The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-29
STILL FTLIBUSTERING
Tenacity of House Opponents Of
the Fair Appropriation.
VOTED TO ADJOURN TOMORROW.

The Senate However. snubs an Ad.
iournment Motion and Refu ses to
Postpone Anti-Option-Mean
the House Continues the Deadlock
On Motion to Reconsiden the
Worlds Fair Vote.
WASHINGTON, July e9-when or how
the fight over the Worlds fair appro.
priation In the house will end no one
knows nor can form fair judgment.
ln the house yesterday Mr.. McMillin
offered resolution for an adjournmen,
Of congress on the 3Oth Of July. MIR.
Cummings moved to amend by making
1t the lst Of August. After some gen.
eral speaking on the subject Mr.. Nc.
Millin's adjournment resolution was
adopted by vote of l2l to 81, and the
hlibustering against the fair was con.
tinued
The speaker stated the pending mo.
fion to be that made by Mr.. Bingham
OF Pennsylvania, to table the motion to
reconsider the vote by which the house
receded from its disagreement 10 tho
senate Worlds fair amendment
kaThe talk on the subject developed the
fact that 1t was all part of the filibus
ter against the 5000, 900 appropriation
and that the opponents wanted an op
portunlty to impress upon the friends OF
the fair the idea that the filihnsters
were perfectly willing to let the suntfry
civil bill fail if that were the only vaY
to defeat the fair appropriation.
The senate, it is understood, will mol
act on the adjournment resolution
until the fair question is settled In ops
way OF another.
The Fair People Couhdcht.
The opposing forces in the fight over
the fair appropriation have settled down
to determined struggle. Many mem
bers express the belief that the fight will
be sharp, but comparatively OF brief
duration, and that there will be a sudden
yielding in some part Of one or other, Of
the opposing lines. ~ q
diminished confidence in ultimate and
decisive victory. but some of their
friends are less sanguine and fear that
compromise must be sought.
The opponents of the fair item de.
clare that there can be but one outcome
To the fight; that enough of them will
band together and filibuster to prevent
the concurrence in the senate amend.
ment, and that they do not care how
long tho session is protracted.
No Quorum in the Senate.
Notwithstanding the intense heat and
the ascertained departure for the sum
lner of nearly forty senators, which left
barely a voting quorum on hand, the
senate declined TO take any decided ac-
tion either ON the anti-option bill or the
house resolution to adjourn on Saturday
hext, The motion tolay the anti option
bill aside till December was lost by the
unexpectedly large vote of 10 to 80 An
almost equally frigid reception was
given to the adjournment resolution.
Mr.. Allison at first declined to ask its
reference to his committee on appropria.
tions for action, bnt subsequently re.
Tented, and it was so referred. Consider.
able miscellaneous legislation by ununi.
mons consent was accomplished IN a
heller skeiter way h-tween times, in.
clnding tho passage OF an eight honr
labor law to apply to all contraets on
government works, which now goes to
The president for approval The melt.
ing away Of qnorum left Mr., Wash
lnrn and his anti-option bill helpless
and an adjournment was forced for ,lia
first time this session by the suggestion
that there was no quorum IL attendance