Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-08-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.

" 4xb111AN " 1O1N LGl 1G1ls
LlVELYWoRK INTHECLosING HOURS
OF THE SESSION.
The Durborow bill passes and is signed by
the President = Civil Appropriation bill
passed - Representative Watson's state
ments of Drunkenness in the House not
Upheld by Investigating Committee
President Harrison at Loon Lake.
Especial for the BELLOWS FALLS T1MEs.l
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 9, 1892
The Durborow Worlds fair bill passed
the senate and house Friday and has
been signed by the president. The two
houses then disposed of the sundry civil
appropriation bill and some minor mat
tiers, and at IL o'clock adjourned without
day. Mr.. Fellows of New York sup
ported the bill. The work, he said, was
a governmental one. The idea of the
fair had been born in congress; it had its
inception here. From the start to the
finish it was governmental work. He
had been appealed to as Democrat to
refuse aid to proposition which his
colleague designated as one to loot the
treasury. But he had received his COM
mission from higher Democratic au-
thority than the Democratic majority in
this congress. He had received it from
the platform of the Democratic conven-
ton, which had favored the fair as
national enterprise. When he came to
receive directions that would control him
as Democrat he preferred rather to re-
ceive them from Democratic conven-
ton than from part of his colleagues
on this floor. The debate continued I'M
til O'Clock. Much of it was entirely
foreign to the question pending, and re-
ferred to the commissioner of pensions.
Precisely at l O'Clock the chairman of
the committee of the whole stated that
under the order of the house the commit
tee must rise. Having arisen the Dur
borrow bill was reported to the house.
The pending amendment (and the only
one) was substitute offered by Mr.. De
Almond of Missouri for the first section
of the bill. 1t provided that if the
Worlds Columbian exposition deposit at
mint of the United States a sufficient
quantity of silver bullion it shall be
coined and delivered to the exposition in
ing $5,OOO,OOO. Mr.. De Almonds sub
stitute was rejected-ayes 76, nays 1879.
The vote was then taken on the final pas
sage of the Durborow bill, and it was
passed by vote of 131 to S3.
In the senate, Friday, resolutions we're
adopted thanking Vice President Morton
and ex-President Pro Tenn. Henderson
for the impartial and courteous manner
in which they had presided. The COM
mittee appointed to wait on the presi-
ident reported that he had no further
communication to make. At IL o'clock
Vice President Morton said: "BefOre
making the announcement that will ter
inmate the present session. the chair de-
sires to pay a personal tribute Of regret
and affection to the memory of two dis
tinguished members of this body who
were present at first roll call, but have
since that time passed away from the
busy walks of earth to the realities of
eternal life. They will no longer oc-
cupy their accustomed places on this
floor. but will long be remembered, not
only In the senate, but in other fields of
human activity, as conspicuous leaders,
AS illustrious citizens and as able, honor
able and patriotic public servants. 1t is
my agreeable duty to express my most
grateful appreciation of the honor con-
ferred upon me by the resolution unani-
mously adopted By the senate during my
absence from the city. If am entitled
to the highly commendatOry words of
the resolution it is owing to the uniform
courtesy and kindness accorded to me
by every senator on this floor. With the
earnest hope that upon the reassembling
of congress every member of this BODY
may be found in his seat in renewed
health and strength, l now declare that
the senate stands adjourned without
day."
In the senate Friday the Worlds fair
bill was received from the house, and
having been read in full and the vice
president having declared that the bill
was open to amendment, long debate
followed. Mr.. Cullom said that the
people of Chicago were willing to let the
government share prOp0rtiOnately in the
profits of the fair, IL there should be
profits. Mr.. Sherman said that he
would rather that congress had appro-
priated five or ten millions and shared in
the profit and loss of the enterprise. But
this two and half millions was thrown
ungraciously to Chicago like bone to a
dog. If the bill stood alone without its
surroundings he would vote against it.
If he were a citizen of Chicago he would
not accept the money in the way offered
but now the president of the United
States was detained at Washington un-
der circumstances which called for the
sympathy of the people, and Mr.. Sher
man did not see that congress could dc