, 1892-07-19
MEAN MEMBERS.
The House Goes Back on the
Worlds Fair Bill.

Refuses TO Pass Amy of the Senate
Amendments to the BII--A Par
iamentarY TangIe In the Conn
mittee of the whole.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-In the house all
the amendments increasing the appropri-
priation for the Worlds Columbian COM
mission were non-concurred in in bulk.
The senate amendment Increasing from
$4,000 to S500,00O the appropriation for
the government exhibit was snon-concurred
in by the house. Yeas, 129; nays, 65.
The committee of the whole got in a par
liamentary tangle as to whether it was in
order to amend the senate amendments un-
less the motion to amend was coupled with
motion to concur. Thepoint arose on an
effort to secure a separate vote on the
amendment of Atkinson, of Pennsylvania,
prohibiting the sale of liquor ON the fair
grounds. The point was made that the
amendment must be offered in connection
with the motion to concur in the senate
amendment for the issue of five million
half dollar souvenir pieces. The chair de-
cided against Atkinson. The decision was
sustained by viva voce vote. Atkinson
then moved to concur in the five million
dollar paragraph, with an amendment
prohibiting the sale of liquor. The motion
was defeated Al to 80. O'Neil's amendment
making loan and not the appropriation
of five million dollars was next defeated.
The chair then put the question on concur
ring in the senate amendment the embody-
ing the $5,C00000 appropriation and the
house refused to concur yeas 70, nays 1872.
A vote by tellers was demanded, result
ing: For concurrence 9l against, 116.
The republicans generally voted to concur.
So the amendment will go into conference.
The senate amendment for repayment to
the United States of a proportionate share
OF net receipts likewise was non-coHcurred
in. The amendment binding the Worlds
Columbian exposition to pay all expenses
of the great departments and to the restriC-
ton Of that to the gross expenditures for
clerks, bureaus, awards, ETC., shall not ex-
ceed half million, was sought to be
amended by the appropriation of 100000
for an exhibition Of the condition of the
condition Of the American Indians was
lost. The original amendment went to
conference. The senate amendment for
medals and diplomas was concurred in;
yeas, SO; nays, 80. Then came the Sunday
closing amendment. Taylor's amendment
ment to this, proving no mache1y be run
or unnecessary labor performed on Sunday,
was rejected. The Sunday closing amend
ment was then concurred in; yeas, 7s;
nays, "a. The greatest number
of votes to concur were cast by
the republicans On the point no
quorum, the vote was taken by tellers.
Result: Yeas, 102; nays, p.
That disposed of the worlds fair amend
ments, the house had coneurred in the
senate Sunday closing the amendment ard
in paragraph making an appropriation
for medals and diplomas, and had refused to
concur in the $5,00O0 00J appropriation and
every other SUBSTANTIAL amendment.
IN THE SENATE.
The senate spent two hours discussing
Morgan's resolution of July A. directing
the finance committee to report bill to
give all legal tender papers, money and
standard silver dollars, the full legal tender
effect given by the law to gold coins. Nor
gan argued for the resolution and Allison
against it. Sherman moved to refer it to
the committee on finance. 1t went over
without action and the anti-option bill was
taken up.