New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-18
GEN. GRANT AND THE FAIR.
Possibility OF HIS RESIGNATION.

POSSIBILITY OF HIS RESIGNATION.
STATEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT OF TIE INTERNA
TlONAL EXHIBTION-HIs PRESSING MEXICAN
BUsINEss-A TALK WITH THE REV. DIR. J. P
NEWMAN.
1t was rumored yesterday that General Grant bad
resigned the presidency OF the Worlds Far, or that
he would resign it before he left HrwIOrk for Mex.
ico Monday next Secretary McEratb, of the Inter
national Commission. said that be heard nothing
ABOUT this. General Grant be added had been at
the rooms o. the Commission Wednesday afternoon,
but he said nothing about reslQning then. A friend
of General Grants said last night that the General
had not resigned yet but that he probably would
before next Monday. The General feels" he con-
tinued, that if the Fair should be successful it
would take more time than he could afford to give
| to it, He will give the Commissioners, l am conf
dent. a chancs before next Monday to get man in
his place who can afford to devote his whole atten-
| ton to tie scheme"
| General Grant himself could not be seen at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel last night. He sent word to
TRIBUNE reporter. however, that he hadn't re-
sigued his position yet but he was going to leave
the country in a few DAYS. and he shouldn't have
time after that to devote himself TO the Worlds
Fair" In answer to another inquiry he sent word
that there was no authority for the articles in the
evening papers, and he repeated the statement that
be was gong to leave the country and would have
no time to devote to the Exhibition.
The following subscript were received yester-
day at the rooms OF the International Exhibition,
No. 81 Broadway: Lord & Taylor $4,000; John
Matthews $1,000; James b. Colgate, -, 500; left,
Weller s. Co., a.. 800 This makes the total sub
scorpions 10 stock 1892 40
The Kew. DIR. }. i. Newman was seen last night
by a TRIBUNE reporter. after he had returned from
dinner party at which General Grant was present
Is General Grant going tn resign the presidency
of the Worries FalrT be WAS asked.
don't know, replied DR.. Newman. " lie hasn't
resigned yet. AT least think would have heard
of 1t II e hal. lie owes it to himself to resign and
| think should ADVISE him to do 50. But hardly
believe he WILL When the General accepted the
presidency of the Worlds FAIR, he went
INTO il with the greatest enthusiasm. as
he does into everything. Yet the people
of New York, for some strange reason. have
manifested the greatest indifference. General Grant
THINKS, know. that there Is little enough time to
prepare Tor the FAIR and he has been ANXIOUS TO
gel matters III shape, so that work could be begun.
lie believes. Ike practical man, that It Is already
time to begin to prepare the grounds and to INFORM
the distant Eastern nations that we are to have
Far, m order that they, may Prepare sUt-
able exhibits. 1t with the purpose OF getting
some inaty abroad that | offered a resolution at
the meeting Wednesday afternoon 10 raise
TlOO0,00 BY April l. " 10 pos pOne the Far. 1t
was finally voted that the commissioners should
raise by April II. 81 100000. the transportation
commands 81 OOO0 900. and he her citizens of New
York 81 900. OO0 and that If this were not done the
Fair should be postponed The Commissioners have
already sub crbcd between four ana five hundred
thousand dollars and they can raise the rest. my
sell have gwen $4,000 and baye promised to give
80 900 more. which Is, Ihinll. about as much
clergyman can be expected To give. A gentleman
has promised to give the last 100000 of the first
mlun, 50 that the Commissioners will only
nave to raise 5000. 900: and they will do il. The
transportation companies can be relied on, am
coutd"ul. for another million. We ought TO have at
least t:}, 0OO 900 to start with. should certainly
not favor TIE signing of any contract with only
81 900, 900 raised.
"Wnrthrr we shall have the Fair or not will there
fore depend upOn the citizens of NewlOrk. Ii they
do not want It badly enough TO subscribe the re-
naming million, it will fall through. The
Commissioners will have done their duty and we
can let the blame rest where il belongs. General
Grant. however cannot afford to keep his position if
the people of New York don't take any interest in
the Exhibition. The indifference here in regard to
this Il amazing. In Europe, and everywhere eX-
crpt IN New-GOrk City, there Is the greatest III
trIrst manifested. | received letter from London
the other day. saving that the manufacturers there
were all ANXIOUS to make exhibits A gentleman IN
jerusalem has written To see il he could secure the
privilege Of selling all the olive wood M the FAR
Another gentleman has offered 100000 for tue
privilege Of selling chlnawiIe. Well the
success of the Far will depend entirely. upon
the action of the cItIZeu Ii will rest entirely with
them whether we shall have Fair or not"