Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1888 — WASHINGTON NOTES. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NOTES.

To-day’s session of the House of Representatives, says a special of Friday, was consumed by steady roll-calls and the same filibustering tactics employed during most of the week by the opponents of the dTrect-tax bill. Taere was a call of the House late in the afternoen.when the doors were locked,and the Sergeant-at-arms was sent out to bring in absent niembers. Finally the House took a recess until 11:3)" o’clock Saturday morning, when the same programme is to be resumed; This is one of the clearest cases of filibustering that has taken place in Congress for many yeark. Each morning, when the House meets, a moton is pending for an adjournment, upon which the yeas and nays are called. It takes about forty-five minutes to make a call of the Hou re and announce the pairs. Toe tactics of the fllibusterers is to com pound motions for adj ournment.. For instance, one of them moves to adjourn to a certain hour, generally 5 o’clock; another will move to amend by making the hour 4:30; again, another motion is made by a third filibuster to amend the amendment, and to make the adjournment 4 o’clock; a fourth filibuster moves to lay the motions on the table, and upon all these four motions the yeas and nays are demanded, and it takes about three and a half hours to dispose of the batch. Whin these are out of the way the action is repeated, and so the days have been frittered away. I Few members have tried to make any remarks, except in the way of jibee. At times the scene becomes noisy, as members hurl remarks frem one side of the hall to the other, but usually there is very good order, and quietude reigns. The membership of the House has been quite full during the past three days, and but few Were absent Friday. ‘ Congresi will not break before the middle of August,” said a Senator who is prominent as a Republican leader, “became we intend to do a great deal of campaign work through our committees. Heretofore in President-making years, the Home has kept the S mate in session. Now the tables will be turned, and there will ba thorough prating of administration methods and toe personnel cf civil appointments.” Major Steele is naturally somewhat elated over the success he has so far attained with his bill appropriating $200,000 for a National Soldiers’ Home in Grant county,at such place as the board of managers may select, upon citizens agreeing to furnish free a sufficient supply of gas to heat and illuminate it. The House Committee on Military Affairs Wednesday directed him to make favorable report on tne bill. Congressman Bynum says tbe Mill’s bill will pass the House by a majority of one to four. The minority of the committee on ways and means, as well as the steering committee on the Republiban s de, cal cu’ate the defeat of the bill by from fifteen to eighteen majority. Senator Daniels has introduced a bill repealing the law forbidding the appointment of an ex-Confederate to the U. S. army. The President has approve! the acts pensioning Mrs. John A. Logan and increasing the pension of Mrs. Appeline A.Blair. The House postoffioe committee has finished its appropriation bill. Itcalls for $60,133,340 against estimates of $60,220,340.