Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-11

ing s1 .670, ,310; that the house agree to amendments carrying S1 416, ,492. O1 amendments carrying S621, ,dSO the con ferees could not agree. Among these amendments was that to purchase site for the government printing flee. A state- ment embodying the principal changes made in the bill by the conferees was given by MT. Savers, and the report was agreed to.
 On motion of Mir. Savers the house voted to insist upon it's disagreement to the amendments still in dispute, except those relating to the appropriation in aid of the Atlanta exposition and the purchase of site for the government printing offics.
 Jn respect to the Atlanta exposition ap- propriation the house voted to insist upon it's disagreement thereto.
 Mr. Cannon moved that the house con- ferees be instructed to propose to the sen ate conferees, in lieu of that provision in to the house June by the committee on appropriations, appropriating $200, ,000 in aid of the exposition.
 The motion was discussed by Messrs. Cannon, Murray, republican, of South Carolina; Coombs democrat, of New York; :; Sickles, democrat, of New York; Coggs- well, republican, of Massachusetts, and Bryan, democrat, of Nebraska, all of whom spoke in enthusiastic terms of the enterprise of the people of Atlanta in pro- jecting the exposition and expressing their qualification at being able to vote for the appropriation.
 Mir. Williams, democrat, of Illinois, of. fered as ubRtitute for MT. Cannon's mo- tion motion that the house onferees be instructed to continue to disagree to the senate amendments or to any proposition to make an appropriation in aid of the Att lanta exposition. He said that as a mem- Der of the committee on appropriations and of the dominant party, responsible for the business of the house, he was opposed to the issuing of interest bearing bonds in order that the government might go into the show business now or hereafter.
 MT. Cookery joined bis comm .ttee col league in opposing the proposition to vote aid to the exposition.
 MT. Pence of Colorado expressed regret that the objection to the appropriation should have come from g representative from southern Illinois, the state in which Chicago is located, the city which has been the recipient of the most lavish lberality Of congress. That gentleman (Br. Will liams) had referred to the proba oility that if this appropriation should be made that other cities, Omaha, Denver and San Fran cisco, might ask similar appropriations in the future. s'That may happen, MT. Speaker,'' said MT. Pence, "but these cities of the west will not manifest ingrati- tude for the favor.'
 The question was further discu ssed fla vorably by Messrs. Grosvenor, republi. can, of Ohio; Everett, democrat, of Massa. chusetts, and Livingston Of Georgia, and 1 opposition by MT. Snodgrass, democrat, of Tennessee.
 MT. Williams substitute for MT. Can- whatever, was defeated on divlsioE-41 to 152. The yeas and nays were ordered, re- sulting: Yeas 50, nays 171.
 MT. Cannon's motion was tLen agreed to without division.
 Several other items of disagreement were discussed until o'clock, when, without disposing of the report, the house took a recess until 8 o'clock.