Evening journal., 1890-02-06
CHlCAGO'S STOCK BO0MS
The Worlds Fair Bill Receives
its Death Blow.
PRACTICALLY KILLED AT ALBANY

The senate Fails to Pass the Measure
aud Tables It-A Slight Hope Remains
That IL May Yet BE Passed--Mr.
Platcs Views.
ALBANY, Feb eff the Worlds fair bill
survives the ordeal it was submitted to yes
terday It viii be marvellous piece Of legis-
lation. Il was killed again, but was ro-
vived by the usual motion to reconsider,
and now It lies on the table OF the senate
in a state OF suspended animation. The
days action on it began with the report OF
the special Worlds fair committee, TO which
il WAS referred Tuesday. OF the batch Of
amendments proposed only one was put In
by the committee, that one limiting tho
area within which the site for the fair must
be located. There Is to be no going below
Kightieth street. Senators Ives and Cantor
as usual spoke for the opposition to the pro
posed amendments They offered number
of amendments TO the committees amend.
ments and made motions to strike out
amendments already in, notably the add.
tional seventeen names.
Watching the Sections.
At first Mr.. Cantor demanded that every
section of the bill should be- read, but The
clerk was toward the last allowed to gallon
from section to section until he struck some.
thing that the opposition suspected was mol
what It seemed One amendment was in.
sisted upon so strongly by Senator Ives that
the senate consented to take a recess for ten
-,
Of how the section ought 20 be- read. When
be had done this the amendment was re-
Jected 1t wns intended to facilitate The
taking Of property for the fair site undei
process Of eminent domain.
A Vote Taken.
When the vote was taken the last condi
ton Of the bill was worse than it has beer
at any former stage OF the proceedings. L
was clear from the start that IL could not b
passed. A count Of senatorial noses shove,
a fatal deficiency. II required seventeen
votes to pass it There we're only fourteen
Republicans present one OF whom, O'Con
nor, was known to be opposed TO it, Will
Saxton, from what he said about the uncon
stitutionality Of the bill, was expected ;,
vote against il. This left thirteen Republic
cans for the bill and one Democrat, Ahearn
"a AAH t2AAtA nAnAAAih Inc fNAt was Antt
called, with the following result,
For Worlds fair in New York-Ahearn
Birkett, CoggeshaI, Duane, Donaldson, Er
win, Fassott, Hunter, Richardson, Sloan
Stewart, Nedder--l3
Against a Worlds fnir in New York
Brown, Cantor, Ives, O'Connor Roesch %.
A Call Of the Senate.
Six Republicans and eight Democrats wer
1 ula fftt.s ,nf4 A
be excused from voting on account Of III
conflict that was going on in his mind bs
tween his desire. 70 see the fair held IN Ne,
York and his repugnance against voting 70
so manifestly unconstitutional bin as thi
one was. He was excused That loft fv
Republicans unaccounted for and eigh
| Democrats. OF these eight Chase, Hawkins
| McCarren, Collins and McNaughton wer
absent, and Jacobs, Linson and Stadler wer
present, but silent.
Senator Vedder moved that a call Of th
senate be had, which was agreed TO. Every
body was cleared out Of the chamber excep
the senator's, tho clerk, the reporters anl
the sergeant-at-arms, tho chair Qfassett, sus
| pending meantime the announcement Of tn
result Of the vote. Under the call Of tn
senate the following senators answere,
| present when the roll was called: Ahearn
Birkett, Brown. Cantor, Coggeshel, Deane
| Donaldson, Erwin, Fassett, Hunter, Ives
Jacobs, Laughlin, Linson, OConnor, Rich
ardson, Roesch, Saxton, Sloan, Stadler
Stewart Vedder-22. Ahsent-Chas Col
Inns, Emerson, Hankins, Hendricks, McCar
rem, McNaughton, Robertson, Sheard, vol
| Gorder-I0.
Last Forlorn Hope.
The bill was declared lost and tablet
Fair legislation is a joke in Albany now
Members feel that it has had its inning, an,
that it is time for them to move on to othe
subjects