The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-07

cision be Carefully WeiEhed-No
Quorum Present Yesterday and Orders
to Arrest Absent Congressmen Issued.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The proceed
ings in the House to-day were q repet-
ton of those OF tho previous periods.
There was larger attendance of mem
bers than had boon seen since the holt.
days. The Republican side. in particu-
lar, seemed ready for business, but
there was evidence in the determined
attitude of the Speaker and in the
strict attention given him by the Demo
cratic members that the majority would
do every thing in its power to carry out
the programme which had been OBJ.
structed for the past three days and
start the tariff bill on its journey
Immediately after the reading Of YES
terday's journal Boutelle again tried to
find out what had become of his Ha-
waiian reso!ution-a question which is
now looked forward to each day with
almost as much certainty as the reading
of the journal. Boutelle insisted that
his resolution was question OF high
privilege, whereas the special order re-
merely "privileged question " Ho
asserted that there was a great differ.
ePce between question of privilege"
aud "privileged question, and he read
from the digest to show that the former
took procedure of the latter.
Reed Wants the Decision Weighed
Reed here interrupted the torrent of
Boutelle's insistence to express the
hope that the Speaker would carefully
weigh the difference suggested by
Boutclle and would rule upon it as il
was necessary TO the orderly transactio
of tho business of the House
Boutelle, continuing, asserted that
the resolution offered by him n few days
ago was still before tho House; that ;t
has been before tho House ever since IL
had been introduced and should be
taken up each day at the point where
1T was lett tho day before. lie hold
that there was no play, in q parlia-
mentary sense, where it could bo nut
on the table.
The Speaker retorted that the gentle.
man from Maine did not seem to under
stand the matter thoroughly Tho
| rules provide" he said that if any
matter is called up in the House the
| question of consideration shall not be
| put TO the House unless some men Dor
| gentleman from Maine had never been
before the House in the sense of being
before it for consideration, because
when 1T was called up the gentleman
from Tennessee (McMillin) had raised
the question OF consideration"
And that has never been decided, :"
shouted Boutelle excitedly.
The Speaker Gets Sarcastic.
'Will the gentleman from Maine
allow the chair to give its decision?"
the Speaker asked sarcastically, and he
went on to say that the House had then
proceeded to vote on the question OF
consideration raised by McMillin, but
no quorum had voted and the House
adjourned. That question of considera.
ton might be raised every day Tho
resolution was not before tho House as
the gentleman from Maine contended,
but was exactly where it was when it
was first called up, namely, on the
table, and it would rest thcre until it
was again called up.
The Speaker then summed up BY
deciding that Catchings' resolution was
before the House, when Boutelle inter.
rupted him to OK press tho hope that tho
| chair would reflect before announcing
| its decision.
Tbs Speaker resented this as an
asperSlon upon him and declared angrily
that any intimation that he had not fully
weighed the question was reflec ton
| on the Speaker.
Boutelle disclaimed any intention of
reflection upon the Speaker, but he
again urged that the question should be
well reflected upon. 1.-The chair has
ruled on the question:" announced the
Speaker sharply.
Then respectfully appeal from the
decision OF the chair" said Boutelle
The chair wants to give the gentle
| man from Maine every latitude" said
| the Speaker YEARLY, "but it seems that
| every morning, ="
object 20 the expression. latitude"
interrupted Boutelle fercely. 81 stand
here as representative of q minority
and with Speaker against mo-"
The DiscussionlB ecoming Personal.
The Speaker thought the discussion
was becoming too personal and said
that such language towards the Speaker
would not be permitted. He then
ordered the call OF the yeas and nays
on CatchiDgs' motion for tho previous
question and amid deafening uproar
in the House the clerk began to call
the roll rapidly.
He had not called moro than a dozen
names, amid degree OF confusion SO
great that ne could scarcely be heard
when Burrows rose rom his seat in the
first row and appealed to the Speaker