, 1888-04-12
THE DEAD LOCK.
Public Business in the House
practi ca!ly Suspended.
Further Exposure Of the Oi
Trust - ~ Death of General
Gilmore.
An Admission Scheme "A
Strange FuneraI--- Move
ments of Blaine
CONCRE SSlONAL.


WAsmiNGroE, April 7-NIessrs. Oates, Breck.
~SdSprdge and other nenbe: IS of tho house
= opposed to the direct tax BILL held II short
srd6Snference this morning touching the pres.
ent deadlock in the house 1t is under
stood that the conclusion was reached that
the house take a recess from sometime to-
day until Monday, maintaining the present
parliamentary status of the bill and that
the democratic caucus tonight should de-
termine the future course OF the house in
regard to the matter.
THE DIRECT rTAy--FiLBusTERING.
The house met this morning at II 80 in
continuation of Wednesdays session.
Il. B, TAYLOR haAing demanded the regular
order. Pending the question, upon motion
Of Mr.. Taylor. the house resolved it.
self into acomntttee OF the whole on the
direct tax bill. Oates was Immediately on
hand with "A motion for IA recess until s
o'clock, and wac further supplemented by
Breckenridge with "A motion substituting 3
o'clock. AT the conclusion of the
roll call, Oates Inquired wheth;
would permit three hours debate upon it
without condition. Reed said they were
ready to grant any time which might be
required for u full and complete debate,
desiring that the previous question be con
sidered as ordered, and vote be taken on
the passage of the bill at son,c definite
time. Oakes said that the gentlemen on
d. the other side we're conscious ut their power
w y vote GOWN every amendment anu pass
'vsShe bill, leaving its opponents no oppor-
tunity to compromise. All legislation
proceeded on the idea of compromise,
and If he agreed that the previous question
should be ordered on the bill in advance,
all the majority would have to do would
be To vote down every amendment.
Reed replied that under the constitution,
a majority WAS competent to decide what
amendments 1T would adopt what bills
1t would pass, and what g" would refuse to
a.. III
ment OF debate, and ANY number Of amend
ments. IL the amendments are adopted
the matter VIII go into conference; II not,
the bill would pass as 1t stood, and would
pass by virtue OF having II majority of the
representatives OF the p,Ople in favor Of 1t.
Oates said that under the rules Of the
house. the regular course was thai when
the general debap' ended in the commit
tee uf the whole, The Mi should he read
by paragraph for auinittance and debate
under the five minute rule. When the
consideration Of the bill WAS completed,
majority could report 1t to tho house
ana the previous question could be
ordered upon 1t.
49, 1aeavorlnv to proceed in the regular or
60 and had u motion pending 10 go in
10 0COininittec Of tho Whole, hut the pro-
ceedingS were interrupted by the gen
tleman and his friends. The attempt to
compromise having failed, the battle was
resumed.
After another roll call, Taylor prop osed
that the house go into committee OF the
whole for general debate on the wool
tax BILL to be limited to one hour.
Coates said he would make an answer
to the proposition in an hour or so.
Taylor suggested that the gentleman
might have un,il Monday to cons ider the
proposition, II lie WISHED tn make a mo-
ton for recess until that day. BY unani
nous consent the houSs took recess un-
til Monday. Tive parliamentary status OF
bill remains unchanged.