The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-04-25
FlFTY-FiasT CONGRESS.
Condensed Report of Proceedings in tn
Senate and House.

WASHINGTON, April 21.-In the senate the
Worlds fair bill passed by the house was
called up by Mr.. Hawley. The only amend
ment reported by the senate committee was
a new section providing for naval review
in New York harbor in April, 1898, and for
the unveiling of n statue of Christopher
Columbus at Washington.
Mr. Vest opened the debate in opposition
to the bill. At the outset he protested
against the assumption that the judgment
of the house in the matter of location for
the fair was coercive on the senate. The
fact that the city Of st. Louis had been an
aspirant as a site for the Worlds fair was
a post-mortem proceeding, and he did not
intend to introduce ghosts to disturb the
tranquility of the city of Chicago. He had
always opposed all legislation looking to
an exposition in 1892, and the law should
not be passed which called it into exist
ence. He did not believe that the people
of the United States favored any such ex-
position. The agricultural people of the
country had neither time nor money to give
to national circus such as was proposed.
1t had been said of him in a Chicago news
paper that he had declared that in contest
between hades and Chicago for the fair he
would support hades. AS Chicago news
papers never lied it was unnecessary for
him to say in mild and not too emphatic
way that he made no such statement What
he did say was that in popular election
among the people of Missouri for the loca-
tion of the fair it would be a very close poll
between hades and Chicago
As between these two localities in such a
contest he would be strictly neutral The
population of Chicago was active, energetic,
aggressive, not troubled by those moral
and conscientious considerations which
late interview had characterized as
'iridescent dreams" He had been told
that the population of hades was composed
of similar material. Chicago, besides,
was full of trusts and combines and the
the latest authentic information from
hades was that they were forming there
trust on sulphur in order to bear the mar
ket He questioned whether there had
been anything in the whole contest for the
fair that elevated or dignifed the American
character at home or abroad. If the idea
was to illustrate the national life or the
four hundredth anniversary of America,
why, he asked, was it not done in the name
of the people of the United States without
contests and squabbles over localities?
Why had the location been put up at auc-
tion? If it was to be a national affair,
why did not the nation itself, with an over
flowing treasury, take upon itself the ex-
penseY The whole matter, he declared,
from the beginning had been simply an
advertising scheme on basis of municipal
rivalry between the great cities of the
country.
Section 3-That the president is hereby empow-
cred and directed to hold naval review in New
York harbor in April, 1898, and to extend to for
eign nations invitation to send ships of war to
Join the United States navy in rendezvous at
nvtn do md .a,l
view.
Mr.. Blair's amendment to the first section
of the bill prohibiting the sale of liquors,
wines and beer within the limits of the ex-
hibition grounds was agreed to-yeas, SO;
nays, Is. The bill (which had been under
consideration as in committee Of the whole
was then reported to the senate and a vote
was again taken by yeas and nays on the
amendment for naval review. The vote
resulted-yeas, "a; nays, 25; so the provision
| remains in the bill. The bill was then
| passed-yeas, 43; nays, 49, Senators Bar
| bour, Berry, Blackburn, Cockrell, Coke,
George, Hampton, Morgan, Pugh, Reagan,
| Vance, Vest and Walthall voted in the
negative.
| WASHINGTON, April 22-In the house Mr.
| Chandler (Mass) moved that the house
| concur in the senate amendments to the
Worlds fair bill, which, being agreed to,
the bill goes to the president for his action.
The house went into committee of the
whole on the legislative, executive and ju-
| dicial appropriation bill
| Mr. Dockery MOI criticised the increase
In the number Of government employees,
which in many instances should not have
been made at this time, He believed that
II there was new blood in the department
| kOO CLARKE nnnlh ha diecbarorad ot q "
ing of 81 100000. Instead of carrying on an
! Improbable investigation let the commit
tee take into consideration the inefficiency
of the clerical force of the departments
Mr.. Bland (Mo.) discussed the monetary
| question and spoke in favor of the unlim-
tied coinage of silver and characterized the
| Window bill as demonetiZation measure.
He wanted to raise the question from the
degradation of party caucus and bring it
before the house. If this was not done, let
the responsibility rest on the secretary of
the treasury, who assumed to frame bill
and to tell the country that if that bill
were not passed there should be no silver
legislation.
Mr. Grosvenor (O.) said that at the proper
time the Republican side OF the house
would see to it that the country understood
the character of the present administration
and would bring in silver bill which
would be satisfactory to the people. Speak
ing of the civil service system, he said that
he did not believe that the law and its ad
ministration was approved by one-fifth OF
the members of either house of congress
He believed that if each member of the
house would vote his deliberate opinion he
would declare that the whole system was
founded on mistake and it's administra
tion was on false principle 1t was detri
mental to the very purpose it was aimed Il
accomplish.
Mr. Lodge Mass. defended the civil serv
ice law, and resented it being character
lied as a humbug and fraud 1t was no
un-American and un-Republicap. Snbse
quently in the debate. Mr.. Lodge reaC
from The New York Evening Post list o
the occupations of the members of tn
Tammany executive committee. In retalia
tion for this, Mr.. Spinola read from tn
same paper an article rejecting upon tn
character of Senator Quay He was callei
10 order by Mr., Grosvenor, who claime'
that il was not in order for a representa-
tive to read scurrilous attack on a sen
ator. The chairman ruled the point wei
taken and Mr.. Spinola continued in order
attacking the administration as bein
English, you know" 1t had abolishe
the green stamp, the color Of old Erin, an,
substituted red stamp. Mr., Kerr sal
that President Harrison's administrator
was standing fairly up to the civil servic
law.
THEIR LIVES IN PERIL.