New-York tribune., 1890-01-12
OUR TITLE TO THE Fair.


The Senate Committee, which has been
listening during the last few days to appeals in
behalf of the four cities now patriotically con-
tending for the honor of furnishing the World ;
Fair with site, may or may not have been
greatly influenced by the arguments presented,
but one important point, at least, has been
settled. There. can be no doubt hereafter, at
the capital or anywhere else, that Ncw-YOr
is in earnest. The delegation of citizens who
accompanied their memorial to Washington
have put an end to the pretencc that the me-
tropoS does not want the Fair. Our rivals
must now content themselves with attempts
to show that we do not deserve it.
1t is not to be supposed, moreover, that this
will be the only useful purpose accomplished
by yesterdays presentation of the claims of
New-York The Senator'S who heard the argu-
ments, and a great majority of the millions
of citizens in all parts of the country who will
read them, are candid and discriminating, so
far, at least as this matter is concerned, and
they will find it impossible 10 deny or bctte
the facts arrayed in Mr.. Hewtt'S memorial and
in the speeches of Mr.. Depew, ex-senator Miller
and Bourke Cochran. Agreeing as to the facts,
they can hardly fail to agree as to the con
clusion. 1t is TO be taken for granted that
practically all the people of the country really
want to have the Fair held where il is most GER
tain to be successful. In this case the word
successful means a great deal. Anything less
than a triumph would be failure, and would
be so regarded by all the world. Not only has
the standard of international exhibitions been
advanced since 1876, bur the capacity of
1t, la,
lative and the mediocre has been developed in
proportion. large majority Of those who
visited the Philadelphia Exposition were unable
to estimate It's comparative excellence, but it
is safe to say that the popular judgment which
is passed upon the Fair of 1892 will be Just
about what it deserves This being so, there
is no reason why the wiseSt choice Of a site
should not be the most generally satisfactory
choice. The people are not excited over the
subject, and there is nothing to blind their eyes
and warp their judgment. Intelligence, and
not emotion, will decide the question.
calm and quiet consideration of Mr.. De-
pew's comprehensive discourse cannot fail to
confirm the advocates Of New York and convert
sceptics into believers 1t is printed in full on the
twenty page. and we do not need 10 re-
Cdpltludtc ltS arguments. hc CONNIE OtuNclN',
in this commentary to a single point which does
not relate directly to the CHOICE of a site, but
primarily 70 the value of such an exhibition Is is
proposed. Speaking from personal observation
of the French Fair, Mr.. Dcpew declares his
conviction that the United states cannot af
ford not to hold an international Exposition
on colossal scale in the near future. The in
dustries and arts and civilization of the coun-
try were so inadequately, in fact, Shabbily.
represented at Paris as to impress upon the
minds of all observers not specially instructed
as to our resources and achievements a totally
wrong and most injurious conception Of our
share in the worlds work. TO replace this
false image with the true one Mr. Dcpcw re-
CARDS as an imperative obligation and ncccs-
Sty. Nothing less than a Worlds Fair in the
broadest sense and On the grandeSt scale, is
suited to this purpose, and NcwYork is the
only place where the purpose can be accom-
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