Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-20
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From ALI Quarters.
GREAT ROW IN THE House
Mr.. BouteI|e's Privilege Was
Not Granted.
BANK DIRECTORS ARE ARRESTED.
Caught as They Were About
to Leave Town.
CONDITION OF ENGlAAD's NAVY.
Subject of Spirited Debate
i'm the House.
CONDITION OF EHGlAND's NAVY.
mR. B0UTELLE WAS ANGRY,

He Contended That His Privilege,
Question on the Hawaiian Matte
should Not be Referred to the Conn
mlttee on Foreign Affairs Til,
Speaker Was Obdurate and wouls
Not Grant Him ANY Point.
WASHINGTON, Dsc. 10. - Immediatel,
after the reading of yesterdays journal IL
the house Mr.. Breckenridge, dem, mad,
an attempt to bring up the urgent deficienc!
bill, but his motion to that effect wa
drowned in the storm of appeals for recog
milton which came from both sides of tn,
house.
Mr.. Cochran, dem. of New York, intro
duced his resolution which was printed
this morning relative to the Hawaiian revo
luton and calling for the appointment Of
| a special committee of ssven to investigat.
| the matter.
Mr.. Dlngley, rep. of Maine, asked sar
castically whether the gentleman from New
York proposed to investigate matter
which had occurred over a year ago and
| overlook more recent affairs.
Mr.. Cochran replied decisively that thai
was exactly what the gentleman from New
York proposed to do.
Mr.. Boutelle, rep. of Maine, had been de-
when the speaker finally recognized him,
| stated that he had a substitute resolution
to offer as an amendment to the one pre-
sented by Mr.. Cock1sn.
Mr.. Breckenridge, DEM, of Kentucky
raised the point of order that Mr.. Cock
rams resolution should be referred to the
committee on rules, as it provided for the
appointment of special committee.
The speaker sustained the point of order
and read from the rules to support his
decision.
Mr.. Boutelle again secured recognition
and offered his substitute resolution, which
was read Ut has also been printed and Ia
in general condemnation of the admins
tration policy.)
Mr.. Goodnight, dem, of Kentucky, i'm
mediately made the point of order that the
resolution was not privileged resolution
and consequently could not receive imme-
diate consideration.
Mr.. Breckenridge made the further
point that whether privileged or not the
resolution should go to the committee on
rules.
Mr.. Dingley, rep, of Maine asked soto
voce whether they (the republicans) were
to understand that nothing was privileged
unless it was presented by the other side
Mr.. Boutelle commended for the privileged
nature of his resolution and said that the
usage and rules of the house provide for
the immediate consideration of such priv
ileged questions.
The resolution introduced by him in
volved a question of the very highest
privilege that could be submitted to the
house. 1t was not question of personal
privilege; 1t was question of the privi-
leges of the house of representatives CO.
ordinate branch of the government of the
United States. 1t set forth the fact or the
allegation that the functions and preroga-
tives of the house have been invaded by
the executive branch of this government,
and hold, excepting alone resolution
for impeachment of the president, no ques-
ton can come before this house of higher
privileges than the resolution which have
presented.
The documents read at the desk yester-
day on their face and without resorting to
any strained construction, show that there
has been precipitated with a friendly
power situation in which to-day under
the instructions now in the possession of
the minister of the United States to that
country We may become complicated, or
may have already become complicated.
That minister may already have taken
suCu hctlOu 6b " Iuako WEI WIN CuaG COuu-
try. From all we know the armed forces
| of the United States may be to.day ar.
| rsyed against friendly country, with
which the people of this country over
whelmingly sympathize. While that
| mans public Instructions were to present
to the president of the provisional govern.
ment the assurance of the good will and
| sympathy of the people and government
Of the United States, we find that he has
| secret instructions to report to whom! TIC
the queen. The president of the United
States insists on recognizing the deposed
l queen.
| Mr.. Goodnight, dem. of Kentucky, made
| the point of order that the gentleman was
not combining himself to the privileged
| question.
The speaker sustained the point, and
Mr.. Boutelle promised to keep within the
limits of the rule of the house
Mr.. Boutelle then continued his remarks
and said that 1t was the duty of the United
States at the earliest possible moment t.
disavow the situation in which it wal
placed and which was calculated to brins
1t into disrepute and contempt with othel
countries.
II care not" said Mr.. Boutelle, "fron
whom the usurpation emanates. I car
not whether 1t was organized by renegade
plause on republican side.
The speaker again called the attention o
Mr.. Boutelle to the necessity of keepin,
within the bounds of a privileged ques
ton.
Mr.. Boutelle again promised that b
would endeavor to be circuruspect. 81
then asked the speaker whether resolu
ton of impeachment would be privileges
question.
The speaker said 1t would and then con
tinued: "The chair Is not entirely clea
on the subject, but will hold with the gen
tleman from Maine as to the privilege @
his resolution, and as suggested by tn
gentleman from Kentucky Goodnight
will refer 1t to the committee on foreig
affairs"
Mr.. Boutelle replied, In q tone of dii
appointment: 81 rose to question of tn
highest privilege, and the question is II
ferred to q committee. In the history o
this house are repeated instances whel
resolutions of this kind have been presen
ed and have been Immediately acted upo
by the house. Its reference to the con
mittee on foreign affairs will result in II
being smothered."
, The speaker: although question ma
. be privileged, yet If there is an exprel
| rule of the house which declares that
must be referred to one of the committee
the chair is of the opinion that 1t must {
to that committee"
Mr. Boutelle continued to contend fl
the immediate consideration. He objecte
to its committsl on the plea that 'its re
erence will destroy the very object of Il
resolution"
The speaker was obdurste. He sal
"There Is no question of higher pri7ile,
than the right of q member to his seat, y
the rules provide that resolutions as to &
| right of q member to his seat must be ]
ferred to the committee on elections.
there were nothing in the rules providil
for the reference of the resolutions to
committee then 1t would be in order
move its consideration by some spec
committee. The resolution of the gent
man refers to our foreign relations, q
n there g q rule that all matters relah
" to our foreign affairs must be referred
er the committee on foreign affsirs."
Mr.. Boutelle quoted as a precedent
his resolution an incident which occur
in 1862. The battle of Balls Bluff in viii
disaster overlook the Union arms, had j
been fought and q resolution of inqu
was introduced In the house by Ros
Conkling and directed to the president
/. the United States, who referred 1t to
ia secretary of war, Simon Cameron.
Conkling stated that 1t was q question
n privilege and that the house was EMIT
u to the Information. The replies of
fsecretsry of war and of the adjutant 2
eral were read, but Mr.. Conkling said {
the answer was not responsive and
manded that the secretary make ansy
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