Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-03
TIRED OF TARIFF TALK.
Congressman Now Make No Pretense
of Listening to Each Other.
BINDING TWINE ON THE FREE LIST,
And Senator Vest Talks About Sunday and
the Worlds Fair.
ROOSEvELI'S ROAST FOR wANAMAKER

" ASH1NGTON, MAY 2.-1 Udb IdIlA OId-
tory is at discount in the House was man
ifested to-day when Mr.. Bryan, of Ne
braska, moved the passage of the free bind
ing twine bill. Though under the rules but
half an hour is permitted for debate it was
only after good deal of skirmishing that
sufficient number of members could be
mustered to occupy that brief space OF
time. The Democrats were not enthusiaS-
tic and the Republicans were apathetic.
No interest was taken in the vote, and only
AZ Republicans responded to their names,
and of these three voted in favor of the
bill. One hundred and eighty-three Demo-
Gratis responded, three of whom voted
against it. But beneath this apparent in
difference there was a strong undercurrent,
because with the binding twine bill out of
the way, the anti-option bill has precedence
on the calendar over all other revenue
measures.
There was the first time this session an
air of WEAKNESS apparent The warm
weather was beginning TO make itself felt,
and the chronic objectors seemed to be inoc-
ulated with the bacillus of lassitude, and
various measures were permitted to go
through which would ordinarily give rise to
serious opposition, if not protracted debate.
The Free Binding Twine Bill Passed.
The rules were suspended and a number
of unimpor;ant or local bills were passed,
after which Mr.. Bryan, of Nebraska, moved
TO suspend the rules and pass the free bind
ing twine bill,
Mr. Burrows inquired whether it was the
gentleman's intention to pass the bill in
this way, without having giving notice to
the minority of that intention.
iaJ hat IL hie inf
tion to pass the bill.
Mr.. Burrows demanded second, and OBJ
iected TO Mr.. Bryan's request that second
be considered as ordered.
Messrs. Burrows and BRYAN were ap-
pointed tellers, but no Republican passed
between them, pro or con. After a brief
wait, however, the Democrats managed to
muster a quorum and the second was
ordered. After brief debate the House
suspended the rule and passed the bill, yeas
1S3, nays 75.
Three Republicans for the Bill.
Mr.. Covert, of New York, Mr.. Coburn, of
Wisconsin, and Mr.. Cadmus, of New Jersey
Democrats, voted in the negative, and
MessrS. Broderick, of Kansas, and Pickler
and Jolley, of South Dakota (Republicans),
in the affirmative.
On motion of Mr.. Blount, of Georgia,
the rules were suspended and the bill was
passed appropriating $50, 200 to enable the
President TO fulfill the stipulations con-
tained in the treaties between the United
States and Great Britain, signed February
2S, and April Is, 1892, in regard to tribunals
of arbitration at Paris. There was neither
opposition TO, nor discussion of the
measure.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill, but without action upon
it the committee rose and the House
adjourned.
The Senate and Sunday Closing.
Numerous petitions were presented in
the Senate to-day against legislation for the
closing of the Worlds Fair on Sunday.
Also, one from Methodist church in New
Hampshire urgently protesting against
further adverse legislation against the Chi
nese. In presenting petition for legisla-
tion for the closing of the Worlds Fair on
Sunday Mr.. Vest described it as a machine
petition" 1t had been originally, he said,
addressed to the two Ohio Senators, and it
contained remarkable resolution, pledg-
ing the signers 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 men,
orial.
w hatever might be his vote, Mr. Yes
said, on the question, he should certainly
pay no attention to that sort of resolution:
As to closing the Worlds Fair on the Sab
bath, that question was before the commit
tee of which he was a member, and was
being considered very carefully. A much
more serious question, however, was as to
the expenditures that had already been
made at the Columbian Exposition, among
which he had noticed that of the 5000, 900
contributed bv the city of Chicago, $50, 900
had been expended for the location OF the
Exposition in that city, He hoped that
the committee which had lately visited
Chicago had investigated the question to
see whether that expenditure was necessary
and how it was expended.
A Regular l-To!d-You-so.
Mr.. Vest had expressed the opinion,
when the bill was first presented in the
Senate, that after expending S5,0O0 600 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. The result, he 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 ques-
tion what was to be sold on the grounds,
but whether the honor of the country was
involved in the reckless expenditure of
money which had he believed, taken place.
The calendar was then taken up and after
an executive session the Senate adjourned.