Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-06
NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
CONGRESS ADJOURNED.
The Long Session Comes to
an End.
WORLDS FAIR BILL FINALLY PASSED.
The Bordens Murdered by
Their Daughter.
LATEST Theory OF The TRAGEDY.
Grand Circuit Races at
Buffalo.
LATEST THEORY OF The TRAGEDY.
THE COMPROMISE PASSED

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The Closing Day of the session-Thc
House Grudgingly Passes the
$2,5OO,OOO Amendment-The Pink
ertOn Rider-The Vice Presidenl,s
Speech - Adjournment OF Both
Houses.
WASHINGTON, Aug Sat noon the
house resumed, in committee of the whole,
the consideration of the Durborow worlds
fair bill.
Mr.. Cummings of New York made q bit
ter speech against q proposition which he
treasury. The worlds fair proposition
had 80 mixed itself up with the govern
ment that it was difficult to tell which was
the worlds fair and which was the govern
ment. The remnants of former congresses
had covered the floor so that 1t could hard
ly be told whether the present congress or
the heel-taps of former congresses ran the
house. 1t WAS matter of pride with him,
he said, that he had flibustered against
this lootiDg appropriation.
Mr.. Fellows of New York supported the
bill. The work, he said, was q govern
mental ono. The Idea of the fair had been
born In congress. Fro n tho start 10 tho
finish II was u governmental work. He
had been appealed TO M n democrat 10 TO.
fuse his aid TO u proposition which his col
league designated ~ ono TO loot tho treas
ury, bnt he had received his commission
from higher democratic authority than
the democratic majority In this congress.
He had received II from the platform of
haI
favored the fair as q national enterprise.
When he came to receive directions that
would control him as q democrat, he pre-
ferred rather to receive them from O dem
ocratic convention than from part of his
colleagues on this floor.
The debate continued until 1 o'clock.
Much of it was entirely foreign to the
question pending and referred to the com
missioner of pensions.
Precisely at / o'clock the chairman of
the committee of the whole stated that,
under the order of the house, the commit
tee must rise. Having arisen the Durborow
bill was reported to the house.
The pending amendment land the only
one) was a substitute offered by Mr.. De
Almond of Missouri for the first section of
the bill, providing that if the worlds fair
shall deposit at mint of the United States
a sufficient quantity of silver bullion, it
shall be coined and delivered to the expo
sition in half dollar coins in amount not
exceeding So, 100000
The De Almond substitute was lost-76
to 199-and voting was then begun on the
Durborow bill.
The bill was passed by vote of 131 to
SO.
A motion by Mr.. Reilly of Pennsylvania
to reconsider the vote by which the bill
was passed was laid upon the table. The
speaker appointed Msssrs. Fitch, Geissen-
hsiner, De Forest, Ray and Hammer as the
special committee to inquire into the exc
cution of the election laws in New York.
The senate joint resolution was passed
authorizing foreign exhibitors at the
worlds fair to bring into this country
foreign laborers to assist in preparing their
exhibits.
Mr.. Boatner of Louisiana submitted the
majority report on the Watson charges
and it was ordered printed. So also were
the views of the minority signed by Mr..
Simpson of Kansas.
Mr.. Groat of Vermont submitted his in
dividual views. The house then took a re-
cess until o'clock.