Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14
BREAKING THE DEADLOCK
Gen. Weaver Will Stop His
 Filibustering Tactics
TO SAVE HIS BILL FROM DEFEAT.
If the Agreement Is Maintained This Will Be Very Busy Week in the House. The Senate Nearing the End of Tariff Discussion.


 WASHINGTON, Jan. IA determined effort is being made by the Democratic leaders to break the deadlock in the house. A partial understanding has been arrived at by which, for the present at least, obstruc- tive tactics will not be employed. Mr. Weaver states that the agreement entered into is satisfactory to the Oklahoma men, An opponent of the bill says that MT. Weaver has discovered that the bill would be allowed to come up and then summarily killed by its former friends, who have be- come disgusted with his obstructive motions.
 The agreement under which the obstruc- tion of business ceased Saturday is as fol- lows: The Democrats agree that o'clock adjournment shall be done away with in the first place. Then that the speaker will rec ognize Gen. Weaver on the first suspension Monday to call up the Oklahoma bill. The Democrats are pledged not to filibuster against the bill If the Republicans consume time so as to make it impossible to reach a vote on the bill that day, every opportunity will be given Gen. Weaver to continue that legislative day by preventing an adjourn ment until a vote is reached If a majority continues in favor of the bill an adjourn ment may be prevented, and the legislative day of ''Suspension Monday" may last for two or three days, a week, even a month by taking recesses, but no adjournment.
 Before the agreement was reached a paper had been circulated in the house to get mem- bers friendly to the Oklahoma bill to pledge themselves to vote it down if the house yielded to Gen. Weaver, merely so as to break the deadlock. Forty-fve members who had intended to vote for the bill it is under stood, had signed this paper, and this, it is supposed, made MT. Weaver willing to ac- car,to tn Iafo of his friends who are provoked with him.
 It is now entirely probable that the dead lock is suspended, and that it will be taken up again by MT. Anderson, of Kansas, on suspension Monday, the headquarters of the flibusters being thus transferred to the Re publican side. It is proposed, meanwhile, to dispose of the appropriation bills as rapidly as possible.
 The house, if the truce patched up is main tained, will during the week be very busy To-day there are two appropriation bills likely to run foul of each other-the river and harbor and the fertilization bills. Each Is unfinished business. The omnibus bill, for the admission of the territories, is Set for to- morrow, but ill the present temper of the house it is not likely to be considered at this time, but will give way to the sundry civil appropriation bill, which will very likely oc- cupy the attention of the house Tuesday and Wednesday. The Smalls-Elliott South Caro- lima contested election case is set for Thurs day, and will probably be taken up on that day. It may take two days to consider it, and lively time is anticipated in the debate that its consideration will elicit There are lnumber of private measures on the calendar which members are anxious to pass, and the house will probably consider them Saturday.
 The senate is approaching the close of the hac hao,, business of both houses since the Fiftieth con gross was organized more than q year ago. The final work on the bill will be done this week. The amendments which have been under consideration by the subcommittee having the bill in charge will be offered and debated It is highly improbable that any other business will be allowed to intervene. sven for brief space of time, as the impor- tance of the subjects which will be under de- bate during the week will make it necessary to devote all available time to them if the bill is to be put in condition satisfactory to the Republican senators before the day for taking 3 vote on it-Jan. 22. The amendment which will be first considered will be that of Senator Gray to admit free of duty, under bond. ma terial used in the construction of iron and steel ships for foreign ship owners
 It is the intention of the committee to take up the wool schedule early in the week. Some amendments to it may be offered, but uone has as yet been agreed to. The Demo cratic senators would be glad to accept free wool and let the rest of the bill go as it is: but a compromise of this character is impos- sible, at least until the bill gets into con terence
 The principal committee amendments which will come before the senate this week are the sugar bounty amendment and the amendment to the lumber clause It has been practically settled that as a compensa- tion for the 50 per cent. reduction on sugar, bounty of one cent per pound will be offered sugar producers; and that the rate on lumber will be reduced from $2, the rate proposed by the senate committee, to s1.50 If the dis cussion of these questions occupies much of the senate's time, as it is altogether likely it will, Senator Allison will insist upon the senate meeting regularly at II o'clock and remainining in session until a late hour. It is possible that one or moro night sessions will be held before the end of the tariff de- bate is reached.
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