Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-01-17

the House referred TO the COMMITTEES
on foreign affairs divers bills, petit
tions and memorials touching the
projected Worlds Fair Of 1892,
thereby giving full Jurisdiction tC
that committee Of the whole subject
matter, and said committee has
given exhaustive consideration "a
the same.
"Resolped, That the committee on
foreign affairs be instructed to re-
port a resolution providing a meth.
Tod Of selection Of the location of the
Worlds Fair Of 1892 by a vote OF
the House of Representatives, first
as to whether said fair shall be held
east or west Of
THE ALLEGHASY MOUNTAINS;
second, the selection Of the place
for the location Of said fair.
After such vote shall have been
taken, the committee at the earliest
possible day shall report a bill pro
viding for the Worlds Fair of 1892,
to be held At the place as above pro-
vided,o
Hit OF Illinois, chairman Of the
committee on foreign affairs, favored
the substitute resolution, and testi-
fled to the vigorous and faithful
work which that committee had
performed in reference TO the pro-
jected Worlds Fair.
Morrow of California took the
same view.
Hatch OF Missouri favored the
majority resolution. He said
that prior to the appointment
of the committee on foreign af-
fairs, the gentlemen representing
the competing cities had entered
into n compact that n special COM
mittee should be created. All ST.
Louis asked was that a special COM
mite should be appointed by the
Speaker, and that that committee
should contain an equal number OF
the friends Of the four cities
COMPETING FOR THE FAIR.
He asked that the agreement be
carried out in good faith and that the
majority report be adopted.
Frank Of Missouri strongly advo-
Gated the majority resolution.
Springer OF Illinois, who ruled the
Chicago faction, denied that there
had been any compact between rep
resent3tives OF the competing cities.
It was true they had agreed 10 n re-
quest Of the Speaker TO call q meeting
Of the committee on rules In order to
create n special committee, but that
was long ago, the only intention Of
that agreement being that the COM
mittee sit during the holiday recess.
Hatch characterized Springer's ar
gument rs special pleading. The
representatives did not know that the
gentlemen they had treated with
were looking around for loOphOle
through which to crawl out Of an
honorable contract.
Springer denied the right OF any
gentlemen to meet in n hotel parlOr
and make n compact to bind men,
beers of the House. The friends Of
Chicago had done just what they
had agreed to do.
McCreary Of Kentucky and Chip
man Of Michigan argued in favor Of
the committee on foreign affairs re-
tanning jurisdiction over the sub
ject.
Payne and Flower of New York
argued for the majority resolution.
Hopkins Of Illinois opposed the
creation OF special committee, and
called attention TO the fact that
there were two New York members
on the committee on foreign affairs.
Turner of New York strongly OPP
posed Cannon's proposition, that the
House shall first vote on the ques-
ton locating the site east or west
of the Allegheny mountains.
Cummings said that all New
York asked was a feir, square deal
and no trickery.
Spinola thought the friends of
Chicago had not acted in perfect
good faith and lie said the Chicago
bill had been slipped in before the
committee had been appointed.
Adams of Illinois denied that the
bill had been slipped in.
MASON OF ILLINOIS
favored a retention Of the Worlds
Fair bill by the committee on for
eign affairs because he believed it
would expedite the business Of the
II 1use.
Butterworth Of Ohio argued
against Withdrawing jurisdiction
from the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee, which had been appointed
without prejudice and without pre-
conceived notions. The gentlemen
from New York never wanted a
new deal until they held a bad
hand.
Cannon Of Illinois said that the
great contest was between the coast
on one hand, and the valley Of the
Mississippi on the other, and could
be simplified If It could be first de
cided whether the fair should b,
east or west Of the Alleghanies. The
House,a as was its right, had referred
bill after bill in regard to theWorld':
Fair to the Committee on Foreign
A fairs, which was nearly ready e
report. The object Of that agree
ment Immediately after the meeting
Of Congress was a special committe,
and not an agreement which woulC
last through the session. eve failel
to get a special committee, and tn,
object falling" the argument fell
Cannon then
oDIFlED HIS RESOLUTION
by striking out the clause requiring
a vote 20 be first taken on locating
the fair east or west Of the Ale
gheny mountains.
A vote was then taken on sub
shutting Cannon's resolution fol
that reported by Mckinley, and 1
was defeated-yeas 40, nays l42.
Springer, rising 70 question o
privilege, said he had kept tally o
the vote and his tally did not agre'
with the official tally. Without i'm
pugning anyone, he asked for re
count.
To the surprise Of the House,
recount reversed the former result
and the substitute was agreed to
yeas 1877, nays l35.
Then much confusion ensued a
to the next step TO be taken IN tn,
; preliminary proceeding. Man,
members contended that the mex
vote should be taken on the McKin
, ley resolution, as amended by tn,
substitution OF the Cannon resolu
, ton but the Speaker held otherwis,
and stated that the next vote wa
upon substituting the majority reso
luton. as amended, for the origina
resolution referred to the committe,
on rules. The vote was watched
with intense interest, and when i
became known at the end Of tn.
roll call that the resolution haC
been defeated by tie vote, Springer
OF Illinois, who had voted in the af
firmatiye, changed his vote to Ia,
negative Ia order to be able to NOV,