Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-12
TO BREAK THE DEADLOCK.
ANOTHER DAY OF INAcTIoN IN THE
 NATIONAL HOUSE.

Democratic Caucus Held in the Even-
 ing, at Which 1t is Decided to Postpone
 Consideration of the Direct Tax Bill
 Until December Next.
 WASHINGTON, April 12-From 9 o'clock yesterday morning until daybreak the mem bers of the house sat patiently in their seats or reclined on the sofas in the rear of the hall No motions were submitted and no points of order raised. The house was in a state of siege. As the early morning light broke through the glazed ceiling of the cham Der a short informal recess was taken to en- able the janitors to clear the floor of the ac- cumulated rubbish of an all night session, but the duty was very inefficiently performed. At 10:15 Mir. Belmont was brought to the bar under arrest and formally charged with ab- sence without leave He said he was paired yesterday and was necessarily absent in New York. A motion to excuse him was lost on a viva voce vote, but was carried by 64 to upon division As noon approached the many members appeared On the floor who had been absent, and MT. Weaver, of Iowa, moved that further proceedings under the call, which began at 5 o'clock Tuesday even ing, be dispensed with. The yeas and nays were ordered on this proposition, and the roll call caught mapping several members, who, relying upon a continuance of the unbroken monotony of the last six hours, had temporarily absented themselves Mir. Anderson, of Kansas, was among the first names called. He was in the barber shop taking a shave, but he was equal to the emergency, and caused much merriment by suddenly entering the hall with his face covered with lather and @ towel around his neck, to answer to his name. The vote re- suited in the defeat of the motion to dispense with the call by yeas, 73; nays, 13S The daily test vote was at o'clock, upon a mo tion to adjourn. This motion was defeated by vote of 76 to 1S2 A roll call was had at about 4:45 p. m., on Mir. McCreary's motion to dispense with further proceedings under the call Result-Yeas, "A; nays, 119. At z o'clock MT. Taulbee asked unanimous consent for recess until 11:45 to-day, and there being no objection the recess was taken. The clerk announced the call for Democratic caucus at o'clock.
 About 125 Democratic members attended the caucus last evening to take action regard ing the deadlock in the house. A number of motions were proposed as @ basis of compro- mise, the majority of them looking to a post ponement of the direct tax bill to a more or less distant date. A proposition was then made by Mir. O'Ferrall, of Virginia, repre- | senting what he said was the extreme limit of | the concessions that would be made by the | friends of the bill, which provided that the direct tax bill should be postponed until Dec. | l5 next, with a condition that when it is then | taken up a reasonable time will be allowed for debate, and vote taken on it. Speaker Carlisle is said to have strongly advocated the acceptance of this compromise.
 Much debate followed, and the caucus fin ally adopted the following:
 Resolved, That on resembling tomorrow the house shall adjourn with the understand ing that the committee on rules will report special order setting apart Thursday, Dec 6 1888, immediately after the reading of tn | journal, for the consideration of senate bil 139, to provide for refunding of the direc tax levied in 1861, in which order a reason | able time, not to exceed three days viz Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday shall b, allowed for debate and amendment and th, time for a vote on its final passage shall b, fixed at o'clock on Tuesday.
 It is the general understanding that tn, Democratic members will abide by the de | cision of the caucus