The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-27
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Congress Will Close the. Govern
ment Exhibit on Sunday,
BUT WILL NOT CLOSE THE GATES.

Amendments offered and Defeated
to Prohibit the Nude in Art, Games
of Chance and the Sale of Liquor.
A Free Silver Discussion in tho
Senate.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-The house yes
terday went into committe of the whole
(Mr. Lester, of Georgia in the chair on
the sundryicivil appropriation bill. The
pending question was on the subject of
the Sunday closing of the Worlds fair.
The amendment offered by Mr.. john
stone, of South Carolina, providing that
no part of the amendment appropriated
for the Worlds Columbian exposition
shall be available unless the doors of the
exposition shall be closed on Sunday,
and that in no event shall the exhibit
made by the government be open to the
public on Sunday, was pending a substi-
tute offered by Mr.. w. A. Stone, Of
Pennsylvania, providing that before
any money appropriated by the bill is
paid the managers of the Columbian ex-
position shall file an agreement to close
the exposition on Sunday, and that no
part of the appropriation shall be avail
able until the board of managers shall
give satisfactory assurances that no in
toxicating liquors will be sold on the
grounds of the exposition.
Amendments Defeated.
Mr.. Butler, of Iowa, moved to amend
the substitute by prohibiting the exhi-
biton of pictures or statues of the nude
or the partially nude. Lost.
Mr. Scott, of Illinois, offered an
amendment prohibiting lotteries or
games of chance on the fair grounds or
within u mile thereof, and the sale of
cards, dice, etc., within that limit.
Lost
The substitute offered by Mr.. Stone,
requiring the filing Of an agreement to
close the fair Oh Sundays and prohibit
ing the sale of Intoxicating liquors on
the grounds was also lost-43 to l34.
An amendment was offered by Mr..
Atkinson, of Pennsylvania, that no in
toxicating liquors shall at any time DO
sold in any government building. Lost.
Mr.. Bergen, of New Jersey, offered an
amendment providing that the employees
in the service of the fair during the
week shall be relieved from service and
others employed in their places on Sun
day. Lost.
To Close the Government Exhibit.
MIR. DOckery, ot Missouri, offered as q
substitute the following: provided that
the government exhibit at the Worlds
Columbian exposition shall not be open
to the public ON Sunday" Adopted.
The question then recurred on the
original amendment as amended by the
substitute, ,sanG it vas adopted.
During the disposition of these amend
mcnts the committee WAS in state of
great confusion, growing not out of any
special interest taken in the subject, but
rather out of lack of interest
The chair was utterly unable to com
mand order, and the buzz Of conversa-
tion and the noise of laughter was SO
great that fully one-third of the mem
bers present were ignorant of what-~as
taking place. The Worlds fair para
graphs were finally disposed of. The
Sunday closing provision now reads sim
ply: provided that the government ex-
hihit at the Worlds Columbian exposi-
tion shall not be open to the public on
Sunday"
Encouraged by the vote on Wednes-
day by which the senate refused to refer
his silver resolutions, Mr.. Morgan yes
terday melted MIR. Stewart, of Nevada,
to move to proceed with the considera-
tion of his free coinage bill. This mo-
tiOn, in a senate barely wo-thirds full
(some senators avoiding vote and
others being pared), WAS carried, nine
Republicans, seventeen Democrats and
two Farmers Alliance members voting
in its favor The senate has now APP
parently entered upon limitiess debate
Of silver free coinage.