Evening star., 1899-03-02

600 more. Buns,oS only asked. he said, for
Chicago. Atlanta % and 1sSe New C Orleans. '''' CT
Mr.. Simpson (Kdn.) seized the opportuni-
ty offered to reply to the statement made
by Mr.. 0rosven6ra cOhio) q few days ago
can war speech, had been repudiated by his
party and had dfei . broken-hearted man.
Mr.. Simpson challenged Mr.. Grosvenor6
historical knowledge and produced facts to
sooers sno~ that sse c1 had been ans w5a
,.r had retired ID, fro public life in 1854 at the
Mr.. simms cTshh.l opposed the Buffalo
exposition bin. He thought the appropria-
should cease. HE line must be drawn
somewhere, and Buffalo was as good a
place to draw II, AZ any other city.
Mr.. Maddox teia) opposed the bill. He
described the peregTinations of the govern
ment exhibit over the country, and face
tiously cautioned the Buffalo member to
take good care of it, as IT would be needed
later at st. Louis, Toledo, Detroit and other
places.
Didn't you see it last at Atlanta?" ask
ed Mr.. Clark (MoD
''Oh! The gentleman is behind the times"
replied Mr.. Maddox. '"rhe exhibit has been
to Nashville and Omaha since then"
Q,aughter)
Mr.. Richardson CTenn.) supported the
bill.
Mr.. Bailey, the democratic leader said he
had steadily resisted these appropriations
for expositions. From the first he regarded
the principle as far more important than
the actual appropriation.
While he did not think this bill was right
or should pass. he would vote for 1t be-
cause other cities had had such appropria-
tions. and he did + OF think there should be
an fnvidious distinction against Buffalo.
The good feature of this bill was that like
its predecessors, 1t did not establish the
thorize these expositions. The appropria-
ton 1t contained was simply for govern
ment exhibit.
Exposition Bills Passed.
The bill was then. passed., 141 to 18. A
demand for the ayes and noes received the
support Of only five members.
Mr.. Southard followed this motion with a
motion to suspend the rules and pass a bill
to appropriate $500, 600 for the Ohio centen-
nal exposition to be held at Toledo.
when is this show business to stop?"
asked Mr. Cox CTenn).
II ought not to stop until after this ex-
position Is held replied Mr.. Southard.
amid laughter
Proceeding, he explained that the Toledo
exposition was to commemorate the one
nundredth anniversary Of Ohio's admission
Into the Union. 1t was also to be a north
west territory exposition. Toledo had al
much more.
MT Simms also opposed this bill. He said
the south would pay dearly the interest on
me appropriations for Nashville and At
lanta. Together they received S35O 600
Here within eighty minutes the House
would vote $1,000, 900
MI Burke Tex) called attention to the
iact that the House earlier in the session.
had refused to grant to the Dallas exposi,
ton. for which the people of his state had
raised l2O,O00. the poor privilege of i'm
porting exhibits from Mexico.
Mr. Grosvenor tOhio). Mr.. Norton (Ohio)
ana Mr. Lentz (Ohio) spoke for the bill
Each argued that the Toledo exposition was
to be more than local celebration.
Inc bill was passed. 12O to 10.
Gen. WheeIer's Seat in the House.
MI henderson Qa.), chairman of the ju-
dietary committee. then called up the reso-
luton reported from his committee. de-
claring that Gen. Wheeler Of Alabama, Col
Colson of Kentucky. Col Campbell of Ilu
nois and Maj Robbins of Pennsylvania. in
accepting commissions in the army had
vacated their seats In the House.
Mr Lacey Qa.) raised the ouestfop Of
consideration against the resolution On a
rising vote the division stood AZ to ~
against consideration
noes. >>''F ''"
very interesting colloquy occurred at
this point Mr.. Bailey appealed to Mr.
Richardson Gfenn-).t who did not rise to
'iS dVihditd 10 secure the ayes
and nays. -u=- III
u think You Should said he @
80 ~ disagree with you said Mr.. Richard
u You are afraid to go on record, ,n-tg.,.
5t"No, L am not - r.tr o. ..-...I 49,.
II ftLH get record vote without your helm
ou have no right to impuen nv mo-
tlves.' retorted Mr.. Richardson.
The demand was seconded by fiftv.ona
members. more than sufficient nun,her
and the roll was called. .'l
The House refused, II to 1854. to consider
the resolutions ''e' "a 'o
The announcement was greeted with an
plauSe ~ p
= Mr. Walker (Mass.) again attempted to
secure unanimous consent at this noint IN
ADDRESS the House for an hour ,1pon the
banking and currency question. but Mr.,
Barrett tMass) objected
MI H1iborn (Cal) then moved to sus-
pehd the rules and non-concur in the Sem
ate amendments to the naval appropria tion
Dill. Mr- Dayton CIV. Va) explained briefly
the nature of the Senate amendments and
the necessity of getting the bill into confer
ence at the earliest possible moment, The
action of the Senate in reducing the price
OF armor plate to $500 per ton with the AL
tentative proposition of builu.ng a govern
ment plant for the manufactura of arrnor
he said practically meant. if adonted the
embarkation of the government iInon tho
project of manufacturing armor. If this
We're to be done, he said, the government
should also mine the coal for the sbins and
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