Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our Regular corrcspondcnt.)


WAsHINGToN, April OH, 1888.
A deadlock IN the House Reader, do
you know what that means? l'Il tell you.
it means that for five days already. and
only Heaven can tell for how many days
TO come, the House has done nothing, the
committees OF the House have done noth-
ing, and all this at cost tO the tax pay
ers Of this country of from $1,000 to 81
coo day.
The dead lock was brought about over
the bill providing for the return to the sew
eral StaIes on NJ count OF an act passed by
Congress August 9th. 1861, toIDy an annual
tax OF $4,000 600 upon the people Of the
United States, and apportIoning the same
among tbs several States, the Territories
and the District Of Columbia according TO
population rs shown by the census of 1860.
The books of the Treasury show HAT the
Government received IRON his tax III 1861
.he only year in which it was enforced, Il e
sum Of Sl7,5 ,533 G7S.32. The object OF tie
bill Is TO return this money TO The States
that paid ii in TO the general government
to and in suppressIng the rebellion.
MIR Oates, Of Alabama, aud few other
Southern democratic Representatives ~
solve that this bill should not pass tie
House although more than twu-thir,ls of
that body are in favor Of il. By fiilbust-
ering, that is killing time by all sorts of
dilatory motions aud insisting on having a
yea and nay vote taken on each OF them.
This SOFT Of manouvering has been kept
up for five days and the ilbusierers
threaten that they will keep it up until
noon OF the Ali, Of March next when the
FIftieth Cong 'ess expires, if the bill IL not
Withdrawn. Unier the absurd code of
rules which govern the House of Repre-
sentatives this is entirely possible.
There is only one nlan WHO can break
the desdlock, witlIowt one or the other
sides making complete surrender, and
that man is believed TO he in sympathy
with the filbusters. His name is Carlisle,
and he occupies the responsible POSITION
OF Speaker oi the House.
lie can break tie deadlock il lie has
the necessary will and nerve TO do so. Ii
has been done hy other Speakers in times
pat. Mr., Randall, at O'Clock on the
moruing Of Mrrch 2ni 1877, broke the
deadlock by which the democrats Of the
lIouse attempted to defeat the counting in
Of President Hayes, by absolutely deulm-
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