872 ' CONGEESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



EXPOSITIONS. 



Atlanta Exposition. 

 February 13, 1882. 



Act approved appropriating $5,000 to pack and transport to Wash- 

 ington agricidtural and mineral specimens from the Atlanta (Georgia) 

 Exposition for the Department of Agriculture. 



(Stat., XXII, 3.) 



Denver Exposition. 

 April 7, 1882. 



Act approved to admit free of duty articles for exhibition at the 

 National Mining and Industrial Exposition to be held in Denver, 

 Colorado, in 1882. 



(Stat., XXII, 41.) 

 March 3, 1883. 



Act approved to admit free of duty articles intended for the National 

 Mining and Industrial Exposition in Denver, Colorado, in 1883. 



(Stat., XXII, 481.) 



London FisJiery Exhihition. 

 June 15, 1882— House. 



Mr. Charles G. Williams, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on 

 Foreign Affairs, reported joint resolution (H. 237) concerning an inter- 

 national fishery exhibition to be held at London in May of the follow- 

 ing 3"ear. 



Eeferred to Committee of the Whole. 

 June 19, 1882— House. 



Mr. Charles G. Williams, of Wisconsin. I am instructed by the 

 Committee on Foreign Affairs to move to suspend the rules so as to 

 discharge the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union 

 from the further consideration of H. Res. No. 237, and to pass the 

 same. 



The joint resolution was read. 



Mr. J. H. Blount. I demand a second on the motion to suspend the 

 rules. 



The Speaker. If there be no objection, the motion will be consid- 

 ered as seconded. The Chair hears no objection. The gentleman 

 from Georgia [Mr. Blount] will be recognized to control the time in 

 opposition to the motion. 



Mr. Blount. I suppose the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Wil- 

 liams] desires to be heard first. 



Mr. Williams, of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, these international 

 exhibitions are the great object- teaching schools of the world. They 

 have changed the character and turned the currents of trade frequently 

 more in ninety days than private enterprise, however combined, could 



