Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-06
THE WORLDS FAIR BILL
1t Went Through Like a Flash Finally
Prompt Adjournment.
rrrom opr Rerular Correspondent. ]

lFrom Our Regular Correspondent
WAgH1SGros. August 5.-The Worlds
| Fair ennronrlation went through easily
| to-day IN the House, and II was fully III
| accordance with the general expectation
| As soon as the language OF the sppropriss. a.
| ton was changed no doubt was teit as 70
| the result. As originally placed IN tne
| sundrv civil hill the government was made
| on actual partner In the. enterprise
| Many Of the members did not leei
| justified in supporting any such pro
| position. In the first place, had tney uOno
| so they could not consistently nave 9p-
| posed at any time IN the future tno ueI
| mands of the Farmers Alliances snouiLu ~ a
| they continue TO insist on having tns
| government establish ub-Treasuries ana
warehouses and lend money on agricultural u.
| products. Then again, the Senate went ou1
| of the usual line in placing, the World 3
| Fair item in the sundry civil bill. III was
| snap Judgment on the House, ana the
| Democratic leaders resented 1t quite natu-
rally. IL caused the filibustering ana pre-
vented an early adjournment OF Congress
THR SOUTHERN OPPOSITION.
The Virginia and North Carolina delega-
| tions held out 10 the last IN ther .oppo1,sl-
| ton 10 the WoTlds-Fair appropriation, the
votes to-day showing that these delega-
| tions, with the exception OF Oheatnali
| CRepublcan). OF North Carolina, went
| ON record in the negative. KENTUCKY
was also pretty solidly against the
| nroposition. and, in fact, the bulk OF
| the opposition was confined TO tne
| southern States. The reason or TINS Is
| that the southern members generally
| hold TO the OPINION that there IS no
| authority IN the Constitution 10 NoVe
| money in aid of expositions.
MR.. BBEcKINRIDGE's POSITION.
! 90 L n irv- u HO voted
| against the bill, was chosen some time ago
| by the Fair Commission to be the orator
| at the opening of the exposition. Inc
| Chicago people are much cut up over ms
| attitude. but they will probably not change
| orators. One of the high officers OF the
| exposition said to-day that ii was most
peculiar position for Mr.. Breckinridge 10
| OCCUPY, and he added: such an honoI
as has been bestowed on hlm does h9'
come to q man, no matter now pIouni-
nent, once in lifetime
THE sESATE's ACTION.
The Senate did not meet until 7. M.
| to-day. and it was not long before thaL
| bodv also passed the World's-Fair blll
| promptly and with practical unanimlty.
| 1hls was in accordance with the predlc-
| tion of Senator Cockrell referred 10 yes
terday in this correspondence.
ADJOURNMENT AT ONCE.
II became apparent early to-day that
matters would be Ia shape to reach an ad-
| iourpment at once, so the averages Senator
| and Representative began TO make hla
arrangements 70 start away from the
city at the earliest possible moment.
| Statesmen VIII be scarce mere
tomorrow. They will heartily reiolce at
the prospect of getting TO their homes
| This is particularly true OF the representa-
| tiyes whose fences need looking after
| There Is also great deal OF sickness
among the members. The session. mas
been q long and wearisome one, aud the
weather has been intoerably hot IN Wash
| ingtOn this summer.
GENERAL RELIEF.
A sigh Of relief came over most every
one this afternoon when the WOrld's-talr
matter was disposed Of. Even those who
opposed the bill were glad that It was
| finally out of the way, and while the
| friends of the fair did not get what they
wanted they appear TO be pleased. From
| a political standpoint it Is well that the
| question is disposed Of. Both the Demo-
cratic and Republican platforms are
committed 10 this additional aid, and
neither party Will have any advantage over
| the other on the issues raised over the
| consideration of the bill IN Congress.
| Chicago has so much cheek that 1t IS not
unlikely more aid will be asked next wln-
ter. though al present the talk IS the de-
mand will not bemade. II It is made then
| the country can DO prepared for one OF the
hveliest old flibusterlng games ever
played in the House.
FORMER LONG SESSIONS.
The Forty-ninth Congress closed its first
or long session on the 5th day OF August,
| 1856. The long session OF the flttleth
| Congress lasted until the Goth day of DC
| tober. 1888. being the longest session IN
! the history of the government. Mr.. Mills
| insisted on having the thing drawn out
/ TO take action on his tariff bill. The
| Democrats. as result of the mistake, lost
! the presidency and failed 10 retain control
| of the House. Reed and his followers
| came into power. They passed tho Nc.
| Kinlev tariff bill. and the first session Of
the Reed Congress lasted until October
| 1st.
| THE DEMOCRATIC GRoUND-sWKLL.
| The Republicans in 1890, as a result OF
| the Mckinley bill. the extravaganza IN
APPROXIMATIONS, and their attempt TO enact
| the force bill, got the worst drubolng at
the polls in November, 1890, that has ever
| been administered to any party. As Reed
| expressed 1t. he took an early train and
| got through. his reelection to the Honse
| occurring in September. Had he been
running in November the chances are he
would have had greatly reduced majority,
and he might have been beaten, for he has
| had some close shaves, even IN Name. In
| 1890 numbers of the most prominent Re
! publican members of the House met defeat
at the polls. Cannon, Payson, Rowell, and
Mason, of Illinois, Perkins of Kansas, La
! toilette OF Wisconsin, Mckinley of Ohio,
| Greenhalge of Massachusetts,, McComas
| of MARYLAND, Gear of Iowa, Carter of Mon
tana. Cutcheon of Michigan, and many
others were left at home. There were sur
prises all along the line. Lodge, in Massa-
| chusetts, had his majority nearly wiped
| out, and in the election of 1890 Virginia,
| for the first time in many years. sent up O
solid Democratic delegation.