The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-25
CHICAGO GETS THE FAIR
With the Vote Of the Senate Yst to be
Heard From.
Carter's Vote Went with the Win
ming City-What New York.
'ere Say About
It All.

wAsHINGToN. Fob. 2a.-Chicago won
tho fight for the worlds fair In 1892 on
the eighth ballot. Depcw, Whitney, Grant
and others of tho New York committee.
who had come here to work with coats oil
and who watched the voting from the
press gallery OF the house, left after tho
seventh ballot. Depew and ex-senator
Miller arc mad. Belden says II Is all the
result of Platt's intriguing and will mark
the beginning Of u fight i'm New York for
the United States senatorship against
Platt. 1t il not certain that Chicago will
Uet the fair, for the senate is believed tn
favor the holding of the exhibition
i'm Washington. Western and
Northwestern representatives voted for
Chicago. Carter voted for Chicago from
first to last. Pennsylvania stood by Chi
instructions. Now that the fair is out of
the way il is probable that good deal of
legislation interesting to Montana will Inc
taken up and disposed of.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.--Therc was in
tense excitement in this city to-day over
the vote i'm the house on the worlds fair.
Chicago showed strength which that city's
strongest supporters had not anticipated,
and which took the New Workers. com
pletcly by surprise. Interest did not be-
come intense until two or three ballots
had been taken.
The fourth ballot resulted: Chicago,
ington. -.
chicago men frightened yisibly a, the
result, for they had gained z votes, l.,
against q gain of only 3 for New York.
while st. LOUIS lost b ltlhc beginning of
None of Chcago's supporters changed to
other cities, and only one dropped out.
Even without waiting for "A recapitulation
of the votes the reading clerk, showing
signs of weariness, began the noiIo.-
oIio,Is roll-cali once more, and rs the call
progressed. Chicago men began for tho.
ir.f ttEra IN. 81 m.
ness, and Mason and Springer, who were
doing the larger part of the whlpping-in,
pages into restaurants and committee
rooms after absent members and routing
out others from the lobbies and cloak.
| rooms. Flower, keeping tally for New
York, greeted every accession with a
| smile. From his seat in the centre. Hill
was doing the same for Chicago.
The fifth ballot showed u total vote OF
| :1l2, and the approximations OF Chicagnons
were jutiiicd ina measure. for New York
gained II votes while Chicago added but
| 6 to- her column. ST. Louis meauwhiie fell
| Off 10 votes. and Washington 5. The vote
was: Chicago 14O. New York no, st. Louis
| All was excitement the roll call be-
| gan again, IL was apparent that the
Southern 'nembers' who ma; had :,, stsa,ifa.ty
beginning To break away aud going over
to New York. Consequently the expccia-
| highest point, and indeed i'm this vote they
| poiied their full strength. Tut gained only
8 votes, while Chicago gained and 81.
| Louis aud Washington kept up their
| steady retrcgression--the former losing I'D.
and the latter live votes: The total vote
was again 3l2. OF which Chicago received
las. New York 1l6. ST. Louis 2s and WASH
The New York people were tliscomflted
| at their small gain and began to realize
Wade OF Missouri from st. Louis to
reading of the vote was demanded, not to
| verify Il. but to secure time Tor consulta-
ton. Heads were together all over the
the roll-cali was begun by Wilson rising
and moving for q recess until tomorrow
ssou, II Of peloSh S.apprarsi pnsr' AND ~r" de.
rision from the compact Chicago forces:
and when the speaker attempted To put
their feet with points of order, alleging
that the motion came TOO too late, that the
rSii call ;ar ena ssf Se had recoaniaed wilson
before the first name was called. and put
the question without waiting for the .., an
they werc ordered. There was much ex-
on ,4s oS5 about a. from sn's one a
i1dicased S % the hour of 4::,o. and urs.
ting TING western rssesi: side Of ' sn@ hall. % where
Chicago was i'm force, that IL was the pur-
pose of New fork to ar; arrange, oyer IN hiEn', snn;
of ST. Louis To Washington; and the fact
| that Wilson. who was in charge of Wash
| iuUton's interest, was leading the move
| uaeut, tended to add currency tn the rti
NOR. If such was the purpose, however
| il failed siRnally. for on the yeas and nays
| vote the west cianuishly rallied together
| and the house refused to take recess by q
| vote. of yeas 13S, nays ia.
WAsHINGroN, Feb. @-Chicagoah,
were in feverish impaticnce, fearing diia
tory tactics that would lose them the ad
| yantaR. they held. Mason rushed for
| ward to the clerk. exclaiming .'call roll.
s'call roll" New York's backbone wa
| I, oxen. hows vcr, and there was LIT J,
. further opposition. The clerk again tool
u hs list and tine result was 311 votes
Ciivid ID as follows: Chicago 154. Ney
York 112. st. Louis % and Washington IL
ma jority would he 156, aud Chicago hat
154-just . votes short. There was al
| agony of expectation when Maso
dragged Reyburn, Judge kcliey's successor
! forward. He said he wished to chang
his vote from New York to Chicago. an
did SO. He was greeted with applauss
/ and evidently expected to lead a stan
Il pcde for Chicago. but was tlisappointct
nobody following his example. and IN
clgo's total vote sto.s 155. one less tina
a majority. New York's forces were n
ring in good order and contested ever
inch ~ the ground. So another roll ca
was nee 'ssarv. II was the eighth and las
FIR, ca O ach eyed her victory, and ~
oial o .lJs votes Chicago receive
15I-three more than a majority. Ne
y .rk Iu1. ~. Louis % and Washington i
Following il the eighth ballot in detail