St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-25

is white ele plant. and the cost OF
maintaining him is far beyond anything
her financierS have estimated, Chicago
never before has had the eyes of the
world on her as she has now. Ii she
rises to the occasion she becomes With
out question the metropolis of the West;
il she fails. it would have been several
dollars in her pocket ii she had never
been founded. But said the doc
tor, deliberately, II believe she
will succeed. She has youth. resources
unsurpassed ambition, and the effete
and WORKOUT East is behind her with
such feeble efforts as it can render to
help her along with this great enter
prise which she has undertaken.
But, after she has fred her crack
ers and burnt her red fire, and
brought her spirits down from their
present exaltation to calm view of the
situation as it is she will discover that
Chicago has assumed the most frightful
responsibility that ever great munich
pality undertook. The most marvellous
exhibit of modern times. or of ancient
times, has just closed successfully at
Paris. Whatever she does is to
BE COMPARED WITH THAT.
If she equals it she has made sue
cess; If she surpasseS it she has made q
triumph; if she falls below it she will
be held responsible by the whole Amer
lean people for having assumed what
she was not equal to-" Pointing
ms finger dramatically, New
Iork's best known citizen con-
GUIDED: beware, take care"
Inc reporter, however, added one last
question: Then of course you regard
the fight as Overs' "Of course re-
piled Mr.. Depew. ~sNew York has been
fairly beaten. She doesn't indulge in any
bushwhacking or guerrilla warfare.''
The supporters of Washington gener-
ally feel very friendly towards Chicago
and so do many of the friends Of st.
Louis. The opponents of any fair at
all largely voted for either Chicago or
Washington, and these will, of course.
vote AGAINST holding the fair, but it is
not believed that the number will be
materially increased by the selection of
the site made to-day. Many of
the st. Louis and Washington
men have already announced that
they intend to work for Chicago, so that
1t is not believed that the strength of
the opponents of the fair will not eX-
ceed sixty votes, which is about the
showing MADE on what was regarded as
test vote taken last week. 1t is prob
able, however. that large number of
members will be found in favor of
postponing the date of the fair
until 1898. Unless the Chicago men
change their announced determination,
the fair will be held in the year 1892.
They have said all along and
REITERATED THE STATEMENT
tonight that they proposed to hold it on
the aforementioned date. Chicago. they
said, was in the habit of doing
things in less time than other cities,
and they would have a fair, and
successful one, too, in 1892.
Ihey did not propose to celebrate 18th of
July on the 18th of August. Tonight
the Chicago people are Overlooking
with gladness. They are all hilarious
over their success. A jollification
meeting was held this evening at
Wizards hotel, and the Chicago head
quarters were filled to OVERLOOKING.
Mayor Crieger presided and made short
address. thanking Chicago'S friends.
and pledging Chicago to make Il success
of the fair. When the house meets to-
morrow a motion will be made to re-
commit the worlds fair bills to the Spe-
clai committee. After this is done the
committee will amend the tri-city bill
so as to make it conform to the
wishes of the Illinois members of the
committee. The amended bill will then
be reported back, with Chicago named
as the site, and the bill will then be put
upon Its passage in the house.