The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-01-12
THE W0Rk. OF CONGRESS
RESUME or PRosnnDlNas OF THE
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Condensed Record Of the Important
Tfansaetions Of Our National Law.
Aakefs-The Work Done In Both
Branches.

seoreu tue nrst victory. Before the time
arrived for Mr.. Wilson to take the
floor Mr.. McCreary tried to arrange an
amicable agreement by which two days,
Friday aud Saturday, should be given to
the consideration of the Hawaiian reso.
luton. MIR. Hit, the Republican leader
of the foreign affairs committee, ex.
pressed q willingness to acquiesce in the
arrangement, but Mr.. Boutellc of Maine
wanted to precipitate the question in.
mediately BY calling up his resolution.
Both sides were ugly, but after a lively
row the speaker held that Mr.. Boutellc's
resolution was privileged. The Demo
cratic members on the ways and means
committee We're not willing to go ahead
with the Hawaiian discussion until the
tariff debate had been gotten well under
way, however, and the question of con-
resolution. The Republicans then exc
cuted a flank movement by refusing to
vote. The Democrats found themselves
In tho humiliating position of not being
able to muster quorum. They were
in check, and after reyoking all leaves
of absence Mr.. Wilson reluctantly moved
an adjournment. The Democrats conf
IDENTIFY expect a quorum to-day, but the
outcome of yesterdays Republican tactics
will probably be that the Hawaiian mat
ter will be entirely postponed until after
the tariff bill. is disposed Of.
The most significant thing in the Sos
sion of the senate was resolution in
trOtluced by Senator Frye of Maine, de-
claring 1t to be the sense of the sell
ate that the administra ton should not
commit an overt act of interference in
Hawaii pending the Investigation of the
imbrOgliO by the senate committee on
foreign affairs The evident object of the
resolution is 10 declare the sense of the
senate adverse to any American inter-
ference either direct or indirect should
any coup detat be resorted to for the
purpose of restoring the queen to the
throne. Tho senator asked that the rests-
luton lie upon the table for the present.
and 1t Is expected that he will make 1t
the subject of some pertinent remarks
before asking its reference to the COM.
mittee on foreign affairs.
Washington, jon. 5.-Alttough the lack
Of quorum blocked the tariff debate
yestcrlay-an order was passed recalling
abscntces-Only ninety-' seht members by
actual count We're on the floor when the
house was next called to order. The pros.
lhct for q Democratic quorum looked
gloomy. Still Col. Ike Hit, the Demo-
cratic whip. expressed the cpinion that
quorum of Democrats We're in the city
Some communications were laid before
the house, and the speaker announced
the appointment of Mcssrs. Wheeler of
Alabama, Brcckinridge of Kentucky and
Hit of Illinois as the regents of the
Smithsonian institute. Immediately
the fight over the Hawaiian matter was
precipitated by Mr.. Boutelle of Maine.
Although the Democratic members of the
ways and means committee were willing
to make an arrangement to devote two
days to this subject, they decided. after
the wasting Of the day yesterday, through
the persistency of Mr.. Boutclle. to shu,
the Hawaiian debate out entirely until
the tt rih bill was disposed Of. According
~ when MIR. Boutelle called up his priv
ilegetl Hawaiian resolution Mr.. McAlillill,
OH behalf of the conn i,tes', raised til"
qrestiOn of consideration. Mr.. BOutclle
was sarcastic and Mr. McAIillin rather
ccntelnptuous in the exchange of shots
before the vote was tlken. BY n rising
vote of So to 124 the house decided not
to consider the resolutions. The ayes
and nays We're then demanded. The l.e-
pnblicnns refused to vote and the DEM
Ocrats could not secure quorum, 30 the
only thing to do was to adjourn.
On motion of Senator German the SELL
ate agreed to adjourn until Monday.
Republicans claim that there Is quOr-
UNI of Democrats in the city, hut that
they are opposed to the Wilson bill. and
are staying away and thus aiding the
Republicans in their fight. One Demo-
crat. Connecticut congressman. worked
with the Republicans and refused to
vote.
There was light attendance when the
senate met. only score of senators being
present when the vice president rarped
the senate to order. Senator Hour pre-
sented the following resolution, with IL
request that it lie on the table for the
present:
Resolved, That the secretary of the
treasury Ike requested to inform the scn-
ate Of what sums have been paid to the
Hon. James Fl. Blount for salary, SER
Vices or other expenses as u special COM
missioner to Hawaii, together with copies
of all orders. vouchers and receipts for
such payment, and also to inform the
senate from what funds and under or by
virtue of what appropriation or law til,
same have been paid"
Washington, Jan. 6-The Dcmocrati"
caucus met in the hall of the house of rep
rcsentatives last night to consider III.
Wilson tariff bill. There was u good al
terdnnce. Judge Holman was chairman
and Mr.. Anderson secretary of the caucus.
Although the roll Gull showed only 12l
men .bers present, many came in during
the call. andi was estimated that there
were 141 Democrats in attendance when
the proceedings began. There are PIG
Democrats in the house and u caucus
quorum is 1OS. The attendance indicated
that in the neighborhOod of forty who
are in the city remained away. 1her,
were no conspicuous absences among the
''kickers." Speaker Crisp offered Il res
olutiOn declaring that it was the duty Of
every Democrat to vote for the c0nsi,lera-
ton Of the tariff bill, and also that II
was the duty of all Democrats to at
tend the sessions of the house and main
tain a quorum until tn. tariff" bill is dis
posed of. In ringing speech the speaker
took occasion to rather sharply reprimand
Democrats who had been responsible for
the inactiOn of the house during the pas,
three days. Several speeches were made
for and against the hill. after which
Speaker Crisp's resolution was adopted.
Another resolution was adopted that il.
was the sense of the caucus that If "
proposition for an income tax was re-
ported from the committee that two days
additional should be given for debate.
The power Of the committee on rules
was invoked to break down the Ol,struc
tion In the path of the tariff debate in
the house. An iron clad order was
brought in setting out the programme
for the tariff debate and fixing Jan. -
as the day for taking the final vote.
This resulted only in sile-tracking Mr..
BOutelle aud his Hawaiian resolution, as
when the vote came to be taken on the
adoption of the order the Democrats
lacked nine votes of n quorum. At least
twenty Democrats at the capitol either
absented themselves from the hall or
refused to answer to their names when
called.
Washington, Jan. S.--1hc Democratic
quorum in the house has not as ye. ina
terializcd. Saturday night the house
adopted the extreme cxpedient Of ordering
the arrest of all members absent without
leave, and deputies are busy serving
warrants on these members, of whom
twenty-one are Democrats and nineteen
Republicans. From the Republican alb
sentccs, of course, no aid is expected.
They can be brought here under duress,
but they cannot be made to vote. This
applies to some Of the Democrats as