Delta chief., 1884-02-06
The Exposition.

Rocky Mountain Mining Review.
The work Of organising and arranging the
Affairs Of the National Mining and Industrial
Exposition Of 1884, Is going ON brsvely. As Is
well known there Ia 4 radical change ip the
method from that employed In the first year OF
the institution, and that Of 1888. The Affairs
during those years were In tho hands Of. the
original stockholders, who formed the man
agement. The objection to this In the minds
OF many who were otherwise warmly In .erested
in the object and success Of tho enterprise,
was that the exposition wa not sufficiently 4
peoples concern" that TO make the enter
prise national" In the letter and the spirtt,
the control should be in the hand. o. the pub
lie. Among the commissioners actively engag-
ed In the exhibition Of last year Wa Mr.. Irwin
Mshon. Mr.. MAhon WAS representing Pueblo
county, and his interest In that county since
remains unchanged But in looking after the
interests Of his county he looked - well, N
the interests Of the country and, grasping the
idea expressed In the objection then made ~
TO the modes OF managing Affairs, he at once
set to work to provide, or At least suggest, .
remedy. In this he was Joined by number
of the commissioners, prominent among whom
were Prof. r. o. Old, Of Colorado; Prof. q. =.
Bailey. of Wyoming, and Commissioner VIII
liam Holly, Of Colorado. These gentlemen
subsequently, became the officers OF the Expo
sition commissioner association, by which
organization the work Of preparation Is now
going on.
The new regime has been fully explained to
the people, and by them Is doubtless well un-
derstood. Briefly stated II Is that Colorado's
counties and the states and territories which
are geographical neighbors To Colorado pur-
chase perpetual space for their crhibiis, which
means also, that the people who make these
purchases will hold a controlling interest
In the affairs Of the exposition. Thus the
Affairs OF the great show viii be no
longer In the hands Of the original stock
holders, but will psss into the hands OF the
ri nj Lara Thi. wine. he oh
lection which was ever raised sgainst the enter
prise. The gentlemen who have this plan In
charge feel that the people have forvcd the
matter In Its present state into their hands.
They present this plan which seems IN 10 good
one, and II II should fail 10 succeed the people
will have themselves To blam. therefor. This
is no scheme or fraud but = business prupo.i-
tion. The value OF an exposition A. q means Of
providing O splendid system OF esiucation-a
gigantic object leseon, In fnrt-A mammoth
advertisement for all portions Of the onunrty
exhibiting. and "a the means Of strengthening
and cementug the fraiernL feelings between
the various sections Of the country, has bS~n
| many timcs commented upon aud "a fully
derstood. The plans Of tbo~e who now
working for the success Of the enterprise crn-
brace many new features While the basis OF
the exhibition will of necessity he rs hereto
fore, the ores and minerals, . greater effort
will be made towards adding variety to the
f1sf essA-nbl< Of the show by Q larg- exhibition
Of agricultural articles, fancy goods, dccora-
tive matters and 6ne art. But tho great ad-
dition will be In the exhibition Of cattle aud
blovded stock. which Ia TO he an elaborate
feature, judging by present Indications TIE
Colorado Stock Growers Association haA al
ready fully endorsed the new regime
and will lend material aid To
the enterprise Tho Colorado State
Horticultural Society. the STATE school
Of Mines and State Board OF Agriculture have
followed In the samc line Of encouragement.
II may be confidently predicted that the
mining intcrests will b. even more fully repre-
sented than before, and II 10 70 be hogscl that
cattlemen, sheep raiser. and axrcutturlssA viii
individually do all In their power " bring
about success. The delegation from ths
Wyoming Assembly, which Prof Bailey
argemcnt shown by other organlsations, and
all goes 20 show that there IL . strong indioar
tion that this year, exposition will be more Of
success than its predecessor, and tbss la
pcrmanency 10 asAurcd.