New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-12
THE EXHIBITION FOR 1883.
DEBATES OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

DEBA les Of HE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ADOPTING THE REPORT or THE EXECUTIVE COM
M1rrEE-AN IMPORTANT BYLAW - TX MAYOR
coopER's POINTED REMARKs-REPLIEs FROM
FELLoW-ME AIBERS-MR. COOPERs REsiGNAIION
yRUN TIE EXECUTIvE COMMITTEE.
TIE Worlds Fair Commissioners yesterday
adopted the report OF the Executive Commit
tee. A bylaw was approved giving the man
apenent of the finances to a committee oil nifty
persons, twenty-five of whom are % be elected
by the stockholders. The officers of the Com
mission are also to be on the committee. y
Committee on Organization was appointed
which will report to-day. EX-MayOr cooper
resigned from the Executive Committee.
SHARP TALK IN THE GOVERNORS ROOM.
The labors of the Worlds Fair Commission were
continued Yesterday in the Governors ROOM III the
CITY Hall. Only fortv-nine persons answered to 'he
roll-cal. fifty constituting quorum. large num-
Der OF Them however, came IL later The INST ousl-
pcss of the day was the consideration OF those
clauses of the report of the Executive Committee
winch were not approved on Monday.
The section urging the necessity of supple
mental act Of Congress, authorizing the President
to invIt- foreign Governments to participate in the
Exhibition, was taken up. GeorFc +. Dawson, OF
California thought that this was amply provided
for by the charter which SAYS that the President
sbxI inform foreign Governments that such an En-
hibition is 10 take place Ey Mayor Cooper be-
hexed hat the experience ~ Philadelphia had
shswn that an invitation of this kind was NOT Suti-
cicat The Exhibition must have official charac-
ter. lie said, and tie President would nave 90 inyltc
ftreg Governments to send representatives before
they wOuld take part III H. The section was nnaiIY
approved. and the wording of the proposed act was
left TO The Executive Committee. The next clanse
calling for an act of Congress admitting goods from
foreign countries TO the Exhibition free OF duty and
making the buildings a bonded warehouse was
adDp Ell without any debate.
IMPORTANT CHANGES DISCUSSED.
The next part of the report was follows:
SuHr committee .urther recommends that change he
nddc in The bylaws by winch me duties ana response
itirs attendant upon the Exhibition shall he more
equally divided between the Shareholders and jhe Com
mission. This Gilt be effected by making the Fermt-
Hent Executive Committee 10 consist Of not moro than
fifty MIXERS and the executive 0c RS OF the Commits
added thereto, twentyhv" Ot mat number 10 con
sS 81 me committee OF tlLanSe Inc Ike CUuVE 'o-
nUtce thus constituted should he charged With the
except that which 10y the act OF Congress belongs to the
Committee OF Finance.
Ex-Mayor Cooper thought that the consideration
OF tins an important matter, and that the sue
resS OF the Exhibition would depend on the way III
which it was settled. He sand
This present bill gives the who stock of the
Exhibition and VINO furn-h the money To maze IL
ces. nbnul one eighth of the mower mink tncr ought
10 De separate corporation formed, eYDs trc control
OF the Exhibition 10 thr men Who give TIE money II
stock. and then ted them t!a Congress has chosen 100
TO manage their money you VIII not get many sub
scrpops And yon cannot Justly accuse the citizens Of
New-Yofk OF lack of pabHc spirit. brcau.e they
Look at the matter in the sumo Light that Won do This
change proposed by the Executive Committee IS in the
right direction, out II does MOI go FAR enough Ii This
bylaw Is passed it might be changed. whereas act CT
Congress could not De- Even II TINS change Is made the
snasciher~ will nave hti'e authority.
There honest Il renee O: opinion about tins EX
bbitiOn. WI tue secrcIarJ tell me how many OF the
COMM, soncrs from New-York answered r'll-caui
OF those who did believe III the bill as it now j.. Now
brought face to ta,e with this great question
The hntr tH.T. ia nj a.
York mast furn,slrS most Of the money needed. The
other mes cannot be tXgecied TO give much more than
Now, here the way Won are situated. You VIII nave 20
Here i your mmee which viii III mage your afi ur7
for you, ana yOu VIII have nothing more 10 do You
ought on the contrary, TO he able 20 say 70 each sub
scriber that he will have voice IN choosng The mo1
who VIII manage his money. Ia Philadelphia there wore
Two corporate DOdles-One composed Oi SUBSCRIBERS anu
one OF cDmn!lSioneIs Ile line OF demlrcauon was not
change that urge VIII enable you 20 10 business men
with reasonable prospect OF success. IL Is uuda
mental question: and one upon which success must de-
pend.
tan Their have p, een no We are od nat
tins i. the principal reason why there Is interest
taken In the matter We want 10 20 TO the root of this
Sion THAI should give NY views on the matter
Ex-Governor Crawford asked Mr.. Cooper if he
thought the Philadelphia charter would BE- more
acceptable to tie citizens OF Ncw-York than the
present one was. Mt. Cooper replied that he
was of the opInion that If the New York Commits
siOncrs WHO not present had remained away |
because they were dissatisfied with the present |
charter they had failed 10 10 their duty. ii they |
objected to IT, they ought 10 come forward and say
50. The, ought to appeaf before before the Com |
mis- ion and present their views.
Mr.. Cooper replied that he didn't pretend to ex- |
plain the reason of some of the NeW-IOrk CUmmis- !
sioners for staying aWaV Though h. might pOssbv
do Certain New-lOrk g-ntiemen," he cUutiu- |
ued. had gone before Congress with charter for AN
exhibition. Certain other gentlemen also went he
fore Congress with bill OF similar aature. This |
was passed, and the names 81 the gentlemen first |
mentioned were inserted nit, without 1nelr consent,
as commissioners. They think that 1t wouldn't be
decorOGs for them 10 accept these appointments. !
The world could say then that all they wanted |
was to be appointed commissioners, aud as
They wrote 10 members of the Congress. expressing
their views IN regard 10 the present charter, but
they were not needed. wasn't one of those gentle
men, but my views conceded substantially with
theirs. When tins body met here, however, was
the Mayor of NewYork, and thought 1t wouldn't
be proper for me 10 stay away from tue meetings OF
the Commission. NV views, however, are expressed
by the following amendment 10 the report of the
Executive Committee. which will offer:
ReSOired That in the Of this COunS sion IL is
desirable that the act Of Congress, constituting
coDm.SsOn To hold an international exhibition IN the
City of Ncwiork in 1885 be amended so as 10 provide
that all expenditures o. money raised for that purpose
by subscription shall be made by corporation TO CON
w. A. Cole-lhere is an explanation due to the
outside Commissioners. These gentlemen, who do
not attend our MEETINGS, were put on the bill of in
corporation by xvi L. Morton. They have had the
privilege of resignlng at any time hut they haven't
seen best to DO After the Commission met III
August. we were embarrassed for sky days, while
negotiations were going on with these gentlemen.
There was a committee appointed to meet them, of
which Mr. Cooper was After delay Of two
months, the committee was discharged, but
against Mr.. Cooper's wish These gentlemen
sent communication saying they wouldn't
cooperate with They did stay away from our
meetings and did not cooperate with us but we
we're not at liberty to put other their places
Until they sent us formal designations. Owing to |
his aud other delays the site was not selected until
asst Saturday. We are willing 10 place the money
matters of the Exhibition i'll the hands of COM
nittee OF fifty half OF whom to be from the EXecu
i've Committee and the other half t. be elected by |