St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-09
DEADLOCK is BROKEN
Democrats Secure a Quorum
in the House.
Mr.. WILSON'S OPENING SPEECH
On the Great Tariff Reform
Bill
MAKES a DEEP LMPRESSIOK
MAKES A DEEP MPRESSIOK
Boutelle Denounees Cleveland
in Bitter Terms
FOB HIS HAWAIIAN POLICY

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Ihe debate on
the Wilson bill is at last under way.
After deadlock of four days the DEM
ocrats, with the aid of warrants to ar
rest abSentees, succeeded today in mus
terlng quorum, and the obstruction
which the non-yoting Republicans, Pop
ulists and diSgruntled Democrats placed
in the path Of the tariff debate last week
was forced aside. A sharp tilt with Mr..
BoutelIe over the Hawaiian matter and
Il lively debate over the adoption of the
special order fixing limits of debate
preceded Mr.. Wilson'S opening speech.
The chairman of the ways and means
committee began at 3:15. and after
speaking an hour and half was so ex-
hausted that he asked the indulgence
OF the house to complete his remarks
tomorrow. His speech evidently made
a deep impression. The evening session
was devoted to general debate on the
bill.
AS soon as the reading of tine journal
had been completed, the speaker recOg-
nlzed Mr.. Catchings to call up the re-
port from the committee on rules. Mr..
Boutelle was on his feet demanding
recognition to call up the resolution tc
the effect that the presidents Hawaiian
policy had invaded the rights and dig
mites of the house. The speaker was
disposed to ignore him, as ne had done
on two previous days, but this morning
Mr.. Boutelle made the poiut of order
that the speaker in attempting to give
precedence to a report from the commit.
tee on rules over
QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE
himself invaded the privileges, dignity
and honor of the house. and that this
point having been made, the question
must be submitted to the house itself to
determine whether its privileges had
been absolutely abrogated. The start
ling nature of this point Of order caused
the greatest excitement and confusion.
Members crowded down about the
speakers roStTum. Mr. BoutelIe went
on in fierce tones to cite a decision of
Speaker Carlisle in the Forty-ninth con-
gress, when, the point OF order having
been made that the honor, dignity and
privileges were being invaded, he de-
clded that it was not ques.
ton for the chair to determine,
but for the house. Under the rule to
which he referred. and the ruling he
had cited. Mr.. Boutelle insisted that his
point of order should be submitted d.
rectly to the house. 1t was notorious,
he went on holly, that this question
which had to be before the house was
essential to its dignity. The fragrant
acts committed by the executive abroad
were known to every member, and it
was also known that the presidents
disgraceful policy had eliminated. The
house could not afford to disregard this
fundamental question.
At this point Mr.. McMillin vainly at
tempted TO call Mr.. Boutelle to order,
but the gentleman from Maine con-
tinued more impetuously than ever. IF
my point of order does not intervene"
he proceeded to say, ''the Il these pro-
ceedingS can bar out even
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS;
even message from the president de-
claring thai he had usurped imperial
power. The house was absolutely man
acled."
Speaker Crisp, in ruling on Mr.. Bou-
telle's point of order, went into an
elaborate discussion of the parlia-
mentary situation. In order, he said,
to give life and effect to the privilege
of the house to change its own rule, the
rules require that when proposition to
change the rules is before the nous e,
nothing shall be IN order except one
motion to adjourn.
IF the gentleman from Maine can
invoke an existing rule to prevent it
from proceeding to consider change OF
the rules, then the house ties itself
hand and foot. If the house feels that
its honor and dignity has been assailed
by the speaker or by the executive, then
the house can vote down this report,
and the chair will recognize Mr.. Bou-
telle to call up his resolution
Mr.. BOutelle tried to continue the
duel with the speaker, and was pro-
ceeding to insist upon direct railing
from the chair, but Speaker Crisp
pounded his desk with the gavel, and
refused to recognize him further.
Mr.. Boutelle was still vainly clamor-
ing for his rights, when the speaker
sharply ordered him to take his seat,
which the gentleman from Maine did,
protesting all the time at what he con-
sidered the high-handed methods of
Speaker Crisp. At this point. during a
great deal Of confusion, Mr.. Reed arose
to parliamentary inquiry, desiring to
know whether the speaker refused to
entertain
MIR. BOUTELLE'S APPEAL
on the ground that it was dilatory. The
speaker replied that he had simply
given Mr.. Boutelle a hearing on the
point upon which he had ruled OH the
two previous occasions in the belief
that possibly he had something new to
present, that was all.
Mr.. Reed then went on, under cover
of new parliamentary inquiry, to dis
cuss the previous ruling of the chair on
delaying the question of consideration
against report from the committee on
rules. He contended that at all times
the house should be In position where
it could get direct vote, and that 1t
should never be placed in a position
where it could not take up a question
affecting its dignity, perhaps its very
existence.
The colloquy between the speaker
and Mr.. Reed continued for some time.
The speaker then stated the question