Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-12
THE WORLDS FAIR.
THE CLAIMS OF NEW YORK AND CHI
cAGO ABLY PRESENTED.
Mr.. Dcpsw and Others Advocate thc
Former and Mayor Creiger and
q Others the Latter Cify.
rBv ,e,eerrns % the p,.pr,cn. !,

commodations of the Senate reception
room. where the hearing was held. There
was such a pressure for Abundance that the
committee contemplated repairing 20 the
Senate chamber but found that the rule Of
the body forbade the use OF the chamber
FOR any other purpose than its own SEES
sions. except by special action Of the Sen
ate. The first arrivals were from Chicago.
The members of the committee were
somewhat tardy in arriving. Chairman
Hiscock and Senator Farwe!l were the first
arrivals and were followed by senators
Vest, Colqrit. Hawley, Sherman, Stanford,
Cameron. Ransom, and Wilson of Iowa.
! Shortly after 10 o'clock the New York dele
! CATION, nearly one hundred strong. sntered
! the room. headed by Mayor Grant. ex.Se--
! cretary Whitney, and other distinguished
! officials and citizens The appearance Of
Chauncey NJ. Depew was the signal tor
slight outburst OF applause. Besides those
named the New York delegation included
| ex-senator Warn.r Miller. Cornelius VAN
Adams, Ogden Mills, Edmund C. STAN
ton, Louis Windmuller, George II. Scott.
John c. Calhoun, George Bliss, ex-Nlayor
Edward Cooper, s. W. Fairchild, Henry
Goldsburg. John Goode, Ii. q. Marquand,
Eugene Blackford, George Green, Elliott
| j. Shepard, Frederick Mohr, IA. =. Men
| delssohn. +. i. Ryan, s. c. keges. John A.
King, Homer Lee, W. 4. d. Stokes. II. II.
Amman, c. Waldo Smith, Abe Schaub.
Evan Thomas, General D. a. Butterheid'
! Captain Ambrose Snow, G.. p. Huntington,
! JOnn II. Inman, L. b. Vhurber, William
| Stenway, Elihu Root, j. Edward Simmons,
| Cornelius n. Bliss. and Charles +. Flint.
| Among others present at the hearing
were representatives Of st. Louis aud
| Washington before the committee, and
number of Senators and Representatives,
| including Senator Evarts. of Now York.
aud Representative HIT chairman of the
House Committee ON Foreign Affairs. which
has assumed jurisdiction Of the subject OF
| the Worlds Fair in that body.
1t was 1920 when Chairman Hiscock for
mally began the proceedings by announcing
O change in the programme as originally
made for to-day. At ll:40 he said the COM
mttee would take recess for an hour and
a half in order TO permit its members to
attend the funeral service of Judge Kelley
in the hall of the House of Representa-
tives.
Mr.. Depew was the first speaker. He bo-
gan to speak in a husky tone of voice. but
| II soon cleared. He was listened TO through
out with tho closest attention and was ire
quently interrupted by applause from his
loyal and admiring New York supporters.
Mr.. Depew said any American who, was
at Paris during the past summer and saw
the great exhibition held there became i'm
pressed with the fact that there was no
greater necessity laid on the American poo
ple than that of holding an exhibition
which should be equal. If 1t did not excel.
the one held in France. That was tho
finest exhibition OF arts, of manufactures.
of progress. of the civilization of the world
that has been seen in any of the great ex-
positions that have been held at the ma
tional capitals in Europe, or at Philadelphia
in 1876 Every visitor there was impressed
by the appearance made by the Older coun-
tries Of Europe. by representatives of the
nations of Asia and of Africa. by Great
Britain and her dependencies about the
globe, by Mexico. and by the South Ameri-
can republics IL was presentation
of their products, their manufactures. and
their skill, which was entirely satisfactory
to them and impressive on all other ma
tons. The one spot where there was
failure TO present adequately, or present at
all respectfully, tho products, progress,
manufacturing skill. and ability of the
United States in competition with the
older nations was the exhibit of the United
States themselves. Now, it becomes our
necessity TO hold an exhibition of the
United States which shall be so broad IN
its character, so international in its lnyl-
tations and in its Inequalities, that all the
people who can produce. who want mate
rails. or who have opportunities for trade,
shall come here with their products TO
exhibit, and SEQ what we can do. That OK
hibition must necessarily be the best pre-
sentation of the growth, of the opportuni-
ties, of the inventions, OF skill, OF arts,
and of the manufacturing power OF the
United States that has ever been gathered
on this continent.
