The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-07-26
VERY BAD FOR THE FAIR.

The House Accepts the Sunday Closing
But Rejects Other Amendments.
WASHINGTON, July 20.-In the house
yesterday the senate amendment in.
creasing fromS316. 900 to $500. oOOthe ap-
preparation for the government exhibit
was non-concurred in the first thing.
yeas 1923. nays IS. This was test and
was followed by the rejection Of all
other increases Mr.. Atkinson's
motion to concur in the 5000. 900
paragraph with the amendment pro.
hibiting the sale of liquor was defeat
ed-4l to 1s9.
Mr.. Patterson's amendment involv-
ing q display of the progress of the
colored race was next defeated with
out final division. Then came Mr..
O'Neal's amendment making q loan
and not an appropriation of the
s., 600, 900. with strict provisions for
its return to the government This
was defeated.
The chair next put the question on
concurring in the senate amendment
embodying the $1,000. 600 appropria-
ton. By . standing vote the house
refused to concur-yeas 70, nays l32.
Tellers were demanded and MessrA
Holman of Indiana and Hooker OF
New York took their places as tellerA
The result was: For concurrence 81,
against concurrence 116. The Repub-
licans generally voted to concur.
Next in order was the sen ate amend
ment providing for monthly vouchers
and the repayment to the United
States from the net receipts Of the
fair of . proportionate share. This
was likewise nom concurred in and
sent to conference-eSt to l02.
The next amendment would bind
the Worlds Columbian commission to
the payment Of all expenses of the
government department subject to the
''compact" and to the restriction that
the gross expenditure for clerks,
juries, awards, etc, should not exceed
$500, OtO. To this an amend
ment was offered appropriating $780,.
600 for An exhibit Of the American In
dams condition. It was lost and the
original amendment went to confer.
ence.
The medal and diploma senate
amendment came next. On standing
vote this was carried in, yeas 80, nays
so. Tellers were demanded but re-
fused: so the action stood unchanged.
Last came the Sunday closing amend.
ment. Mr.. Taylor of Illinois had of.
fered an amendment providing that no
machinery should be run or unneces-
sary labor performed on Sunday. This
was in effect substitute for the senate
amendment This was rejected. Mr..
motion to strike out the Sunday
closing section, but on Mr.. Ding
ley's point of order it was ruled out
and the question was taken on con-
currence in the senate Sunday closing
amendment The standing vote re.
suited: Yeas 70, nays "a. The greater
number of votes to concur came from
the Republican ranks. The point Of
no quorum was made and tellers ap-
pointed. The result this time was
yeas lO2, nays ~.
That disposed of the worlds fair
amendments. The house had con.
Cured in the senate SUNDAY closing
amendment and in the paragraph max.
ing appropriations for medals and
diplomas and had refused tn roncnr in
the $4,000. 900 appropriation and every
other substantial amendment.
The committee having arisen, the
senate amendment appropriating S.
600, 600 lin souvenir half dollars) for
the worlds fair was non-concurred in
yeas i2l, nays 100.
The sundry civil bill was then passed
as amended and the speaker appointed
Messrs. Holman, Sayers and Bingham
as the conferees.
A resolution was passed for the
appointment of q special committee Of
five members to investigate the elect
ion laws in the city and county Of
New York.
The conference report on the report
on the fertilization bill was agreed to,
and the house adjourned.