Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-21
St. louis WORLDS FAIR.
The Bin Appropriating Five MILLIONS
Passed by the House Oh
Representatives.
THE VOTE RECEIVED WITH APPLAUSE.
The Bill Was Passed
sion of the Rules Wy
taI to Al. Some OF N
Gaming From the older
sac Souti:.

u south.
asbington, Feb. 19.-Ihls vas
,ans;op day in the house Inc r'N
ui++ea from ST. Louis VINO are
,ere pushing the St. LOUIS eNP
iii were in the gallery in anticip"'
of action upon the bill IN tae
If the day. y delegation iro"
w G T. IT,, who are lnteres'N
..r;,c tbe bin amended so as TO pr0
- 60. the closing of the exposure"
m sunday and to prohioiV
: rooor on the grounds, also
n the gallery to watch tue
Immediately after the reauiiS -
.naaI Mr.. Tawney (Alinn-) chatr
man of the special committee -
ronisiana Purchase eXpositlo"'
no massage under suspension
niles of the bill approPrla'iHs
400 for the exposition.
eeoond was demanded anu VI
,arod This action allowed :" H
- hadate mon a side. tiefore IA
aah,+a began, Mr.. Lattimer 70 -
ael-.a unanimous consent to ouei ~
Charles+or- s. c., exposition blli as q"
rn,nrdmert. BUT Mr.. Hopkins (llll GU
jectsd. .ha orcat
M ov.rsladowiug Importance al the
event which this proposed eNP"
was to celebrate, c1lhn@ atte"'''
the fact that of all eNpositiohs nVr'
in this country congress had nun"
I'D I'm, two--the Gentleman cS'ei'"
hA
tion at Philadelphia and the eNp"
t;on at Chicago to commemorate II
:. mr. hundred:n anniversary OF ~
disoovarv of America. Congress- ne
s.i3 had only provided for its own
.~bibit aft other eNpositions. Ire
mapnitude of the event TO DE Ger
hr.ted at ST. Louis made it proper
that ngr should IL.
Mr.. Maddox, ,Ga.) opposed III H'il"
He said he did not imagine ms oppo-
sition would avail.
1T ought not to- cried MIR. lawhef
sin view of the contract we maze "t
the last session."
II want to talk about other con-
tracts Just as binding" replied MI.
Maddox, who proceeded to recall
.that manner in which. Mr.. Cannon.
chairman of the appropriations com
mittee, was fighting honest claims.
Moreover, he said, there were TO DE no
pnblic buildings authorized by this
congress on account of the or .wSh oi
} expenditures. The s~5,0D0.noO which
: congress would give to a private en-
l terprise by this bill, he said. would
. build fifty necessary public build
. ings.
He was ANXIOUS. he said, to see
7 when the watchdog of the treasury
) Mr.. Cannon, stood upon this bill
: Mr.. Sims CTenn.(, who followed Mr..
Maddox. tainted Mr.. Cannon with
: lighting honest claims of a few hue
bred dollars, and then remaining
= uuiescent when such a bill as the
: pending one was before the house
< He declared that Mr.. Cannon, if he
would exert his, influence, conld de
feat this measure. Mr.. Sims declared
!. that no exposition bill was justifiable
He appealed to, his democratic col
t leagues not to vote for the pending
+ measure.
i Mr.. Cannon said he had consistently
and persistently opposed such legisla
ton. He agreed that exposition mat
tiers had run wild. But this hill wa
now upon IL footing where it coulC
v not be disregarded. He had opposes
+ the paragraph in the sundry civil bill
at the last session.. 1t has been places
% upon bill by Senator Cockrell,
= democrat, in the senate. He had op
r, posed it with a voice and vote, but j
had become a law. ST. Louis had com
4 piled with it's part of the contract
II - A. 1x,o ~ ~, IN -Uta nhliuntn1 n
le and the government was opliSateu =
t. comply also. He should, therefore
i vote for the pending bill.
r The rules were suspended and tn
G. bill passed by a vote of 1914 to Al. Tn
result was received with applause.