The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-19
EXPOSITION BILL PASSED.
II Grants S5,0OO,O0O to St. Louis
Louisiana Purchase Fair.
THE BILL AFFECTING UNIONS DEFEATED
There Was the Usual Argument oil the
Question OF Keeping Down the
Appropriations.

Washington, February Is.--ThIs was sus.
pension day In the house. The local com
mittee from ST. Louis who are pushing
the ST. Louis exposition bill were In the
gallery in anticipation OF action upon the
I'LL In the course of the day dcogn.
ton FROM the Woman's Christian Temper.
ance Union, who are Interested In having
the bin amended SO as to provide for the
closing Of the exposition on Sunday aud to
prohibit the sale Of liquor ON the grounds,
also were In. the galleries to watch the
light. immediately after the reading of
the journal Mr.. rawney Mimi. gi!ali-
lthn OF the special committee ON the LOUIS.
lana Purchase exposition, moved the pas
sage under suspension OF the rules OF the
bill nppropriaung. $5,UOo.000 for the expo.
sltioD. second reading demanded
and ordered This action allowed twenty
minutes debate upon n side. Before The
debate began MIR. lntthncr IS. 50 asked
unanimous consent TO Offer the Charleston.
5. c., exposition bill M I'm amendment but
Mr. Hopkins tillJ objected.
Mr., r,Iwues dilatcd upou the great aud
oNefshhupwing Importance OF the event
which this proposed exposition was to eel
cbrntc, calling attention to the fact thnt
ot all expeditions held Ia this country con.
tress had authorized but two the Cen.
tennial celebration NJ Philadelphia aud
the exposition at Chicago to commemorate
the iOOth anniversary OF the discovery OF
America.
Congress, he said had only provided for
ltS own exhibit at other eNpositions. The
magnitude NJ the event to bC celebrated
~ st. Louis made 1t proper that congress
should authorize IT,
Mr., Maddox ,Ga) opposed the bill. He
said he did not Imagine his opposite
III ought not TO- cried Mr.. Tawuey, IN
view OF the contract we made at the lnst
session"
~ want to talk about other contracts
inst as binding replied Mr. Maddox. who
proceeded 10 recall the manner Ia which
Mr.. Cannon, chairman of the nppropria
lions COMMITTEES was lighting honest
claims Moreover. he said there were
to bc no public buildings authorized by
expenditures. The $J,OoO,u0o which con
eress would give TO a private enterprise tp
said TO see where the watchdog of the
treasury" MIR. Cannon, stood upon tins
bill.
Mr.. Sims lTcnn1 who followed Mr.. Mad
dox, tauntcd MIR. Cannon With hghting hon
cat clnimF of few hundred dollars ana
then remaining qncscont when such n hil
us the pending one was before the house
lie declared TINT Mr. Cannon, VI he would
exercise his influence, could defeat TINS
measure.
MIR. Sims declared that no exposition hill
was justlhublc. He appealed TO his dem
ncratic colleagues not TO vote for the pphu
Ing measure.
Mr. Cannon said lie had consistently and
pcrSistently opposed such legislation, He
agreed TINT exposition matters had ruin
Wild. But this hill was now upon n foot
Ing where II could not he disregnrdcd. Tie
had opposed that paragraph OF the sundry
rIvil I'm at the last session. II had been
placed upon tue bill by senator Cockrrll
democrat. In the scnute. He had opposed
u with voice and vote, but II had become II
law. st. Louis had complied with It's part
OF the contract and the government was
obligated To comply also. He should there.
fore vote for the pending hill.
MIR. Mnpdy Niaes.) criticised the char
Natpf OF the hill. He prpUIVtru tlut ITS
passage authorizing the exposition and ere
ntiug n committee would Involve the gov
eruinent In much additional expense he
You'd the S5.000.0oo lie thought a simple
appropriation OF $4,000 900 should be plnrrd
IN the snudry civil bill 80 that the gov
eminent would he nhsOlNcd from further 70
sponslhllty The bin was then placed upon
It's passage, the roll call being demandc /
from all Sides.
The hill was pnssed-iDi To 4l-morc thnn
the requisite twe.thirds The following
members voted against the bin;
Ailen N.Y.. Atwatct.
Burke fTcXnsl. Hurkctt
BurleSon, Burton,
Eithgerild o. ", tinincs renn.),
Il Gillctt tMassJ Circuit
Elll Johnston,
king, Kitchen,
klehcrg, Lnnham,
Lawrence, Lnncy,
Loud Mcdowell,
Maddox, Moody ,MasgA.
Mood. Nredham.
Parker L cree CTcunJ.
Suhfles, khra tky,),
Richardson CTenn), Rlordan.
Robinson und) Sheppard,
Sims. smith fKy1
Snodgrnss, Stephens
IAinert, Tntc,
Williams (Aiiss), Zenor
Mr. Littleheld then moved to pass mn.
der suspension of the rules the bin to dc.
me the meaning of the word ''congpiracy'
and 10 regulate the use Of restraining or
defS. as proposed TO be amended l,y th,,
committee. Mr. Littlcheld said the M
VA. MAS ueslgned to exempt labor unions from
the operation Of the conspiracy clause OF
the sherman antitrust net. hut confined
the exemptions within certain limitations
hy the operation of the amendments which
the Judiciary conimittee recommended ms
toilows: Provided. that provisions OF this
act shall not apply TO threats to iniurc the
herSonsor the PROPERTY, business or oceupa.
corporation through Intimidation or coer
clons nor 10 any acts causing or intended
70 cause an Illegal interference by overt
acts win the rights of others" nnd a.
omit from the hill the following words.
Nor shall such agreement or contract be
considered as In restraint of trade or com
Mr.. Terry (Ark.l argued that the amend
ments proposed by the committees would
S ngs,rGy that part 81 the hlli for which The
briiish parliament he said. had passed
a. PHI nlinost identical with the original
p III, iihe proviso proposed 10 be intro,
aueed ~ tho bill he said would place n
IN the power Of the courts To decide thai
any act OF the labor organization was nm
Mr.: Corllss tMich,l declared that the hin
should be defeated unless the amendments
were stricken out
nave more than fifty letters" said Mr.
Ray IN ", from labor organizations sny.
Ing that they want this hin passed. mi
mcnts.' Wv "''eh"'
Mr., Iitlencld said the bill had been 70.
ported by the Judiciary committee cxactlv
rs the attorneys for labor organizations
drew II, except with the two amendments
which would prevent the drastic oprra.
lion which Its proposers Intended
Mr., Fleming fsa.l said that within ,,vo
months Samuel Gompers, president OF thc
American Federation Of Labor. had stated
be would prefer that the bin should ~ N.
mentg.
The blu was defeated-56 10 i4n
HillS were pasRed IN dlVt,ta tba tsfn....