St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-28
fIl|BUSTERS AT PLAY,
Friends of the Worlds Fair
Grant Score a Ppelimi-
nary Victory.
Jubilation Over the Result of
q Test Vote Turned to
Anxiety.
Hoosier Holman Changes His
Vote to Lead in Dilatory
Motions. 9
WaShburn Encounters Oppo-
sition to an Early Test
on His Bill.

W AsHINGToN, July 27.-The scene
! in the house today was one of excite
ment and anxiety. The fight over the
worlds fair amendment to the sundrI
civil appropriation bill was expected
and the contestants were ready for the
| fray. Neither side was confident. al
though the friends of the measure
thought that the chances were in theil
| favor.
When the house proceeded to con.
slider the worlds fair amendments tt
the bill Mr.. Caruth, of Kentucky
made one of his characteristic humor
GUS speeches in favor OF the appropria
| ton.
MIR. Bowers, of California, said that
nine-tenths of all the people of Cali
fornla were in favor of the worlds fail
and in favor of congress making a gen
| er0uS appropriation in aid of the expo
sition.
MIR. Houk, of Ohio, quoted from the
original law to enforce his argument
that it was incumbent on congress tC
make the appropriation for the fair.
Talk VS.. Votes.
Mr.. Hopkins, of Illinois, said that all
| the gentlemen who had argued against
| the proposition had had pleasant words
| for Chicago; they spoke in praise of the
| international exposition; yet every one
of them attempted to assassinate the
national character of the enterprise and
| reduce it to a municipal affair. Congress
ought not now to refuse to appropriate
money.
MIR. Mcmillan. of Tennessee, spoke in
opposition to the appropriation, baSing
his opposition on the depleted condition
of the treasury.
The debate then closed.
The speaker stated that the senate
amendments would be read in order,
and he would recognize the gentleman
nom Indiana (Mr. Holman) TO make any
motion he desired relative to them. If
the previous question were ordered they
would not be amendable. Should the
demand for the previous question be
voted down, a motion TO amend would
then be in order.
The minor senate amendments were
disposed of without friction. On mo-
ton of MIR. Holman the house insisted
OH its disagreementS to all of them.
The Fight Begins.
Then came tffe amendment appro-
priatng s5,00O,000, and with it came the
fight. There was an amendment pend
ing to it offered by MIR. Bankhead, of
Alabama, striking out the word mill
| iOn," thus leaving the appropriation at
s.. This was lost by the decisive vote
of yeas II, nays al, and the friends OF
the appropriation were jubilant-not
that it was test vote, but because it
showed large attendance of member
ship.
Mr.. Holman. of Indiana. then moved
that the house insist on its disagree
ment to the senate amendment, pend
| ing which MIR. Bingham, of PeHnsyi-
| vania, moved that the house recede
| from its disagreement, and on this mo-
| ton the yeas and nays were ordered.
| Then there was a very brief outcrop-
ping of a fjlibustering tendency.
| Mr.. Holman moved to reconsider the
| vote by which the yeas and nays were
! ordered. Tellers were ordered OH his
motion, but before the vote was COM
pleted he withdrew his motion.
The vote was then taken on Mr..
| Bingham'S motion to recede, aud as the
| call progressed there was every symp-
| tom of interest manifested by the mem.
bers. Many of them kept tally, and the
| area in front of the speakers desk was
| crowded with members discussing the
| prospects and watching every response
| with eager Interest.
Blocking Progress.
When the clerk finished the calling
of the roll il was noised around that the
motion had secured majority of nearly
| twenty. Mr.. Holman Immediately
changed his vote from negative to the
! affirmative in order that he might be
entitled to move reconsideration. Sew
eral votes were Withdrawn, and the
| speaker finally declared the motion car
rled by a vote of yeas III, nays los. All
| the Republicans present, fifty-four,
| voted TO concur i'll the senate amend
ment. The ten Farmers Alliance men,
| bers voted against concurrence. Sixty
| three Democrats voted to concur.
Mr.. Holman was promptly on his feet
with motion to reconsider, and Mr.
Bingham as promptly moved to lay that
motion Oh the table. Then the filibuS-
| tering began in earnest.
Mi. Outhwaite. of Ohio. moved an adj
| journment, and pending that moved that
when the house adjourned it be to meet
| Friday next. This was supplemented
by MIR. Bailey. of Texas, with motion
| for adjournment until Saturday. Sew
enty-seven of the opponents of the
worlds fair proposition refrained from
voting, aud MIR. Bailey's motion was
lOst-yeas, 2; nays, 143.
Remains Hung Up.
A point OF no quorum was raised, and
| Mr.. Bingham moved call of the house,
| which was ordered, but only after the
| fllibuSterS had wasted some time by de-
manding teIiers. Two hundred and
| twenty -eight members responded tu
| their names.
Mr.. Bingham offered resolution re-
v0king all leaves of absence except
those granted Oh account of sickness,
| and directing the sergeant-at-armS to
| notify absent members to attend the
| session of the house Immediately. The
| resolution was subsequently, Withdrawn,
and the hause adjourned.
The most outSpoken of the filibusters
say plainly that they will see the sundry
| civil bill killed before the appropriation
| for the worlds fair shall carry. Some
of the Republican members are charg-
| ing that it is part of the policy of the
majority to permit the sundry civil bill
| to tail unless the senate backs down Oh
| the worlds fair appropriation, for the
reason that il will enable better prima
| facle contract to be made between the
| appropriations of the first session of the
| Fifty-frSt and those of the first session
| of the Fitty-second congress.
| A resolution extending the current
sundry civil appropriations for indis
| pensable purposes until December
would very considerably reduce the ag.
| gregate. Most members of the house
are as much interested in adjournment
as IN the fair appropriation, and tomor.
| row an adjournment resolution may be
brought in. Ii passed, it will be fol
the senate to say whether or not it will
stay here as long as the filibusterers
| are willing to stay, and to make the
question of the fair appropriation mat.