St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-12
A BIG TREASURY RAID.
The Filibustering Deadlock
Still Continues in the
House.
History of a Bold Scheme to
Deplete the Treasury and
Prevent Reform.
Millions to be Taken Out of
the Treasury by This Co
lOSSal Raid.
How the Game Was Set Up,
Who Set 1t Up and Who
Favor It.

WASHINGTON, A pril 1.-THE call of
the house ordered at 5 p. m. yesterday
continued throughout the night, and
daylight found the doors still locked and
the call not completed. From daylight
till ga. IN. members who had been
sleeping in committee rooms began to
put in an appearance after getting
breakfast. From o'clock till noon ev-
erythlng was quiet, and at the latter
hour, the beginning of the seventh day
of the deadlock, the clerk was calling
the roll on the motion to dispense with
the call. The motion was defeated, and
the next hour or so was without Incl
dent. Unanimous consent was given to
have telegram from New York read
announcing an improvement in EX-Sen-
ator Conkling's condition. The reading
of the dispatch called forth round of
applause from both sides of the house.
At p. M, after long spell of waiting
for something to turn up, Mr.. Iaulbee
suggested, in view of the fact that the
house had been in session construct
lively for eight days, and continuously
for more than tWenty-Seven hours, that
and good nature to take a recess until
11:15 tomorrow, and asked unanimous
consent to do so; but Mr.. O'Ferrall, of
Virginia, objected. At D. m. he re-
peated his motion, and there being no
objection, the recess was taken.
HISTORY OF THE SITUATION.
Half hundred Democrats, most OF
them, to the honor of their section,
Southern men, still stand solid in the
house to prevent a raid on the treasury
for SS4, 100000. Mr.. Oates and those
acting with him do not mean to give up
unless they see that the public cares
nothing about this raid on the treasury.
But they mean to continue their opposi
ton until public opinion can be in
formed and aroused. The contest will,
therefore. go on, and it ought to. Fill
clustering has scarcely ever had so COM
plete justification as in this case, and
when the peoples attention is fixed
upon what is going on In the house the
tilibusters will receive, as they deserve,
general thanks. The direct tax repay
ment bill is nothing more than the en-
tering wedge for measures which will so
deplete the treasury that the protection
lists may have cause to cry out that no
tax reductions can be safely made. The
fifteen-mi kon direct tax bill is the pilot
fish for that great shark, the cotton tax
repayment bill, which calls for sixty
nine millions. The two, the shark and
the pilot fish, will take eighty-four mill
ions out of the treasury, and leave it
tolerably empty. That is the precise
purpose of those who are trying to force
these bills through.
HERE Is THE STORY
of this prOtectiOniSt treasury raid:
When, two weeks ago, the judiciary
committee, which had the bill in charge.
asked the house by unanimous consent
to grant it two days for it's business, OBJ
lection was made, unless the committee
should agree not to bring forward the
direct tax repayment bill. The promise
was given and the committee received
it's grant of time. Thereupon Mr.. Cas-
well, Republican, introduced resolu-
ton, to be sent to the committee on
rules, directing the consideration of the
bill. This and other similar requests
were considered by the rules committee
Randall, brought in report prescrib-
ing the order of busine SIS. In this re-
port eleven committees were granted
days for their business, and in every
case but one the words are: "FOr the
consideration of bills in such order as
the committee may designate" But in
the case Of the judiciary committee, and
that alone, the words are:
Resolved, That Tuesday and WedneS-
day, April and 4, immediately after
the reading of the journal, be set apart
for the consideration of senate bill 139,
to provide for refunding the direct tax
levied in 1861, and after the cOnSidera-
ton of said bill is completed, the re-
mainder of said time is set apart for the
consideration of any other bill or bills
designated by the committee on the jul
dietary.
THE PROGRAMME.
Now, then, the members of the rules
committee are the speaker, Mr.. Mills,
Mr.. Randall, Mr.. Reed and Mr.. Cannon.
The speaker is opposed to the direct tax
bill. Mr.. Mills was absent, sick. 1t
follows necessarily that Mr.. Randall
joined the two Republicans in the eX-
ceptional and offensive demand upon
the judiciary committee, singing out
one of its bills for preference, and that
a raid on the treasury. Mr.. Randall
and two Republican protectionists
therefore combined to force this treas
ury raid into the house. When the day
came the bill was brought up, and the
votes show that it has the solid support
of the whole Republican side of the
house and number of Democrats.
The protectiOniSts are all for it, and it
is in fact Republican measure, as it
has the solid Republican support. The
pretence has been set up that it is
Southern treasury raid, but as matter
of fact most of the Southern men Op-
pose it. 1t is Republican and protec-
ZIONIST scheme to prevent any reduc-
ton of taxation. There is no justice in
the measure, but the bribe it holds out
to twenty-eight states gives it the
strength which log rolling river and
harbor bills always have. So many are
to have ''share of the pork'' that the
Republican protectioniStS have felt sure
of success when, with Mr.. Randall's
help, they were able to force it into the
house. The direct tax was laid by
congress in 1861 and was collected for
only one year, and only in part that
but where these did not choose to act
the federal authorities levied upon cit
liens of the state. The bill which Mr..
Randall helped the Republicans to force
in the house proposes to return to the
states what they paid, OF what was col
lected in them by the federal power,
and to forgive the sums unpaid.
AN OFFER OF PLUMBER.
Mr.. Oates, of Alabama, who is head
ing the filibustering opposition to the
bill in the house, made strong minor
ity report against it. The bill is simply
a huge offer of plunder to the states.
New York, for instance, would get
nearly two and quarter millions; Ohio
a million and a third; Pennsylvania
over a million and half; Massachusetts
over 100000; Indiana, S769,O00; Con-