The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
CONGRESS.
The Weeks Procssdings Given in Con.
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densed Form.
 IN the senate on the 5th Mir. Hill (N. Y) con- tinued his speech against Mir. Peffers resolu- tion for Investigating the bond issues. MT. Pettigrew (S. D. supported the resolution. Some progress was made on the river and har- bor bill and Q number of pension bills were passed MT. Call (F'la) introduced resolu- tion, which was adopted, requesting the presi- dent to protest against the execution of Amer ican citizens captured on board the schooner Competitor by n Spanish gunboat. .. The house refused to accept the senate amendment to the naval appropriation bill reducing the number of battle ships from four to two and a further conference with the senate was ordered.
 AN agreement to vote the next day upon MT. PefYers resolution to investigate the recent bond issues was arrived at in the senate on the 9th. MT. Lodge got an amendment adopted that the investigation should be conducted by the regular finance committee. A difference of opinion developed between the two Florida senators as to the resolution asking the presi- dent to protest against the execution of Amer ican citizens taken on board the flibustering schooner Competitor by a Spanish gunhoat MT. Call thought the senate should act at once and Mr. Pasco said that Secretary Olney was doing everything possible in those kind Of cases. The resolution was referred. ... The house spent most of the day in passing private pension bills, [. being favorably acted upon in obS hours. A resolution was passed nmlu an outburst of applause from both sides of the house for final adjournment on May IS.
 IN the debate on Mir Peffer's resolution for Investigating the recent bond issues Mr. Palmer on the 7th referred to the inadequacies of the platform declarations of 1892 on the financial question, and referred to the conventions held last year at Pertle Springs, Mo, and Spring field, H., at which the democratic party was committed to silver, as snap conventions, This brought MT. Vest to his feet and he de- nounced fflce-holders for attempting to stihe and prevent the expression of the will of the people, and hinted that if the Chicago conven- tion declared for sound money he would not feel bound to abide by It's action. The bond resolution was then adopted by the decisive vote ofbi to 6. MT. Peffer presented petition from Indiana asking for the passage of 8 bill he recently introduced sorbidding the federal government to issue liquor license to any one who had not secured a state license. .. The net result of 3x hours session of the house was the passage of a bill to amend the act cre- ating the cour. of appeals so as to allow ap- peals from the supreme courts of the terri tories to the court Of appeals
 THE river and harbor bill was completed in the senate on the sth with the exception of the item for a deep sea harbor on the Pacific coast. the proposal for appropriating s3,09s,0)O for a harbor at Santa Monica bay exciting com siderable opposition from the California sena. tors, who think 1t is a Southern Pacific rail. road job.. The members of the house voted themselves $lC0 a month each for clerk hire during the recess by vote of l3) to l08 Sev. eral pension bills were passed, the evening session heinz dpyoted to pryate ones