The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
CONGRESSIONAL.
Condensed Report of the Past Weeks Pro-
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 THE senate on the 2lst spent most of the day on the Indian appropriation bill the sectarian school question causing an animated debate' Messrs. Gallinger. Thurston and Teller oppos- ing and Messrs. Gray and Pettigrew support ing the amendment offered by Mir. Ceckrell, ex- tending for two yeaA the time for the entire abandonment of sectarian Indian schools. Final action was not taken Mir. Cannon spoke on his resolution for q ground map at Wash ington of the United States to cover 62i acres. It was referred to the committee on public buildings and grounds. The house unseated James c. Cobb (dem.). representing the Fifth Alabama district, and by vote of l2l to 45 seated Albert T. Goodwin (pop.), but the point Of no quorum being made the house adjourned with the final vote still pending.
 THE senate adopted Mr. Cockrells amend ment to the Indian bill on the :,2d, declaring the settled policy of the government to make no appropriations for sectarian schools after July l, 1898, thus giving two years to abandon the present policy instead of immediately. The president vetoed the bills to pension Charles F. Jones, photographer. and Nancy G. Allabach. The vetoes were referred to the pension committee. A bill was passed to or ganize Greer county and to continue the old officials until November: also one giving to residents of the county on March 10 l60 acres each and providing for homesteading the re- mainder ... The house entered upon the con- sideration of the general pension bill and MT. Pickler spoke for three hours in support of it MT. Goodwin (pop) was seated in the place of MT. Cobb (dem.) from the Fifth Alabama dis trict
 SEVERAL minor bills were passed at the opening of the senate on the 23d. including one authorizing bridge across the Missouri river at Boonville. Mo. Mir. Call gave notice that he would call up his resolution, directing the president to dispatch naval force to Cuba to protect American interests there, some other time. The Indian appropriation bill was then considered and finally passed. after which the sundry civil appropriation bill was taken up. ....The house adopted a motion calling on the secretary of state for all information relative to the arrest of Rev. Mir. Diaz in Cuba The consideration of the Pickler general pension bill was then resumed. Mir. Hepburn Ia.) giv- ing notice of an amendment instructing the pension office to construe pension laws liber- ally
 THE senate on the 2ith debated the sundry civil appropriation bill without completing it. MT. Peffer's resolution to investigate the re- cent bond issues was amended by the Kansas senator to meet the recent criticisms of Mir. Hill and then went over. MT. Dubois intro- duced bill to establish new regulations for forest reservations. ... The house consumed al- most the entire day in the discussion of the Pickler pension bill, the feature being the op- position of Mir. Connolly to the section Of the bill which granted pensions to confederate sol- diers who deserted and joined the union ranks 90 days before Lees surrender. At the even- ing session II private pension bills were favor- ably passed upon