The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-03
HAWAII IN THE HOUSE.
en-, ,urrE DArs DISCUSSION OF
TuE suBJEcr OPENED.
s, Nccrsary Defends tho Majority Hs'o-
lutlon and Mr.. hin Approves i'-'""
al. Makes Another show of HIMSELF

r.
,,a.v Immediately after the reading oi
se Journal. Mr.. catchlngs' from inc
rommlttce on Rules, reported a spe''"'
,rder Tor consideration for the report
-, tho Committee on Foreign Affairs
,o.,,,ve 10 Hawaiian affairs. This pro-
49, that every day for three days the
hopse should consider this question: ana AT
, o'clock on tho iagt day the previous
,nesaon should be ordered and a vote
,.ton ON the resolution and pending
tmsndmcnts
,ir gontcilc made n point OF o'1,'
.-.,,st fho erecisl order jrst brought n'
h. ae-crtci that HIS question "i ma,
h,i,llceoe should fake precedence W.
s..isi order This was "a Ques'l"h VIZ,
EvofVcN not only The prinlt-fa OF '",
boose but its very c0n9iiiuliohai
he had introduced This question Oh
lsee I'm the House SIS Weeks as"' "nu -.
kad bscn displaced Icy a speeih 49,
from the COMMITTEE ON ''"'. -, an
a. consider the tarl hih. ANA no" ",'
tfbcr was brought in. again setnnS "sloc
- rriyilcgcd resolution. and the 'o'l-
,niffee on Rules might go on ana ora"
frm iis auivcr another SPECIAL oiu''' W.
M absolute exclusion of every oth'i hle.'
ter ~ husiucss. to thc end OF the Session.
And 50 n could destroy tho tundainenl"'
tght Of privilege. THE ruins Of Speah'r
garlisie brief bui luminous, covered ~,
ground completely ana rr,
g. him WAS the only falc iui
lnr and that was that such
matters rrcscntcd question for INC
House and not for thc Chair o. 'eeiu''
Some weeks agO he had offered TINS Ie7o,
tuition. calling on thc Navy i'fraf'hth'
Or certain information, and tnal Ieso'u,
ton was hanging in thc air ana coulh no'
hc reached. he rcad "a numhef oil ue.
eisione stpporting his contention thtt u
Sy.s "a question Tor the House ana not loi
tao chair a. decide IIc asked the
Sneaker 10 reconsider his decision, and
ie had no doubt that the Chair would
change its ruling.
The Speaker stands nv His Decision.
qrc Sneaker ion the course Of his deci-
sion said that the special order had Dteh
arrived at by the House and not by the
Committee on Rules. lie. therefore, held
60 his former ruling, and was OF inc
e,pinion that when the resolution ol Inc
Foreign Affairs Committee had peeh De
tided the privileged resolution OF inc
gentleman from Maine might then De
,aken un and disposed Of a motion FOR
The previous question was put and agreed
60. and the Speaker recognized MT keee
90 speak % the question.
Nr Reed Welded a few minutes 10 MIR
y0utollc. who said ne desired 70 cal
60 the attention Of the Chair the lac
chat II seVen-eighths Of the members o
she House desired 10 consider his prvi
iced resolution IL could not be done ex
cont by voting down the previous question
o. votine down the special order. lie as
serted that the gentleman from Mssis
thpi OafchugD had been constitute
cole guardian OF the privileges ana right
of fhe House.
"fvccpf the gentleman from Maine,
Interrupted Mr Catchines.
Mr. Reed said the difficulty couiu nay
very easily been settled by raising IN
question Of consideration against an
other matter brought up. The commute
seemed 10 have arrived at It's coheiusloi
bv The same process of reasoning Whlc
women were said 80 employ. Ihey Wt'
said 10 arrive at conclusions without boih
through the intermediate steps ol loEl'
Qicpublican laughter)
satchiuas X n .ctionsT pom Bouteile.
AR .CatchnEs was recognized ana spoN
IN favor Of The special order of the Con
miace ON Rules. I'm referring TO Nh
Reed he said ne was too great ma
TO descend 10 the language used by hl
colleague. Democratic appiause1 li
special order had not been submitted, 10
very obvious reasons, TO the gcniiema
from Maine who had been indulsine !
fantastic and bedlamite gyrations on IN
floor.
Mr.. Boutelle demanded that the gentle
mans words should be taken down an
the gentleman called 10 ORDER and h
also demanded that the gentleman tax
his seat.
This Mr Catchings did, amidst tn
laughter of the House. and the excite
ment contiued while the House waite
for the official reporter to transcribe hi
notes and hand the copy TO the clerh
The Speaker then called the House {
order. and in breathless interest IN
members listened to the reading Of tn
Objectionable words.
Mr. Catchnes was permitted 10 resum
his remarks. lie bad not uttered a com
pletc sentence before Mr.. Boutclle, un
der the mistaken impression that Nj
Catchings was again indulging in pei
sonaiities. interrupted him.
The Speaker assured him that nothin
Objectionable had been uttered. for IN
reason that the gentleman had spoke
only about dozen words and Nj
Catchings again proceeded. Again lie wa
interrupted. this time with more reason
for he had said that he (Catchings)
common with many other gentlemen q
the floor of the House. had regarded ti
gentleman from Maine as afflicted Wit
species OF harmless mania for maxim
exhibition Of himself daughter ON u
Democratic sldcl.
air. Boutellc demanded that these wor,
We taken down. and ne desired q
Speaker to call the gentleman 10 ordc
aud that he should rule upon the wore
of Alr. Catchines. There was anoth'
interval. while the House was waitir
for the words 10 be- transcribed from n
reporters notes. during which the mel
hors crowded into the space in front ,
flc Speakers desk When order wa
restored the words were read and il
Speaker. after weighing the scnten
carefully. said he hardly thought u
language parliamentary.
Mr. Catchines was called upon 10 cn
plain. which ho did. and then hnishe
ms speech upon the report OF the Con
mittee on Rules. y vote was then take
on Tho resolution. and II MAS uranimou.
~ agreed 10. ana Mr McgreaYv Dem
Ny), chairman Of the Foreign Anah
Committee Was recognized. Before 4
could proceed, however. MIR. hit Rap
Ju.). the ranking member Of the mlno,
fly OF the Foreign Affairs Committe.
asked whether II would be I'm order IL
the minority Of the committee 10 offer
fuietitute 10 the resolution Gs tie naio
ily before vote was taken on the latte
30 Speaker said 1t would be- in order.
The Resolution and the Substitute
The resolution reported from the Foreii
Anairs Committee. read:
Resolved. First. that IL Is the sense
this House that the action Of n
United states Minister in emplo
"a