The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-08
The House Condemns His Actions at
Hawaii.

Washington, Feb. by a vote of
us to 81, the House, today, adopted
the resolution condemning Minister
Stevens and sustaining the Hawaiian
policy of Cleveland.
The Republicans filibustered against
it to the end.
Upon the first vote the resolution
was carried-174 to Sand an interest
ing parliamentary question was raised
as to whether III, instead of 179, was
not quorum.
Four seats being vacant on account
of deaths, the speaker held that a ma
jority Of the members chosen and liv-
ing constituted a quorum, quoting in
support of his position a review of
the subject made by the ex-speaker of
the Fifty-first Congress. His position,
however, was warmly assailed by
some Democratic members, and it was
finally agreed to take the vote over
again, so the ruling was eventually
! withdrawn.
Boutelle's resolution was defeated by
a strict party vote.
After the voting upon the resolution
had been completed, Bland made an
attempt to get up the bill for the coin
age of the silver seigniorage.
The eastern Democrats, led by Ira
cey and Cochran, inaugurated a fill
buster, in which they were Joined by
majority of the Republicans, al
though few of the latter indicated
by their votes that they favored the
consideration of the bill, and for four
hours Bland and the remainder Of the
Democrats were held at bay.
Finding it impossible to secure a
quorum to proceed with the consid era
ton of the bill, ard that the House
might be sdead-locked indefinitely up
on the proposition, Bland directed his
efforts towards securing the adoption
of a. resolution to revoke all leaves of
absence and to instruct the Sergeant
alarms to arrest absentees.
/ After a persistent struggle. which
! lasted till Z o'clock, Bland was success
| full and the resolution was passed. In
order to make it still more effective,
! the order was made a continuing one
until vacated by the House.
Immediately on the announcement
of the vote on the passage of the Nc
Creary resolution, Bland called up the
treasury to coin the silver 5eiSniOrage
and moved that the House go Into
committee of the whole for its cOnsid-
Grafton.
Tracey Democrat, of New York
raised the question Of consideration.
Springer made the point of order
that the question was a contradiction
and could not be raised.
The speaker sustained the point
explaining that the opposition to con
Isidering the bill would be subserved by
voting against motion to go into
committee of the whole
The motion to go into committee OF
the whole was lost for lack of {
lquorun-160 to Z.
Some eastern Democrats Joined the
great bulk of Republicans and refused
to vote.
On motion of Bland a call of the
House was ordered. The call developed
the presence of 245 members.
Proceedings under the call were dis
lpensed with and Coombs DemocraD
Iof New York, moved to adjourn.
This being defeated without division
the vote required on BANDS motion t
Igo into committee of the whole 1t re
sulted 154 to 4. Still no quorum.
Coombs moved to adjourn.
Carried, on a rising vote-104 to 10.
Bland was however, resolved to con
tinue the fight, and demanded the aye
land nays.
The House refused to .adjourn-S7 t.
49,
Bland then moved call of tn
House. Carried
Tracey demanded the yeas and nays
The call was ordered-127 to &c.
Wise DemocraD, of Virginia, move,
to adjourn and another roll call fol
lowed. Roll call followed roll call il
quick succession, each succeeding cal
developing the fact that members wer
slipping away, but at last Bland wa
successful in passing the resolution re
voling all leaves of absence and in
jstructing the sergeant-at-arms to TAX
into custody the absent members an
bring them to the bar of the House. /
order to make the resolution more eff
fective, it was made a continuing orde
until vacated by the House.
At o'clock the House adjourned.