The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-23
WASHINGTON MATTERS.

WASHINGTON MATTERS.
 Appropriation Bills Will Have the Right of Way in Congrsss-McKinley and Reed
 Delegates-Other Items of Interest.
 WASHINGTON, April 20 The proceed.
 ings of the senate to-day probably will
 open with contest for right of way
 between the appropriations committee
 and the friends of the Peffer resolu-
 ton for au investigation of the recent
 bond sales. Senator Peffer is anxious
 not to antagonize the appropriation
 bills, but he thinks the debate on the
 bond investigation resolution could be
 concluded in another day or two. He
 has not yet decided whether he will
 yield to the entreaties of the appro-
 priations committee or allow the ques-
 ton to go to & vote. There are at least
 two or three days more of work on the
 Indian appropriation bill. The Indian
 bill will be followed by the naval ap-
 propriation bill and that by the sum
 dry civil appropriation bill, though
 neither may be reached this week.
 The programme for the coming
 week in the house is very unsettled.
 Mir. Henderson, chairman of the ju- dietary committee, has given notice
 that he will call up the bankruptcy
 bill for consideration on Wednesday and Thursday, but it seems likely he will be crowded out this week at least | First of all Mir. Cannon, chairman of the appropriations committee, is de-
 termined to push through the general deficiency bill, the last of the supply | bills, at the earliest moment, and as appropriation bills are privileged he can be kept out only by vote of the house. Mir. Pickler, chairman of the committee on invalid pensions, is very much in earnest in his purpose to
 bring in the general pension bill re- ported from his committee, and he in tends to press it at every opportunity. With this legislation also the members of the house are in sympathy. There arc in addition several contested elec- tion cases to be disposed of
 MKINLEY AND REED DELEGATES. WASHINGTON. April 20 20--Following is the present condition of the Mckinley vote, as given out by Gen. Grosvenor, including the full vote of Ohio and Indiana: Alabama, l2; Arkansas, l6; Florida, 8; Georgia, 10; Illinois, 10; Ir- diana, 30; Kansas, 20; Kentucky, II; Louisiana, 8; Maryland, 4: Minnesota, IS; Mississippi, IS; Missouri, Ia; Me- braska, 16; New Jersey. l6: New Mex ico, 4; New York, f; Ohio, 46; Okla homa, 4; Oregon, s; Pennsylvania, 9; South Carolina, 16; South Dakota, s; | Texas. l2; Virginia, 6; West Virginia, ,; Wisconsin, ;2+; Utah, 1; Tennessee, 10; North Carolina, 9; North Dakota, 6; total, ;375
 Mr. Aldrich, manager of the Reed campaign, gives out the following: ''The developments of the past week in the repu blican presidential contest | have resulted in no material change in | the relative standing of the leading notwithstanding the pre- | diction made by Gen. Grosvenor some | days ago, in which he said that during the week McKinley's strength would grow rapidly by the conventions in Kentucky, Nebraska and New Jersey. Of the twenty votes confidently counted upon by him in Kentucky, Gov. Bradley has captured 16 and the failure to instruct for Mckinley the is delegates elected from New Jersey was a significant disappointment. My last statement gave to Mir. Reed III dele- gates, to Mir. Mckinley l69 to all other 166, and 46 dou btful. In that table I credited Mir. Reed with two delegates, which, upon later information, I deemed it fair to place in the doubt column. With this single exception my figures of last week cannot be seriously disputed. A little calculation will disclose that of the GOA delegates elected to date Me. kinley has just about 35Is per cent If he continues at this rate to the end he will have have 325 votes out of a . total of BIS when the convention as- sem bles, or just about the nan ber that the friends of Mir. Reed and the other have conceded to him from I. the active commencement of the cam i. oaign." Mir. Aldr:eh gives Reed l2s :. delegates and Mckinley 2i4.
 THE ARBITRATION CONFERENCE.
 WASHINGTON, April 2O-The nation ll arbitration conference will hold a wo days session in this city during he coming week. beginning Wednes. lay. Between 300 and 400 written ac- eptances of the invitations to attend he conference have been received rom governors of states, judges, pub- icists, lawyers, leading business men, ministers of religion, philanthropists, ducators and other prominent citi. ems. They represent in all 3s states. t is expected that ex.Senator Ed. nunds, of Vermont, will be the per president of the conference.
 SATURDAYS HOUSE.
 WASHINGTON, April 20 In the house aturday Mir. Cannon reported the gen. ral deficiency, the last appropriation ill, and Mir. Hilborn Gal secured the assage of bill to establish a naval raining school on Goat island, in San francisco harbor. Eulogies were then aid to the memory of the late Repre-. ! fn ftxvn m