The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-07
Rumor that the President Has Grown Weary
of Obstructive Tactics and that the Minor
ity Will Be Compelled to Yield.
Cleveland's Unpopularity Among the
Democratic Politicians of Buffalo.
Crook, the Famous Indian Fighter, Nominated
to Be Major -General-Investigating the
Standard Oil Trust-Capital Notes.
THE oBsTRUCTIoNIsrs.

Rumor that the President Has Called Halt
in the Fiiibussering.
Special to the Indianapolis journal
WASHINGTON, April 6-Today's session of
the Hou SO of Representatives was consumed by
steady roll calls and the same filibustering tac-
tics employed during most of the week by the
opponents of the direct-tax bill. There was q
call of the House late in the afternoon. when
the doors were locked. and the Sergeant-at-
arms was sent over the city to bring in absent
members Finally the House took a recess
until 11:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. when the
same programme is to be resumed. This is one
of the clearest cases of flbustering that has
taken place in Congress for many years Each
morning, when the House meets, motion is
pending for adjournment upon which the
yeas and nays are called. It takes about forty
Eve minutes to make call of the House and
announce the pairs. The tactics of the flibus-
terers lis TO compound motions for adjournment
For instance. one OF them moves to adjourn TO a
certain hour. generally o'clock; another will
move to amend by making the hour 430;
again, another motion is made by third
flibuster to amend the amendment. and to make
the adjournment o'clock; fourth flibuster
moves to lay the motions on the table, and upon
all Of these four motions the yeas and nays are
demanded, and it takes about three and half
hours to dispose of the batch. When these are
out of the way the action is repeated. and so the
days have been frittered away. Few members
have tried to make any remarks, except in the
way of jibes. At times. the scene becomes
noisy, as members hurl remarks from one side
OF the hall to the other, but usually there is
very good order. and quietude reigns. The
membership of the House has been quite full
during the past thres days, and but few were
absent to-day.
It is reported tonight that President Cleve-
land has ordered halt called in the filibuster-
ing. and that tomorrow or Monday the dead
lock will break. The minority will yield to
vote on the main question, and the directtax
bill will be passed. A number of Democratic
members were requested by the President to-
day cease flibusterine, and it is said that the
chief executive has either seen has sent word
to the leaders of the filibustering that they will
do great injury to the party and injustice 70 the
administration IL this work is kept up longer.
From the beginning 1t was apparent that the
opponents of the bill would not succeed, because
they were so far in the minority. They number
less than fifty. and less than bakers dozen
more than the required one-ffth necessary to
demand o roll-call. The edict Of the President
settles the situation. and will doubtless unravel
the tangle Such friends of the bill as Generals
Grosvenor, of Ohio; Henderson, OF Iowa;
Browne, of Indiana and Reed, of Maine de-
clared to-day that they would spend the
mainder of their terms voting for the bill before
1hey would yield TO defeat grant the demand
of its opponents, which is that an amendment be
accepted to refund to the Southern States the