Mir. Depew reviewed tho arguments put
forth by the advocates of other cities. aud
presented the claims OF New York. Speak
ing of the cost of the fair. he said the Paris
exhibition had cost about ten million dol
lars, and this ono, with the increased price
of material and labor here. would
cost at least twelve million. Unless there
was that much money in sight tho FAR
would be, he said a failure. He ridiculed
the apprehension that Tammanv Hall
could derive any political benefit from
the fact of the fair being held in New
York. and claimed in conclusion that New
York was the great centre, the great repre-
sentative city Of America; and that II the
choice was given to every family In the
United States to choose one city to visit
land only one) the vote would be unani-
nous to take me to New York"
Mr.. Depew was followed by Mr.. Bourke
Cochran. who occupied the remainder of
time to recess. When the committee re-
assembled at lis, the room was again
crowded TO its fullest capacity. The Chi
caQo delegation had front seats. Prorni-
nent among them were Mayor Cregier, Sec
retary Croein, Of the Worlds Fair Commit
tee, ex-Congressman George K. DAVIS,
George A. L. Stevenson. ex-First- Assistant
Postmaster-General ". G. Newberry,
John G. Dore. Leutenant-Goyernor Ray,
General J. 6. Smith, Thomas B. Bryan. h.
II. Jeffrey, DR.. ID. Ct. RusN ex-Minister L.
G. Winston. General j. G. Black, ex-pen-
| SON commissioner and others.
The first speaker of the afternoon was
ex-senator Warner Miller, who, with James
Wood, president of the New York State
Agricultural Society. closed the case for
New York.
At2 o'clock Mayor Cregier began the pre-
sentation of an argument in behalf OF Chi
cago. He spoke earnestly in favor OF To-
eating the fair at Chicago because OF the
location ofthe city itself. It's III the centre
OF the agricultural interests ofthe country,
and therefore the best place for the fair in
tended for that people. II the manufac-
lures are widespread and important, and a
fair exposition of the mechanical arts IS
wanted. they will be at home there. The
MAYOR smoke of the financial ability of the
CITY to the project and to operate the expo
sition and Of the resources OF the CITY as q
place OF entertainment for INC large crowds
that are expected to attend the exposition.
He was followed by Mr.. Thomas -.
Bryan in an enthusiastic and eloquent
presentation of the attractions and capa-
bilities of Chicago rs compared with those
of New York. He was frequently inter,
rupted by applause. In closing be referred
to the speech of Mr.. Depew, saying no
never opened his mouth without opening
casket of CONS OF wit and wisdom. lie
(the speaker said he could not help wish
ing while Mr.. Depew was speaking that
these gems were blocks which might be
changed into marble. for then he knew that
the Goddess of Liberty would not have been
compelled TO wait so long for her pedestal.
for her ewes have grown weary waiting for
the sight of the Washington memorial
arch aud Grant monument. lLaughter.l
Chicago has one thing, he said. that New
York has not (by the admission OF the
speaker this morning, Mr. Depew,) public
spirit, and that spirit invites the Location
Of the fair.
The financial and physical features OF
Chicagos claim were presented 10 the
committee by X. T. Jeffrey, formerly, gene
raj manager of the Illinois Central rail-
road.
The conclusion of Mr.. JefTrey's remarks
ended the open public discussion OF tho
location of the Worlds Fair by the Senate
special committee. =,