The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-28
WORLDS FAIR BILL SENT TO CONFERENCE.
Continued From Page One.

I, only 70 votes in the negative. and whicn
has been amended In the Senate. shall. with
| the amendments. go to conference In ordei
| that the questions OF difference between
| the two houses may beeconsidered and a
| settlement arrived at The House does not
forfeit it's right to future consideration OF
| this question upon itx merits by voting &c
suspend the rules and nonconcur In the
amendment. The conference committee will
have to report to this House. and that re-
port VIII be open for consideration. and
hence acted upon by majority OF the
House. ~ Ky.
with the few gentlemen In the House. as
there has been ever since last Saturday.
obiecting To the consideration OF this
measure. there is no other way whereby
We can get this matter into conference or
finally determine on what kind OF Dill
we shall enact into law. except by the
method which We now propose. The CUES
tion Of whether or not this Exposition
shall be closed entirely, or whether por-
tion OF II shall remain open or all OF II
remain open on Sunday. Is not I'm the least
involved In the question OF whether or not
We should suspend the rules and send this
bill to conference for the purpose OF
settling these matters of difference
between the two houses. i. there
fore. hope that the motion to suspend
the rules and nonconcur, which does not
finally dispose of the question. will be
dSrecu 10 ana the House Will nave
some future time an opportunity to discuss
and conisder and vote on the merits Of
the proposition which the gentleman from
Vermont Is now advocating. L now Yield
three minutes to the gentleman from Mis-
sisstppi (Mr. Williams"
WILLIAMS SPEAKS IN
INTEREST OF FAIR PLAY.
Mr.. Williams: "Mr. Speaker. / am op-
posed to the expenditure OF money from the
Federal Treasury for exposition purposes.
/. therefore. voted against this bill in the
House. and shall. therefore. continue 10
vote against this bill l shall. therefore,
vote against the amendment for the
Charleston Exposition. which comes over
from the Senate. shall vote for one OF
the amendments. as a conferee. which the
Senate sent over and against the other.
But, Mr.. Speaker. the question presents
itself to my mind here OF fairness
toward the House ITSELF / think the House
has the right to have q chance 10 cast a
majority vote upon this bill upon the
amendments which have been made to the
bill l shall. therefore, vote 10 suspend
the rules in order that there may be
conference between the two houses. and In
order that the two houses after conference
may have the power to exercise their right
and vote upon each one of these PROPOSE
tions. / shall vote for II because II 10 the
only possible manner in which the House
can arrive at tne cOnsummatfOn OF Its de-
sire. II its desire be to vote on the bill and
on each OF the amendments. / thank the
gentleman for the time
Mr.. Grout: MIR. Speaker. a parliamentary
inquiry"
The Speaker: THE gentleman win state
It,"
Mr.. Grout: Suppose the motion prevail
to suspend the rules and send the bill to
conference: would It be competent to in
struct the conferees on this first amend
ment?'
The Speaker: TT would be in order to in
struct the conferees. providing the motion
apphes to something germane. but the
Chair will state that It is very seldom done
the theory being that the conferees should
start in with an opportunity for a full and
free conference"
Mr.. Elliott Of South Carolina said he
would not object to the bill going to con-
ference and Mr.. Grout stated that he would
no longer oppose suspension OF the rules.
as he had no desire to specially antagonize
the st. Louis Fair.
The Speaker put the question and It was
carried viva voce fs
Sims Of Tennessee demanded the ayes and
noes. Only nineteen Joined this request,
The Speaker declared the number insufl-
cient to secure a roll-call and the bill was
sent to conference. .r,- .
The conferees were then appointed.