Telegram-herald., 1890-02-22
A FLOW OF ORATORY
May Spssehss Mats On ths
Woxids Fair BIS.
ulIHs OF RIVAL CITIES SET FORIH.
ar. nl14. % fsx4s. Arxg<s Az.lsst Hold
l4x Aas ExpostEtea Wh4tsssT-
SkASf MsL4bsr. Whs o..
yoSs shs Fzlr.

forz city he HaS Tor New Qrks ne
aid. because ~ believed the selection
o, New YORK meant the grsatsst posi-
"a saccsss sa4 because of her gre4t Al
SantAgss. New York wOgld assume tie
financial responsibility 4ad had
sits containing 30 acres ready Tor use,
while the Paris exposition contained
oaly $50 acres. NJ. Flower then ex-
patiated on New YoFks claims as a
great commercial eeatsr. and the danger
70 foreign EXHIBITS through trznship-
neRt across the country, and closed as
foll0~s;
View. 2rk is better prepared torFals fair 20
dsJ taaa aay other cfty mar asks u-in fact
Is The oniy sity prepared 70 undertake
tas enterprise. eonplsts ne buildings 5y
May l. Iss2 and close tha FAIR by No
yemoer : Issz aad therefore Is the only
plass wasrs the fair can De aeld IN that year
where politics would be dse4Ered, FOR they can
nnisA the ouidiass two u4onths before PFesl-
ceut Is nominated ana close TIE fair before the
electioa."
Mr. Flower was followed by Mr..
Moore -. II. and nessrs Covert, Cum
mings, Tracey and Quinn tall OF New
York; ia favor OF the selection OF New
York as the site.
Mr. Hit qll) opened for Chicago. He
said the exact center OF the United
States was 4 short distance southeast OF
Chicago. IL surpassed any other place
in facilities OF travel and ability TO care
for the people. The hotels were on an
enormous scale and had never been
overtaxed Her car lines and
steamers could handle thousands
OF people. The city was accessible
20 the mining regions OF Pennsyl-
-vanis and the great agricultural belts
Of the West Commerce was there car
ried on in the grandest scale by land
and water. Her tonnage was the sec
ond In size among American coun-
tries foreigner would not stop
az the gate Of the republic and
turn back, as he would II the fair
were TO be held in New York. He
would go on and see the Mississippi
valley and the grand opulence Of the
great interior. Chicago afforded the op-
portunity 20 bring 70 the notice of the
capitalist, foreign and domestic, the
vast undeyeloped resources Of the West
and South, which seek capital and
tempt its investment
Mr Adams UlL) followed Mr. Hit
He said the people OF Chicago were
earnestly in favor of worlds fair in
1892, even though it were not 70 be held
in Chicago. The people OF Chicago
working-msn, business men and
professional men and capitalists
all agreed in asking Congress
70 allow the great celebration
OF 1892 TO DO held in their city.
He believed Chicago could guarantee
the financial success of the un-
dertaking. They had raised S5,0OO.
600 By voluntary subscription. a
quarter OF million of this sum, one
twentieth Of the whole. was in small
sums They came from the working
people OF Chicago and showed the inter
est OF the entire population. They were
an added guaranty Of success. An
other guaranty was that the
subscription fund, while II came
mainly from Chicago, came also from
the outside. Nearly every State in the
Union was represented. That they pro
prosed 70 ra1se $1,000, 600 more by the
issue Of bonds in the manner provided
by the bill reported from the
worlds fair committee. Not a
dollar or this fund OF $40, 600, 0OO
would have to be paid TO buy or con
denim land. Not dollar would be
used for the permanent improvement OF
Chicago or o; the park system OF chi
csgo.
Other speakers in behalf OF Chicago
were Messrs. Cutcheon (Mich.), Taylor
UlL). Perkins (Kan.). Chipmsn Mich. },
McCreary (Ky.) and Lawler (Illl.
Mr.. Frank Mo- opened the battle for
ST. Louis. St Louis offered the advan-
tages OF location. and was accessible tc
the greatest number OF citizens Of the
United States and Southern republics.
Foreign goods could be unloaded on the
levees of New Orleans with less con
fusion than az New York. ST. Louis, in
a spirit OF lofty ambition, asked Con.
gress 70 award ner Tho fair.
Msssrs. Niedringha1s (Ao). Stone
Mo-. Breckinridge Ark, Dockery
(Mo) and Carush ky followed in be
half Of St Louis.
Mr. Lee VA deemed Washington
not only shs most proper place. but tbs
only place iu which 20 locate National
exhibition. "a Philadslpbls vas mos
proper for tbe centennial exDosi
tou. Mr. Compton Nd followed
basing mis- argument FOR Washing
ton on The assertion that all gTssi
National gatherings should be held
A. sbe National capital
NJ Stockbridgs y. T swas ths
next speaker Ths holding Of ths fair
IN Washington. hs said. would entirely
divest 8. Of sectionaliso- Messrs Nc
Corsss Ind ard Coleman La a'sc
SPOKE In favor ~ Wash ingson- 7 Ia
House al djournsd ~ sss ?. n.
WAsE1xaroS. Feb. 3L-When tb'
House net today tee debs'e on t5'
Volid faIr bills vas resumed. Mr
Hooker lN5ssl took the fcor fo
Warrington and hersn vigc-oa
speech in advocacy of the capital cit'
~ declaring that wherever toe Eres
exposition rss hsld. vhsther n Ne7
Ts-k. 81 Louis. or Chicago. r. vas Fl
fsvor oi the ssi- ard would give ht
sincere and earnest suPrort E1-opeaf
nations. he said. wouli expect che fsf
70 5a held En- ths caplta. citT of -a
,ounerT. the political center - --
rreat Republc Non-parti groun.
wss Re rrcrer place f1r a represent "a
tivs evh5hit Already the J1ite'
slasas Governments bad expended s5o.-
Gee Goa n beantifTnz ard in-r~0vr7
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