Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-20
FATE OF THE FAIR.
A Significant Vote in the
House on Two of. the
Senate Propositions.
BIG VOTE BROUGHT OUT,
And the Friends of the Project Look
Upon the Result With Favor.
A CONFERENCE TO SETTLE 1T ALL,
When IL Is Thought Chicago's Present
Tark Sky Will Be Cleared.
DETAILS OF THE WORK OF THE DAY
BIG VOTE BROUGHT OUT,
A CONFERENCE TO SETTLE 1T ALL,
When IL is Thought Chicago's Present
Tark Sky Will Be Cleared.
DETAILS OF THE WORK OF THE DAY

WASHINGTON, July 19-The interest i
the House to-day had its storm center i
the Worlds Fair amendments to the sundr
civil appropriation bill. Toward them al
breeses blew. The amendment sppropriat
ing q, ,oO0, 600 in aid of the Exposition wa
non-concurred in, the enemies of the propo
sition having majority of II There wa
great deal of interest, but not much ex
citement manifested in the vote, which wa
closer than the conservative friends of tn,
appropriation looked for, and which sur
prised its antagonists by not being as larg,
as expected. The Sunday closing amend
ment was concurred in by decisive major
ity, and the bill was sent to conference. TIL,
fortifcatiou conference report was agreed tt
and some routine business was transacted.
After some Republican filibustering al
the opening OF the House session to prevent
an agreement on resolution from the Rule.
Committee providing for an investigation OF
the methods of John L Davenport, Federal
Supervisor of Elections in New York City,
the resolution was agreed to by 1877 to O.
The House then went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Lester, of Georgia, in the chair,
on the Senate amendments to the sundry
civil appropriation bill.
Holman Couldn't Postpone a Vote.
1t had beer agreed that the vote on the
Worlds Fair amendment should be taken
at noon, and as tho hands of the clock
showed tina. but four minutes remained for
debate Mr. Holman. of Indiana, asked that
the time for discussion should be extended
another hour But to this Mr. Watson, of
Georgia, objected, and after Mr. Holman
loJ bo fonr min in odv
ing q non-concurrence in the Senate amend
ments the Chairman stated that the hour
for vote had arrived
The Chairman then ruled that no amend
ments could be offered after 12 o'clock, and
the various amendments were taken up in
order, and the first one-a verbal amend
ment-was concurred In.
Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, moved that the
committee concur in the Senate amendment
preparation for the Government exhibit.
Lost-65 to 129. The amendment was nom
concurred In.
The question then recurred on Mr. Dur
borow's motion to concur in the Senate
$4,000, 900 amendment, and it was lost-91
to I16. The amendment was therefore nom
concurred in.
Mr. Lynch, of Wisconsin, called up an
amendment requiring the expenditure of
800, 900 in procuring an exhibit showing
the progress of tine Indian race. Lost
Some : km.ndments Concurred In.
The Senate amendment appropriating
$685. 200 to secure $4,000 bronze medals and
80, 600 vellum impressions was concurred in.
Mr.. Taylor, OF Illinois, moved to amend
the Sunday closing clause by stopping the
machinery and unnecessary labor on Sum-
day, and by providing that hall shall be
procured for the holding of religious serv-
ices on Sundays in the Fair grounds. This
was defeated, and Mr. Lind's proposition to
strike out the entire Sunday closing para
graph was ruled out of order
vi. A. Stone, of Pennsylvania moved
that the committee concur in the Senate
Sunday closing amendment, and, upon a
division, much to the surprise of both sides,
there was majority in favor of the motion,
the vote standing 7S to "a. Tellers were or
dered and again the committee decided to
concur, the vote standing 102 to 72. The
announcement was received with applause.
Mr.. O'Neill, of Missouri, made a strenu-
ous effort to add to the bill, as a new Sec
tion, the following:
1t shall not be lawful for anv officer of the
Government authorized to make contracts
or any officer in the District of Columbia to
contract with any person, firm or corpora
tion to employ Pinkerton detectives or any
other association of men as armed guards,
and no employe of said detective agency or
similar agencies shall be employed in any
Governments service or by any officer of the
District Of Columbia
1t could not come in as o separate section
without unanimous consent, and to this Mr.
Oates, of Alabama, objected.
The o'Neiu Amendment Agreed To-
Mr. O'Neill then offered it as an amend.
ment TO the clause appropriating for the
capital police. His purpose was mainly
to prevent the employment of Pinkertons
in the District of Columbia during the
Grand Army Encampment, as well as at the
Worlds Fair. After half an hour, con-
sumed in securing quorum, the amend |
ment was agreed to-146 to %.
The committee then rose and repo rted |
the bill TO the House. The recommends |
tion of the committee in regard to the |
Senate amendments was agreed to with the /
exception of those amendments pertaining |
to lighthouses, to the Geological Survey, |
and to the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. Oates also demanded a separate vote |
on Mr.. O'Neilrs amendment relating to |
the Pinkertona All the lighthouse amend
ments were non-concurred in. The |
question then recurred on Mr.. O'Neill's
Pinkerton amendment, and on this the yeas
and NAYS were ordered. The noise in the
hall was SO great, and the inattention to
business SO general, that the amendment
had to be read four times, and the Speaker
had to answer half a dozen parliamentary
inquiries before the clerk could begin to
call the roll. The lack of attention irri-
tsted the Chair, and when after the clerk
had called the first name, Mr. johnson, of
Indiana, Nh. Breckenridge. of Arkansas
rose 10 parliamentary inquiries, he pc
remptorily refused to recognize them, and
ordered the clerk to proceed-an action
which called forth q sotto vocs Endorsement
from Mr.. Reed, of Maine: "Tyran nical, bu:
right"
Mr.. O'Neill's amendment was agreed to
yeas, 159; nays, 32
Vote on the Worlds Fair Bill
The Senate amendment was concurred in
which decreases from the amounts appro-
pristed by the House the amounts appro-
priated for the Geological Survey. The
vote then came up on the proposition to
in the Senate amendment appro-
priatiug 50, OOO, 900 for the aid of the Worlds
Exposition, and it was agreed to
yeas 122, nays 110 The following is the
vote in detail:
Yeas-Alexander,B Bailey, Baker, Bankhesd,
Beeman, Bentley Blanchard, Bland. Branch,
(Arkl, Brookshire, Brown,
Drummer. Bryan, Buchanan lVa). Bum,
Gate, Clancy. Clarke (Ala.), Clover. COBB
IAln.). Cobb tMo.). Compton, Coomhsr Co.
vert, Cowles. Cox IN. ~. Crane tTex),
Davis, Dearmond, DeForest, Dicker-
Sn :dhoad's sa, ElM., r1SiIs Eaioe, eooaIEEp' HEps:'
hten aonag sap%e PDwe
hamilton, Hatch. Heard, Henderson IN.
- Holman, Hooker lMiss.J, Johnstone, 5
iones. Kenaall. KEN, Kilgore, Kribbs. Kyle,
.aRton, Lessor va ), Lester tGa~l, Lewis,
little. Livingston, Long, Magper, Mallory,