Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-10
And a List'es Day Ensued in the
 Senate.
THE REPUBLIC OF HAWAII
And Federal Troops at Chicago Furnish Timber for Jawing
 in the House.

to have reached that condition of apathy and weariness that units it for any serious legislative business which is not connected with the final disposition of the tariff bill and the winding up of the long session. Today's sitting came to a close at 1:40 o'clock, and a part of the time had been given to the consideration of executive business. Nothing of any public interest marked the brief legislative day.
 The honse bill to repeal in part and to limit section of the revised statutes under which bounty land warrants are refused to ex-soldiers of the Mexican war who after wards served in the Con federate army, gave rise to some discussion. Mir. George, democrat, of Mississippi, ,who moved to take the bill from the calendar, explained it's purpose and said it would apply to very few persons
 That view of tho case was contradieted by MT. Platt, republican, of Connecticut, who said that the bill would apply not to few, but to thousands of such old Mexi- can soldiers and their heirs. He confessed his surprise that there should be an at tempt to take up measures and rush them through, in which all hoped would be the closing hours of the session. These old Mexican soldiers had been treated gener- ously. They had been given pensions, even though they had not been sixty days ln SefVlce auQ naU never S6eu tn0 enemy. This bill was simply to give them, in addi- tioD, land warrants which would be worth $2O0 in cash. He moved to postpone the bill till the first Monday in December next.
 MT. Hill remarked that the bill simply removed legislative punishment from few old men.
 The discussion was interrupted by a mo- tion submitted by Mr. Gray, democrat, of Delaware, to proceed to the consideration of executive business, and at 1:15 o'clock the galleries were cleared, the doors closed and an executive session entered on.
 At 1:40 o'clock the senate adjourned until tomorrow.
 IN THE HOUSE.
 The Hawiian question came to the front again in the house today, forming the sub ject for the most spirited and interesting portion of the proceedings.
 Mr. Boutelle raised it as question of privilege. He repudated the reported imputation that in introducing the resolu- tions recognizing the Hawaiian republic he had sought to obtain partisan advantage for th4republican party, but that he was desirots only of maintaining the honor and dignity of the government and observing the upbroken traditions of the country and of congfess. He criticised the failure of the committee on foreign affairs to act upon his resolutions and denounced the Ha- waiian policy of the ministration, espe- cialIy theplast. act, which he described as the grudg halting, secretive recognition of the republic of Hawaii by the president.
 MT. Boutelle arraigned the administra- ton for its Hawaiian policy and was re- ceiving the applause of his republican associates, wben MT. Coomb, democrat, of New York, called him to order on the ground that he was not speaking to ques- tion of privilege.
 Speaker Crisp sustained the point and rapped the gentleman from Maine to order. An excited colloquy between him and the speaker ensued, h the course of which the speaker said Mir. Boutelle, from his long experience, must know that be had gone beyond the limits of a matter of personal privilege and warned him that he could not continuously violate the rules of the house.
 MT. Boutelle insisted that he had stated that the matter was question not only of personal privilege, but of the privilege of the house, and asked the speaker to rule upon that point.
 The Speaker-The chair rules that the gentleman is out of order.
 Mir. Boutelle-Oh, the speaker can refuse to hear.
 Before taking his seat MT. BoutelIe un- successfully endeayored to get unanimous consent to move tbat the committee on for- eign affairs be discharged from the further consideration of his resolution, and that they be considered by the house.
 The bill to increase the efficiency of the militia came up again and gave rise to a discussion ill which the recent riots at Chi cago were referred to. MT. Fithian, dem- OCfat, or. lUl0OlSl crlLlcl6eQ Fr6blOent Cleveland's order sending federal troops to Chicago.
 MT. Cannon, republican of Illinois, said that in the indorsement of state law the power of the state authorities was plenary, and that the president would be regarded as an interloper unless he were requested to act by the governor or legislature. But in the recent troubles at Chicego the situa- tion was that the decreea of the United States courts were interfered with and the interstate law violated in it's every section when the president called out the federal troops to enforce the federal laws, the courage and fidelity - and the republicans, glad of an opportunity to commend demo- cratic executive for doing his duty, said UAmen.''
 ''lf my colleague (Mr. Fithian) desires to make this an issue,D said MT. Cannon, ''in the approaching election in our state, well and good. He will find the republi- cans standing by democratic president for standing by his sworn duty" lAp- plause.
 opposed the bill. He said the restrictions placed upon the use of the militia by the fathers of the country should be observed. He deprecated the attempts of the federal government to grasp the power reserved to the states.
 To a question by MT. Hepburn, republic can, of Iowa, Mir. Dunn said he knew that the government had protected certain in- dustries at the expense of others and thereby violated the constitution. Demo- cratic applause.
 he was not surprised at the position taken =