The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-19

| printed IN tho accord, against tho OK
prcss provision OF tho house, u spocCh
which occupied four columns. ~ know
Mr.. Wheeler was rapid talker," said
MIR. Burrows, drily, "but doubt his
ability to accomplish such q feat as
that.n EH".
Az Mr.. Wheeler was not present It
was decided TO allow tho matter to 70
over until he could speak for himself.
After further routine business the
house wont into q committee OF tho
whole, Mr.. Bailey, OF Texas, in tho
chair, for tho further consideration OF
tho consular and diplomatic appropria.
ton bill.
Mr.. Grow (Rop., Pa.,) took tho floor
and vigorously arraignOd the Hawaiian
| policy OF tho administration. Mr.. Nc.
Croary Dem, Ky.,) in reply stated
that inaSmuch as the house had dis.
cusscd the Hawaiian matter for five
days and adopted resolutions OF pressing
tho sena0 OF tho house ho regarded it
res Gdjudicdtd.
Mr.. Hooker (Dom. Miss.) n member
lowed with defense Of tho Presidents
Hawaiian policy.
"Is 1t still the purpose Of tho Presi.
dent to restore the Quecn?" asked Mr..
VanVoorhis, (Rep. New York;.
Mr.. Hooker aaid that had been left to
and decided by Congress.
Mr.. Miilikon (Rcp. Maine), replied to
some OF Mr.. Hooker'a stricturea on OK.
Minister Stevens In the course of which
he predicted that 1t would not bs many
years before the American flag would
| be raised over Hawaii, under auspices
that would insure its remaining there.
THE VAN ALIEN CASE.
Mr.. Quigg Rop., Now Yorh) in thu
courao Of some general romarLs CRITICS.
ing the Van Alien appointment got into
verbal duel with Mr.. Enloo DOM,
Tonnessec.) Ho had, in reply to a
| question from MIR. Enloo, asserted that
he was elected TO Congress- last January
because chance had been afforded the
Fourteenth Now York congressional
district, with its 10000 Democratic ma.
jority, to record an aye and nay voto on
tho Wilson bill.
"Did you accomplish what you came
hero for?" asked Mr.. Enloe. "Did you
kill tho Wilson Dill as you said you
would in your campaign?"
Il did not say I would" replied Mr..
Quigg. 81 said the election of Repub-
lican in Democratic district would do
i much toward defeating the Wilson bill
and I think tho Wilson bill to-day is
smashed"
perhaps you aro the author OF the
speech against the Wilson bill deliver
cd tho othcr day by Senator Hill," sug-
| gested Mr.. Euloe sarcastlcally.
81 had not that honor," replied Mr..
Quige; ''wo Republicans know that he is
a5le to take care OF himself. He has
done 80 frequently to our diamay and
discomfort and, thought, to our satis-
| faction"
Messrs. Meredith, OF Virginia. and
Enloe, OF Tennessee, took hand in tho
discussion Of the Van Allen incident,
using the Harrison appointment OF Mr..
Wanamaker as a shield to meet all
thrusts. Il4s
Certain facts have been developed
by this debate" interrupted Mr.. Reed.
First, that Whitney is q good man !;
second, that Cleveland is good mau,
and'third, that Van Allen was not np.
pointed to office because he contributed
$4,000 to the Democratic campaign
fund. Now. why was he appointed p
III he had been appointed because OF
his contribution" said Mr.. Enlee, "'that
would BIZ the best and strongest reason
| for his appointment from Republican
standpoint, know nothing OF the facts,
but l will say this in his defense, he at
lenst had the .decency not to insult the
American people by accepting Office as
did John Wanamaker."
cANSoN's SARCASM.
Mr.. Cannon (Rep., Illinois). who fol-
lowed Mr.. Enloo, waxed sarcastic. ~
would not say anything" auid he,
against that great and good man
Cleveland. II l dipped my tongue in
gall could not say anything half as
mean against him rs tho Democratic
press is saying" He created great
amusement by telling how the Demo.
cratic national convention had prepared
4 platform and how atterward that
great and good mau" had written q
letter modifying it. Turning to tho
Democratic, side, he asked: "Who is
your prophet? Is it Groyer2 Is 1t
Walter O.? Is 1t 'Hoke Smith2 Ia it
David B.?
"Give it up" calculated Mr.. Burrows,
amid great laughter.
Mr. Cannon struck right and left
He preferred to Mr.. Bland as the wild.
eyed son OF destiny from Missouri, and
wanted to know why tho Democrats in
choosing men for the most responsible
officer in tho gift OF their administra.
tiou were obliged to draft renegade Re.
publicans or. Mugwumps.
Alter Mr.. Cannon had concluded the
debate took a different shoot, Mr. Wise,
Dem. Virginia,) mado a speech In
which ho challenged ;he right OF Reed
to claim the right for tho idea OF count.
ing members to make quorum.
Tho originator of that idea, he as.
serted was John Randolph Tucker, of
Virginia, who fourteen years ago pro.
posed q modification to the rules do
siSned to take into account in deter
mining the presence OF n quorum OF
members present but refusing TO vote.
On that occasion Mr.. Reed had, with
greatvehemence, denounced the propo-
.sition. He had urged that it was no.
tho physical presence Of majority OF
tho members which the constitution
had contemplated as n quorum bus a
majority present and participating, u
thing, added Mr.. Wise sarcas.ically,
which Thomas B. Reed has not done for
q month.
did the Democratic Congress In 1880
adopt Mr.. fuckers ruler" usked Mr..
Grosvenor (Rep. ohio).