Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-28
A STUBBORN DEADLOCK.
Disagreement Over the Sun
dry Civil Bill.
Worlds Fair Appropriation the
Bone Of Contention.
Filibustering Tactics in the House
IN Full Swing.
No Prospect of Adjournment ia Sight,
The Senate Passes the National
Highway Commission BilI.
Washington Notes.
BIZ the Associated Press. ]

Ing movement IN Iuli SWING ana no llgnl
ahead. The most outspoken of the fiji
busters say plainly that they will see
the sundry civil bill killed before the
appropriation for the worlds fair shall
carry. Some Republican members are
charging that it is the part of the policy
of the majority to permit the sundry
civil bill to fail unless the senate backs
down on the worlds fair appropriation,
for the reason that it will enable better
prima facie contrast to be made between
the appropriations of the first session ol
the fifty-6rst, and the first session OF the
fifty second congress.
Most of the members of the house are
as much interested in adjournment az
in the fair appropriation, and tomorrow
an adjournment resolution may be
brought in. II passed, it will be for the
senate to say whether or not it will stay
here as long as the filibusters are
willing to stay, and make the question
Of fair appropriation matter of en-
duIance.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The house resumed consideration OF
the sundry civil bill today. The first
action was vote on the motion made
by Bankhead yesterday, to reduce the
appropriation for the worlds fair from
So, 100000 to $5. The motion was de-
feated, go to 113.
Action required on Binghanl's motion
to concur in the senate 50 900 600 appro-
priation. Holman seeing the vote was
,cf hi ax,l.o I<s L.
to move reconsideration. The vote was
then announced liz for the fair appro-
priation, 107 against.
Holman moved to reconsider.
Bingham moved to lay that motion
on the table, and the flibustering then
began.
Outhwaitey pending the vote on Bing-
hams motion. moved to adjourn until
Bailey of Texas moved to adjourn till
Saturday.
Seventy-seven of che opponents of the
worlds fair proposition refrained from
voting, and Bailey's motion was lost
yeas 2, nays 143
The point of no quorum was raised,
and Bingham of Pennsylvania moved a
call of the house, which was ordered,
after some more filibustering. Two
hundred and twenty-eight members re-
sponded. &
Bingham offered resolution revoking
all leaves of absence except on account
of illness. The resolution was subse-
Quently withdrawn, however, and the
house adjourned.
IN THE SENATE.
In the senate today, three speeches
were made on the anti-option bill. Coke
assailed it for its unconstltutionality,
but advocated substitute offered on
behalf of himself, George and Pugh.
Mitchell made legal argument in sup
port of the constitutionality of the bill,
and Palmer argued against it as an in
vasion of the police rights of the states.
No attempt was made to have avote on
Wolcott's motion to refer the bill to the
committee on finance, and when Wash
burne tried to get unanimous consent to
have the time fixed for the final vote an
objection was interposed by White.
For some weeks past numerous petit
tions have been presented in the senate.
and referred to the committee on for
eign relations, with reference to the inn
prisonment in England of DR. Thomas
Gallagher. Today Chairman Sherman
remarl ed that the committee did not
know what the legislative department of
the government had to do with the
question.
On motion of Cullom the senate bill
to create national highway commis-
sion, etc., was passed. 1t is for the
purpose of a general inquiry into the
condition OF the highways throughout
the United States and means for their
improvement, and the best means of
securing proper exhibit at the worlds
fair of improved road-making appli-
ances.
The senate bill facilitating the en-
forcement of the immigration and con-
tract labor laws passed. Adjourned.
HAWAIIAN CABLE.
The result of the survey for the Ha-
waiian cable. as shown by report sent
to the senate today by Secretary Tracy,
prepared by the photographic bureau,
indicates that practicable route can be
easily selected. 1t is believed the
knowledge obtained establishes the fact
that the laying of a cable on almost any
line between California and the Ha-
waiian islands is practicable. The most
favorable route, however, will be be-
tween Monterey bay and Honolulu.
APPOINTED AND CONFIRMED.
President Harrison today nominated
w. R. Sperry as minister to Persia.
The senate today made the following
combinations:
Watson A. Sperry, of Delaware, min
lister to Persia.
Truxton Beale, California, minister to
Roumania, Servia and Greece.
A. Barton Hepburn, New York, comp
troller of the currency.
Leonard Corbett, postmaster at Santa
Paula. Cal.
Gladstone Arrives in London.
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