The age-herald., 1898-01-15
Exposition Craze.


 MT. Cannon, chairman of the appropria- tion committee, thought on the exposition ton question congress was running wild. We had had domestic expositions at Phia- delphia, Chicago, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Louisville, Atlanta and Nashville, and were now about to have one at Omaha. Abroad we had participated in the expositions at Vienna, Paris, Berlin and Brussels The anxiety of would-be commissioners to have the honor and glory of our country repre- sented at these foreign expositions was agonizing. Now, here came this exposi- tion at Bergen. Twenty thousand dollars was to be appropriated now. If this reso- lution passed, congress would be called upon to foc~She bill for a deficiency of $20000. He gave it as his deliberate judg- ment that the interests of the United States did not require our participation in this exposition. If we did our duty by the Paris exposition that would be enough.
 MT. Simpkins (rep) of Massachusetts, in reply called attention to the fact that Nor way, second in the world to no country in fisheries, had accepted our invitations to participate at Philadelphia and Chicago Common courtesy and decency demanded that we accept this invitation.
 MT. Deliver (rep.) of Iowa thought we would not in the next decade participate in an exposition which would be of more practical value to the United States. The resolution was adopted.
 Methodist Book Agents.
 The senate bill to refer to the court of claims the claim of the corporation of the book agents of the Methodist church, south, \ .R Texas, in charge of the bill, moved as a substitute bill appropriating s2SSOOO for the full settlement of this claim. The prop erty of the corporation, which was located at Nashville, Tenn, was seized and held by the United States from 1862 to 1866, when it was turned over to the owners. MT. Cooper referred to the fact that the profits of the concern were applied to the support of superannuated ministers. Thousands of petitions from religious bodies, he said had been received, praying for the passage of the bill.
 Mr. Dalzell (rep.) of Pennsylvania inau- gurated a fllibuster against the measure by demanding the reading of the report on the bill which consisted of about fifty pages, the reading of which would consume several hours.
 At the conclusion of an hour when Dal- zell's time expired, the friends of the bill attempted to secure an agreement for clos ing debate, but all requests looking to this end were objected to.
 Mir. Richardson, (dem.) of Tennessee, ap- pealed to the other sdde to allow vote on the bill.
 Savers Fayors It.
 MT. Savers (dem.) of Texas, said that this was as just claim as had eyer been presented to congress. The amount asked by the Methodist Episcopal crurch. south, in this bill, he said, was not 50 per cent. of the amount which could be recovered in the court of claims. Leading bishops and divines north and south had endorsed 1t. Common justice, not charity. demanded its passage.
 MT. Grosvenor (rep.) of Ohio made ten minutes speech In support of the bill. He said he knew personally enough about the claim to say that s2SS,o06 was very low estimate of the damage done. After <--~----~-->>-~--~~-~>
 ey~ TDo<a