Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-02
All Governmental Machinery Stopped
by a Republican
WHO WILL NOT LET THE SUNDRY
Civil Appropriation Bill Pass Until
the Worlds Fair Appropriation
Amendment For 5000, 900
is Agreed To-Reed and Bing-
ham Attempt to Shift the Re
sponsibility to Holman's Shoul-
ders.

compromise in the House this morning,
| but IL is significant that the friends OF
| the Worlds Fair give no countenance
| TO them. Mr.. Durbarrow insists that
| they will not accept anything short OF
Of the appropriation as contained In the
! Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. Mr.
| Hopkins declared his purpose was TO
prevent the passage OF any resolution
extending the appropriation carried by
| that bill, and followed up his declara-
| ton by calling attention to the fact that
no quorum was present when the House
met. Since that time, however, he has
been in consultation with Director Gen
eral Davis, and il may be that he will
adopt different line OF. policy later on.
Ike Hill, the deputy sergeant-at-
arms, says that about two hundred
members are In town and he is making
efforts to get them to the Capitol. 1t is
| questionable whether Mr.. Hopkins can
| secure q sufficient following TO insure
success in his undertaking.
Many Of his brother Republican mem
bers deprecated any interference with
the machinery of the government and
are unwilling TO follow his lead. Evi-
IDENTIFY Mr.. Hopkins is fereful that the
| extension resolution will be amended
when once before the House so as TO
carry the sundry civil appropriations
until next December, il which case il the
amendment is accepted by the Senate.
| Congress might adjourn without provld-
ing for the fair. Assurances are given,
however, by members of the Appropria-
tion Committee, that the committee has
no such intention.
The Congressional Record, although
published before midnight Saturday,
could not be delivered in the House to-
day owing to a lack OF appropriation to
pay messengers, drivers Of the Govern
ment printing Office and others whose
duty il is to transport the publication
from this office TO the Capitol.
The public gallery was well filled this
morning, principally by employees OF the
| printing office, who are having az en-
forced vacation; but in the House it,
self, the law was not so vigorously COM
piled with. The appropriation for the
lighting Of the Capitol and other pub
lie buildings is carried in the Sundry
Civil bill. and although the appropria-
tions have lapsed the court rooms were
Illuminated. One hundred and forty
six members responded to their names
! on roll call, this being twenty-one short
of Quorum. On motion OF Mr.. MILL
gan, OF Tennessee, call of the House
was, ,ordered.
An exact Quorum-l67 members-re-
sponded.
Mr.. Holman then rose to move a sus-
pension Of the rules, but before his
proposition was read Mr.. Hopkins, Of
Illinois, made the point Of order that
the previous question having been or
dered on the Senate amendment to the
sundry civil appropriation bill, the mo-
ton TO suspend was not in order. The
Speaker overruled the point Of order,
and Quoted from a ruling made by
Speaker Reed in justification of his rul-
ing.
Mr.. Hopkins said that he had al
wavs regarded Speaker Reeds rulings
as sound, and he was not inclined TO ex-
cept 70 them.
MIR. Bingham said that the Worlds
Fair amendment came from the Senate
and became part of the SundrY Civil
| bill. 1t was not contended In the
House that the Worlds Fair amend
meDts was not a part OF the bill. The
conferees on the part Of the House had
been instructed TO resist the amend
'ments.
The gentleman from Indiana, (Mr.
Holman,) who mad voted against mo-
tion to recede had seen proper TO change
| his vote In order to move recOnsidera-
/ hiu nj
tion 10 flibuster was question for the
gentleman 10 answer to the House, the
country aud the people. That it had
that result was the best evidence and
conclusion. He (Mr. Bingham did
not believe that there was any purpose
on the Republican side to delay or oo-
struct the conduct OF the government
for the next few days. But ii must be
understood that a House having DEM
ocratic majority OF $50 capable OF con-
ducting the business OF the government
without a vote from the Republican
side, must be responsible to the people
for the conduct of public affairs. No
responsibility could rest on the Repus-
! lican party.
Mr.. Holman said that the gentleman
from Pennsylvania was aware OF the
! fact that the Senate in defiance OF the
rules had placed the Worlds Fair
amendment on the appropriation bill.
The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hop
kins) was willing 10 stop the wheels OF
| legislation for the purpose Of compelling
the House to give $4,000 900 TO cor
poration in Chicago. Both In time OF
! peace and in time OF war he had heard
the proposition made TO extend appro-
priations and never until now had he
heard it objected to.
Mr.. McCreary, Of Kentucky, spoke In
opposition to the Worlds Fair appropri-
alton. Chicago, he said, did not ask a
loan. 1t asked that Congress pass bill
which made the Government joint
stockholder in private corporation.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, said the gentle
man from Indiana, (Mr. Rolman), had
afforded an example of unspeakaole
courage which enabled him TO face I'M
| Ainchivnly a situation of this kind.
With a Democratic majority OF more
than l4O, of which he was the factional
leader, the House Of Representatives
had stopped the business OF the Gov
.rnment, and now he was en-
Ieavoring to charge this stoppage 10
somebody else. He (Mr. Holman)
himself had led. If not openly, covertly,
this rebslling against coed government.
He had deliberately blocked the wheels
oi business and he charged it upon some
BODY else. The Worlds Fair legisia-
tion had received sanction OF the Senate
without regard TO party. The gentle