The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-20
WORLDS FAIR ROUT.
The House NOn-COncurs in the
Senate Appropriation.
oooRs TO BE CLOSED SUNDAY.
The Puyallup Bill to BE Called Up
The House Passes an Anti-Pink-
erton Amendment.

WASHINGTON CRY, July 19.-Interest in
the House today had its storm center In
the Worlds fair amendments to the sundry
civil appropriation bill. The amendment
appropriating S., 900, 900 in aid of the expo
sition was non-concurred in, the enemies
of the proposition having q majority of
twelve. There was great interest, but not
much excitement manifested, and the vote
was closer than the conservative friends of
the appropriation looked tor, but surprised
its antagonists by not being as large as
expected The Sunday-closing amend
ment was concurred in by a decisive ma
iority. and the bill went into conference.
The Notifications bill conference report
vas agreed to, and some routine business
transacted.
When the House met this morning,
after some filibustering to prevent an
agreement on the resolution of the rules
committee for an investigation of the
methods of John l. Davenport. federal
supervisor Of elections of New York city,
the resolution was agreed to, 1877 to 0.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on the Senate amendments to
the sundry civil appropriation bill. It
lackeQ Dut lOuI W A<s ohO xAOA~
man used those in arguing against the
Senate amendments.
Hopkins Of Illinois moved that the COM
mittee concur in the Senate amendment
increasing from 50. 900, 900 to S.. 900, 600 the
appropriation for the government exhibit.
Lost, 65 to 129. The amendment was nom
concurred in.
Durborow of Illinois moved to concur
in the Senate amendment appropriating
q. loo. 900 in souvenir 50-cent coins to aid
the Worlds Columbian exposition. At
kinson of Pennsylvania called up his
amendment forbiddlng the payment of the
appropriation until assurance was given
that the sale of intoxicating liquors would
not be permitted on the grounds except
for mechanical, medical or scientific pur-
poses. The chair put the question upon
concurring in the Senate amendment as
proposed to be amended, and it was re-
jected Al to 1S9.
Patterson of Tennessee called up the
amendment appropriating $4,000 Of the
5000, 900 to gather statistics of the progress
Of the negro race; lost.
O'Neill of Pennsylvania called up the
amendment providing that to maintain
consistency in congressional aid tO.former
expositions, the amount of $1,000, 900 shall
be loan and be paid in full to the treasury
of the United States at the termination Of
the financial affairs of the exposition, and
that this payment shall be made prior to
any other Indebtedness. Lost.
The question then required on Dur
borow's motion to concur in the Senate
100000 amendment, and it was lost-91
to 1l6. The amendment was non-con-
Cured in.
Lynch of Wisconsin called up an amend
ment requiring an expenditure of 500,
in procuring an exhibit showing the pro-
gress of the Indian race. Lost.
The Senate amendment appropriating
5000 to secure $1,000 bronze medals and
$4,000 vellum impressions for diplomas
was concurred in.
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 be pro-
cured for holding religious services on
Sundays in the fair grounds. Defeated.
Lind's proposition to strike out the en-
tire Sunday-closing paragraph was ruled
out of order Stern moved that the COM
mittee concur in the Senate Sunday-clos-
ing amendment, and upon division,
much to the surprise of both sides, there
was majority in favor of the motion. the
vote standing rs to "A. Telers were Or
dered, and again the committee decided to
concur, the vote standing 102 to q.
0Neill. of Missouri, made a strenuous
effort to add to the BILL as a new section,
aproviso forbidding any officer of the
government authorized to make contracts
or any officer of the District of Columbia
to contract with any person, firm or cor
poration which employs Pinkerton detec-
tives or any other men as armed guards.
1t could not come in without unanimous
consent. and Oates objected. O'Neill then
offered it as an amendment to the clause
appropriating for the capitol police. His
purpose was mainly to prevent the en-
ployment of Pinkertons in the District of
Columbia during the Grand Army encamp-
ment. After an hour consumed in secur-
ing quorum the amendment was agreed
to, lac to -.
The committee rose and reported the
bill to the House. The recommendations
OF the committee with regard to the Sem
ate amendments were agreed to, except
those amendments pertaining to light
houses, to the geological survey and the
Worlds fair. Oates also demanded a sep
arate vote on O'Neill's amendment relat-
ing to Pinkertons. All the lighthouse
amendments were non -concurred in. The
question then required on O'Neill's Pink
erton amendment. and on this the yeas
and nays were ordered. The amendment
was agreed TO, yeas l59, nays SO.
The Senate amendment was concurred
III which decreases from the amounts ap-
propriated by the House the amounts
appropriated for the geological survey.
The vote then came upon the proposition
70 non-concur in the Senate amendment
appropriating S. 5000. 900 for the aid of the
Worlds fair and il was agreed, yeas I22,
nays no. Following is the vote in detail:
YRAs-laa.
Atefander nocsery Msnsur
nat4cy DUNCAN Martin
SsAst bunphy McCreary
ppAaAneaa Edmunds Mckeichan
1seMan Ellis Mcmillan