Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-08
Parlia mentary Tactics.

w ASHlNGTON, apTu I.-1uo HOUSE
met this morning at II 80 in continu
alton Of Wednesdays session. Tay-
lor having demanded the regular or.
der, the speaker stated that the pend
ing question was upon motion of Mr.
Taylor, that the House resolve Itself
into a committee of the whole on the
Direct Tax bill. Oates was immediate.
ly on hand with q motion for recess
until 2 O'Clock, which was supple
mented by Weaver with a motion to
substitute four o'clock, and was fur
ther supplemented by Breckenridge
with a motion substituting three
O'Clock. At the conclusion OF
roll call Oates inquired whether
the friends OF the bill would
permit three hours debate
ilpoh it without condition. Reed said
they were ready to grant any time
which might be required for a.full and
complete debate, desiring simply that
the previous question be considered
as ordered and a vote be taken on
the passage Of the bill At some defin-
ite time. Oates said the gentlemen
on the other side were conscious OF
their power to vote down every
amendment and pass the bill, leaving
the opponents no opportunity to COM
promise. All legislation proceeded
on the idea OF compromise, and If he
agreed that The pre- sious question
should be ordered on the bill in
advance, all the majority would have
to do would be to vote down every
amendment. Reed replied that un-
der the constitution the majority was
competent to decide what amend
ments it would adopt, what bills it
would pass, and what it would refuse
to pass The majority was
EAGER TO ALLOW
ANY amount of debate and any num-
ber of amendments. Ii the amend
ments were adopted the matter
would 20 into conference. If not the
bill would pass as it stood, and would
pass by virtue of having majority OF
the representatives in favor of it.
Oates said that under the rules OF the
House, the regular course was that
when general debate ended in the
committee of the whole, a bill should
be read paragraph by paragraph, fol
amendment and debate, under the
five minutes rule. When the consid
Grafton of a bill was completed, the
majority could report it to the House
and the previous question could be or.
dered upon. Reed suggested that the
majority was endeavoring to proceed
in the regular order, but the proceed
ings were interrupted by the gentleman
and his friends. The attempt to com
promise having failed, the battle wat
resumed. After another roll CAL
Taylor proposed that the House &c
into Committee of the Whole, gen.
eral debate on the Direct Tax bill t
be limited to one hour. Oates said he
would make answer to that PROPOSE
ton in an hour Or 10. Taylor srg
gested that the ge1 eman might have
until Monday to consider the PROPOSE
tion if he wished to mako q motor
for recess until that day. By unani
NOUS consent the House took q recess
until IL: AS on Monday. The parlia
mentary status of the bill remains
unchanged.
Capital Notes.
WASHINGTON, April Tho secre
tary of State is in receipt of dis
patch from General Bragg, Unitet
States Minister to Mexico, enclosing
q copy of the order from the depart
ment of war of Mexico, call
ing attention to the late trespasse
of the frontier by Mexican
troops and saying that despite tn
severity with which the law dealt witt
Nogales and the offenders in 1887
these violations of the friendly Terri
tory still continue. The Mexicar