Evening journal., 1894-01-23
BOUTELLE AND CRISP.
Lively Tilt Between the Speaker
and the Maine Congressman.
HOUSE ADJOURNED IN A TAEeLE,
amendments to Retain the Sugar Tarin
aud tho Bounty Beaten - Wheeler H..
Psokham's Appointments --,An Appeal
From Hawaiinus.


Psokham's Appointments IAN Appeal |
From Hawaiinus.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. % The proceedings |
IN the house were full Of surprises. BY a |
special arrangement agreed upon last Fri. |
day three hours were given for the consid. |
Grafton of the sugar schedule, but the en-
tire day was consumed on this subject, |
barring three-quarters Of an hour taken mp
10y the readingo of the Hawaiian correspond. |
euce and when a recess was taken the
house was in parliamentary tangle such
a old members have not seen for years,
and two Of the vital propositions relating
"a SUGAR were suspended, like Mohammed's
coffin, between heaven and earth.
The Louisiana delegation aud those
Democrats who are opposing the income
tax proposition made strong appeal for a
duty on sugar, claiming that it was a rev.
enue article and that the Democratic plat
form demanded that it should bear its bur
den of taxation. The Republicans gener-
ally, especially those from Nebraska and
other sorghum or beet sugar producing
states, supported the bounty proposition of
tie Mckinley law.
When the vote came, the radical Demo
crGts were triumphant and the sugar men
hopelessly beaten at every point The
amendments to place a duty on sugar
were defeated, and an amendment to abol-
ish the entire sugar bounty was carried by
a vote of 1856 to GO. Some of the Republic
ans voted with the radical Democrats upon
this proposition. Later on the Republic
ans also voted with them to place refined
sugar upon the free list
Adjourned In a Tanglc.
| When the house adjourned, there was
pending an amentment by Mr.. Robertson
TO place upon all sugars testing by the
polariscope not above IS degrees cent per
pound and for every additional degree
3-100 cent additional, and upon all sugars
above 10 Dutch standard an additional
duty Of $50 cent per pound, to which the
committee had added Mr.. Warmers amend
ment to abolish the duty on refined sugar.
The effect Of the adoption Of the PROPOSE
tion as it stood was the subject of such a
diversity of opinion that the adjournment
was had TO give the parliamentarians a
chance to examine into the matter.
| Different views existed on both sides of
the house. Speaker Crisp, Mr.. Richardson,
chairman of the committee Of the whole,
and the Republicans generally believed
that the effect of the adoption Of the prop
Osition would be to place raw sugar on
the dutiable list and refined sugar on the
free list, while Mr.. Reed, Mr.. Blanchard
and others were Of the opinion that'the
| Warner amendment served to vtiate the
substance of Mr.. Robertson's amendment
and the adoption Of the proposition would
ba to leave both raw and refined sugar
upon the free list.
Il is probable that a way out of the tan
gle will be found by motions TO reconsider
the vote by which the Warner amendment
was adopted and that the two propositions
will then be modified SO as TO permit sep
arate vote upon each.
A Scene Ia the House.
After the reading of the Hawaiian CORE
spondence Mr.. Boutelle rose and demanded
recognition on n point Of order. He charged
that il was apparent from the-uhree success
sive messages sent to the house that th
D government was engaged in fomenting in
D surrection in a country with which tn
United States was at peace.
He desired to call up his privileged reso
8 luton. Hot words between Mr. Boutell
: and the speaker followed. Mr.. Hatch aske,
that Mr. Boutelle's words be taken down
: and Mr.. Boutelle was ordered TO take hi
/ seat.
: He refused to do so, and the sergeant-at
3 arms, with the silver mace, was called upol
20 support the speakers authority. Grea
D excitement followed The rule was read
L and then the speaker recognized motion
Q to resume the consideration Of the tarii
e bill.
d On a division Mr.. Boutelle made tn
point Of no quorum. The Republicans re
c fused TO vote on Boutelle's point Of no quo
n rum. Tellers were appointed, and for
z quarter Of an hour it looked as though "A
J. quorum could be found and that the tarii
70 debate would be suspended for the frs
time since it began. Committee rooms
% restaurants and lobbies were called on fo
e members, and Chairman Wilson was fina
{, ly able TO go ahead with a bare quorum.
y Civil service In the Senate.
The civil service law again came in fc
6 its quota of criticism in the senate, an
'e late in the session Senator Peffer, the POI
ulist senator of Kansas, sought in a Ion
argument to show that the proposition
the secretary of the treasury to Issue Uni
ed States bonds is directly without autho
vs ity in law.
= At the conclusion of Senator Petfer's r
marks the discussion quite naturally r
verted to the silver question, in whiC
rs Senators Allison, Teller, German and ot
1T ers all took part. The resolution wei
~ over to future date when Senator SteN
4 art will make some remarks on the subjec