The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-01-11
ANolHER DAY WASTED,
0oofEILE SUCCEEDS in AGAIN Calls.
ING ADJOURNMENT

u 'oie-Cncertain When,h rou,s
'Ad be Taken Up-A Bad sbo,.,
noot W 40 MSi'lNGToN, Jan. Am air Of eX
pIcea'it activity pervaded the Houao U1
Gnt M,toIi !: convened this morninp and
Tooel Uo'cn lillnatloh was manifested m The
nnr ur'UC1 ,ua "'.c sue TO carry things in its
tn;ry oWn way today: Boutelles success IN
Tying up the House Yesterday ofton n
noon appeared to have borne frntt vol,
the Democrats seem to think thew % hod
quorum Of their own. JmmediotoiSu,
alIer the reading Of yesterdays ionr.
nal, and before the beginning of tho
nrSt morNlng hour, BoutelIe AGAIN ot
tempted W get his Hawaiian resoIution
before the House. The Speaker rnlod
That the motion to consider the reaoln
lion which was pending yesterday had-
explreq when the House adjourned
yesterday ana might Che suggested) be
The call OF committees was then
competed without producing any re-.
| sulCS. Inc speaker announced that the
terms or the regents of the Smithsoni.
devolve upon him to appoint reuenta
for the ensuing term, and he accorS'
1ngly named Wheeler OF Alabama
| Breckinridge Of kentucky, and HIT Of
Illinois, as such regents, all being reap.
poIntments
Boutelle then called up and had read
| his resolution reciting that the eXecu.
tive had invaded the rights and priyil.
eyes of Congress, and ask for its i'm
mediate consideration. This was the
signal for short, but exciting selto
between Boutellc and McMilhn-who
champions the administration end of
the controversy. McMilin raised the
question of consideration in favor of
the tariff bill.
Boutelle inquired whether it was a
proper procedure to state for what pur
pose a question of consideration was
raised.
McMillin replied that he simply de.
sired to be candid with the gentleman
from Maine, and had stated his reasons
for Objecting to the consideration Of
the resolution.
Boutelle declared that the gentleman
from Tennessee had gone beyond his
parliamentary rights and he wished 10
call him to order.
Boutelle's resolution was then read
and he moved It's immediate considgra.
tlon. The Speaker put the question to
the House. On viva voice vote, the
House divided on party lines, the ma.
JohloJ bSlliS against JIlG COllSlQSTdLlOD,
and thereupOn BOutelle demanded a d.
vision.
The division resulted: Yeas 50, nays
III. Boutelle then demanded tellers,
but McMillin called for the yeas and
| nays, as he said, to save time.
Boutelle was on his feet in a lnoment
with an objection to McMillin's form
OF making 4 motion, and asserted that
he CBoutelle) was trying to consume
time. Uaughter.)
The Republicans refrained from yot.
ing to take up the Boutelle resolution,
thereby hoping to break the Quorum.
On the yeas and nays, there were 100
votes against consideration with 4 in
favor OF it, the Republicans generally
reiralnlng from voting. No quorum
haylng voted, McMillin demanded
call Of the House.
The call showed the presence of 229
members, and McNIillin moved to dis.
ponse with further proceedings under
1t. The question then recurred on the
consideration Of Boutelle's resolution
and on this the yeas and nays were
again ordered and the House settled
down to the mOnCtOnous roll call. The
second Call on the question of consider.
alton Of Boutelle's resolution was al
most repetition of the first, the Re-
puDllcanS as rule refusing to vote.
ana the Democrats being able to mus
ter but loo members. The Democrats
being thus disappointed in theirlQpe
tnat the afternoon trains would bring
Ihem relief, the House at 1.4O p. m. on
adjourned until tomorrow.
a study of the last vote discloses
some interesting, not to say striking
facts. The four members who voted
for the Boutelle resolution were
dams, the new member for Penn
'ylYanla, (O'Neills successor) and Nc
Call or Massachuttes, who is opposed to
ilibustering on principle, Republicans:
md Fence Of Colorado and Boen of Min.
lesota, Populsts. The absence. or
allure to vote, Of Democratic Repre-
sufficiently accounts for the
inability Of the majority to proceed
With the Wilson bill. OF the Demo.
rate members for New England.
everett, or Massachusetts, Poggott and
)o Forest, OF Connecticut, only voted
o take quorum. ten of the eighteen
Democratic members from New York
we're not recovered; the six Democratic
representatives from New jersey were
epresented by English alone, and the
TX OF Louisiana all failed to
eSpond to their names except Blan-
hard. BY not being within the rail
when their names were called, Catch
ngs OF Mississippi, a member Of the
committee Oh rules and Bynum, a
nember of the committee on ways and
means failed to get their names on the
oil, although they afterwards tried to
make good the oversight. Cochran of
NeW York and Stevens of Massachu-
etts, also members of the COMMITTEES
n way seand means, were not recorded.
;ockran was not at the Capitol.
In view of these facts, the prospects,
f the immediate passing of the order
king date were voted upon the pas.
ing of the bill, which the committee on
ules Will report tommorrow, becomes
matter OF interesting speculation.
t Is said by some Republicans that the
rder cannot be passed tomorrow.
he Republicans have decided, it Is said
o the printing in the Congressional
tecord of undelivered speeches, so that
any member wants to have hisl views
0 go to the country he must express
hem on the floor.
The committee on rules at it's meet
ng tomorrow will fix on the 22nd or
3r0 instant accOrdintr tn ono of kho