The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-16

| he was too good looking 10 be taken for
a Democratic statesman and therefore
felt obliged on all occasions to keep up
the assurance OF Democratic party or
thodoxy After all this came the Deus
| ex machina. the gentleman from Jndi-
ana, undertaking to start the reform ma
chinery bv protestations; undertaking to
deal with public affairs as If they were a
| Nickel in the Slot Machine.
and even then attempting to cheat the
machine by dropping in a bogus nickel
[Laughter.]
Mr.. Boutelle inveighed against the
! Democratic party for its lack of patriot
ism, saving that in the last six months he
| had heard only of one patriotic remark
| being made by Democrat. That Demo-
| crat was the estimable wife of the pres
ent governor of New York. That lady,
| on visiting the Executive Mansion, al
luded to the necessity Of refurnishina the
house. She had said it was not neces-
sary in order to put the mansion in order,
to 90 beyond the confines of the Ameri-
can republic. [Applause on the Repub-
lican side. She had further said, that,
in order to buy her daughters trousseau,
she found little occasion to go beyond
the shops of Watertown. When the
firms there did not have the article called
for, she would buy them of the manufac-
turers or importers. At the word ssim-
porters," the Democrats burst into
laughter as if the lady's remark strength
ened the Democratic view of the situa-
ton.
Mr. Boutene Quoted Mrs. Flower
as saying that she had yet to find bet
ter and cheaper place in which to shop
than American stores. Applause on
the Republican side. Mr.. Boutelle
read an editorial from a New York paper
calling attention to the immense export
of merchandise from this country during
the three months ending November 80
last, and saying that $50 far as money
making goes, there is no visible reason
why the United States should not have a
happy new year" And, continued MI.
Boutelle, the only people in the United
States today who fail to unite in the aspir-
alton are those who claim to be the lead
ers of the Democratic party, and / will
say to them that the people of this great
country are going to have a happy and
prosperous new year in spite of the DEM
ocratic party, the gentleman from In
diana, Mr.. Holman], and his slot ma
chine. Applause on the Republican
side.
MI Enloe of Tennessee said he had en-
joyed the spectacle of yesterday and the
harmless debate of today much better
than he enjoyed seeing the representa-
tives of the people
Marched Out of the Hall,
twelve months ago by a gentleman from
Maine Mr.. Reed]. If Mr. Boutelle had
read the story farther, he would remem-
Der Tat after time the students had
overturned the administration and, TAX
ing the long spoon, compelled Mrs.
Squeers to take the birthstone herself.
Twelve months ago, the Republicans had
compelled the Democratic party to take
birthstone and treacle, but the people
.533stration. and The
Democratic party was 81 g -
stone to the Republicans. Laughter].
Mr.. Boutelle should tell where the last
set of china bought for the Whito House
had come from, and whether it was not
of foreign manufacture. Laughter on
the Democratic side
A Republican member, rising to a
point of order that Mr.. Enloe was not
addressing himself to the question, Mr..
Enloe expressed the hope that the pre-
siding officer would allow him to flap his
wings little. In the last Congress, the
Gar had cut them off with hatchet,
and he had to go to his own state to
seek that freedom of debate which be-
longed to an American citizen.
Debate Shut Off.
Although Mr.. Raines of New York, at
this point, was seeking, the floor, Mr..
Rusk of Maryland, demanded the previ-
GUS question.
Mr.. Reed of Maine-"Is the effect of
that to cut off debate?'
The Speaker pro tenl-"That is the eff
feet"
Mr. Reed, dryly-"We shall have to go
to our own states in order to have that
freedom of debate which belongs to an
American citizen" Laughter.
The minority substitute, providing for
"a clerks, was defeated; yeas, "a; nays,
164, andlthe majority report which pro
.yldes for 81 clerks was agreed to.