The Portland daily press., 1894-02-27
Leader Of the Silver Forces Quietly
Gave Up the Fight.
MIR. PENCES TERRIBLE WARN
ING TO MIR. REED.

Members vote OF ray lOE INOt OOluS SO
Other Washington News.
Washington, February 26.-In the
House today, Mr.. Hatch, Democrat of
Missouri, moved that his anti-option bill
be taken from tine committee.onways and
means and referred to his committee on
agriculture. The motion was carried
Yeas, 167; nays, 53.
Mr.. Boutelle, Republican of Maine,
offered this resolution as matter OF
privilege:
Whereas. the government of the.
States would not tolerate the presence at
it's capital of any foreign diplomatic
representative who was engaged in any
movement or performed any.act in deroga-
ton of its authority or calculated to dis
turb or destroy it's administration, and
Whereas, the government of the
United States has repeatedly refused to
entertain foreign diplomatic representa-
tives who have, even in the slightest de
gree, seemed to be interfering in our
domestic affairs, or acting in manner
prejudicial to the dignity and interest of
this government; and
"Whereas, it has been the time-honored
policy of the United States to extend to
all other governments, whether humble
OF great, the same honorable dealings
and good faith that we demand for our
selves as a nation; and
"Whereas, no civilized government can
be expected to regard with favor the
diplomatic representative OF another
nation who has engaged in secret con-
ference with its enemies, and VINO open
ly and formally demanded OF said gov
ernnent that it surrender it's authority
to said enemies; and.
"Whereas, the extraordinary and most
praiseworthy forbearance of the gov
ernment of the Hawaiian Islands in rela-
tion to the active and aggressive efforts
of the present administration to secure
it's overthrow, strongly attests the de-
sire of that government to preserve
amicable relations with the people OF the
United Staets in the face of.continued
provocation; and
States have peculiar interest in the
good government of the Hawaiian
Islands and have for more than half a
century asserted the priority of Amerl-
can influence therein based on the ties of
the kingship of those who built up their
Christian civilization and upon our COM
mercial and geographical relations with
those islands, therefore
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
House that the most sacred obligations
of good faith, the highest mutual in
terests Of the United States and the gov
ernment of Hawaii, the plainest dictates
of international comfy and the impera
tive duty of avoiding further risk of
completely in the incitement of . disorder
and possible tloodshed in Hawaii require
that the present United States minister
to the provisional government of the
Hawaiian Islands be Immediately re-
called and. superseded Ssby the appoint.
ment of another minister who will be
uphampered blythe lamentable incidents
of the recent past, and who will be able
and willing to represent the sincere
to cultivate to the fullest extent the
friendship that has so long suhsisted be-
tween u.s. and to constantly endeavor to
advance the interest and prosperity of
both governments
The Speaker asked upon what ground
Mr., BouuelIe claimed the resolution to be
privileged.
Mr.. Boutelle said the resolution was
one of privilege for the reason that it re-
lated 10 the exercise of war power and to
a matter referred to Congress by the
President.
Mr.. McCreary, Democrat of Kentucky,
made the point of order that it was not
privileged and the Speaker held the
point we'll taken. The resolution was
affairs, Mr.. Boutelle requesting the COM
mittee to be little more prompt in the
consideration of the resolution than it
had been in other matters.
Mr.. Bland moved that the House re-
solve itself into committee of the
whole on the seigniorage bill and general
debate close at four Tuesday afternoon.
L, A@I or,6
Bland moved call of the House. The
call showed 275 member present, and
Mr.. Bland then unexpectedly withdrew
tine pending motion and moved to go in
to committee of the whole on the
bill.
The Chair" Without limitation of de-
bate?n
Mr.. Bland-"Yes, sir.n
The motion prevailed, 119 to nothing,
and Mr.. Hatch took the chair. Thus
quietly and almost without knowledge OF
the members of the House, the struggle
OF the past ten days ended, ana tne
House entered upon new course OF
business.
The Chair recognized Mr.. Pence, Popu..
list, of Colorado, who drew series OF
sarcastic pictures of the attitude OF some
mem bers of the Repu blican and Demo
cratic parties towards the question. Ihe
Presidents chief lieutenant in the other
end of the Capitol was Senator Sherman,
and in the House, MIR. Reed. The action
of the Republican representatives in fail
ing to vote for the bill under the dlcta-
tion of the gentleman from Maine (Mr.
Reed) was referred to. Mr.. Pence pre-
dicted that the next President would.be
elected by the House of Representatives
in the 55th Congress. When that oc-
Cured he warned Mr.. Reed, who was now
measuring up on all occasions against
Mckinley as a candidate for President in
1896, that he would then rue the past
hfteen.days in this House.
Mr.. Bland explained that he insisted
on an understanding as to the limitation
of debate on the bill because it was
essential to the putting Of money in the
treasury by which the appropriations
passed by Congress could be made avail
able. Every filibustering motion was a a
the bread for which it was suffering.
The bill, ne said, would be kept before
the House until it was voted up or down.
Messrs. Pickler, Republican OF North
Dakota. and Ellis, Republican OF Oregon,
stated that Mr.. Pence had admitted to
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