The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-22
SITES FOR THE BIG FAIR.
THE SPEECH MAKING IN BEHALF
OF THE CITIES ENDED.

Hooker of Mississippi Starts the Days
Talking by Advocating Washington.
Mills Opposed to Federal Interfer-
ence, but Prefers st. Louis if the
Government Has Got to Tekea a Hand.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21.-In the House
this morning, upon motion of MIR. Burrows
of Michigan, it was resolved that when the
House adjourned to-day, it be to meet Mon
day. The regular order being demanded,
Mr.. Hooker of Mississippi proceeded to ad-
dress the House upon the worlds fair bills
He spoke of the vast Importance to the
world Of Columbus discovery, which
marked the greatest era in history 1t de-
served commemoration. We celebrated the
centennial in sight Of the hall where the
declaration of independence had been made.
1t was appropriate that it should be cele-
brated there. 1t would bankrupt the null
tlplication table to calculate the advantage
of that celebration. He was for a centen-
NAL celebration of the discovery Of
America. Always in the old world the seat
of government had been the place where
their celebrations were held, He had
nothing but kind feeling and re-
gard for New York, and should it be
selected, he would hail 1t at least as a cele-
bration in the great metropolitan city; and
so with Chicago and st. Louis. Should the
capitol be selected, so intimately identified
with the history of the people, presenting
an invested capital Of over S50.0U0, 900 in
magnificent public buildings, just abo ye the
home of Washington, with ample room for
all of the buildings and purposes OF the
fair, it would lie a proper selection. The
capital was near the gateway and near the
interior of this country. Because it was
the seat Of government, because it was non
partisan, because there was no pickering
the national capital, where all sections
stood upon an equality, should be the site
of the fair. ltwas the people Of the District
of Columbia who long before any other
people thought of it, had organized board
Of promotion, and for four long years had
worked earnestly to procure it.
AMERICANS LEAD THE WORLD,
Mr.. Mills of Texas said that the Ameri-
can people excelled all other people in
wealth; they Were most Inventive: they had
outstripped all competitors. Why had
this young people outstripped all others9
1t was the same cause that resulted in
the British people outstripping the peo-
pie of Europe. 1t was because
they had shaken off the shackles of govern
mental domination in their private and
business affairs. Formerly the government
interfered in a most a bitrary manner with
individual rights; but after the revolution
Of 1858 the people were free to choose their
own vocations. When this government
was organized the fathers realized the
dangers Of governmental interference with
the peoples rights, and they divided and
distributed the powers between the states
aud municipalities, and so on down, until
the individual was allowed the full
measure Of liberty. But for the
last twenty-five years we had
seen little by little encroachments of
the general government upon the rights of
the states. uatil after awhile state legisla-
ture would not possess the power of city
council. The members of the national leg
islature were sosoverwhelmed with business
that they were nothing but mailing clerks,
and had no time to study legislation.
OPPOSED TO FAIRS.
He had opposed the centennial bill, as he
now opposed this project. The government
had nothing to do with fairs. Columbus
never saw North America. This country
was discovered by the man whose name it
bears, and the celebration was a few wears
too soon. But this was a business matter.
There was something besides patriotism in
it. Cities came here hurrahing for the old
flag and an appropriation. This vas a
proposition to make money. The Phila-
delphia exposition was a success. They
wanted first only government recognition,
but finally came for an appropriation. He
denied that inventive genius depended upon
government aid. He cited the case
Of Mccormick and the builder of
the yacht america" which astonished the
world. If New York waited the fair they
could organize it on business principles, as
they did bank, and hold it. So it was
with Chicago aud st. Louis They we.e
business cities, and knew how to manage a
business enterprise. The republicans had
been condemning the southern people for
DENYING to the colored men the rights of
suffrage. Who had disfranchised the COL
ored men in the District of Columbia in the
the forty-seventh congress? A republican
House and Senate and President. They
were afraid to trust the colored
men to manage the district govern
ment but We're willing that they
should govern Mississippi and Louisiana
4 They had better pluck the bean out of their
own eyes before they plucked the mote
from the eye of somebody else. In the dis
trict it was proposed to issue bonds
TO to, pay the expenses of the
and governed to death. He took
1t for granted that fair would be held
that congress would go on interfering with
q tae rights of the people; and it would be
n charged to patriotism and Columbus. And
he would have to do as the rest did. He
would have to vote for site
aud represent his people, and
he would vote for Texas neighbor-St
Louis. [Applsuse.] 1t would give his
81 people chance to go to the fair with the
least expenditure of the money which ex-
cesslve taxation left in their pockets. If he
could get enough members to vote his way,
ne would fit a site in his own district AS
~ was, he would vote to fill the blank with
the name Of st. Louis, and then he would
vote against the bill altogether.
WILL HIT THE TREASURY HARD.
Mr. Morse of Massachusetts, announced
MS opposition for one reason, that the pro-
posed exhibition, wherever held, would in
EolVe a loss to the treasury of the United
states of several million dollars. There
we're other bills calling for large expendi-
lures, which he desired to see passed first.
Among these were tue dependent pension
pili, liberal river and harbor, and coast
defense bills
Mr., Peters of Kansas sounded note Of
warning against expenditure on this account
~ enumerating the probable appropria-
NOls at the present session of congress,
Mnicn ne summed up at SAP O00, ,000 while
lne estimated resources to meet them only
aggregated S450,0000O0 These figures did
ny embi ace the river and harbor bill. He
asked whether those interested in the i'm
i PoVement of our rivers were willing to Law