Evening star., 1894-02-16
THE HOUSE.

Al tne opening OF the session OF the
House this morning Mr.. Cummings, chair
man Of the committee on naval affairs.
presented as question Of privilege the
report OF his; committee on Mr. Boutelles
resolution calling upon the Secretary OF
the Navy to inform the House by what
authority instructions were issued placing
the armed naval forces Of the United
States and the use of its ensign under the
control Of James H. Blount, and also fur
nish the House with copies OF all ordera
directions. instructions or Official sugHes-
tions ISSUED by him since March & isQo,
concerning the movements OF the naval
forces of Hawaii" VIZ
He explained that the committee recon-
mended the passage OF the resolution
amended So to call Cor all orders from
a moment TO Mr.. Boutelle who urged the
Importance of the resolution. which. he
said. had already been delayed six weeks.
The information called for by Il, he
thought, should have been before the
House when the Hawaiian resolutions
We're being debated.
He did not suppose that answer would
have had any effect on that debate. and the
delay in procuring the information requested
by il, he presumed. subserved the same pub
lie policy which for days and weeks had
kept Congress waiting for Dole's reply -
Willis. which had at last reached the pee
pie this morning through the public press.
Mr.. Cummings then demanded the previous
question, which was ordered. and the reso-
luton. as amended. was adopted without d.
vision.
Trying to Close the Debate.
Mr.. Bland was then recognized All rug.
gestions for closing debate on the seignior-
| age bill by unanimous consent having failed
he was driven to coercive tactics He moved
TO go into committee OF the whole. ana.
shot hat oil
eral debate on the measure close at
O'Clock. On that motion ne demanded the
previous question. Mr.. Cannon. Mr.. Hop
kins and Mr.. Reed appealed to him for
more time for legitimate debate. but Mr..
Bland obdurate. He perfectly
willing. ne said. TO set any reasonable limit
TO the debate IL the opponents OF the bill
would agree TO IL, but they had already fli-
| bustered away two days and he was ad-
monished that obstructive Ia actics would b
resorted TO at every stage Of parliamentary
procedure hereafter.
Mr.. Reed replied that there was no reason
why the opposition to the bill should be
bound over TO keep the peace I'm order to
get opportunity to close the debate.
Thereupon Mr.. Bland insisted upon his mo-
| ton and the demand for the previous Ques-
tion. on the rising vote the republicans
and the opposition democrats declined to
vote and when the result was announced
$50. Mr.. Tracey made the point OF no
I
manded. II was very apparent from the
| outset that Mr.. Bland would be unable to
get quorum today. The vote resulted.
l4o-5, thirty-four less than a quorum.
Just before the vote was announced the
Presidents message transmitting the re-
| port of the bureau of American republics
for 1873 was received Mr.. Bland moved .
call of the House.
on call OF House 212 members responded
and the vote REQUIRED upon Mr.. Blands de-
mand for the previous question.
! The roll call developed the presence Of 25o
members and again the vote recurred on
| Mr. BANDS motion. which again failed for
| lack of quorum. leo-l. Is short.
still short Of . Quorum.
This resulted. l!0-3. a gain Of eight
votes, but still twenty-six short OF q quor-
! urn Mr. Bland again moved a call OF the
House.
There is little or no chance of securing
a quorum on Mr. Blands motion this after
noon. The fiiibustering Will probably con-