Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-01-05
DEMOCRATS NOT PRESENT
CONsE THE HOUSE
DOES NOTHING
The De mOcrats Could Have
Quorum And Introduce The
Tariff BilI, Hut Some of Them
Are Out I.Oaiing Apparently.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Sin the House
today there was large attendance in
the galleries. No sooner had yesterdays
Journal been read than Boutelle was on
his feet putting questions to the Speaker
as to what had become Of his privileged
resolution in relation to Hawai-. The
Speakers replies were not satisfactory
to Mr.. Boutelle who continued to press
his point and was fiually ignored by the
Speaker, who recognized Mr.. Catchings.
to present report from the committee
on rules.
The report provides for sessions begin
hing at II O'Clock; that immediately
after the call of the committees each
day the House shall 90 into a committee
OF the whole to consider the tariff bill;
that general debate shall close January
10th; that the bill shall then be open to
amendment. The previous question on
the bill and amendments shall be ordered
at noon January 20. Provision is made
for night sessions.
When the rules were read Mr.. Bur.
rows. member of the committee on rules.
raised the question OF consideration, but
the Speaker decided that the question Of
consideration could not beraised against
the report OF the committee on rules.
Mr.. Boutelle said he would appeal from
that decision, but the Speaker declined
peremptorily to entertain an 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 author.
lied to report code of rules for the
House. That point was also ovcrruled
by the Speaker on precedents heretofore
established
This matter having been disposed Of
Mr.. Boutele demanded that the Speaker
should inform him under what rule the
Speaker had declined to entertain his
appeal, and was told very pointedly
that it was not the duty of the chair, or
demand or request of the gentleman
from Maine, to furnish him with any
information. The Democrats applaudcd
this remark, but Mr.. Boutclle persisted
that it was his privilege to make thu
point of order. The Speaker brushed
aside this demand and put the question
of ordering the previous question on thu
adoption of the report OF the committee
on rules. On a standing vote there wer.
but 13S affirmative votes and no mega
tive ones. Then the yeas and nays wer'
called, and this resulted in q DISCLOSURE
of the absence of a quorum-every Rc
publican declining to answer and on
populist voting no. The result, as an
nouuccd, was: Yeas, 100. nays |. min
less than quorum. A call OF the llous
was then ordered.
The call of the House was Responded
to jy 273 members; and the question
.. all further proceedings unde
: the call should be dispensed with wa
put by the Speaker who announced tn
result as yeas 1+l, nays 40. But Rec
thought that the vote had better b
taken by tcllers; and he and MIR. Catch
ings conducted the vote which was sum
med up as 1875 to 10.
!; AS the vote did not require quorur
further proceedings under the call ser
!, dispensed with, and then another al
tempt was made to get an effective vot
by yeas and nays on seconding the pre-
vious question Oh the report of the con
mittee on rules, but this failed, the vot
: falling short of quorum by 10. No h
publicans voted, and the Democrat
x mustered only 1863.