The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-01-11
FIFTY THIRD CONGRESS.
Second Scssion

wAsH.scTor, Jan. 4-SwsATz-Immedls
II after the reading ct the Journal "Wednesday
Senator Blackburn (1lv.) presented the ere
dentiais Of Senator Eppa Hnntons OF Virginia,
and the oath Ct Office was administered TO the
new senstcr Senator Frye tMe) presented q
resolution declaring that in the opinion OF the
penate during the investigation Of the commit
tee On foreign relations of our relations with
Hawaii, there should ce no interference on the
part Of tic United States in tia. country. Sem
ator HHl PRESENTED bill limiting the effect OF
the regulations OF commerce between the sew
eral states and with foreign countries
HousE-Mr. McCrear5 dem, ky.). chairman
of the foreign affairs committee offered reso-
luton setting apart next Friday and Saturday
for the consideration Of the Hawaiian report
After some discussion vote WIGS demanded on
the question OF consideration, raised by M hc'
Millin. A rising vote resulted. Yeas 81, nays
12a Mr.. Boutelle demanded telicrs pending
which Mr. McCreary demanded the yeas and
nays The latters motion was agreed to, and
the clerk had the roll called The yea and nay
vote on considering the Boutelie resolution re-
suited: Yeas 3, NAYS l35, showing that hlibus-
teripg had begun Mr.. Boutelle made the point
of no Quorum and Mr.. McMillin moved call OF
the house This vas ordered The call OF the
house disclosed the presence OF 203 members,
more than 8 quorum, but the latter disagreed
again when 1t came TO the voting point, and the
house OF 2 p. n. adjourned without taking up the
tariff bill
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-SEEATE.-The session
Of the senate Thursday was significant in two
respects Senator Hoar, of the republican side,
introduced resolution calling on the sccrc-
tary Of the treasury for his authority for the
payment Of Special Commissioner Blount for
his Hawaiian services, and Senator Gray,
eta ,nffOn fhof on
Tuesday next the democrats would insist upon
taking up the federal election bill aud continu-
ing with its consideration until the measure
should be finally disposed Of After brief ex-
ecutive session, the senate at l:20 adjourned
until Monday next
HoUsE-The democrats Thursday suffered
repetition OF their experience OF Wednesday.
Again they were unable to produce demo
cratic quorum which the republicans insisted
they should have before the tariff debate could
proceed. The high-water mark Thursday was 100
democrats twelve more than Wednesday, but
twenty-nine less than the requisite number. It
was claimed by the democratic whip that over
1871 democrats were In the city, and that some
of thosewho did not appear Thursday are luke
warm In their support OF the Wilson hill or
openly fighting some Of its features ana have
deliberately decided TO offer no aid toward get.
ting the bill before the house,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-SENArE-Not In ses-
sion,
HousE-Again Friday was day lost because
OF the inability to secure quorum. On Wed
nesday kilograms were sent out to the abscn-
tees urging them to attend, and yet Friday
those messages had not been productive Of
quorum. MIR. Boutellc, when the house opened,
endeavored to get his privileged motion up.
but the speaker recognized Gen. Catchings,
who, as a member of the committee on rules,
desired TO report from that committee rule
assigning time for the tariff bill When Gen.
Catchings secured the report OF his rule, the
motion for the previous question being made,
the republicans and populists refrained from
voting and the result Was nearly four hours OF
almost uninterrupted rolf calls and calls OF the
house without the production OF o quorum.
There were enough democrats in town and at
the capital to have made q quorum had they al.
voted, but some fifteen or twenty democrats
who oppose the tariff bill al reported, and who
are opposed to the proposed income tax addi-
tion did not vote
WASHINGTON, Jan. a.-SENATE-Not in ses.
sion.
HOUSTON the basis of the cable from Auck-
land, Mr.. Hit introduced the following resolu-
tion in the house Saturday morning:
"Resolvcd, That the president be requested
to communicate to tho house O. representa-
tjyeS II n0t Inconsistent With the public In
terosts, oil Information received since the
message OF December l8, 1893, or not trans.
mittcd Herewith and now in his possession
touching recent reported events in the Ha-
waiian islands; any attempt to 0verturn the
republican government thereof, and erect
monarchy in lis stead, and especially whether
any representative officer, vessel or armed
forces q the United States took part In SUCH
attempts to subvert friendly government
and, If so, by whose orders they acted"