New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-06
TIE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
ACTION IL THE noUsV ON THE WORLDS FAIR
BiLI.-rHf, CLOSING SCENTS.

Washington. Aug 5.-Whcn the speaker took the
chair Tai, morning and called the lous" 10 Ner there
were not more than 100 member, In the Chamber
After ono unimpOraut business, the lI0n'c went
into Committee Of tho Whole Mr.. Dockery oi Missouri
In the chair on the purboow World, Fair hin.
Mr. Cummings. Of New York. said that It was
matter OF pride with him that he had nlbustrrcd
asnst this loolne proposition lie felt that If that
great nlilistor samuel j. Randall, had been alive
and on the floor Of the House to day he would have
been among those who stood 10y his side 1t was Naid
that this worlds Fair wns alrcndy Il Government ar
far. Its advocates unblushingly asserted II. 80
thoroughly had the Worlds Fair mixed Itself mp with
the Government on this floor that IL difficult 10
tell which wa, the Government and which was The FAR
Not only tbs but 1t had covered the floor with The rem
nants Of old Congresses. until II could be hardly told
whether the present Congress or the hccap, OF former
Congresses ran the House. II seemed to have whire
the cmployos Of tho House into the mnesirom 50 that
no one could spare Il moment for his regular duties.
lie had read in Western newspapers of swamN OF
Cs-h0ppcrs that stopped the wheel, Of railroad trains
upon the pralrics Well. those eras'ioppcS were here
D.aughtcr.) They here In the form Of WORRIES
Fair officials drawing sustennnce from the public
Treasury, and they were here In the shape Of men,
women and even children from Chicago
They had come in swirl Hike the gras'hoppcrS OF
the Western prairie until they hai actually stopped
the wheels Of government: and that for longer
time than Joshua commanded the sun ~ stand still
U.aughterJ lie himself had experienced some 0t
the influence Within the last twenty four hours he
had received numerous dspatche,-not one OF them
from his district. not OF them from his State
asking him to vote for this loOtng proposition And
not ono OF them wns signed by tho name OF any
human being. They contained signatures such as the
foowing: "Whappolopy Eoat Company "siichs
burg Iron Company" Naughter)
Mr. Fellows Of Ncw-YOlk eald that he hnd at first
been disposed to vote against the proposition. But
after careful study Of the legislation he had satisfied
himself that the Government had 10y every form of It's
authority. taken control Of this enterprise and made II
Il Government work II was but short time ago
that the House hid passed bill giving To on" oi le
Territories authority to appropriate money f)r the fh
The gentleman from Texas (Mr. kilgorci had arpfe-
hcndcd the meaning Of that Oill. II was that the
Government through the officers II appointed shoulu
take control OF the affairs 0f the Exposition lhe
idea u the Fair born In Congress 1t had It's IN
ccptl0n here. From the start 10 the hnsh II hal
been Governmental work. He had been appealed
to, as n Democrat, not to givc his aid to what
his colleague tNlr. Cummings said wF proposition
TO loot The Treasury. But he had received Ms com
mission from n higher Democratic authority thah ue
Democratic majority in this Congress. lie had re-
ceived II from Democratic National ConVehtloh'
He had been a member of that Convention. There had
been planks OF that platform to which there had
been dissent; but not one murniur OF dsaPPIo-