The Forrest City times., 1901-03-15

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 "This gave the bill the parliament iary status that enabled its friends to secure its final passage. The moment 1t was placed under the jurisdiction i of conference committee it became 1 privileged and it was no longer with in the power of any individual mem- Der of either body to defeat its pass age, except by talking it to death.
 Deadlock of the Two Houses. The conferees were unable to agree on the Charleston amendment. | Their disagreement was first reported to the house. Again we encountered the fears of the leaders of the house. including the speaker, that the South Carolina amendment might be con cured in. It is only just to say that these fears were not founded upon any hostility to Charleston or the Charleston exposition, but rather to the high-handed method that was em- ployed to secure the passage of the 1 Charleston bill through the house as I rider upon a bill to which it was not germane.
 With much trepidation the chair man of the special committee was. af- ter several days of delay, recognized to call up the conference report. and. on the motion to recede and concur. the Charleston amendment was de- 1eated and the St. Louis exposition bill again passed the house. by, prac- tlcally, to two-thirds vote, the exact vote being 163 70 Si. This action of the house was repo1 ted to the sen- ate and the bill was laid upon the ta- bic by the president pro tenn. of that body.
 l Tn the meantime the friends of the fan-American exposition bill, appro- prlating S5o0,0o0 to aid in carrying on that exposition, discovered that 1t might be to their advantage to delay action upon the St. Louis bill. and hence that bill was not called up by Senator Depew, chairman of the sen ate committee on industrial exposi- nonss All three propositions were then attached as rider to the sun- dry civil appropriation bill in the form of one amendment, and ,his amendment was adopted by the sen ate, and adopted in such form that IS was impossible for the house to act upon the propositions separately, and Tn the hope, no doubt, that the friends of the three propositions in the house would have strength enough to con- cur Tn this amendment. But this failed, notwithstanding the threats that all three propositions would have | to be adopted or all three would fail. | Only few hours of the session | then remained, but Senator Vest, one of the managers of the conference on | the part Of the senate, took advantage or the parliamentary status of the St. Louis bill and called it up. There | upon Senetor Depew presented tue | conference report, and Senator Vest moved that the senate recede from l the Charleston amendment. This mo- 1 ton prevailed by vote of 3s to 10. So the bill was passed, and on the fol- lowing morning, at nine minutes be- Tore l2 o'clock, or nine minutes before the expiration of the Fifty-sixth con- gress, the signature of the president was affixed to the bill and it became a law.
 Gates May Re Open Sundays. It IS unnecessary to speak of the only other amendment that was added 10 the bill, which was the Sunday closing amendment. There never was at any time opposition to closing the exposition on Sunday, or that part of It which involved the performance of
 manual labor, public entertainment. etc The only difference was as to whether or not the people should have the opportunity of entering inc grounds for the purpose of viewing those features of the exposition pure, Y educational in their character. The people of St. Louis are to he congratulated upon securing this |. o. lslatlon. lf in their efforts to make this eSposition | success they are guided by the same wise counsel that mas thus far prompted and controlled | thelr acton, there can be no doubt that this exposition will be the great est ever held in the world.
 Ihe people of the state and terri torres carved out of the Louisiana purchase are to be congratulated This exposition will enable them to appropriately celebrate that great in. ternationaleNent that has contributed so much to the proud and exalted po- sltion we to-day occupy in the family of nations. 1t will also afford the peo- pie of these states and territories an opportunity to exhibit to the world what western American pluck and en- ergy can do and have wrought in in- dustrial development, as well as in the arts and sciences in that part of cur country which, 100 years ago. was nothing. but vast solitude. unpeo- pied save by wild beasts and savages. It will also afford an excellent oppor. tunity to those who talk about Amer 1 ican territorial expansion involving | tl, |