Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-11
A WEEK OF ruR DKADLoCK.
scenes I'm The HOuss kass Nighs ana
Tosnay.

A WEEK OF fuaR DEADLoCk.
scenes In he Heo.s Eass NlgAs ana
To-Day.
AZ afeeen minutes before II O'Clock to-day the |
HOUSE had been In SESSION twenty -f0ur hoars with
out recess ana Tor one week without adjourn |
ment Wednesday 10 q week Old, and is u stili |
wednesday. An night last night they remained |
IN session. part OF the time sittang silently watch
ing each Other, somst1nes having little fun %
Keep up their spirits and prop open their syes and
again listening 70 tne monotonous roal-cau A
eau OF the House started at O'Clock yesterday
ana was sttn In progress ct noon to-day. No mo-
ton 70 adjourn or to take recess could prevail
PROBABLY not more than third Of the members
were then In their seata but most Of the others
were In the committee-room or somewhere about
wi.nin caiL A quorum was pressnt during the
whole night and viii appear at any moment
TIE SCENE uroN TEE YLoo1
was striking. All the sofas were occupied. Men,
bern, all looking woefuliy sleepy, were iolling IN
their seats, some reading newspaperA o few writ
ing, one or two reading novels, and the rest with
their hands hanging nstlessly at their sideS The
tons were being made. no business suggested
The TWO sides were watching each other. Occa-
sionaly some more wakefui member would make
Jocular remark TO arouse his fellows No sweep
Ing had been done, and the carpet and desks were
strewn with papers and litter. Representatives.
ana employees have had TO feed during the past
restaurant.
DURING rHf xraur
the temper Of the House varied from serious to
playful from Jocular TO angry, and back again
through the changes. When members were
brought in under arrest by the sergeant-at-arms
and nad 70 make excuses they all had some fun
Hatch, McMiilin, Springer, or Stone, OF Kentucky.
were IN the chair most OF the time, Carise leaving
st II O'Clock last night and returning this morn
ing. During the night some members played cards
Ia committee rooms to keep awake.
THE DEADLOCK NEARLY BROKEN.
scene occurred after midnight when motion
was made to adjourn. Taken by viva voce vote,
1t appeared carried, and the Speaker pro tenn, Mr.
McMillin, was about to adjourn the House. The
Iepu0neans rose In body and rushed toward the
speakers desk, shouting for the yeas and nays For
licans came so near being caught mapping that
they were wild with excitement Finally the yeas
and nays were got, and the House refused 70 adj
Journ.
Had they adjourned. Of course that would have
ended the deadlock, as the bill could not come up
This was the only very exciting incident Of the
night. A roll-call was had just before IL to-day
The deputy reading-clerk who attempted to read
Ine can was SO fatiGued that Representative
Dockery, OF missouri, volunteered 70 take bis
House.
AS the day advanced members coming from the
BARRIERS and the bath, and refreshing themselves
with breakfast, the House began to spruce up, and
pa oy O'CLOCK there was pretty full attendance
snG most 81 them looked IN fairly good trim to
lon Is on both sides not to take Q recess, but to
continue in unbroken session until the deadlock
adjournment which means the defeat Of the blu,
Is the only thing that will end the deadlock.
THE ATTITUDES IN TEE ROUSE
this afternoon were striking.
Mr. Reed moved restlessly about, frownin2 now;
now looking At his watch. For few minutes he
sat at his own desk and tried to write. Then he
TOOK seat in the middle OF the House and yawned
i,mpauenoy Again he picked up q paper and
Segan % ore, read Clearly he was deep down in dis
J., General Weaver sat In his proper place with one
leg thrown over the other in a-nrm but easy atti.
apds' deeply absorbed In newspaper and looking
The hover in Mr.. Spr1nger's button-hole was
faded this morning, and he looked depressed A
native buoancy.
Mr.. johnson, Of Indiana, lay with his head hang.
Ing over the back OF his chair and his eyes closed
Mr. Burrows reclined with his feet on one chair
and the heavier part OF his anatomy In another,
while ne read the morning papera
AT 1 O'Clock Mr.. Randall slept in his committee
looking refreshed.
Mr. Brumm eniivened his quiet hours by reading
from bound Record OF an earlier date, possibly
an oid speech by the member from The Reading
The amiable and afrec,ionate Gov. McCreary
presented pretty picture, with q wee little girl
on OF, his knee, upon whom he was bestowlng play
The gentlemen sleeping on the eight sofas in the
corners OF the Hall generally had their faces COW
cred Win newspapers or handkerchiefs, and they
couio not DE Identified from distance.
Judge Kelley and Gov. Long bent over their
desks and wrote. Page after page came from I'm.
der the hands OF the former, and still he wrote.
Long years OF training In this school has made
sessions.
Mr.
documents TO his constituents.
The faces OF three members in row could not
DE seen because their own feet were In the way.
Mr. Gon sat turning in his chair with one hand
behind Ills head
Mr.. Breckenridge, Of Arkansas. moved about
with a springy step or sat and read statistics
with no mark OF fatigue upon his face. He ana
Gen. Weaver looked able to keep up the filibuster-
desks.
Mr. Oates was for the most part Invisible
On the other side the raw-boneu and towering
MI Iauibee alone appeared out OF reach Of fatigue
LItie MI. Belnonts hair struggled in vain 10
keep its part right down the middle Mr. Phelps
bangs were not In sight.
Mr. Cooper struggled manfully to maintain a
dignihed attitude, Tut finally the toe OF one boot
was rested on the edge OF his desk Il disappeared
when some one looked at IL.
CALL Is OCT FOR DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
to be held as soon as recess OF the House may be
taken. The call is signed by nearly a hundred and
nifty democrats There is very little doubt now
that the caucus order would be to kill the
BILL but the caucus cannot be held
as long as the House sits without
Dill among the democrats say that they will NOT
obey the caucus II II decides against the measure
IL Is supposed that some OF these would vote
against recess, so as TO stave on the caucus II
possible
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
THE ATLANTA anchored on the navy.yard ar PEN
sacola yesterday morning:
He OWNS TIE BoNDs.-Luther c. Chadbourne
husband OF NJ airy Ann Chadbourne, deceased and
executor OF her estate, has established his claim
to the three 7.3O bonds OF $500 each, which were