion of the roll call the vote stood l3i votes for the bill and l6l against The defeat of the bill was greeted with cheers and other manifestations of pleas- ure by its opponents Mir Springer moved to reconsider the vote by which the third reading was refused and upon Mir Hatch's motion the motion to reconsider was laid on the table and the bill was dead The house adjourned at 6:25 o'clock.
 THE blizzard and prevailing snowstorm kept senators and visitors from the capitol on the sth and when the senate met the attendance was small MT. sherman offered a bill appro- prating sIO0JJ u be :lnIic tsly available for the relief of the needy of the District oi Colun- bia, which was passed without debate. A mes- sage from the president on the bond question was received and referred, and routine busi- ness resumed. The Hawaiian matter was again up for debate during which the oficial papers in regard to late death sentences were read. The senate was clearly in favor of inter- vention by the government. ... In the house the presidents bond message was received and promptly referred. A message was also re- ceived from the president giving the latest phase of affairs in Hawaii After some debate it was referred to the foreign affairs commit tee The senate bill providing for the imme- diate relief of the suffering poor of the District Of Columbia was passed. After passing about a dozen pension bills the house adjourned.
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