, 1876-09-30
Exhibitors Who Possessed Peculiar Fa.
oilities for Obtaining Valuable
Information.
Others Who observation-disclosures
Leakage OF Official
Secrets.
fntense Dissatisfaction Among the
Unsuccessful Exhibitors.

F'aee i4st evening IL WIS great oecusion-
perhaps the most monehfons event 10 tho
entire Ccntcunia. Exhibition. For months past
ervc,ai thou,ond o1htiJtnra hovo ,.co,, NJ, ,,,o
nnx,,,,. ."n. nan.sr,,i,, t,,. ~, t., ,,,a c"a,
.'~'ua' ss"s eones1A',, tHcN 'ase !" NV n''"s
oaspehsatsuh oi thc honors which they t'aa
counted upon rcapIng rs tho reward Of tic
time, money, u,ul close attention they
hod I.x,eudcj In nnt,tno tha,r rc.nc,,,v. ~.
.,,S.,s =. - :" .,.'t ..,. s"sa r.,,.' s
pI',a' Let W. slea1 lne question pfae,sea,'y'
has Ind subordinate place Among the MOTIVES
Crc, ' .,ts,,r",u % no,orio,v % ~ ge"e.u
su', s..nstvn' .,.t n "oto''st auVes''sel''ea',
tlon. Tie average American exhibitor Is m.
deubtcliy patriotic, intensely SO, mud when
making his preunratfons for ront rtn,tiop n
,la nT+o,;at ,,,.,,n, w.. sa.tna,1 ~. ,,.,,. ~.
t,e, ~. ,.as e" In,u'. sp5 a, W." ssa''".u Mlo"
sh,,,td have in in the r Exh,hI,Ion ] - m who1c % % nut
af,cr ., tlr mighty ,1nllar was ,l,e rLicf c,,,,
s,5o,n,tn,, i, ,hs ,nir,,s f ,hn ront ~
exhibitors. Fur this season tho haal bcssowal
of nwar1s md medals was In The estimation of
many thousands OF people thu most Important
feature Of the while affair.
IL oht:n good understanding Of the general
tymplatcd to serve everybody nike 80 Ior ~
medals were con. er,,rl, or at ,.ust u hestow
,n,,ots lincr,llv whrrcy,r m ,vu,n, s,..,1.t ~,
eA'o '.''s'"'. "us.e's. a'' e1"'"a s'io"'" ne
ueciteu oi sulncIent tneril 70 deserve thc us
tNlrtiof. moreover y WAS determined tiMt the
eais @ anna ne al ,n al.KS'-aa ne1als ol nlsrt;
M aile rccet'inS 1nGtal collsu elaalil especial
pre-cMf'ft''lce ol eNcctlence On tE1at Accuunt
Tis LAsnvAaE Or TIE AWARD,
or, wo wall say, thc text nj the dlplotnn accom-.
!tu5!Hs tlle li'sls, "us t'ie great pont ol III
trrcst. Upon ta'ls everything depended. Fur
t" lepny medal l. and ND advertise t Il to al ; ths;
wndiu ~ pFi'1h laele ePhlcnce ol tio su.
Icrnrity o1 his particular Instrument OF
ilsllagg'heht Mas y Simply 10 atanu on ~
e1i,,i" .oot.ng Win L. score Or moFe Or
sane kilia ol hGual III nfo4i o. ny less exclHsise
superiority on tacir part. Everything depended
on INC Hh1atlee 81 tte report finally adopted ~
Tug uelaI"r''tS 1nMS1n"nt o. the critical Judges
crr'ai.;; thr AIsl.est order Of excellence In tn.
or l,.yentjun. 'Thsss jadges Hho'll,i Ic com. ON!
lGtght tnGf'' au!e 70 closely srrutin!ze each CT.
1,, l,, VIII M yasw to assoysrng lts s.
anu, anove ' a!i' they hilauiu 20
I,hesk y nr'h wltl' anu 1tiGoTfnpt'b!c through
4at. nlletntr thcS were az th!st ~ tlucstton
! BlonId 1'Ecier not 70 decide. That tue greater
eatly anu faithfully according to their best and
+, tarest 1nu!'nent, and nntn1lueneed by fayos.
ii!sM o! Gther unworthy colsilerat!ons>-lha
VI thc man Justice nus bccn demo III the Gem
tna,lai aHaris,-thcre 's no doubt That, IN tic
pther hand, there have been Notable exceptions
TO taIls rulc' Is e4aally lnmsstakable.
THE oITuAT1oN
Tor tho tlree months precetling the final an
n"uncenlent OF thu awards, has been extremely
critical and exciting. Immense interests ave
bcen Ut stake, anu TIC anxiety to bring abuut
results las been In proportion to tho interests
Involved. Sharp, shrcNtl, clever iicn hare been
employed by exhibitors to watch tllcsu interests,
with Instructions " spare neither money,
:ntc, nor Intention in "looking nft.r"
.he u!ttmport1nt question Ut awards.
Tttc rule an,l the general understanding has
bcrn tint tllis nattcr ,Yas to kent m absolute
secret until made public by the Centennial COM
mission. Anil there were good rcas0ns why this
rule SHOULD 10 rigldly enforced, sluec In no 9TH
cr way r"a'd dishonesty be prevented. lIuw
wcll ti'c r1c of absolute secrecy llns been oh
Hrvcd many cxl'ibiturs know tu their
mfrow, nntl many Judges to tleir
,llano Ny own personal knowledge Is, tAat
hc obligation ttnposttl alike upon tic Judges
siid ilctl.hera ri the Commission hMs hccn re-
,cutctlly violated. Four weekS aEn 1 WIS siiow1.
literal Transcript of TIC r.liorts us finally
agreed upon lty t!le Commission IN connection