The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-09

in the Fifty-second Congress, holding
that the question of consideration could
not be raised against resolution
emanatlng from the committee on rules,
ana tnat 1t took precedence over all other
questions. He held that when the COM
mlttee on rules brought in special or
Ger changing a certain rule, no mem Der
could attack the resolution and entrench
himself behind the rule to be changed.
When the Speaker finished he re-
quested that Mr.. Boutelle should take
his seat
"Yes, yes," said Mr.. Boutelle sarcastic
cally.
"The gentleman" said the Speaker,
still more emphatically, will take his
seatn
"Yes, I know" broke in Mr.. Boutslle,
taking step to the rear-he had been
standing in the area fronting the Speak
er's table.
"The gentleman" said the Speaker,
with some asperity in his tone, "will be
seated now"
"Oh, yes" responded Mr.. Boutelle de-
family, II shall do it under duress."
The Speaker again repeated his re-
quest, emphasizing his words by pound
ing his desk vigorously with his gavel.
whereupon Mr.. Boutelle quietly dropped
into the nearest seat, amid vigorous
applause from the Democratic side of the
chamber.
The yeas and nays were ordered on
Mr.. Catchings's motion for the previous
question on the resolution, reported by
him last Friday, fixing the time for con-
sidering the tariff bill, and resulted as
follows: Yeas 1S9, nays none-ten mure
than quorum-and the previous
question was ordered.
Before the vote was announced Mr..
Reed, Republican, of Maine, asked
whether any memb bers who We're under
arrest had voted. He stated that he had
been informed by the sergeant-at-arms
that about thirty members had been
arrested. He asked whether these men
had a right to vote. He thought it
would be rather anomalous to allow
members under arrest to VOTE
nThe Speaker replied that he had no
official notice that any arrested members
had voted.
Mr.. Reed thought that the House
should first act upon the cases of the
members who were in contempt of the
House, and then determine the question
of whether. they should be allowed to
vote. .
The Speaker ruled that the House
could not deprive member of his vote
except by expelling him or putting HIM
in prison. As long as he was in the
House he was entitled to vote.
Mr.. Catchings of Mississippi, member
VI UlC COIlIulbUcS Oh EulpS, E4pldluCu
that when the Mckinley bill was before
the House, general debate was limited
to four days and discussion under the
five minute rule to eight days. The
pending resolution contemplates five days
for general discussion and seventeen un-
der the i've minute rule. Mr.. Catchings
disclaimed any intention on the part of
the majority to curtail debate. In his
opinion, however, the country demanded
SDooQV action and not discussion
Mr.. Reed of Maine, replying to Mr..
Catchings, stated that the Mckinley bill
had been presented to the country for
thirty days before it was taken up for
discussion; that it had been prepared
openly and not secretly; that everybody
that the majority in the House was small
and that speedy action on the part of the
majority was necessary. He criticized
the suggestion of rushing the bill
through the House, arguing that the
limited time given for DEBATE in the
House would have to be made up in the
Senate, a body in which revenue meas
ures did not originate.
Mr.. Wilson, ssDemocrat of West
Virginia., chairman of the ways and
means committee, spoke briefly on the
resolution submitted by Mr.. Catchipgs,
fixing the time for the consideration of
the bill. He expressed himself as willing
W dll( w Gue WuOl6 VI tulS W6Sk lOE gen.
eral debate and two weeks from next
Monday for debate under the five minute
rule, and moved as an amendment, that
the vote be taken on the 29th instead of
the 25th.
Mr.. Reed, Republican, of Maine, SUBJ
mitted motion to amend the resolution
reported by Mr.. Catchings as follows:
To reeommit with instr uctions to re-
port an order of consideration which
will give more days for debate and give
the right to amend each paragraph as it
is reached in the reading"
On this motion the yeas and nays were
ordered and the motion disagreed to, 1874
to 6. The resolution from the committee
on rules, amended to extend general de-
bate TO six days and debate under the
five minute rule from Monday next to
the 29th inst, was then submitted to
vote, the yeas and nays being ordered
The order passed as. amended.
The Jersey bridge bill was agreed to
without objection and the committees
were called on for report. Some business
on the Speakers table was disposed of
and the desks were generally cleared for
the Inauguration of the tariff debate