The Washington critic., 1888-03-30
WASHINGTON, MARCH so, 1883.
THE EXPOSITION BILLS AND
THEIR REEERENCE.


The bills providing for the Centen-
nial Of the Constitution in 1889 and
for the Quadricentennial of the Dis
eovcry of America by Columbus in
1892, having been referred to the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs,
may be considered us being in excel
lent hands.
The committee consists of Messrs
Belmont of New York, McCreary of
Kentucky, Norwood Of Georgia,
Hooker of Mississippi, Russell of
Massachusetts, Rayner of Maryland,
Chapman of Michigan, Cothran of
South Carolina, Ketcham of New
York, Phelps of New Jersey, Hit of
Illinois, Rockwell Of Massachusetts,
and Morrow of California.
Some of these gentlemen are known
TO be cordially in favor of the bills,
and the general character Of the COM
mittee is such as to render it certain
that they will receive the considera-
tion to which such important measures
are entitled.
The subcommittee to which the
bills were respectively referred yes
terday furnish additional assurance
that the interests of neither will be
neglected.
Mr.. Belmont, chairman of the For.
eign Affairs Committee, is also chair
man of the subcommittee to which
the Permanent Exposition bill is re-
feTed, and Colonel Hooker, chairman
of the other.
That both Houses of Congress are
substantially agreed already as to the
Centennial Of the Constitution, to be
held in Washington next spring is
quite apparent. Nor is it probable
that any strenuous objection will be
raised to celebrating, by ceremonies
appropriate to such an occasion, the
fourth centenary of the Landing of
Columbus.
The question of supplomenting the
latter by the establishment of Per-
manent Exposition of the progress
and resources of both hemispheres, OF
course, opens broader field of discus
sion, but we are firmly convinced that
Congress will not hesitate to recog-
nize its feasibility and propriety.
The scope and purpose of the pro
posed legislation, once fully compre-
hended, furnish their own argument
for support. 1t being obvious that
iy nf lots
character in the enterprise-in other
words, that there is no Job in tit
commends itself at once TO the ap-
proval of Congress and the country.
The exposition is intended to be
under the sole control of the Govern
ment and of the Commissioners Of the
several States and foreign powers
which may unite in promoting its
success.
The National Capital is designated
as the location of this grand Museum
of Art and School Of Industrial In
struction, because of the immense and
valuable collections, now in the pos.
session Of the Government and con.
stantly coming into its hands that
may be utilized to augment the inter,
est of the exhibit and strengthen its
permanent endowment.
Numerous other considerations alsC
point to Washington as the proper
place for an Exposition of this char
acter. One of the most important is
found in the fact that all sections oil
the country may here meet on com
mon ground, uninfuenced by local
jealousies or contentious that might
otherwise impair OF wholly defeat the
great objects in view.
But it is enough that this is the
National Capital, and that the people
of the United States desire it to b,
made the most illustrious and at
tractive of all capitals. AT the fines
Capital in the world should be tn,
Finest Fair in the World.
Mn. NELSON, Republican Member o
Congress from the Fifth Minnesota
district, made forcible speech in tn,
House yesterday in support of tn
Mills Tariff bill. 1t will now be il
order for the Republicans to read Mr.
Nelson out of their party.
The FIRST ATTEMPT Of the Republi
ran minority of the House to call tn
new Postmaster-Gene to accoun
for an alleged derelction of dut,
came to grief yesterday, but the vot
--l26 TO 122-was an uncomfortabl.
close one. The resolution was a
faultin coupling its inquiry with criti
cism of the Postmaster-General'
methods in advance of the answer re
quested.
The New YoRE Star suggests th'