Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-20
The Worlds Fair Amendment
Fails
TO GET ENOUGH SUPPORTERS
And So the $1,000, 900 Scuvenier Hall
Dollars wiz Not Be Issued.
Other Proceedings.

today's work may be summed up as
follows: The appropriation item mas
voted down, ITO 10 l2S. and the Sunday
closlng provision inserted by the senate
was sustained by vote OF LAT u 6l.
The appropriation as made by the sen-
ate for the geological survey were con-
Cured in and an amendment WAS in-
serted forbidding the letting OF any
contract by any government officer TO
any one employing the Pinkerton
detective agency or other organizations
employing armed forces and prohibit
ing their employment by the govern
ment or the District of Columbia. The
sundry civil bill WAS then passed IS
amended and the speaker appointed
Messrs. Holman. Sayres and Bingham
as conferes. A resolution was passed
for the appointment of special COM
mittee of five members to investigate
city and county OF New York. The
conference report on the foruhcatlon
bill Mas agreed 10.
How IL Began.
In the beginning the house, in com.
mittee of the whole, took up the sem
ate amendment increasing from $780,
600 TO $500,0O0 the appropriation for
the government exhibit. and refused
TO concur in it. The vote was: Against.
l29; for, IS.
This vote caused some trouble. tor
the question WAS at once raised whether
1t was in order to amend the senate
amendments unless the motion 10
amend was coupled with q motion to
concur.
The complication resulted in an
effort by MIR. Atkinson Of Pennsylvania
TO secure q separate vote on his amend
ment prohibiting the sale of liquor on
the fair grounds. The point had been
made that the amendment must be
offered in connection with motion to
concur in the senate amendment pro-
viding for the issue of 5000, 900 In
silver half dollar souvenir pieces. which
was the only one remaining amend
ment involving an appropriation TO be
acted on.
The Loan scheme Loot.
The chair decided against Mr.. Atkin-
son and the decision was sustained on
. viva voce vote. Mr.. Atkinson in
sisted on . division. Meanwhile the
parIiamentarians in the house we're all
trying to express their views. Mr.. At
kins0n finally withdrew his appeal and
after some further talk as 10 the pro-
cedure the question was taken on Mr..
Atkinson's motion to concur in the
s.. ZOO, 900 paragraph with an amend
ment prohibiting the sale Of liquor.
On viva voce vote the motion was
defeated and on q division that result
was confirmed, Al to lS9.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Pat
terson of Tennessee involving the col
lection of statistics Of the progress of
the colored race, Was not defeated
without formal division.
Then came Mr.. O'Neils amendment
making loan. not an appropriation,
of SIS, ,000, 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
cmbodying the S., 200. 600 appropriation.
BY standing vote the house refused
to concur; yeas, l10. nays, l22.
Sent to . Conference.
Tellers were demanded, and Messrs.
Holman and Hooker of New York
took their places as tellers. The result
was: For concurrence, 81; against con-
currenco, ll6. The republicans gen
,, orally voted TO concur.
SO the amendment will go into con-
ference.
Next in order was the Senate amend
ment providing for the monthly
vouchers and the repayment TO the
United States from the net receipts of
| the fair of . proporionate share. This
was likewise non-concurred IN and sent
| to conference by q vote OF 2s to l02.
The next amendment bound the
worlds Columbia commission to the
payment of all expense of the great
departments. subject to the compact
| and to the restriction that the gross
expenditures for clerks, juries, awards,
etc. shall not exceed $500, 900.
| To this an amendment was offered
appropriating 100000 for an exhibit
Of the American Indians condition.
II was lost and the original amendmen
went to conference.
The medal and diploma senate
amendment came next. On = standing
vote tins was concurred IN, yeas. 50
nays, 90. Tellers were demanded bu,
refused, 90 the action stood un-
changed.
The Sunday Closing Clause.
Last came the Sunday closing amend
ment. Mr.. Taylor Of Illinois had
offered an amendment providing tha,
no machinery shall be run or unneces
ssry labor he performed on sunday
| This was in effect a substitute for the
senate amendment. Mr.. Tayior's sub
| sutute amendment was rejected.
Mr.. Land of Wisconsin had submitted
a motion ~ strike out the sunday clos
| ing section; but on Mr.. Dingiey's poinI
| of order II was ruled out and the ques-
ton was taken on concurrence in the
senate sunday closing amendment
| The standing vote resulted. Yeas, rs
nays. "a. Tie greater number of votes
81 concur came from the republican
1 ranks.
The point of no quorum vas made
and teller. were appointed heresui'
| thts time wss yeas I02. nays -.
That disposed Of the worlds fat
amendments The house had concurred
| la the senate sandsy closing sment
ment and in tne paragraph making ap
preparations Tor medals and diploms.
and had refused 81 concur ~ toe 81,
eta o,a spptopE istsen sna every otbel
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