The Portland daily press., 1894-01-04
COULDN'T GET A QUORUM.
Mr.. BoutelIe Makes a Fight for His
Hawaiian Resolution,
FORCING THE HOUSE TO ADJOURN
AFTER DOING NOTHING.

So the Great Cause of Tariff Reform Had
to Wait-Professor Alexander Shows
Blount in Bad Light-Paramount's
Idea of Evidence-He Asked Professor
Alexander for Evidence, and Then
Fixed 1t To Suit Himself.
Washington, January 3.-Mr. McCrea-
ry, Dem, of Kentucky, offered resolu-
ton in the House today setting apart
Friday and Saturday for the considera-
tion of the Hawaiian report.
Mr.. Boutelle, Rep, Of Maine, rose to a
matter of privilege, and endeavored to
call up his resolution relative to Hawaii,
offered before the recess.
Mr.. Turner, Dem, of Georgia, held
that the Boutelle resolution was not
privileged, and made a point of order
against it, but the Chair held that Mr..
Boutelle had a right to call the matter
up.
MI. McMiliin, Dem, of Tennessee, OBJ
jected on the ground that by the special
order today was to be given to the tariff
bill
Mr. McCreary added that the Hawaiian
matter could wait until Friday and Sat-
urday.
The question was put as to whether
the Boutelle resolution should be consld-
cred today, and the House divided on
party lines, the vote resulting, ayes 81,
noes 1926.
Mr.. Boutelle then called for tellers,
!, r., i i
ed the yeas and nays. That many mem
bers had not yet returned to the city was
made manifest by Mr. Boutelle's success
full effort to tie up the House an account
of the lack of voting quorum. On the
call of the yeas and nays, the Democrats
were able to muster only 1856 members,
as the Republicans generally refrained
from voting. The House was about 40
short of a quorum. Mr.. Boutelle quick
ly made the point of no quorum, and
MIR. McMillin moved a call of the House.
Two hundred and three members re-
sponded.
Then Mr.. McMillin presented resolu-
tion revoking all leaves of absence, and
calling on the sergeant-at-arms to notify
all absent members by telegraph that inn
portant public business demanded their
presence in the House.
Mr.. Boutelle called for division on
the adoption of the resolution, which re-
suited, ayes 119, nays 2S. Mr. Boutelle
again demanded tellers, and SO in the af-
filmative and four in the negative passed
between the tellers, Mr.. McMillin and
Mr.. Boutelle. The latter then called for
the yeas and nays. These ere ordered.
Millin was agreed to, lab yeas. one nav.
1t being apparent that the Democrats
could not secure a voting quorum, the
House adjourned
The Hawaiian matter may come up in
the House again tomorrow, although
Mr.. McCreary said after the adjournment
today that he could not predict his
course tomorrow, as it depended on cir
cumstances.
Mr.. Wilson could not say as to the
chances of the foreign affairs committee
for obtaining Friday and Saturday for
the consideration of their Hawaiian res
olution. The Democratic members of
the WAYS and means committee have de-
cided that when the tariff bill was taken
up it would be best to push it through
without interruption. This they will en-
deavor to do. If the committee can
have its way, the Hawaiian matter will
have to remain in the background until
the tariff bill is sent to the Senate.
In the Senate Mr.. Frye of Maine offer
ed a resolution declaring that in the
opinion of the Senate during the investi-
cation of the committee on foreign rela-
tions into our relations with Hawaii
there should be no interference on the
part of the United States government by
moral influence or physical force for the
restoration of Queen Liliuokalani OF for
the maintenance of the Provisional Gov
ernment of the Hawaiian Islands; and
that our naval force should be used on
the islands only for the protection of
the lives and property of American citi-
zens. He asked that the resolution lie
on the table for the present and said
that he would by-and-by move to refer it
to the Committee on Foreign Relations
VIEWS OF AN AUTHORITY.