Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-12
LANCASTER, PA. August lc, 1889.
A Tale er Three cities.

The contest i'm the selection Of the cit,
where will he held the quadri-eentenniaI
celebration Of the discovery of America
by Christopher Columbus is already
getting pretty exciting. The New York
Independent, Of August sth, has adj
dressed letters to the governors OF the
states, congressman, officers of the army
and navy, and other representative men
securing briefly their views on the two
subjects, LIST, as to whether or not the
celebration, with its accompanying
worlds exposition, should he under the
control of the government and ID as
to where II should take place whether
Mt Washington or New York or some
other city.
As to the first inquiry the replies are
ali,tost unanimous. out of fifty
eight persons forty-four distipctively de-
-clae in favor of government control,
and only eight against 1t, and the eight
who do not favor government control
make room in their suggestions for
certain kind of government Endorsement
and aid. Asto the second inquiry there
Is much interesting difference ofopinion.
Out of the fifty-eight writers twenty
seven declare preference for Washing
ton city twenty favor New York, and
six think that Chicago ought to have
The h3nor of holding this worlds fair.
rfie most noticeable thing about these
answers is the motive which influences
the preferences. The entire South below
Washington unhesitatingly declare in
favor of the national capital city. 10
this is added the opinions OF many Others
prominent in church and state who hold
In high regard that patriotic sentiment
of loyalty TO the national government
In this regard the feeling of the South
ern governors and people is commonda-
bly, set forth in the several replies, all of
which evince II genuine affection aud
love for the national government and
our beautiful capital city.
The principal argument foraNew York
is its commercial supremacy together
with its convenience of access, ability 10
lodge and feed the visitors and its sea
front in the event of n naval display.
Senator ingalls, writes characteristically:
Judging by the experience and obser-
vation of those who attended the cen
tennial celebration in New York, In
April last, | should think 1T should be
held anywhere else except in the city of
New York" Those who favor Chicago
are all from the states living about the
city Of hogs and anarchists. Horace T..
scudder writes that he has very serious
doubts at times whether Christopher
would have discovered Us at all If hc had
known there would be sullivan, Cor
poral Tanner, the Andover controversy
and other calamities which seem in.
separable from the discovery of America.
Besides, this tacteious writer asserts. the
Norwegian Dawn came before the Col.
unbian Sunrise. However, this friendly
contest for the site of the exhibition il
interesting and will do no harm. IL win
exhibit the capabilities. of our grca,
cities and disclose the generosity aud
foresightedness of their business men.
Perhaps in the end Congress NAV assume
control of the whole matter and place il
at Washington. That at least would
produce less bitterness of feeling as well
as relieve the surplus in the treasury.