The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-19
WORLDS FAIR BlLL.

The senate Refuses to Give 1t Irnn, cAia,,
CONFEDERATION before Other Matters.
WASHINGTON, April lS.-The Senate
to-day, on motion OF Mr.. Plumb, votet
TO up take for consideration the Senate
bill to forfeit certain railroad lands.
Mr.. Hawley-1 have given notice two
or three times that would call up the
bill concerning the International Expo
sition.. l am bound to press it, because
1t ie simply justice to the people OF Chi.
cago, who are waiting anxiously to be.
gin work; and not only justice to them,
but 10 the manufacturers. and otherp
who may contemplate exhibiting there
|-foreieners as well as Americans. l am
instructed by the committee and under
constant pressure to call it up. have
applied privately to the Senator from
Kansas (Mr. plumb), and l do 80 now,
to allow bis bill to lie over until the
Senate can consider this exhibition
bill.
Mr.. Dolph-That bill would undoubt.
edIy occupy all the afternoon. II there
be unanimous consent that it shall be
voted On at ? o clock, l will yield, but |
cant Postpone longer than that hour the
motion for m executive session.
Mr.: Hawley-l am very sure no execu-
two business will suffer between now
and 4 o'clock. Mr.. Cuilom addressed
the chair.
The Vice President-Does tho chair
understand that the Senator from Oregon
has withdrawn his motion?
Dir. Dolph-1 have not Withdrawn it,
The Vice President-The motion is not
debatable.
Mr.; Cullom-Allow me to appeal to
the Senator from Oregon to Withdraw
his motion for one moment.
A Republican Senator-Vote it down,
Mr.. Dolph-1 am willing to yield for a
statement.
Mr.. CuIIom-I simply desire to state
that 50 far as l am ablc to learn there
will DO no long discussion, il any at all
relating to the Worlds Fair.
ayes. there will be good deal OF it, !"
said Mr.. Blackburn.
Whether there will or not, Mr.. Cul-
lon continued, it will certainly not take
u long time, and I think that every Sen
ator realizes that il there is to be u
Worlds Fair held in 1891 or 1898, the
necessary legislation ought to be enacted
as soon as possible. I hope that the.
Senator from Oregon will allow the SEN
ator from Connecticut to bring the bill
up Tor Consideration.
Mr.. Dolph-The Indications from the
other side are that the bills would oc.
cupy the whole afternoon. / must
therefore insist on my motion.
Mr.. tlumb-The bill that is before the
Senate on my motion is very impor.
tant one, and should have become n law
four OF five or ten years ago. Action
upon it should not be delayed, and still
l agree that there some matters, which
for the time being, might take preced.
ence Of it providing they did not occupy
too much time. l should be glad to have
the Senate consider the bill in relation
to the Worlds Fair, and should also
like to have the purpose OF the Senator
from Oregon attended to in executive
session. But il we are to have m in
definite executive session, and il We are
to have indetinate debate on the Chicago
bill, Shall feel like insisting, and shall
insist, that we shall 80 on with tho land
grant forfeiture bill. Now il some ad.
iustment can be made by unanimous
consent or otherwise. ain willing to
yield, but not indefinitely.
The vote was taken on Mr.. Dolph's
motion for an executive session, and it
was agreed to yeas 80; nays o5-all the
negative votes coming from Republican
side. !
The galleries were then cleared and
the doors closed. ~, u'