Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-27
AN ISSUE AVOIDED.
Congress Decides to Leave the Sunday
Closing of the Worlds Fair
TO THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.
John |. Davenport's Political Methods
Scored by the Democrats.
ANOTHER DAY OF TURMOIL IN THE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, May 26.-The features o
to-day's proceedings in the House were the
action on the Worlds Fair Sunday closing
proposition and an attack on John I
Davenport, of New York, both in connec
tion with the sundry civil appropriation
bill The multitude of amendments
presented to the bill confused the Chair anc
the clerks, and for a time the House was ir
a Parliamentary tangle Most Of the
amendments were directed to the Sunday
closing of the Worlds Fair, and some OF
them were of humorous character. The
tangle was unraveled by Mr.. Dockery, who
secured the adoption of an amendment pro-
viding simply for the closing of the Govern
ment exhibit on Sunday, which thus leaves
the larger question to be decided BY the
management
The action of John i. Davenport, whose
name always gives rise to contention be-
tween New York Republicans and Demo,
Gratis, came up for discussion late in the
day, and the methods pursued by him in
New York elections were denounced by
Messrs. Cummings, Warner and Fitch, and
defended bv Mr.. Payne. The sundry civil
bill was still pending when the House ad-
journed.
Sunday Closing of the Fair.
Mr.. Cheatham, of North Carolina, the col
ored member who poured oil on the troubled
waters yesterday, was recognized this morn
ing to ask consent for the consideration of q
bill appropriating 500, 600 for the compila-
tion of statistics showing the progress of the
colored race from January 1, 1868, to Janu-
ary 1, 1898.
Mr.. Kilgore, of Texas, objected, and the
House went into committee of the whole,
Mr.. Lester, of Georgia, in the chair, on the
sundry civil appropriation bill The pend
ing question was on the subject of the Sum-
dav closing of the Worlds Fair.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Johnstone,
of South Carolina providing that no part
of the appropriation for the Worlds
Columbian Commission shall be available
unless the doors shall be closed on Sunday,
and that in no event shall the exhibit made
by the Government be open to the public
on Sunday was pending substitute offered
by Mr.. w. A Stone, of Pennsy lvania,
providing that before any money
appropriated by the bill is paid the
managers OF the Columbian Exposition shall
file an agreement to close the Exposition on
Sunday, and that no part of the appropria-
tion shall be available until the Board of
Managers shall give satisfactory assurances
that no intoxicating liquors will be sold
on the grounds of the Exposition, Mr..
Butler, of Iowa, vainly moved to amend
the substitute by prohibiting the exhibition
of pictures or statues of the nude or the par
TALLY nude.
Games OF Chance Have a Show.
Mr. Scott, of Illinois, offered an amend
ment prohibiting lotteries or games of
chance on the Fair grounds or within mile
thereof and the sale of cards, dice, ETC.,
within that limit. Lost.
The substitute offered BY Mr. Stone, re-
quiring the filing of an agreement to close
the Fair on Sundays and prohibiting the
sale of intoxicating liquors on the grounds
was also lost-43 to 1874
Mr.. Dockery, of Missouri, then offered as
a substitute the following: provided that
the Government exhibit at the Worlds
Columbian Exposition shall not be open to
the public on Sunday" Adopted.
The question then recurred on the original
amendment as amended by the substitute,
and it was ADOPTED. The Chair was utterly
unable to command order, and the buzz of
conversation and the noise of laughter were
SO great that fully one-third of the members
present were ignorant of what was taking
place. The Worlds Fair paragraphs were
finally disposed Of The Sunday-closing
provision now reads simply: provided
that the Government exhibit at the Worlds
Columbian Exposition shall not be open to
the public on Sunday"
The committee proceeded to the consid-
Grafton of the clause appropriating $50, 900
for the enforcement of the Chinese ex-
clGsion act. To this a substitute offered by
Mr. Loud, of California, was pending.
Big Money for Shutting Out.
The substitute appropriates S160, 600 to
prevent the unlawful entry of Chinese, for
the re-registration of Chinese now in the
United States, and for the expenses of re-
turning to China all Chinese persons found
to be unlawfully in the United States.
Mr.. Bowers, of California, said that the
Democratic party could not deceive the
people of the Pacific coast by passing q
exclusion act and then refusing to
money to carry it into effect.
This action would show the people that al
though the Democrats were in favor of a
stringent law they were opposed to its en-
torcement
Mr.. Holman, of Indiana, in opposing the
substitute, stated that the estimates for this
service were only $4,000.
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, reminded the
gentleman that the sundry civil bill was re-
ported to the House May 2, and the strin-
gent, double-barreled exclusion bill was
passed three days afterward. That was the
reason that the appropriations for carrying
that act into effect were not included in the
estimates.
Mr.. Geary said that when the Chinese
bill passed the House many Republicans
found it convenient to be absent. They
could not now fool the people of California
as to the position of their party by getting
up and pretending desire for larger ap-
sixty Thousand Considered Enough.
Mr.. Loud's substitute was rejected, and on
of Mr.. Holman, the appropriation
carried in the bill was increased to $50, 900.
On motion of Mr. Martin, of Indiana, an
appropriation of S., 600 was made for COM
missary quarters at the Marion soldiers
home. An amendment offered by Mr..
Sayres led to discussion of the political
methods of John L Davenport in New York
City elections. He was attacked by some
of the Democratic members and defended
by Republicans. Without action on the
bill, the committee rose and the House ad-
journed
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