The Portland daily press., 1894-01-06
THREW UP THE SPONGE.
Mr.. Catchings Gave 1t Up and the House
Adjourned.

THREW up THE SPONGE.
Mr.. Catchings Gave 1t Up and the House
Adjourned.
Washington. January 5.-No sooner
had yesterdays journal been read in the
House today than Mr.. Boutelle was OIL
his feet putting questions to the Speaker
as to what had been come of his privi-
legged resolution relating to Hawaii. The
Speaker replies were not satisfactory to
Mr.. Boutelle, who continued to press his
point and was finally ignored by the
Speaker.
The Speaker recognized the gentleman
from Mississippi, (Mr. Catchings) and
directed the clerk to read the resolution
he offered. 1t is as follows:
Resolved, That after the passage of
this resolution, the House shall meet at
II am. Beginning today, without any
intervening motion except on conference
reports and reports from the committee
on rules, the Journal shall be read;
business under clause 1, rule "a, shall be
disposed of, the Speaker shall call the
committees tor reports, and then the
House shall resolve itself into commit
tee of the whole on the state of the union
for the consideration of House bill 4S14
General debate on the said bill shall be
limited to the hour of adjournmentson
the tenth of January. On the eleventh
of January, present, the said bill shall
be read through and shall, from day to
day, be open4t to amendment in any part
thereof On the 25th of January at
noon, the said pill. with all the amend
ments recommended by, or which may
be pending. in, the committee OF the
whole, shall be reported to the House;
and the previous question shall then be
considered ordered utol the pending
amendments and the bill. Beginning
Monday, at s. 80 each day the House shall
take recess until eight in the evening,
the session to be devoted to general de-
bate on the said bill only. General leave
to print remarks on the said bill is here
by given. Without other motion,
on January 25th vote shall
then be taken on the pending
amendments, on the engrossment and
third reading, on a motion to recommit
with or without instructions, should
such motion be made, on the final pas
sage of the bill, and on motion to re-
consider"
When the order was read Mr.. Burrows,
mem Der OF the committee on rules raised
question of consideration; but the
Speaker decided that question of con-
sideration could not be raised against
report of the committee on rules.
Mr.. Boutelle said he would appeal from
that decision, but the Speaker declined
peremptorily to entertain the appeal.
Mr.. Burrows, however, proceeded to
argue that, as the matter had not been
specially referred to the committee on
rules, that committee was not authorized
to report code of rules for the House.
That point was overruled by the
Speaker, on presidents heretofore estab-
lished.
That matter having been disposed of
Mr.. Boutelle demanded that the Speaker
should inform him under what rules the
Speaker had declined to entertain his
appeal, and was told very pointedly that
it was not the duty of the Chair on the
demand or request Of the gentleman
from Maine, to furnish him with infor-
nation. -
The Democrats applauded this remark.
but Mr.. Boutelle, persisted that it was his
privilege to make the point of order.
The Speaker brushed aside this de-
mand and put the question on ordering
the previous question on the adoption Of
the report of the committee on rules.
On standing vote there were but 1888
affirmative votes and no negative ones.
Then the yeas and nays were called.
The yea and nay vote disclosed no
quorum and call Of the House was or
dered. The call was responded to by 273.
Then the question as to whether all
should be dispensed with was put by the
Speaker, who announced the result as
yeas, .l44; nays, 49,, but Mr., Reed of
Maine, thought the vote had better be
taken by tellers. and he and Mr.. Catch
ings conducted the VOTE which was
summed up as 1876 to 10. As the vote did
not require a quorum, further proceed
ings under the call were dispensed with;
and then another attempt was made to
get an effective vote by yeas and nays on
securing the previous question on the re-
port of the committee on rules. This
second vote on seconding the previous
question on the report of the committee
proved to be as abortive as the first,
falling short of quorum by ten. No
| Republican voted; and the Democrats
| only mustered 169
MT. Catchlngs again moved call of
the House, and on this question Mr.. Reed
again called for division, stating, sotto
voice, All we need is mathematics. !"
The motion of Mr.. Catchings was agreed
to, 104, yeas to 81 nays. This call showed
the presence of 257 members.
Mr.. Catchings again moved to dispense
with further proceedings under the .call
and this was ordered after short Skin
mish led by Mr.. Burrows. The motion
to adopt the previous question required
and the roll was again called. But 1854
members voted, against 169 on the second
6Au HfSb. uI OdUCuln&S again moved q
call of the House, which showed the
presence of 81 members. 1t was ordered
that further proceedings under the call
be dispensed with. The question required
on Mr.. Catchings's motion to order the
previous question, and fourth roll call
resulted-yeas, 156; nays. 0.
Mr.. McMillin, Democrat of Tennessee
asked that the names of those voting be
read, which was done. His purpose
doubtless was to call attention to those
who refrained from voting.
Mr.. Catchingss threw up the sponge.
| and at $50, at his instance, the House
| adjourned until tomorrow.
Ten Months Duty for Life Savers
Washington, January ga favorable
report was ordered from the House COM
mecre committee this morning on the
| bill to extend the term of service of
| members of the life saving corps on the
Atlantic coast. The present term extends
from Septem Der to May. The purpose