The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-27

govern Mississippi and Louisiana.
They had better pluck the beam out of their
own eye before they plucked the moat from
the eye of somebody else. In the District
it was proposed to issue bonds to pay the
expenses of the fair. The people we're now
taxed and governed to death. He took it
for granted that fair would be held, that
Congress would go on interfering with the
rights of the people and it would be
charged to patriotism, and he would have
to do as the rest did. He would have to vote
for site and represent his people and he
would vote for Texas neighbor-St. Louis.
[Applausel 1t would give his people a
chance to go to the fair with less expendi-
ture of money which excessive taxation
left in their pockets. If he could get
enough members to vote his way he would
fix the site in his own district. AS it was
he would vote to fill the blank with the
name of st. Louis and then would vote
against the bill altogether.
Mr.. Marsh of Massachusetts said he
should vote against the bill
Mr.. Vandever (Rep.) of California argued
in favor of ST. Louis claims.
Mr., Carlisle OF Kentucky wished to re-
state and emphasize the consideration that
would influence his vote. Each of the
cities was worthy if the exposition was
to give the people of the Old World not
only an insight into our great manufacture
ing industieS, but to show them our great
country. Smaller countries than this pos
sessed rival manufacturing establishments
and were advanced beyond us in
artistic development. We should show
our great rivers and FOUNTAINS and
prairies. New York was q great city, but
it did not include the entire country. Small
European countries had each greater
representative city. The exposition should
be held at the center of the country. st.
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would vote first for st. Louis and next for
Chicago. Let the nations of the world
meet on the banks OF the mighty Missis-
sippi. He felt constrained, however, to dis
approve of the bill presented by the COM
mittee to the people of the country. He
was.for st. Louis.
Mr.. Hatch of Missouri said that it was
providential that DeSoto had been fifty
years behind Columbus. If he had discoy-
cred the Mississippi Valley fifty years
earlier New England and Manhattan
Island would now be Indian reservations
for sale at $l.25 an acre. He pleaded that
the fair should be held at the great center
of all OF the trade and commerce of this
country. st, Louis was large place. 1t
was commercial center
Mr.. Mason of Illinois said that when he
thought of the many things he had to saw
about Chicago and the few minutes he had
to say 1t in he felt like the boy who sat in
the middle of the sugar barrel and ex-
claimed: "Oh for thousand tongtes to
do this thing justice"
Mr.. Gear Of Iowa spoke of the glories of
Chicago. 1t would have a population in
time greater than any other city on the
push and would make the Fair success.
Congress had no authority to hold the Fair
elsewhere than IN the District Of Columbia
or the territories. He also opposed the ap-
preparation of $1,5O0,O00. fla state wanted
a fair its citizens had but to incorporate
themselves and hold it. So he was opposed
to the bills reported and would vote for
them only when they had been amended
TO meet this view.
Mr.. Kinsey of Missouri spoke of the i'm
portance of conducting the fair upon a
proper scale. The greatest thing this
country had to exhibit was the country
itself. Our own people did not know it and
for this if for no other reason the
fair should be held at a place where the
most could be seen. st. Louis embraced
something OF all that was good, and all
that was representative of the genius of
the people OF this whole country. Our sis
teTRepublics of South and Central America
were interested in Columbus dis
covery no less than ourselves,
and their convenience Should be
consulted. st. Louis was the Louisiana
purchase anu CoulQ Invite the Spanish
races from which the land was derived.
Mr.. O'Neill of Indiana believed that his
constituents wanted the fair and that
their interests would be best served by hold
ing it in st. Louis.
Mr.. Wilson of Missouri also argued in
favor of st. Louis.
Mr.. Furman of Illinois was for the Fair
not as an accommodation to foreigners but
as an educational advertisement.
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Wallace, Rains, Turner Mccarthy and
Farquahar spoke for New York.
Mr.. Gambler of Massachusetts, closed the
debate in a few words, saying that the
country could safely trust the House to
discharge its full duty and he hoped for a
next Monday. The House then took recess,
the evening session - be for the conside p
ton of private Pension Bills.