Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-02-23
ST. LOUIS WORLDS FAIR.
The Bill Appropriating Five Millions
Passed by the House of
Representatives.
THE VOTE RECEIVED WITH APPLAUSE.
The Bill Was Passed, Under Suspen-
sion of the Rules, by "a Vote OF
I91 to II, Some of the Opposition
Coming From the older states o.
tue SOUTH,

Washington, Feb. 19.-This was sus-
pension day in the house The local
committee from st. Louis who are
here pushing the St. Louis exposition
bill were in the gallery in anticipation
of action upon the bill in the course
of the day. y delegation from the
w. c. Il. IT,, who are interested in
having the bill amended so as to pro-
vide for the closing of the exposition
on Sunday and to prohibit the sale
of LIQUOR on the grounds, also were
in the gallery to watch the fight.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal Mr.. Tawney (Minn.) chair
man of the special committee on the
Louisiana Purchase exposition, moved
the passage under suspension OF the
rules of the bill appropriating s5,oOO'-
600 for the exposition.
A second was demanded and or
dered. This action allowed 20 min
utes bedate upon side. Before the
debate began, Mr.. Lattimer Is. C)
asked unanimous consent to offer the
Charleston, S. c., exposition bill as an
amendment, but Mr.. Hopkins (lll) OBJ
jected.
Mr.. Tawney dilated upon the great
and ovrrshadowing Importance OF the
event which this proposed exposition
was to celebrate, calling attention to
the fact that of all eXpositions held
in this country congress had author
izrd bat two-the Centennial ccletra'
ton at Philadelphia and the exposi-
ton at Chicago to commemorate the
+, ur hundred'n anniversary Of the
discovery of America. Congress, he
said, had only provided for its own
exhibit at other eXpositions. The
magnitude of the event to be cell
brated at st. Louis made it proper
that congress should authorize it.
Mr.. Maddox, ,Ga.) opposed the hill.
He said he did not imagine his oppo-
sition would avail.
"It ought not to- cried Mr.. Iawney
'in view of the contract we made at
the last session"
81 want to talk about other con.
tracts just as binding" replied Mr..
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 be no
pnblic buildings authorized by this
congress on account of the or with of
expenditures. The Sj,O0O,H0O which
congress would give to a private en-
terprise by this bill, he said, would
build fifty necessary public build
ings.
He was ANXIOUS, he said, to see
when the watchdog Of the treasury"
Mr.. Cannon, stood upon this bill.
Mr.. Sims Tenn.), who followed Mr..
Maddox, taunted Mr.. Cannon with
fighting honest claims of few hun
dred dollars, and then remaining
quiescent when such a bill as the
pending one was before the house.
He declared that Mr.. Cannon. if he
would exert his influence. aould de-
feat this measure. Mr.. Sims declared
that no exposition bill was iustifable.
He appealed to his democratic col.
leagues not to vote FOR the pending
measure.
Mr.. Cannon said he had consistently
and persistently opposed such legisla-
tior, He agreed that exposition mat.
ters had run wild. But this bill was
now upon footing where it could
not be disregarded. He had opposed
the paragraph in the sundry civil bill
at the last session. 1t has been placed
upon the bin by Senator Cockrell,
democrat. in the senate. He had op-
posed il with a voice and vote, but it
had become law. st. Louis had COM
piled with its part of the contract,
and the government was obligated to
comply also. He should, therefore,
vote for the pending bill.
The rules were suspended and the
bill passed by n vote of 1914 to Al. The
result was received with applause.