The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-02-24

oo,nn,,c,tv Of Minister Stevens with rev.
1,,t;an;sts. the senator citing the EVIDENCE
~ members of the prcvisit nal goVerlni.n'
~ chew that they were in daily consul,"-
ti,n with the minister previous 10 Nv
ravo,ntion and that they expecteo ~.
nrotection of the An erican troops al '"''
Man to overthrow the queen.
In the house the first bill called up Mas
one TO regulate the sale OF lntoaica'lns
i;ouors in the District. Mr.: tlck'ei VI.
forod an amendment restricting liq"'i
I;censes for hotels to such as have thlfty
sloon;ng anartmeuts, which was deteateu'
r. P;ckler made the point OF no quorum
After flibustering some time ne WY
drew his point and the bill was passe. .
This was the only bill from the con'i AZ.
te. on District of Columbia ana Ml'
breckenridge then moved to go mo CON-
1rittee of tie whole for the consluera,'oh
If tie urgency deficitLty bill: A1ter MI
Cannon had criti :ised the iten. OF ap,
-, onris tion for the payment OF cnltco
States witness fees, which he said was
INADEQUATE aid might cmbarrass the
IT. tied States courts, the bill was passei
washington, Feb. 14.-The Hawaiiall
resolution was again the subject or dls-
cussion in the senate to-day. senator
Grav resumed his argument In support OF
the presidents policy, ard reiterated MS
charges of yesterday that the rG'o'u,
~tionists were dependent on the Unlted
States minister and the United States
forces for support of theirm oVement,
mr. that thereafter the provisional: gov
ernment depended absolutely upon the
United States forces and the a 1or pro
lection andf or the maintenance OF tne
government they had established. Inc
full significance of the present HawaAan
situation came out at the close OF the
senator's speech, when in a colloqup WIN
Senator Teller he admitted that as a
member of the foreign relations commit
tee he understood the efforts OF the presl-
dent. moral or diplomatic, to restore the
queen wer at an end, and that the pres
| int minister TO Hawaii had 10 directions
70 Dursue further diplomatic negotiations
to that end.
The houses pent the day in debate on
the Bland seiknlorage bill, the principal
spccches being those by Mr.. Culbertson
Of Texas in favor of the measure and
| Mr.. Coombs of New York in opposition.
| Several times to-day Mr.. Bland attempt
| ed to reach an agreement for closing gen.
| eral debate tomorrow with a view to Sc
| curing a vote, but objection was made.
Over forty members nave asked TOT time
to speak, and it may be possible that Il
| special order will be required to bring
the bill to a vote, but MIR. Bland does
not think this method will have to be re-
sorted to.
Washington, Feb. 15.-All efforts to
agrees upon a time for closing thu. debate
rpon the Bland bill nave so far failed,
and debate is still proceeding without
limit. Mr.. Bland will probably permit
this to 20 on until Tomorrow night, and
there are quit. a number of gentlemen
who insist upon their right to be heard.
The opponents of the measure have de-
cided that they will insist upon a
quorum of the advocates of the meas
ure being present at every stage OF the
parliamentary proc educ hereafter, so that
a motion to close ctfate will rel lire a
| quorum of those who are in favor of 1t.
There are mary members Of the house
who are absent at this time and it will
probabl H. require two days ut least to Sc
cure the attendance necessary to brig
the bill t. q vote. Tomorrow it is Mr..
BANDS intention to make a E!otion ia
close debate. and as this motion will
probably develop the lack of a quorum,
the opponents of the bill refusing to vote
he will then offer a resolution to bring
in absentees. A quorum favoring the
ill being here, if necessary, a special or
der will be brought in 70 bring the
measure to a final vote. Mr.. Rayuor and
some of the other Democrats who are
kading the opposition, still insist that the
bill can be beaten, but MIR. Trocy, who i.
floor leader of the opposition on the Re
publican side, frankly confessed that h.
believes the bill will pass when il
reaches a vote, As to whether it vii
be vetoed, however, he gives no opinion
The debate was without startling Incl
dent of any kind.
The entire time of the senate was con
sumed in the discussion of the hous,
bill compelling the Rock Island Railroad
company to stop Its trains at the new
towns of Enid and Round Pond, in tn,
Indian Territory. The measure is espe
cially championed by Senator Berry O.
Arkansas, and is proving a subject O.
great attention, as some Democratic sen
ators see in the proposed exercise O.
: congressional power, usurpation of rights
No action was reached on the bill, but
vote will probably be taken tomorrow.