St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-01
The Worlds Fair Bill Re-
mains a Stumbling Block
to Congress.
A Compromise Proposition
Seems Likely to Be the
Final Outcome. -
Adjournment Will Immedi-
ately Follow Action Upon
the Measure. s.
General Review Of the Work
Done by the Fifty-Sec-
ond Congress. 81

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WASHINGTON, July 31.-The future
of this session of congress depends alto
gether on the treatment of the worlds
fair appropriations as contained in the
sundry civil appropriation bill. Every
thing else which threatened trouble, in
GLIDING the anti-option bill, has been
disposed of in some way. The house
has gotten itself into a dilemma by
voting to concur in the senate worlds
fair amendment without being able to
finally pass the bill. There are but
two means of escape: one is to secure
majority vote on the motion to table a
pending motion to reconsider that
vote, and the other is to recon-
slider the vote by which the amend
ments were cOncurred in. The lat
ter is the most probable outcome
of the present situation, which would
mean the adoption of one of the several
compromise propositions which have
been put forward. When this is done.
a speedy adjournment will be had.
Monday in the house will be suspension
day, and an effort will be made to pass
the resolution extending the appropria-
tons carried by the sundry civil bill.
Whether or not this motion succeeds. it
is probable that the filibustering will he
resumed for such time as cannot new be
defined by anyone. The senate has
concluded its business and is now
waiting on the house. TO fill in the
time, Mr.. HawleY will make a speech
tomorrow and some recourse will be
had to the calendar in cases OF bills
which will arouse no opposition.
The Worlds Fair.
There has been no material change in
the attitude of tue respective sides i'll
the house with rec ards to the worlds
fair appropriation, and when that body
meets tomorrow it will in all probability
find the state of affairs unchanged from
what it was when adjournment was taken
OH Saturday. Nel,ner SIDE has been
uoing very active work today, but each
has contented itself with reviewing what
has already been accomplished, and dis
cussing the possibility of an early end
ing of the deadlock. Though the menu
bers of the house opposed to the appro-
priatiOn have been discussing inform
ally the several propositions look
ing to 4 cOmpro mise of the difTl-
cultieS that have already been
suggested, it may be stated that one of
them will take formal shape before the
pending contest is much older. These
propositions include one pOStpOnlng ac-
ton on the appropriation until liked
day, in making a loan IF S5,0O0.O0O, TO
be regarded as first lien Oh
the receipts of the fair, and
al fni M q N q trn a
to provide sufficient bullion for the
coinage of the amount of money needed
to complete all the work in connection
with the fair. But the advocates OF the
appropriation decline at this time to
look with favor on any OF these prOpO-
Sitions, and will not tonight make any
pledges concerning their future action
other than to intimate very strongly
that they Will take the appropriation
Direct or Nothing.
They Will not listen at this time to a
proposition to postpone action on the
appropriation, insisting that the house
has already recorded itself in favor of
the appropriation. They therefore see
10 reason why the matter should be
delayed. A prominent member of the
opposition to the appropriation eX-
pressed the opinion that while the
proposition to loan the money would
not receive tine formal assent OF its OPP
ponents. yet they would simply vote
against it, but let the matter rest. But,
as already said, the worlds fair people
do not regard tavorably any of the
propositions advanced. and will not
make any pledges tonight, preferring to
see what tomorrow will bring forth.
In the house tomorrow Representa-
tive Holman will call up his Joint resO-
luton to extend the appropriations car
ried by the Sundry civil bill for the last
fiscal year until Aug. 4. AS tomorrow
is suspen sion day. the resolution. it
is SAID, can be called up, notwith-
standing the regular order" is
some other motion. This motion, it
is predicted will be fought by the worlds
fair people. who will insist that, mas
much as the sundry civil bill can be en-
acted into law almost as soon as the
joint resolution can be, the opponents of
the fair appropriation will abide by the
Decision of Majority
of the votes cast in favor of it, there is
no necessity for the joint resolution ex-
tending the appropriation. Mr.. Hol-
man says he would not agree to an
amendment to the resolution extending
the appropriation until December. Such
an amendment, if carried. will defeat
the worlds tair appropriation. The
assurance will be made in answer
tC a suggestion of the worlds fair peo-
pie that he had such an amendment in
view when he offered the resolution,
and which was one of the reasons why
Representative Perkins objected to the
consideration Of the resolution yester-
day. Mr.. Holman says he expects to
see matters reach a crisis Tuesday. al
though he did not indicate in Just
what form he thought it would appear.
Representative Holman. in the course
of further conversation tonight, said he
thought the proposition to let the
question of the appropriation for the
fair go over until December met with
| the most favor, and he was inclined to
think it would be accepted by the
| friends of the fair. If this should be
accepted, Mr.. Holman said, the way Is
PLAIN for the passage of the appropriate
| ton bill and the adjournment of con-
gress. The amendment prohibiting any
officer of the government or any person
or corporation having contracts with
the government from employing Pinker-
ton police or any other body of armed
men, Mr.. Holman said tonight, causes
some trouble. He believed. however,
the senate would recede from its dis
agreement to the amendment.
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.