Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-05
THE ARGUS.
FRIDAY, AUGUST s, 1899.
DEADLOCK BROKEN.
The House Extricates Itself
from the Tangle.
COMPROMISE SCHEME CARRIED OUT

Agreement to the Worlds Fair Appro-
priation Reconsidered and Work Be
gun the En- insulated Duburow Bill
-Attempt to Tack on Prohibition Falls
Hopes of the Fairs Friends of n
More Liberal Appropriation Yet-The
Senate Holds the Key of the Situation
The Pinkerton Disagreement.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5-There wasn't
any difficulty in reporting programme
from the rules committee yesterday morn
ing in the house, although there was no
more evidence that n majority wanted the
programme than there had been for q
week that a majority wanted one. Indeed
there was not as much evidence, for the
demand of the Worlds fair people was
based on a roll-call. But the rule came in
all right and the program me was carried
out with grett unanimity by which it is
hoped to give the Worlds fair half what
it asked, and one-third of what will really
be needed.
Did Business with a Rush.
1t took no time at all to do the bust
ness and beat the Worlds fair people.
Catchings caught the speakers eye as
soon IA the house was open for work and
reported "A resolution from the rules
committee making the day a suspension
day. 1t was adopted. Holman offered a
resoluto n which was also agreed to ex-
tending the appropriations until Aug. 10.
Then the great objector got up to admin
lister TO the Worlds fair people the gilded
pill provided by the committee of ten. 1t
was to vote on a question that the fair
people had been wanting a vote upon for
a week
Was Very Tantalizing, Very.
The motion was that the house should
reconsider its agreement to the s5,0O0,0OC
Worlds fair appropriation, and with a
majority really against that reconsidera-
tion-so they claim-right there in the
house, the fairs friends had to vote for
the reconsideration. 1t was very tantaliZ
ing, but pledge is a pledge and they took
their medicine like little men and voted
to reconsider, to insist on disagreement
with the senate and to send the bill tC
conference, not without some debate
however. The Republicans wanted to
know II few things.
Wanted Some Explanation.
Bingham, who had been n steadfasf
friend of liberality to the fair, said that
personally he had no information about
the action of the advisory committee eX
cept that obtained from the public press
There was an agreement on the Repub
lican side of the house that the appropria
preliminary proceedings had been con
Cured in by the Republicans in order that
the sundry civil bill should go to confer
ence. He thought the house was entitled
to some explanation of the agreement and
the plan proposed. Reilly read the agree
ment printed in these dispatches He
hoped there would be no obsterction, but
If there was closure could no doubt be OBJ
tanned from the rules committee To compel
a vote.
Not So Fast, Brother Reilly.
McMillin said the terms of the agree
ment were well understood, but no one
had right to speak for the committee or
rules Future action could not be dis
counted Dingley then desired to know
how a vote was to be had, and Dockery
soto voce, said that they would cross thai
bridge when they came to it. Henderson
of Illinois could see nothing ahead but q
trap. 1t reminded him of the spider and
the fly. Laughter.1