Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-02
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Senator Vest Makes Some Remarks
About Expenditures.
The FREE BINDING TWlNE BILL
Brought Up Under Sus-
pension Of the Rules.
THE MINORITY'S PROTEST
Had No Effect and the Bill Was
Passed.
THE MINORITY'S PROTES'
THE SENATE.

Numerous petitions we're presented against
legislation for the closing Of the worlds fair
on Sunday. They came from the states of Yer
mont, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Nebraska,
Colorado. Missouri and Arkansas, many of them
from religious bodies. Also one from a
Methodist church in New Hampshire urgently
protesting against further adverse legislation
against the Chinese. In presenting petition
for legislation for the closing of the world 9
fair on Sunday Mr.. Vest described it as q ma
chine petition" 1t had been originally, he
| said addressed to the two Ohio Senators. and
It contained a remar kable resolution pledging
the slgners to refuse, henceforth. to
| support for any Office or position
of trust any Senator or member who should
vote for further aid Of any kind for the worlds
fair. except on the conditions named in the
memorial. Whatever might be his vote, he
said, on the question. he should certainly pay
no attention to that sort of resolution. He did
not hold the people who had sent him the Pc
tltlon responsible for it
1t had been obviously prepared in the city OF
Washington as a sort of political blackmail
Ii that part of the practice we're to continue
and If he were expected to vote for bill which
he might believe unconstitutional he
did not want to hold Office on
any such conditions. As to closing the
world fair on the Sabbath, that question was
before the committee of which he was a men,
Der and was being considered very carefully.
as to the expenditures that had been already
made about the Columbian exposition, among
which he had noticed that of the five millions
contributed by the city of Chicago. Ninety
thousand dollars had been expended for the
location of the exposition in that CITY, He
hoped that the committee which had lately
visited Chicago had investigated that que stion
to see whether that expenditure was necessary,
how 1t was expended and who got the money.
He had expressed the opinion when the bill
was first presented in the Senate that after ex-
pending the S5,OC0000 the city Of Chicago
would come to Congress and say that it was
necessary. for the honor of the entire country
that the exposition should be worthy OF the
people of the United States
And the result Che was sorry to say) had
proved that he was correct in his anticipation
His vote on the subject should be governed
not by the question whether the exposition
was to be closed or open on the Sabbath
day, nor by the question whether beer was to
be sold upon the grounds, but by his judg-
ment as to whether the honor of the country
involved the reckless expenditure Of money
which had. he believed taken place.
BILLS FROM THE CALENDAR.
Bills for public buildings at Selma, Ala
(s50,000), and Altoona, Pa. (s15O, OOO), we're
taken from the calendar and passed The cal
endar was taken up and bills we're disposed of
as follows:
To authorize the Quanabar and Oklahoma
Railroad Company to construct and operate
railroad in the Indian territory. Laid aside
without action.
To fix the price of lands entered under the
desert land laws. Passed. 1t fixes the price at
SLIPS per acre, whether the lands are outside
or within railroad grant, and it requires the
repayment of the difference to those who have
heretofore paid q double price for such rail-
road lands.
Exempting American coastwise vessels
piloted by their licensed masters or by a
United States pilot from the obligation to pay
state pilots for services not rendered. Laid
aside without action