Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-08
|NEE BE 1fLEeRIPH . From All. Quarters. UPHELD BY THE HOUSE. McCreary Hawaiian ResoIu-
 ton Adopted. THEY FOUGHT | DUEL TO TIE DEAIH, A Doctor Shoots One Man
 and Stabs Another. PERSECUTION OF TIE CATHOLICS. Priests Are Instantly Ban-
 ished to Siberia.
PERSECUTION OF TIE CATHOLICS.
UPHELD THE PRESIDENT.

UPHELD THE PRESIDENT. The McCreafy Resolution Passed the House, but Not Until Several At. tempts Had Been Made to Secure . Quorum-Active Work by the Dem.
 ocratic Whip.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-After the reading and correction of yesterdays journal, MT. Goodnight asked unanimous consent that the committee of Indian affairs be dis charged from the consideration of the house bill to supply courts for the Indian reservations and to supplement an act ap- proved February IS, 1887, and that it be referred to tho committee on tho judiciary This was done without objection.
 The speaker and Mr. Reed, rep., of Maine, then got into @ parliamentary wrangle as to whether or not the order by which the absentses were recalled oontin- ued after tho adjournment. The chair held that it did, and the house took up the special order, which was the consideration of the Hawaiian resolutions of the foreign affairs committee.
 The houss again failed to adopt the Mo- Creary resolutions for lack of 8 quorum, the vote standing yeas 174, nays 8.
 1VoIy chOfb A86 Uoou "Au6 LO get U Q0LQ- ocratic quorum in the house to pass the Hawaiian resolutions. MT. Isaac Hill, the democratic whip, sent telsgrams to thirty three absent members of the house last night and this morning dozen of these members were in their eeata, As an indi- cation of the clossness of the vote this morning unanimous consent was denied to Mir. Adams of Kentucky, who had voted inadvertently, to withdraw his vote.
 The first roll call showed that five votes only are needed to make 6 quorum of dem ocrats. Half 8 dozsn democrats on the floor refrained from voting. These wore York, Straight of South Carolina, Swanson of Virginia, and Latimsr of South Caro- lina-suficient to make seventeen neces- sary to quorum.
 One hundred and seventy. seven members two lees than what had been regarded as Q quorum-Mr. Springer, dem., of Illinois made the point that 1t did not require 8 majority of the whole house to make 6 quorum; and after considerable argument the speaker decided to submit the question to the house for it's decision.
 Before the vote was announced 1t was seen that the house had almost secured e quorum if 1t did not actually have one, and there was an effort made by some members to withdraw or change their votes. The speaker held that this could only be done by unanimous consent and objection was made in each case.
 The speaker announced the vote as fol- lowe: "Yeae TIA, nays 3-no quorum"
 Before further action was tnauguratsd MT. Springer, dem, of Illinois, made the point of order that 177 constituted quo- rum and not ITO ss had been held. In support of this he cited the ruling of ex- speaker Reed in the Fifty first congress, holding that a quorum consisted of Q ma jority of the living members and not of all chose who had been elected. .....
 After consuming over an hour In the discussion of whether quorum consisted of majority of the living members of the house or of the full membership, the Cor dian knot was cut by Mr. Springer with drawing the point or order, whereupon another roll call was ordered on the q ues- tion of the adoption of the Hawaiian reso- iutiors.
 The vote by which the McCreary resolu- tion was adopted was, yeas 177, nays 75.
 As soon as the vote had been announced on the McCseary resolution Mir. Boutelle of Maine called up his privileged resolu tion which he introduced December 23, 1898, and which declares that 1t is the .ense of the houee that any intervention oy the executive of the ' nited States, its civil or military representatives, without authority of congress, in the international affairs of friendly recognized government to disturb or overthrow 1t and to aid or abet the substitution or restoration of @ monarchy therefore Is contrary to the policy and traditions of the republic and letter and spirit of the constitution, and cannot be too promptly and emphatioally reprobsted. The preamble recites that the 9ress in instructing Minister Willis to sub vert the republican form of government in Hawaii.
 MT. Boutelle demanded the yeas and nays and the roll was called, resulting ir tbe defeat of his resolution-yeas 91, nays 181.
 MT. Boutelle remarked that if that vots was to be understood as an abdication oi l the powers of the house he hoped that gen tlemen would interest themselves in find ing some friendly monarch somewhere wht would restore them.
 Mi. Bland, den., of Missouri, then re ported from the committee on coinage th, | bill directing the treasury to issne silvel cartfcates equal to the seignorsge on thu bullion purchas under the proviaions O the act of July IA, 1890, and he moved t, | go into committee of the whole.
 The question of consideration was raised by Mr. Tracy, dem., of New Yord. but tn speaker ruled that ss the oommitte on coin age had accorded to 1t the right to repor | at any time, and as the bill had. first to b considered in committee of the whole, tn
 privilege carried the right to considers
 tion. The consideration could not, there
 fore, be raised, but the point could be dc
 cided by voting up or voting down th
 motion to go into committee. The epeske
 then put the motion to go into committed
 The republicans refrained from votin
 and the result was ayes III, nays II. The point of nc quorum was raised an
 Bland's motion. The vote was announce lissns had refrained from voting, and tt
 consequence was that the house was witl out a quorum. On motion of MT. Blsn there was call which showed the present of 254 members.
 Furtter proceedings under the call vel dispensed with and MT. Bland then move . that the yeas and nays be called.
 Pending this Hr. Redwood, dem.
 Nev York, moved that the house adjou1 and though he was backed by most of u New York democrats and all the repub cans the motion was loet Dy vote or to 96.
 The yeas and nays were again called c
 the question of going into committee ) consider the seignorage bill. The vote v } l yeas, l57 to 4-no quorum.
 MT. Bland then moved call of the hou
 (which, after some flibustering by Messl
 Lockwood, Wise, dem, of Virginia, s <, Coekran, dem. of New York, and Trae |, dem, of New York, was ordered. Itshow :, l less than a quorum present. 3 MT. Bland in spite of some opposiH
 succeeded in having Q resolution adopt
 l directing the sergeant-atarms to bring
 the sbsentees.
 ELECTION LAWS RKPKALKD.
 At l2:30 the house bill to repeal the f.
 sral election law was taken up by the ..
 ate, and Mir. Hoar, rep, of 4assachuss
 addressed the senate la opposition to 1t.
 MT. Gray, dem, of Delaware, replied Mr. Hoar, who, he said, had mistaken
 mieinterprets d certain things. - IT, Rate closed fhe debate He made