The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-02
Democratic Caucus Postpones
Worlds Fair Appropriation.
A VICTORY FOR Mr.. HOLMAN.
Nothing Now Remains to Delay the
Last Appropriation Bill.
Cobb, Who Was Drunk in the House
Decrease OF the Public Debt-The
President Signs the Eight Hour Bill.

WASHINGTON CRY. Aug. L.-TSpecial. l.
The Democrats of the House held caucus
tonight for the purpose, if possible, of
agreeing upon some plan by which the
present deadlock can be broken and the
adjournment of congress brought about.
A resolution was presented proposing to
lay over until December next the propo-
sition to vote 100000 in aid of the
Worlds fair. The resolution in effect was
that vote on separate Worlds fair bill
should be had on the 7th Of December
next, and that but three amendments shall
be IN order. Another resolution provides
that Bingham's resolution ordering a re-
consideration of the disagreement on the
Senate amendment be laid aside, and an
other resolution provides for the continu-
ance of the Dockery subcommittee on ap-
preparations to investigate the Worlds
fair management during the recess. Most
OF the speeches made were in favor of the
resolutions and against the Worlds fair
men.
After considerable debate the resolution
to throw the fair appropriation over till
December was carried, and the caucus ad-
journed. The result was received with
manifestations of displeasure by the
Worlds fair people, and the expressions
of feeling between the two sides became
quite warm at the close of the caucus.
Senator Allen predicts that final ad-
Journment will be reached tomorrow or
next day. He says the Democratic lead
ers in the House cannot afford to have the
methods pursued in the case of the Worlds
fair appropriation that have been in vogue
during the last ten days, continued by a
handful of irresponsible Democratic repre-
sentatives. In the event that the filibus-
tering tactics were continued, Senator AL
len is of the opinion that the result would
be an overwhelming defeat of the national
Democratic ticket in November and in ad-
dition to this that the House, which is
now Democratic by q huge majority,
would be Republican by the result of the
elections this fall.
The senator said today that he had ar
ranged matters so that it would be possi-
BILE for him to leave Washington City for
his home at Walla Walla within a week or
ten days after recess was taken He thinks
that he can complete the important work
that he has before the department in that
period, and if he can he will be glad to
start on his journey for the state of Wash
ington.
Senator Aliens colleagues on the Repub-
lican side of the Senate chamber have been
ngratulating him during the last two or
three days over the reports that have come
to the capital city from Washington state
giving the result of the primaries held
there up to date. Aliens friends are of
the opinion that the outcome of the pri-
maries indicate that he will be reelected
to the Senate by an unanimous vote. At
any rate they are saying to him and to his
friends that he certainly deserves an unan-
imous election and think that he will get
1t if the legislature is Republican. Upon
this point no one doubts that the Republi-
cans will again have an excellent working
majority in the Washington state legisla-
ture.