Daily globe., 1879-06-16
THE COMING STATE FdIIs.


Bill King spent Saturday in St. Paul, in
company with his newspaper associates,
and, as the result, his Minneapolis (printed
in st. PauD morning paper yesterday con-
tanned an elaborate editorial against holding
State fair in St. Paul the present year.
The impudence of such an article is worthy
OF Bill King, and its publication is charac-
teristic of the despicable traitors, who issue
Minneapolis paper in this city only that
they may be the more effective in damaging
St. Paul. 1t will be strange indeed it these
traitors to St. Paul should influence or in
the slightest degree affect the question of.
holding a State fair. If two hostile
armies were in the field, and traitor-spy
commanding officer would be good deal
more likely to shoot the traitor than to fol-
low his advice. That is the policy which
the people of st. Paul should accord to the
traitor-spy newspaper which seeks to betray
them. @
The argument advanced from this Bill
King quarter against the fair, is that there
are not proper railroad facilities to reach tho
grounds and that there are thirty two regu-
lar trains to pass over single
track already. This statement shows
that this traitor sheet desires to kill the fair
by foul means. The thirty two trains per
day run between the foot of Sibley street
and the junction, short distance before
reaching the st. Paul & Pacific shops. Since
last year there has been an extra track laid
on this piece of road, so that in reality the
the thirty-two trains make but sixteen for
each track. Last year there were very
nearly as many regular trains per day, and
only single track, where double one now
exists. r ~ sss,ga7z.g+5
The great difficulty is in the mile of track
to the junction, as two other roads use that
track also, but though they we're
using but single track last year
the company furnished several extra trains.
This year there is a double track for that
portion which is in such constant use. If
it be granted that the company can only run
their regular trains they have nine per day
each way, which will give the people ample
means to come and go to the fair. There is
no difficulty in this direction save for those
who wish to find some excuse for their trea-
son.
1t should bo borne in mind that it is not o
question whether St. Paul will have fail
! or not. St. Paul has not proposed, and
docs not expect to hold a fair. The State
agricultural society have simply resolved to
hold their fair for 1879 at st. Paul, and the
remaining question is, Shall St. Paul CO.
operate with the State society or not? Those
who have been befogged by this talk of q
compromise between the two cities should
understand the facts. Bill King & CO. re-
solved to hold fair at Minneapolis. The
State society resolved to hold a fail
at st. Paul. Committees from the two
| cities met to ascertain whether there could
| not be compromise by which one fai,
| would be held. The Minneapolis committee
some property for Bill King, Dorrillus Nor
rison and others they mast hold fair ul
there this year, and if St. Paul would hole
no fair they would give St. Paul the fiele
another year. St. Paul replied, we are not
proposing to hold fair at all, but
we are cooperating with the State so
ciety. Will you (Mineapolis) unit. il
holding State fair The response
came quick and positive. Minneapolis
will have nothing to do with the State Fair
We will not unite in holding a State Fail
even if it is brought to Minneapolis. w
propose and Must have a Minneapolis Fai
exclusively this year. st. Paul would hav,
recommended the State Society to hav'
united if any offer OF union had been made
Or if it had not been announced in advance
that nothing but an absolute and abject sur
render would be accepted and meet year Their
would be reciprocity.
In other words, st. Paul was asked to say
to the State Society, you shall not hole
your fair in st. Paul. We will not allow the
people of the State to make display O
their products in our city, because we ar
afraid of Bill King and Minneapolis. o
course no committee or city, possessing
spark of manhood, would, for moment
think of going down on their knees in thi
abject manner. St. Paul simply said, we d
not desire or expect to hold Fair, but tn
people of Minnesota are always welcome
and if they wish to hold an exposition il
st. Paul, we will gladly greet and aid them
We VIII not. at the behestz of Bill King o
any one else, shut our doors in the face q
the State. And SO the matter was settle
that the State Fair for 1879 would be hel
in st. Paul, and preparations have been &C
ing forward accordingly.
Having failed in his bulldozing tactics
Bill King summons to his aid his traito
newspaper, which is ever ready to surrende
and betray st. Paul to Minneapolis. Th
effort of these traitor-sples in our camp
made at this time because they know tbs
plans are just about consummated whic
will make the State Fair smoot
sailing aud grand success. These spies wh
would gladly destroy st. Paul by thei
treachery, regard this as q critical momsn
and they struck heir blow yesterday becaua
they Thought it would then be most 81
fective. We very much mistake the temps
of the people of st. Paul if they accept q
follow the advice of these stool pigeons {
Bill Kings who have not drop of bloc
in their veins loyal to st Paul
i The city of st. Paul expended over $12
600 last year in buildings, every dollar 0
which is available for the coming exhibition
in September. There will be no call 0
drain upon them for this years fair, and
simply remains for this city to extend th