Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-19
APRIL 80, 1892,
Chosen as the Date for Opening
the Worlds Fair,
And the goth of the Following
October for Closing.

Ahe DAtess however, way be ChhuSeu'
Lively Discussion at the Meeting of the
worlds Fair Committee of the House
in Regard to the Subscription List.
New York Stin Kicking.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-Thero was
another lively meeting of the worlds
fair committee Monday. Messrs. Frank
of Missouri, and Bowden of Virginia,
were absent from the city, and Mr.. VIII
son was engaged in the ballot-box in
vestigation. AS a consequence Chicago
temporarily lost two members favorable
to her, and the committee was tied up
SO as to be unable to achieve any positive
progress.
The fifth section of the bill was the
first matter under discussion. To this
section Mr. Belden, of New York, last
Saturday offered an amendment requir-
ing positive guarantee by the citizens
of Chicago of a $10,000,O00 fund. 1t
soon became evident that the committee
was equally divided on this proposition,
SO it was passed over for the time. When
Section (Which leaves blank the date
for holding the fair was reached, Chair
man Canler proposed to fill in the
blanks so as to provide for the dedica-
ton and celebration, Oct. 12, 1892, and
for the holding of the fair in 1893.
The Chicago members had all along
declared that they We're prepared to ac-
cept the views of the committee on this
point, although personally they felt that,
in justice to the foreign exhibitors and
in view of the delay on the part of con-
gress in acting upon the subject, it
would be better to hold the fair in 1893.
Therefore, when the question was put
on Mr.. Candler's motion, they refrained
from voting, and the chairman found
himself alone in voting for the motion,
and it was lost.
Dates May be Changed.
Thereupon the dates were filed in to
require the fair to be opened April 80,
1892, and closed Oct. 90 of the same year.
The entire bill was then read over and
agreed upon, except Section 5, which
will be acted upon at another meeting to
be held, when it is hoped full attend
ance will be had 1t is probable that if
the Chicago men go there in force then,
they will make an effort to reverse the
action of fixing the date for holding the
fair.
1t appears that Mr.. Belden was late in
getting to the meeting, and had he de-
layed a little longer the committee would
have agreed upon report to the house
on the lines of the subcommittee bill.
But as soon as he took his seat he called
up his motion of last Saturday, relative
to the $10,0 900, 900 fund, and there was an
animated discussion. The Chicago man
insisted upon the sufliciency of their
subscription, but Mr.. Belden wished to
see the subscription lists.
The chairman produced list of names
to which the New Workers objected, on
the ground that the names were un-
attached to heading, and that therefore
1t was worthless, financially.
The Chicago men explained that this
list was a copy of the original list, which
was properly headed and had been seen
by the chairman and subcommittee
The original had been taken to Chicago,
where it was in use by the finance com
mittee. This failed to satisfy the New
York representatives.
Mr.. Springer remarked in a facetious
manner that he and Mr.. Hit would as
sumo the $10,000,000 obligation, and re-
minded Messrs. Flower and Belden that
they had tried to bluff the house by the
same remark when the bill was under
discussion. He insisted that the best
financiers had said that the Chicago sub
scription list was worth ninety-eight
cents on the 81 in any money market,
and wound up with the declaration that
Chicago was all right financially; that
her interests were at stake in the fair,
and that she would not be done out of it,
Tuesdays Session.
Mr.. Wilson, of West Virginia, who is
one of the Washington representatives
on the worlds fair committee, was pres
ent when the committee met Tuesday
morning to consider the Chicago bill,
and as a consequence, the dead lock that
has existed in the committee was broken
and the fifth section of the bill, provid-
ing for the financial scheme on which
the fair shall be conducted, was passed
upon.
The members of the committee pres
ent were: Messrs. Gambler (chairman);
Hit and Springer, of Illinois; Wilson,
of West Virginia; Belden, of New York,
and Hatch, of Missouri. The amend
ment offered Monday by Mr.. Belden,
providing for financial plan, was voted
down, and Mr.. Wilson offered as sub
stitute for the fifth section an amend
ment providing that when the president
is satisfied that Chicago has raised or
provided fund of 10000, 600. he shall
issue his proclamation in regard to the
fair, and inviting foreign patrons to par
ticipate.
Messrs. Gambler, Hit, Springer and
Wilson voted for this, and the amend
ment was carried. This completed the
bill and Mr. Gambler, the chairman, was
instructed to report it to the house, and
to call it up for consideration at the
earliest possible date.
ALMOST BLOWN UP.