The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-17

OF the Allegheny mountains
2 Selection Of place for the location Of said
fair.
After such vote shall have been taken the
committee at the earliest possible day, shall
report bill providing for the worlds fair in
lss2, to be held at the place selected as above
provided.
Immediately ivslyaiebate ibegan, in
which friends Of the four cities contesting
for the location Of the fair took part.
FAVORED The SUBSTITUTE.
Mr. Hit of Illinois, chairman of the COM
mittee on foreign affairs. favored the sub
stitute resolution, and testified to the vigor-
GUS and faithful work which that committee
had performed ia reference to the projected
worlds fair. The site having been selected
by the House, the committee could, within
twenty-four hours. report plan for the
fair which would be satisfactory to all the
members Of the House
Mr.. Morrow OF Californias.took the same
view, declaring that the committee on
foreign affairs had proceeded ligently and
effectively to the consideration of the
question. He created a ripple of laughter
by asserting that no matter what site was
selected, the real exhibition would be held
in the city which be had the honor to repre-
sent. San Francisco did not rely on artif-
cial aid. 1t would be the site of an exhibit
tion without any assistance on the part Of
congress
WANTS a SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Hatch of Missouri favored the
majority resolution. He said that prior to
the appointment of the committee on for
eign affairs, the gentlemen representing
the competing cities had entered into a
compact that a special committee should
be created. All st. Louis asked was that
a special committee should be appointed by
the speaker, and that that committee
lould contain an equal number
of friends of the four cities COM
peting for the fair. The gentlemen might
rest assured that no representative of
Missouri, or no friend of st. Louis, would
ask that that city should have any advan-
tage. She needed none. If her friends
could not secure the site without violating
the compact, st. Louis did not want it, He
asked that the agreement be carried out IN
good faith, and that the majority report be
adopted.
DINIRD THE COMPACT.
Mr.. Springer of Illinois denied that there
has been any compact between representa-
tives of the competing cities. II was true
that they had agreed to request the speaker
to call meeting of ths committee on rules
IN order to create a special mmittee, but
the only intention of that agreement was
that the committee might sit during the
holiday recess.
Mr.. Hatch characterized Mr.. Springer's
argument as Especial pleading" The
representatives of the cities did not know
that the gentlemen they had treated with
were looking around for loophoes through
which to crawl out of an honorable con
tract.
Mr. Springer denied that there had been
any compact. He denied the right of any
gentlemen to meet in q hotel parlor and
make compact to bind members of the
House.
Mr.. Hatch replied that if the representa-
| tives of Chicago had not intended to keep
the compact, they should never have
| invited honorable men to meet with them.
A CHICAGO SCHEME.
Mr.. Turner, of New York, strongly op-
posed Mr. Cannon's proposition that the
| House shall first vote on the question of
locating the site east or west of the
Allegheny mountains. 1t was an unfair
| attempt 60 force members living west of the
AIleghenies (whose first choics might not
be t % marvel by the lake) to vote to hold
the worlds fair west of those mountains:
aud then friends Of Chicago expected those
living east to go to, their help. Who had
ever before heard of dividing the east
| against the wests Itwas bad enough wheu
the south divided against the north. Here
line, and it came in the guise of fair play;
and those who were unfortunate enough to
be in the minority (though it was @ strong
minority, who lived east of the Alleghe-
MES, stood in their place to object TO an un-
natural alliance against their rights
[Applause.l
UNFAIR TO NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON
Mr.. Crisp criticised Mr.. Cannon's propo-
sition that the House should vote on locating
the fair east or west of the Allegheniss as
being unfair to Washington and New York.
The compact between the representa-
tves of the four cities was again brought
into discussion, and some sharp sparrlng
occurred between Messrs. Hatch and Can
non. Finally Mr.. Cannon modified his
resolution by striking out the clause re-
quiring vote to be first taken on locating
the fair east or west Of the Allegheny
mountains. A vote was then taken on sub
stituting Mr.. Cannon's resolution for that
reported by Mr. Mckinley, and it was de-
feated-ysas 40, nays 142.
Mr.. Springer, rising to question Of priv
ilege, said that he had kept close tally
of the vote, and his tally did not agree with
the official tally. Without impugning any
one, he asked for recount.
The recount reversed the former result,
and the substitute was agreed to-yeas 1877,
nays 1874
A PARLIAMENTARY WRANdLE.
Then much confusion ensued as to the
next step to be taken in parliamentary
proceeding. Many members contended
that the next vote should be taken on the
Mckinley resolution, as amended by the
substitution of the Cannon resolution, but the
speaker held otherwise and stated that the
next vote was upon substituting the ma
jority resolution las amended) for the orig
inal resolution referred to the committee on
rules. The vote was watched with intense
interest, and when it was known, at the end
of the roll call, that the resolution had been
defeated by tie vote, Mr.. Springer, who
had voted in the affirmative, changed his
vote to the negative, in order to be able to
move a reconsideration The substitute
was rejscted-yeas 133, nays 135.
Mr.. Springer moved to reconsider and
Mr.. Mckinley moved to lay the motion on
the table, pending which the House, at 4:50
o'clock, adjourned.
Notwithstanding the recount of the vote
adopting the Cannon substitute for the
majority resolution of the rules committee,
the result was announced in, accurately,
and instead of yeas 1877, nays 134, the vote
stood yeas 139 nays 134.