St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-22
Southern Democrats Demon
strate That They Are Not
Sentimental.
The Proposed Quadro-Centen-
nial Cuts Little Figure
With Them.
Still They Have Some Decided
Ppefere nces in the Matter
Of Location.
The Wild, Woolly West Has a
Long Lead in the
Race.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-There was so
much confusion in the house this morn
ing, when Mr.. Hooker. of Mississippi,
began his address in favor of Washing
ton as the site for the worlds fair, that
for while his words could not be dis
tinguished twenty feet away. The
galleries were quite as generously flied
as they were yesterday, and larse pro-
portions of the members were in their
seats, chatting and laughing together.
The hum of voices rose above the voice
of Mr.. Hooker, and Mr.. Hit. of Illinois,
was finally compelled to ask the speaker
to declare order. Mr.. Hooker referred
to former celebrations, and stated that
he was heartily in favor of them be-
cause they did more to establish the
prominence of government than any
other event. The city of Washington,
he said. presented capital of S50,00J,
600 in its public buildings, beautiful in
their architecture.
SPACE THERE WAS PLENTY.
The heights of Georgetown and the
great stretches of available land all
tended to prove that Washington was a
fit place for the fair. He did not favor
Washington simply for these reasons.
lie did not favor it because it was
Washington city, but because it was
the capital of the patton, non-partisan
city, where the great men and women
of the country could assemble and be
drawn together. AS an American citi-
zen he had felt that the place for ex-
tending the hand of America to the
people of the world was Washington.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. -Hooker's re-
marks Mr.. Mills, of Texas. rose in op-
position to the proposition of holding a
worlds fair. Mr.. Mills began by speak
ing in complimentary terms of the ac-
compiishments of the American people.
MIR. Mills said that The members of con-
gress were so overwhelmed with busi-
ness that they had become little
more than mailing clerks. An
immense amount of business that
did not belong to congress mad been
forced on the representatives of the peo-
pie. The government had nothing to
dowith worlds fair. Lit was state
proposition. Referring to Christopher
Columbus, Mr.. Mills said that Columbus
had never seen North America, he
never knew there was such a continent
as North America. He had
LEFT SPAIN To HUNT INDIANS,
had landed at San Salvador, and gone
back home again. He had come Sec
Ond, third and fourth time. and gone
back home without ever knowing of the
existence of the country tHat wanted to
honor him. This proposition, he held.
was business proposition. Since 1876
these fairs had been increasing, and if
they kept on increasing, helped by the
government appropriations, the people
would finally break down under the
burden of taxation. These fairs could
be held without any help from the gov
ernment. If the city of Chicago,
or the city Of New York, or Wash
ington or st. Louis wanted fair. its
business men could raise the necessary
money. He thought the bill would
pass. and it would be charged up to
patriotism and to Columbus. He sup
posed that he would have to cast his
vote for some particular site and that
vote would be east for st. Louis. When
the question of passing the bill came up
he would cast his vote against the prop
ositiOn like little man. Mr.. Morse, of
Massachusetts, also opposed the bill.
He thought that if the fair should be
held anywhere, it should be held in
Washington. But he had some donbts
as to the advisability of holding fair.
He thought that the fair. wherever held,
would result in a loss of several mill
ions to the government. There were
other measures that demanded more inl-
mediate attention. He was against the
proposition until other
MATTERS OF MORE IMPORTANCE,
that affected the treasury, could be dis
posed of. Mr.. Peters, of Kansas, on
posed the bill, because in an estimate
of the expenditures of the government
prepared by him, they exceeded the
receipts. He asked the people tn pause
before it was too late. Mr.. O'Neill, of
Pennsylvania, said he had uot at this
late day fully made up his mind on
site. He opposed the proposition prin-
cipally because their was too little time
to prepare for fair in 1892. 1t was not
business proposition. but arose from
patriotic sentiment. Mr.. Blanchard, of
Louisiana. favored Washington. He
fair would be held, it would result in
the greatest benefit to the South. Mr.
O'Ferrell, of Virginia, praised the
climate and the surroundings of Wash
ington. MIR. Gibsen.of Maryland, thought
Washington the place where the
national progress in wealth and gran
deur could be seen best. If there was
not a suitable harbor here, he said, near
at hand-at BaltisnOre-the navleS OF
the world might ride. Mr.. Milliken, of
Maine, said that no class of people
woald more gladly participate in the
fair than the men who carried the flag.
The soldiers would not thank the men
who pleaded the poverty act here. He
had never known of man who wanted
10 do anything or prevent anything be-
ing done, who
COULD NOT QUOTE JEFFERSON
on either side. Mr. Houk, of Tennes-
see. said that in Washington only would
the fair have national Importance and
significance. The nation should inherit
the buildings which must be constructed
for the fair. Mr.. Wilson, of West Vir-
ginia, said that fairs alIayed the see
tional feelings engendered by the war.
They chastened the spirit of one section
and aroused national pride in the other.
The exposition was to be great historic
event. 1t must be carried OIL by the ma
tional government. and the seat of the
national government is the place 1t
should be held. Under the financial
scheme, the fair would cost the govern
nlent no more if held in Washington
than it would anywhere else. Mr.. Van
dever. Of California, advocated st.
Louis claim. If it was to be finan-
eial transaction purely, he said, they
should advertise for bids. In the Mis-
sissippi valley the foreign visitor would
see the real source OF the prosperity of
New York and Chicago, and would find
st. Louis the center of it all. The COM
merce of this great valley exceeded ten
fold the foreign commerce of New
York: and ST. Louis was the confluence
ofEthe great streams of that commerce.
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