The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-02
THE FIGHT WILL GO ON
Nothing Gained by the Caucus
of Last Evening.
GOVERNMENT SERVICE RESUMED.

A Resolution That the Appropriations Of
Last Year Hold over for Four Days
Adopted Overwhelming Evidenoe in
Favor Of Judge Cobb.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. IF the supporters
of the Worlds Fair Appropriation do as
they say they will, nothing will have
been accomplished by the Democratic eau
Gus Of last night, at which it was voted
to postpone consideration of the PROPOSE
tion to appropriate until next December.
Representative MoCann of Illinois said
this morning that the supporters of the
Worlds Fair Appropriation would con
tinue to press their cause until Congress
expired by limitation of law, on March 4
next.
''They will continue said he, "to in
sst on carrying out the will of the ma
/ jority"
/ Representative Durborrow agreed with
the sentiments expressed by his colleague.
If this program be carried out the eau
Gus will merely result in substituting the
( friends of the Worlds Fair appropria-
tion in the place of its opponents as fill
busterers.
The caucus was held to endeavor to eff
feet an agreement by which the present
deadlock on the Worlds Fair Appropria-
tion clause in the Sundry Civil bill could
be broken and a speedy adjournment be
brought about There were about 100
members present, with Representative
Holman in the chair.
A resolution was offered by Mr. AIutch-
Ter of PENNSYLVANIA, which in effect was
that there should be vote on a separate
Worlds Fair bill, making an appropria-
tion of 50, 000 900 in aid of the Worlds
Fair, on the first Wednesday in December
next, after six hours debate, and that
only 3 amendments thereto should be in
order After considerable discussion this
was adopted--89 to 81. ,r
The first business in order when the
House assembled yesterday was the reso-
luton presented by Mr.. Holman Dem,
Ind) to extend the government appro-
priations for four days. He explained
the necessity for the appropriation and
said the House was confronted with
peculiar situation. The gentleman from
Illinois (Alr. HOpkins) had stopped the
wheels of the Government by obiecting to
the consideration of the resolution on
Saturday last Never before in the his
tory of the Government had such state
of affairs existed He wanted to bulldoze
the House, and so objected
Mr. Reed (Rep., Me- followed with a
characteristic speech and said that the
blame for the failure to pass the Sundry
Civil bill rested with the Democratic ma
jority and the filibustering against the
! Worlds Fair. Mr. Holman was RESPONSE
BILE in large degree for the present con-
dition of things. The appropriation for
the Worlds Fair had the sanction of the
Senate and also Of 140 members in the
House, and there was nothing urged
against it except the miserable technical
ity that some think it ought not to APP
pear in an appropriation bill. The gentle
man from Indiana had the boldness to
stand up here and charge his sins ON
other men. A House with 140 Democratic
majority was responsible for legislation,
and yet Mr. Holman had blamed this mat
ter upon the other side.
After further discussion Holman's reso-
luton was adopted and sent to the Senate,
and by unanimous consent was passed by
that body
The furry in some parts of the govern
ment service, caused by the failure of the
House, Saturday, to extend the appropri-
ations in the last Sundry Civil bill until
August 4, was soon over. When the law
governing the case was carefully exam
ined, it was learned that the occasion for
furry was comparatively limited. At
least it was discovered that generous pro-
vision had been made for carrying on gov-
ernmental affairs, and the failure to pass
Sundry Civil bill would not cause wide
spread disaster
In case of failure of any appropriation
bill it appears, as stated by experienced
authority all bureaus or departments, the
existence of which is necessary for the
preservation of life or property, continue
to do business under the provisions of the
last previous act, and in all departments
whatever is necessary to be done for the
same end is authorized BY this provision
in case of the failure of Congress to pass a
Sundry Civil bill, the life saving service,
the hospitals and prisons, the lighthouse
service and the marine hospital service
would be maintained on the old basis. In
the present instance the Government
printing Office was the only establishment
that did not continue operations as usual.
In others the employees assumed all the
risk of receiving compensation for their
labors risk which ended when the Joint
resolution was signed by the President
Shortly before noon the special COM
mittee of the House investigating the
charges made by Representative Watson,
of Georgia, that members had been seen
Oh the floor of the House to stagger and
reel from drunkenness, resumed its labors,
Ex-Governor Josiah Patterson, of Ten
nessee, was the first witness called.
He said he had never noticed a member
drunk ON the floor of the House, and so
far as he kneY the statement was untrue
He had known Mr.. Cobb since his arrival
here as a member of the House, and the
day that Mr., Cobb made his speech on the
Noyes Rockwell contested election he
(Mr. Patterson had listened to him
throughout his argument, which was a
very long and exhaustive one, He had
seen Mr. Cobb drink from cup, but as
to it containing whiskey he could not
state. AS to Judge Cobb's being drunk he
wished the public to know that it was not
true. Witness sat within four feet of Mr..