New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-11
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Colonel Asch then presented the reports Of the
sub-cc Committees on sites and Transportation to the
Executive Committee. Lewis May il favor of
adopting the report of the Committee on sites.
Beniamln A. Willis objected to considering the
question of sites Us this c0nld not he discussed
untll the amount called for by the act OF CongeS'
had been subscribed. namely. i .00O.odO. with 10
per cent of II paid in. Any action II the pr, sent
Stage OF affairs he thought, was without legal
warrant.
W. II. C.. Price said that Mr.. Will, was mis-
taken The Act of Congress declared th.d the
Commission could not 90 any corporate act until
this money had been subscribed selecting the sit"
was not a corporate act. James ii. Smart thought
that adopting the report Of the Executive Com
mittce was not finally selecting the site. w. a.
Cole offered n resolution that the Commission
should instruct the Executive Committee 10 select
InwoOd as "a site when the necessary : Ouu,OQo mad
bA II Subscribed President StobhlnS Stld thdt h'
thought the Commission had the right To select a
site now # il wished. MIR. Willis SAID: 80 am IN
favor of Inv ood as site for the Exhibition. bnt
want To know what effect the choice OF ms ~ site
has had upon the subscription lls'. 1t has hrrn
known for some time that the Executive 0minlii"'
would recommend lnwVod as the best place Tor the
Exhibition. Capitalists have been approached
with that understanding. Now, how has TINS AT
fected then If were in the happy frame 81 mind
OF the Executive Committee, which has seen these
men, / sh0nld he prepared TO say whether wanted
! to run or walk.
| Ex-Governor Crawford Thought that ANYBODY
| had a rIght to accept or adopt any report which
was made to il By committee OF its own creation.
EX-MaYOU OOpeI Sald:
Thnrr are other qurstion, we ought 10 consider
besides that questions III regard To the ORGANIZE
ton of tins body. If there have been any sub
scribers to the stock Of the Exhibition according
to the Act Congress, they ought 10 be here to-
Iay To-day i the time fixed for them 10 elect u
Finance Committee. to cooperate with the ENccu-
tive Committee. Have the subscribers been IN
Vtcd here today! How much DO the su1sclIp-
tons already received amount to Where do They
come from? | insist that ought TO have - def
mite report to finances. ! WAS told saturday
that full explanations -HOuld be made to day.
They certainly were not made at the meet
lng IF the Executive Committee. W" cannot act
until we know Just how we stand"
Samuel A. Haines announced that il 1nwood were
chosen a, "A lie could guarantee thai there would
Dc trouble about raising SUBSCRIPTIONS. EX-OoV-
ernOr Crawford was III favor OF considering the re-
port of the Executive Committee article ny article
Mr.. Willis "a d that he was in favor OF postp0nlng
ali questions until more light was thrown on the
finances. Charles Schlesiuger said: 81 am sur
prlsed TO the commissioners dlllydalyng III
TINS way. We have good committee, VINO nave
done good work, and VIC ought 10 be Wiling TO nc
cept the conclusions they arrived AT. We certainly
cannot get subscriptions until site IS chosen. That
~ the first question we must discuss"
Roswell q. ROlstOn, chairman OF tho committee
appointed TO solicit subscriptions SAID; MT. Cooper
Is mistaken when he says that no report Oh finances
was made AT he Executive Committee meeting
Saturday announced then that, consequence
OF the Committee on Sites beng so long III seecung
q SITE had been almost Impossible for the Flnan-
The most Of the STOCK taken nal Deeh
sold to a lew members Of the Commission. Alter
the site had been seec ed, the committee decided 10
wait the transportation companies lie hrst one
visited was the NewYOrk Central. Mr.. vanderbilt,
lis pIesdent, made subscription OF S21O,OOO. with
the very Wise prOvlsO that bl.OOOOOO should be
Taise.. Subsequently several gentle Zen agreed t.
give $4,000 each II 200 men could De found VINO
would DO the, same Several % 900 SUBS cnptIOns
have been received on similar conditions. IL Is the
province of the gentlemen who nave made SuDscIip
tons to meet here to-day and eject tie twenty hve
members of the Committee on Finance. They have
been informed of this and most of them are IN tins
room. They have not elected this committee
to-day out of respect to the COmms-
SION Of which they form small minority. We
bad hoped that the commissioners mere to-day
would come forward and subscribe 10 the stock u
show their good Will.
sections. IL was a question only Of parliamentary
law. Mr. Willis remarked that Dr. Newman was to
be commended for hls attack OH lar!IalhelaiS law.
lie must understand, however. That the COMMISSION
was not TO be governed by 'JcficIsOn's Manual or
the rules OF religious COnventIOn' MISSES
DISCUSSING THE FINANCES.
DR.. Newmans motion then adopted aud tho
sections of tine report of the Executive Committee
were taken up one by one. Ali the sections were
approved without objection until the clause on the
finances was reached. This says that lowing to
embarrasslnents growing out OF the questions Of
slte etc, tie subscriptions have not been of any
large amount" Ex-Mayor Cooper wanted to know
what other euIbarrassments there besides those
of SITE He moved that the report be referred back
to the Executive Committee for more definite in
formation. Mr.. Willis said that Mr. Cooper ought
10 know about this if anyone did, as be on the
committee.
In reply Mr. Cooper said al do not think that
the reason why there have not b on more subscrp-
lions is that we have not agreed upon a site That
may have had some influence; but have rot
thought tina essential | do not agree that that Is
the principal reason. do not question the sIncen ~
of the gentlemen ] would like to know the basis