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Show The House Deadlock Washington, 23. The deadlock ran be readily broken on Monday by a nere majority in the house, as the ip-ker stated to day that under the yll ol" states on Monday for bills for reference, resolutions to amend the rules may be presented and referred to the committee on rulr-s, which may report and dilatory motions would not be entertained, it requires a simple majority vote to change the rule or establish a new one. As to the character char-acter of Tiie new rule tho republicans have had much discussion to-day. It is decided that a substitute for Cosna'8 rule of Monday last may bo made, and so modified that the republicans re-publicans who voUd against his rule may vote for tho new one. Tiiis rule is 'to le for all future until repealed. re-pealed. It provides that when any question is pending before the house there will be put two dilatory motions entertained, one to adjourn and one fixing the time to which it shall adjourn; but the previous previ-ous question is not to be seconded the same day that the proposition is introduced" in-troduced" or reported, unless by a three-fourth majority. Advantage may, however, bo taken of this rule to pa-s the civil rights hill. There is no satisfactory explanation as to why this arrangement has not already been made, and this long contest avoided. There is some apprehension that an extra session will be necessary to conclude the large amount of public business that is suffering on account of this filibustering. Few, if any, members however desire an extra soision, and it night sessions are devoted de-voted to business there may be no necessity for it. |