The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-04
WANT TARIFFACTI|
Republicans WORKING
Postpone Taking UN
Wilson Bill.
BOUTELLE WHIPR
House Refuses to Col
Hawaiian Resolution
Senate investigated

signs of activity upon the floor of the
even before the hour of meeting today s
whips had been at work, and Ike HI
deputy sergeant-at-arms reported IL #
quorum of democrats was in town TherV@assR
some doubt in the legislative mind as to
the status of Mr.. Boutelle's Hawaiian resolu-
tion, and it was not clear whether it was still
the pending question before the House, or
whether the motion to take it up had lapsed
with adjournment yesterday.
The question was soon brought to test,
for Immediately after the reading and cor
rection of the Journal, Mr.. McMillin Dem,
Tenn.), representing the element of de-
sirous of taking up the tariff bill,
demanded the regular order. The Speaker
directed the call Of committees for reports,
holding that Mr.. Boutelle's resolution had
lepsed with yesterdays adjournment. Mr..
s0asss 0eas s0ngh 0gsad to renew it and b t..
after the call. This formality
over. Mr.. Boutelle called up his resolution
declaring against intervention in Hawaii,
and Mr.. McMilin raised the question of com
sideration, desiring to take up the Tariff bill.
BoUTELLE SHOWED UNDER.
The Speaker put the resolution, and on
| standing vote the House declined to take
up Mr.. Boutelle's resolution. The vote
| stood 80 in the affirmative and 128 in the
negative.
The yeas and nays were ordered,
| Here was the opportunity of the Repub-
| hcans to test the strength of their adversar-
| les, and following up yesterdays tactics they
! sat mute. The result was that the vote on
considering Mr.. Boutelle's resolution stood
| yeas nothing, nays 150-no quorum and at
| Mr.. McMillin's instance call OF the House
was ordered.
| The call showed the presence of 229 menu
bers, and again the yeas and nays were
| called on Mr.. Boutells motion to consider
| his resolution.
| IN THE SENATE.
| Mr.. Gray Dem, DELI gave notice that on
| Tuesday next he would move to proceed to
| the consideration of the House bill to repeal
| the Federal Election laws, and that he would
| ask to have its consideration continued until
a conclusion shall be reached. At P. M.
| the Senate went into executive session.
4 The Senate has agreed that the adjourn
ment today shall be till Monday next A reso-
| luton calling on the Secretary of the Treas
| ury for statement of the sums paid to Mr..
| Blount, as Commissioner to Hawaii
| and the orders and law under which such
payment was made was offered by Mr.. Hoar
| rep, Mass.) and on objection by Mr.. Cor
4 man Dem, Md, it went over without ac-
ti0n. ANXIOUS re 1rvpsrreArr.
7 This mornings session of the House COM
mittee ON Foreign Affairs was devoted to a
consideration of the resolution intro
duced some days ago by Mr.
Blair of New Hampshire, to investi-
| gate the present situation and the causes
| leading to it in Hawaii. The discussion that
| followed showed that the Democrats were
unfavorable to the proposition. The burden
of their argument was that such an investl-
cation is unnecessary, inasInueh as a similar
| Investigation is now in progress in the SEN
ate. The resolution was finally referred to q
subcommittee, of which Mr.. Hooker of
Mississippi is Chairman.
| THE SENATE INVESTIGATIONS.
| The Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
| tions began the fourth day OF the inveStiga-
| tion of Hawaiian affairs by meeting almost
at the hour appointed, ten, this morning,
| and with all members of the Sub COMMITTEES
present but Mr.. Sherman. Prof. Alexander,
| the Surveyor General of the Islands, was the
only witness before the Committee this
| morning.
One thing appears to be evident, if the
| intimations dropped by members of the
| committee can serve as basis for a judg-
ment ard that is that the scope Of
the investigation is taking much wider
range than was anticipated by the
| witnesses or even by the Senators when they
began the work. 1t is said that Mr.. Morgan,
4 Chairman of the committee, in discussing the
| plan of action, informed bis col
| leagues that there were questions
in this matter far deeper than
the mere acts of ex-Minister Stevens, Minis
| ter Willis and Commissioner Blount, and
those questions related to the causes that
| led to the acts of these gentlemen. The in
| dications are that the State Department has
not up to this time given the committee
copy of the report made by Mr.. Willis
upon which the supplemental instructions of
| December 3 last were sent to him. and the
| committee
| to get at the facts and the condition of
affairs when Mr.. Willis arrived at Homo
lulu and what it could have been that he re-
ported that prevented the consummation OF
the plan contemplated in the instructions he
carried.