The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-11
WORLDS FAIR.

Resolutions Adopted BY the Convention
| at st. Joseph, Mo.
| ST. JOSEPH, NO., Oct. Sat the Worlds
Fair convention in this city Thursday ex-
Governor Woodson was temporary chair
! man. General X. A. Cameron, of Fort
| Worth, Tex, was chosen permanent
chairman, which seemed to indicate that
the sentiment of the convention was that
the Worlds Fair should go to Chicago
instead of st Louis. The other officers
were: Vice-presidents, Thomas B. Ryan,
Of Illinois; p. NJ. Grape, of Iowa; James
D. Broadhead, of Missouri; J. E. Trout
man, Ct Kansas; F. E. Balch. of Ne
braska; General G. A. Ford, of Texas;
secretary, Fred F. Schrader, of St Jo-
seph; assistant secretaries, George Fl.
Morgan, of St Louis; j. B. Clarke, of
Chicago, and S. F. Nicely, of Leavenworth.
The committee on resolutions made the
following report, which was unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS Under the auspices Of the Nation
al Congress the preliminary steps have been
taken for holding a Three American or Interna-
tional Exposition in 1892, to commemorate the
quadricentennial of the discovery of America;
and
WHEREAS, every International Exposition or
Worlds Fair that has been held upon the soil
of the United States has been on the Eastern
or Southern seaboar1s; and,
WHEREAS, The West is the great producing
center Of the country, the center Of the po2ula-
ton, wealth and political power; and,
WHEREAS. There are cities in the West pos
sessing transportation and other facilities for
making Worlds Fair successful. superior to
those possessed by any Eastern city; and,
WHEREAS, The greatest exhibit that can be
made to visitors from other Nations is the coun-
try itself, which can not be seen by visiting one
city on either margin Of the continent there
fore be it
Res0tUed, That 1t is the sense of this conyen-
ticn that the Worlds Fair of 1892 should be
held in some city of the West which is willing
to provide the requisite means for making it
grand pageant Of civiliz ltion and a splendid
picture of the country's progress.
Resotued, That we will unite our efforts to OBJ
tain from Congress the location of the fair at
some point west of the Alleghenies that may be
fixed upon as most commendable and conven-
lent and accessible to the largest number Of our
people and for visitors from the Old World.
RtsoI0ed. That in the final embodying of these
views in appropriate legislation. we confidently
count upon the support OF every Congressman
from the West and Southwest and the Pacific
coast, and the cooperation of those OF the South
and of the entire country.
Resotced. That our Representatives in Con-
gress, and all others favorable to these views,
are hereby earnestly requested to advocate and
insist upon action by Congress until the ques-
ton is finally settled.
Rssotred, That a certified copy of these reso-
lutions. duly signed and attested by the perma-
nent officers OF this convention, be transmitted
TO each Senator and Representative in Con-
gress; and, further that the chairman appoint
delegation. consisting OF one member from
each State represented in this convention, to
lay these resolutions before Congress on its as
sembiing