Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-28
AID FOR THE FAIR
OVER H0LmAN'S PRoTEsTAuoN
The House Sits Down ON ths Great o.
Jecsss and coneuss sa shs Ssassss
Anenamen,

wAsalssros. July s7.--Ar. Holman
vas gwen . llsck eye today. hs
started in this noraing ~ cripple ihs
worlds tar. aud IL must ne confessed
partially succeeded. bat when 4 csnae
10 the chief homo OF contention. the g..
eoo, 900 appropriation, Ie wss kaockod
out by vote of III to los.
IL wHs clock when the sDeAker en-
nouneed that hs would tora up The
amendments OF the senate la shesr
order and votes on them. The first
one WAS the amendment increasing the
amount for the gosefnmesa exhiba Ia
$500. 600. Nj. HOLMAN moved 10 nois--
concur. aud the motson was agreed 10
without = dlssslon.
Toe opposition TO the appropriation
made tsst oi strength on NJ. Eank-
heads amendment max lne = noms-
nal appropriation Of g for the fair.
The vote resulted d-cosotes for and ll3
against Mr.. BankheAd's amendment.
and on a SECOND call MI. Bank head vas
again beaten.
The Little sseass Aisssa
The senate increase Ia tie amount
allowed for the Words Columbian
commission and increasing the amount
for the hoard of lady managers vac
also non n-concarrcd ia without q dlss-
slon.
The paragraph allowing SIC, 600 for
the use Of the director general was
non-coDcurred in, aud also the amend
mept increasing the numtser of meet
ings 10 be held during 1898.
Tho friends of the far made no
special fight on these questions. and
did even demand a olylsloa when the
speaker announced that each one WAS
carried.
The official vote 10 III for The appro-
priaton and lo5 against n. Mr.. Ho.-
man moved 10 reconsider. aud Nj.
Bingham 10 lay IL on the table. AID it
Was carried.
The Real Ftgat ef the hay
Mr.. Bingham moved &c ccncnr 10
A motion 10 concur having precedence
man had 10 step aside. The hlibusber-
ing spirlt was clearly unpopular and hs
Withdrew = request for tellers and
thereupon the yea and nay vote on
BlpghAm's motion TO concur In the
senate amendment began. some
thought Il meant repentance on Hoi-
man's part He sent his messengers
scurryiug, and such OF hls followers ~
favored filibustsring refrained from
voting In the hope Of breaking .
quorum This was the crucial Test. IL
= quorum voted then Durborow would
win. tney said, and everybody believed
them. The boast induced some Of che
would-be .fihbusters 70 vote nav, lea .
quorum thouid bc present and the ap-
proprlation passed IN spife Of them.
Holman wac moved by this fear and
when hls name waa called he opened
HE mouth and emitted q sno" full OF
spite aud hatred and as ear-plercsna
~ m ungreased saw.
Durbsrew Gavs . Hearty yea.
Mr.. Durborow gave . hearty yea"
and Mr.. McGann. Who had been on the
continuous hustle since daylight,
yelled yea" de6autly and then looked
at Holman, who turned and gazed stths
floor. Ab Taylor vas too nervous 10
| at down. - he stood by his char
! through u all until has name was called.
when he cried no. and sat down with
the Air Of . man whaee duty is dopc.
Big Tom Reed walked hack and forth
IN front of the speakers desx aud
rssped out as strong q yea as his bsg
lungs would permit etbe vote nearcd
the end II WAS seen that the resuit
would he very close Al were anxious
and crowded into the open epsce IN
| front OF the speakers dcsk 10 get the
| fret sound OF The result Holman was
in the throng and actually perspired.
| IL was the fret evidence hse colleagues
had had of his having had any tiesh on
| his bopes, and for a moment q tnok
their attention from the vote. Bet
only for moment The cali was no.
| ished. There was q recapituisslon.
Then . hush feIl upon the house.
Holman Changed gis Vote
Holman got q tip from some light
ning calculator that he vac defssted.
Instead of giving up like . man, m
order 70 get into position 10 fiiibnsfef,
he changed his vote 20 yea. Several
other changes were nade. The anxiety
| increased. The margin wac narrow.
Al last the speakers gavel fell. There
| were no more changes. aud bresthseso
the members stood on TIP toe 10 hear
| the vote, while toe spect-tors leaned
over the gallery. The speaker took 40
a slip OF paper bearing the vote. lie
raised hrs sascl.
"The yeas are III. The nays are
Jos. The motion g. concur 10 carried. =
he cried, and nut period to the sen-
tence with hlpw OF has gAvsl.
| Holman chaneed he vote in order %
move \ reconslderatlon. hut wss voted
dowd after hong slefe of fiibs-ssung.
senate Proceedings.
wasHsseros. July FIN the senate