The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-20
The House Refuses to Concur In
Senate Amendments to That
Effect
But That Body Agrees to tho Sun
day Closing Clause OF
the Bill.
Further Conferonce Ordered ON the Sab.
jeot-Littls DOne in tho Senate
Other Capital News.

WASHINGTON. July 19..-After some rspub-
licsn flibustering In the house At the OPEN
ing. to prevent tho adoption Of resolution
to investigate the methods Of John l. Dav-
enport, federal supervisor of elections in
New York City, the resolution was agreed
to. and the house then went into committee
of the whole on the senate amendments to
the sundry civil bill. The committee got
in parliamentary tsngle az to whether it
was in order to amend the senate amend
ments unless the motion to amend was
coupled with the motion to concur. The
point arose on an effort to secure separate
vote on the amendment Of Atkinson (Pa.),
prob hitting the sale of liquor on the fair
grounds. The point was that the amend
mont must be offered in connection with a
motion to conosr in the senate amendment
for the issue Of 100000 half dollar
souvenir pieces. The chair decided against
Atkinson, and the decision was sustained
by q viva vocs vote. Atkinson then moved
to concur in the Ave million half dollar
paragraph, with an amendment prohibiting
the sale of liquor. The motion was de-
featsd, forty-ons to 189. O'Neirs amend
ment. making loan and not an appropria-
tion of S., 0OO, 0OO was next defeated. The
chair then put the question on coneurring
in the senate amendment embodying a
81, ,O00 900 appropriation, and the house re-
fused TO concur. Yeas seventy-eight, nays
| 1872. A vote by tellers was demanded. re-
sultinR for concurrence niuety-one, against
116. Republicans generally vote to concur.
So the amendment will 90 into conference.
Tho senate amendment for repayment to
the United States of a proportlonate share
of net receipts was likewise non-concurred
in. An amendment binding the World'a
Columbian exposition to the payment of all
the restriction that the gross expenditure
for clerks bureaus, awards, etc., shall not
exceed $500, 600, was sought to be amended
by the appropriation of $1OO, 900 for an OK
hibit of the condition of American Indians
This was lost, and the original amendment
went to conference. The senate amend
ment for medals and diplomas was con-
CURED in, yeas sixty nine, nays City. Their
came the Sunday closing amendment. Tny
lor's amendment to this, providing that Nc
machinery shall be run or unnecessary
labor performed on Sunday, was rejected
The Sunday closing amendment was thel
concurred in. yeas ssventy-eight. nays aev
enty-four. The greater number of the vote
to concur we're cast by republicans. On
rolnt Of NO qnorum the vote was taken b,
tellers. and resulted, yeas 102. nays seventy
two.
That disposed of the Worlds fair amend.
ments. The house had concurrsd in the
senate Sunday closing amendment and il
the paragraph making appropriations fol
medals and diplomas. and had refused t.
concur in the sc, 0OO, 600 appropriation ane
every other substantial amendment.
The committee having risen the hous'
non -ooncurred in tho senate anaendmen
appropriatinQ $5.0O000O for the World''
fair. Yeas 121' nays 1O9.