The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-11
CONGRESS.
Csndsnss6 Report ef the Past Weeks Pre- ftl ceodlnga.

CsndsussA Report of the Past Weeks Pre-
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 TIE senate on the 2d after further debating the anti-bond bill all day reached vote atseyen o'clock and 1t passed by 5. yeas to % nays. ID provides that Nhc issuance of ofinserest-bearing bonds of the United States for any purpose whatever without further authority Of con- gress, is hereby prohibited" Ten republicans i7 democrats and five populists voted for and i6 republicans and nine democrats voted against the bill After further debate Of the flled-cheese bill the senate adjourned ... The house unseated John J. Walsh (dem.), from the Eighth New York district. and seated ms republican opponent, John Nj. Mitchell. The rivers and harbors bill was passed over the presidents veto b, the decided vote of 20 yeas to 60 nays Thirty-nine democrats voted to override the veto and 2e republicans sustained the president The conference report on the naval bill was made, an agreement having been reached upon all items except the number or battle ships
 AFTER debate of three hours on the Ed the senate passed the rivers and harbors bill over the presidents veto by vote Of s6 yeas to D nays Those who voted to sustain the veto were Senators Bate. Clifton Hill, Smith and Villas, all democrats. partial conference re- port on the naval appropriation bill was made. The moticn by Mir Quay that the senate re- cede from it's amendment reducing the number of battleships brought on spirited debate. No final result was reached. The house worked all day clearing up business for final adjournment. A partial conference report on the general deficiency bill was agreed to and the report on the Murray Elliott contest case from South Carolina made. It fayors the seat ing of Elliott (colored,)
 THE senate held busy session on the ith. The filled cheese bill passed as it came from the house by g to i3 It taxes manufacturers of filled cheese s4O0 annually, wholesale deal CTS e25O and retailers tis. A long debate took place on the conference report on the naval appropriation bill MT. Quay's motion to re. cede on the battle ship disagreement was de- feated. The bill was sent back to conference ....The house. by n vote of l53 to B. decided against the claim of William Elliott. from the First South Carolina district. and gave the seat to George w. Murray Murray is col- ored man, and in the Fifty-First congress was seated in place of MT Elliott Contested cases occupied the remainder of the session.
 MR MoRSAN gave the senate a spirited re- vival Of the Cuban question on the !th, after which most of the day was spent in waiting for conference agreements on appropriation bills MT. Morgan urged the adoption of his resolu- tion calling on the president for information of the Americans taken on the Competitor and now under sentence of death at Havana Mir Morgan declared that congress should not ad- 1ourn without authorizing the president to send warships to Cuba to demand the release of the American prisoners On the suggestion of Mir. Sherman the senate went into secret session. where. after further argument by MT. Morgan. his resolution was placed on the calendar. ... The house considered election con- tests. and decided the Rinaker- Downing con- test from Illinois and Martin -Lockhart case from South Carolina against the sitting demo- crats. Rinakcr is a republican and Martin . republican populist