New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-19
CUTraEO tND THE FAIR.

In view of what The senate Committee has
already discovered after only two days oil IN
ycsfigaiion a. 10 the men and methods en-
Moved in ruling this CITY. II j. just possible ihat
some of our contemporaries and many OF their
readers will feel that they owe an apology 10
Rcpuhljcan members Of the Legislature who
refused 10 place the Worlds Fair project com
plccly and irrcyocaby in The hands OF Tam
many Hall. Candid men, we think, will hc
DISPOSED 10 acknowledge that a higher quality
of brains and conscience than the sheriff
office had the advantage of under Mr. Grant,
70 say nothing of his successor, is essential 20
the wor, Of creating and controlling an Inter
national Exposition. And if, after all Chicago
should fail 70 qualify for the great task T." the
satisfaction of CONGRESS. and Now York should
be asked 10 accept the honor and the response
bili.y there would bee almost universal salts
faction in the knowledge that the enterprise
had been safely delivered ont of the clutches
of vulgar and rapaciOu> SpOilsmen.
DISPATCHES from Washington suggest that
this contingency may not be 20 Icmot" - not
70 REQUIRE consideration The Worlds Far
bill has been finally framed in q manner essen
tally agreeable 10 the Chicago delegation in
Congress, though some of the notifications
were accepted from motive OF prudence. There
j. 10 doubt that the representatives. OF the
Western metropolis would have been glad 20
agree 70 postpOncmcnt hut they feared 70
urge it lest such action should be construed Is
timidity. provoke dangerous opposition. and
reopen the question Of site. y respect, the
guarantee fund and the general financial basis
Of the undertaking some recent notifications
have been introduced INTO the bill but, d,
finally reported 20 the House. ~ viii still Pc
quirc the Chicago incorp iator- 10 produce salts
factory evidence Of their ability TO supply the
necessary funds on demand. f. is not 20 be-
supposed however. that the bill can g. through
the House in this form without sharp debate,
and it ought not 10.
Our reader, are well aware that We have
never expressed. aS We certainly have never
felt the slightest resentment AZ the preference
Of Chicago 10 Ncw-Nor 81. my desire that
our rival should boz vexcd O.. Aamp"rsd 10y con
dilons not indispensable necessary 10 the Suc-
cess of the undertaking. But the country can
not afford to bee committed TO an affair of such
magnitude. with such possibilities Of National
d;scicdit. in a careless and haphazad manner.
II is reported that the chairman OF the House
Committee will move 10 amend the bill hy post
poning the Fair until 1898. We hope that the
report is well founded and that Mr. Gambler
will make determined effort 10 carry Con-
ercss with him on that point whatever the con
sequence may be- II is our belief and we have
never heard a contrary opinion expressed, that
il is an absolute impOsSibiliy 10 create a
Worlds Fair which would do the country honor
i'm Chicago in two years. II is possible that 1t
| might be done in New York. though nothing IN
| the nature Of n calculation has yet been pro-
| duccd TO prove il. TO confirm the original
| choice Of Chicago and then declare that the
| Fair must be held in 500 or not al all would
| be equivalent to INJECTING upon the country
| either permanent disgrace and misfortune,
| through the agency Of a miserable caucat're,
| or an unnecessary loss from the abandonment
of the whole enterprise. OF these sacrifices
the latter would be infinitely preferable, but il
| is the former that we should probably be com
PEELED TO undergo.
| If a majority in Congress still favor Chicago
| their proper course would be 10 postpone the
| Fair until 1893 with suitable provision for an
anniversary ceremonial in 1892, and then tc
imposc upon the Chicago managers rigorous
conditions, with time limit. The only IA
tional alternative is a prompt decision that
| Chicago must retire and New-Yorll take the
|