The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-09
QUORUM ON HAND YESTERDAY.
Boutelle SqueIched and the
Tariff Discussion Begun.
Reed Raises q Question About Allowing
the Members Under Arrest to Vote.
They are Allowed to and They Roll
Up Ten More Than Was Necessary to
Carry Catchinrs' Resolution-wiIson
Makes Speech on His Bill.

makes Speech on His bill,
WASHINGTON, Jan. San air of sub.
dued excitement and expectancy per-
vaded the House when the Speakers
gavel fell at noon to day. There was
an unusually full attendance in the gal
leries, there being scarcely standing
room in the public galleries.
Immediately after the reading OF the
journal OF Saturday and when some
slight corrections had been made Bou.
telle epenod the proceedings with his
usual attempt to secure consideration
of his Hawaiian resolution. He renewed
the assertion that his resolution had
precedence over the privileged report
from he committee on rules.
Reed sustained the contention of his
colleague. The Speaker, however, held
to his former ruling, which led to con-
siderable trouble with Boutelle. Finally
the Speaker put the question on order
ing the previous question, at the same
time telling Boutelle to take his seat.
Yes, yes; oh, yes" said Boutelle,
but he made no motion toward subsid-
ing.
The gentleman will take his seat,
now" said the Speaker sharply.
"Oh, yes" said Boutelle, still stand
ing in the aisle.
The sergeant-at-arms will require
the gentleman to take his seat" said
the Speaker sharply.
Boutelle Yields Under Duress.
81 yield under duress," said Boutelle
as he sank into the nearess seat and
the question was then put on the
motion OF CAtchings to order the
previous question on his resolution SUBJ
mittod last Friday and the yeas and
nays were called.
Pending tho announcement Of the
| vote Campbell (Dem N. " asked if
quorum had voted and after being
answered by the Speaker in tho atlirma
tive, stated that he wished to with
draw his vote AS he WAS paired with
| Belden (kep, y. y. ) except when his
vote was necessary to mako quorum.
| Reed then asked of the Speaker
whether any Of the nom bers arrested by
order of the House on Saturday had
voted on the roll call He asserted that
momber could not vote while under ar
rest, and he had been told by the ser
geant alarms that thirty nom bers had
been arrested. He thought it would be
/ very anomalous state Of affairs if
men bar5 were allowed to vote while
they wore under arrest and under con-
troll OF the House for contempt
| The Speaker said that he did not 500
how IL was in the power Of the House
to prevent members from voting with
out eXpclliug hem. 1t might put Thorn
in prison, whom, OF course, they could
not vote: but il they were present in
In I.
from voting.
Ten More Than II Quorum Voted
The vote was then announced as be-
ing: Yeas, $50; nays, mono. Ten more
than a quorum had voted, notwiths tand.
ing tho Republicans sat mute, and the
previous question was ordered, and the
House subject. which had been bone
OF contention for five days, was finally
disposed OF.
Tne previous question being ordered ,
thirty minutes were allowed for debate
on the main question. .Catchings stated
briefly the object of the order reported
by him, and said it allowed far more
latitude to tho minority than did the
order fixing the tin O for discussing the
Mckinley bill OF 1890.
Rsed lin reply stated that tho pend
ing tariff bill needed moro discussion
than the Mckinley bill, and he did not
believe in crowding tho present measure
through.
Reed submitted tho following amend-
mens, which was lost by vote OF 1874
to q, an order TO racommis with instruc.
tions to report an order of consideration
which will give moro days for debate
and give the right TO amend each para
graph as it is reached in reading.
'EhnnnnSfjnn mn
ing to Catchings' resolution and the yeas
and nays being ordered it was agreed to-:
Yeas, 1874; nays, l. Some routine busi-
ness was then transac ted several bills
being introduced and referred to COM
mittees.
Committees were then called for re-
ports without result Several House
bills were brought back from tho Senate
with amendments, among them tho New
York and New Jersey bridge BILL as to
which the amendment offered by the
Senate to strike out superhuous Ian
guage was agreed to, and it will 90 to
tho President.
Wilson Starts thesTariT Discussion.
Several private bills were also called
up and passed, and at 3:l5 the House re.
solved itself into committee of the whole
and Richardson, Dem, Tenn, in the
chair Chairman Wilson started the dis
cussion on the tariff bill.
Wilson is in poor health and after he
had spoken an hour and q half he sug-
gested to his colleague, McMillin, tn no