Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-01
NO END In SIGHT.
Compromise Declined on the
Fair Appropriation.
F1LIBUsTTRING TO co RIGHT ALONG

FILIBUSTERING TO co RIGHT ALONG
Holman VIII Never, Never Consent, and
the Friends of the Fair Refuse to Let
the Matter Go Over to December
Branches of the Government. Service
Tied Up for Want of Funds Owing TO
the Delay the Sundry Civil Bill
The Record of the Session.
WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-Representative
Dockery, member of the appropriations
committee, and representing the oppo
nents of the Worlds far appropriation,
held con ference yesterday with Repre-
sentative Hopkins, a friend of the appro-
priation. with a view to arriving at an
agreement upon the subject Dockery
presented a proposition to allow the sun
dry civil bill to pass the house without
the amendment for the fair, it being
agreed in the house that a bill carrying
the s., 100000 appropriation shall be intro
huced and made special order for the
first Tuesday OF the next session of con-
gress. and that it also be understood that
cloture rule shall be reported if neces-
sary TO fix the day and hour for final
vote on the bill.
This proposition Hopkins stated was
not fair to the exposition, as both the house
and senate had voted for the Worla's fair
item. and he thought the responsibility for
delay should rest on Holman and the fill
busterers who were acting with him.
Furthermore, said Hopkins, it is a ques-
ton whether the Worlds fair management
can raise the money necessary to carry for
ward the work on the buildings and other
matters needed, while waiting with a
doubt about the appropriations hanging
over them. No agreement was reached.
There was a mild sensation Saturday in
the house when Hopkins objected to the
consideration of joint resolution extend
ing the appropriation of last year. so far
the sundry civil bill was concerned. until
Aug. 3.
why Hopkins Put in Objection.
But Hopkins had purpose in view. IT
had been the intention of the friends Of he
fair in the house to let this resolution go
through. But they concluded that as the
forces in control of the organization of the
house professed to be helpless, and Crisp
said he could see no way of stopping dila-
tory proceedings, they would give OBJ
ject lesson in the results of unchecked fill
clustering. So when Holman brought up
the resolution Hopkins promptly objected.
If he had not done so half dozen others
would have made objections. And the
objection stopped a good many govern
ment wheels until such u resolution can
be passed or the sundry civil bill goes
through.
Willing to Stay All summer.
Hopkins says ne and the friends of the
fair Will continue to antagOniZs Holmau's
resolution introduced Saturday TO con-
time the sundry civil appropriations of
last year. He has stayed here through
the hot weather of July and he has came
to the conclusion that be Will stay through
August, and see that the fair gets what
has already been appropriated for it, and
which some neople are trying to get away
t-vInIr
Effect of Hopkins Objection
Reliance is placed upon the magnitude
and infinite variety of the Interests IN
volved in the supdry civil bill to bring
about a speedy termination of the dead
lock. OF course the stopping of these great
workshops here in the capitalize gov
eminent printing office and the bureau OF
engraving and printing (where All the
bank notes and revenue stamps are prIIt-
ed and of the costly and many-officered
semi-scIentific bureaus of geological and
coast and geodetic surveys-are first to at
tract attention, but the lockout goes much
further
Tt Is "A Far-Reaching Trouble.
1t includes the life-saving stations ana
all the light houses; the quarantine sta
tions and every authorized precaution TO
prevent the introduction OF cholera, yellow
fever, or other plaques; all the government
hospitals and asylums; the minis and assay
offices; the United States courts, marshals,
and district attorneys; the registers, re
ceivers and surveyors of all the public
lands; the national parks, national ceme-
teries, and military prisons. The bill takes
everything down to the monthly gas bill
at the White House and the feeding of the
animals at the National Zoo.
stopped EN- All Saturday Midnight.
Appropriations for all these purposes
stopped at midnight Saturday and strin-
gent provisions of the revised statutes pro-
bibit any obligation being incurred for
any of these accounts in advance of an
appropriation. The senate was without
quorum Saturday and kilograms were
sent in every direction calling the senators
back to duty. 1t is hoped that quorum
will be present to-day and also that by
Wednesday some adjustment may be
come to with the house as to be able to
adjourn at any rate by the 10th. The
senate leaders are determined not to
attempt any other business which can
possibly cause delay.
HOLMAN MIGHTY DETERMINED.
N. Calls the Worlds Fair Private
Corporation and Is Full of Fight
Chairman Holman, OF the house COM