Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-07
MORE FILIBUSTERING.
ANOTHER SESSION OF THE HOUSE FOOL
ISHLY PRITTERRD AWAY.
Tactics Of The hlIbaStsras-Ths Deadlock Will
Os Broken To-Day or Aauday.Prssdsat
Ulsysants DIsirs that Legislation
Nay Proceed.
Especial Tlegun to re Rsg.sr.

49, " 80 yaa-cTs
WASHINGTON, April 6.-To days sss-
sion of the House OF Representatives was
consumed by steady roll calls and the
same flibustering tactics employed during
most Of the week by the opponents of the
direct tax bill There was a call of the
House late in the afternoon, when the doors
were locked and the SeTgeant-at-Arms
was sent over the city to bring in absent
members. Finally the House took q re-
cess until hAlEpast eleven o'clock to-mos-
row morning, when the same programme
is to be resumed. This is one Of the clear
est cases Of flibussering that has taken
place in Congress for many years. Each
morning when the House meets q motion
is pending for adjournment, upon which
the ayes and noes are called. Ii takes
about forty.fve minutes to make call of
the House and announce the pairs.
The tactics OF the fibustsrers is 10 COM
pound motions for adjournment. For in
stance, one OF them moves TO adjourn to a
certain hour, generally five o'clock. Au-
other one viii move 10 amend the motion
by making the hour half-past four. Again
another motion is made by = third flibas-
terer to amend the amendment to make
the adjournment four O'Clock. A fourth
fIibusterer moves to lay the motions on
the table And upon all OF these four
motions the ayes and noes are demanded,
and il takes about three and half hours
to dispose OF the batch. When these are
out of the way the action is repeated, and
80 the days have been FILTERED away.
Few members have tried to make any re-
marks, except in the way Of jibes. At
times the scenes become noisy, as mem
bers hurl remarks from one side of the
hall to the other, but usually there is
very good order and quietude reigns. The
membership of tho House has been quite
foil during the past three days, and but
few were absent to-day.
1t is reported to,nigh. that President
Cleveland has requested halt in the fill
clustering, ard that 10 morrow or Monday
the deadlock will break; the minority will
yield 10 o vote on the main question and
the direct tax bill will be passed. Anum-
Der Of Democratic members were requested
. Dy lne tfeslut nj tO-lAy 70 Cease ullOustcI-
ing and il is said that the Chief Executive
has either seen or has seut word to the
I leaders of the flibustering that they viii
do great IN ury to the party and injustice
. 10 the administration il this work is kept
mp longer.
/ F. F.om the beginning il was apparent that
I the opponents Of the bill could not sue
caed bscsuse they were 80 far IN the
minority. They number less than nifty,
and less than = lsker's dozen Of the re-
quirsd one-ilth necessary to demand q
roll call. The edfct OF the President set
ties the situation, and will doubtless un-
rayel the taugle. Sucd friends OF the bill
as General GIosSnor, Of Ohio, Henderson,
OF Iowa, Browne, of Indiana, and Reid, Of
Maine, today declared that the would
spend the remainder Of their term yo'iOg
tor the bill before they would yield to de-
feat, or grant the demands OF the oppo-
uentS which is that sn amendment bs &C
cepted to refund 10 the Southern States the
cotton tax.