The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-27
CHICAGO IN LUCK.
On the Eighth Ballot Chicago
is Selected as the Site! for
the Worlds Fair.
Chicago Men Hilarious, While
New Workers Accept Their
Defeat Gracefully.

SAASoSO AhSAA hdNS WIG AuAAANo" S~AA~
are taking bath in it's prismatic splendors
tonight. On the eighth ballot and in the
midst OF great excitement the house Sc
lected the Garden City as the site for the
worlds fair after tussle of six hours
Hence the Chicago mans rainbow
bath. Wild hilarity prevails in Chi
cago headquarters. Incidentally the
representatives of the Western states join
with Chicago, for it got to be a question of
the East against the West, and the West
was the winner. The Northwest was with
Chicago solid from the start. Every Min
nesota man was for Chicago outspoken and
vigorous, and so were the representa-
tives of Iowa, the Dakotas, Mon
tana, Washington and Oregon. They
share the feelings of the Chicago man.
st. Louis and Washington never had a
ghost of show of getting the fair after the
first vote They lost straight away from
start to finish. With the national capital
out ofit it was simply gigantic battle be-
tween commercial cities. When the inti-
mate friends of st. Louis saw that
city had no show they could not
go to the East against the West,
and Chicago was the gamer. Some bitter
ness is in the air tonight and there are pre-
dictions that the whole fair will yet be
killed before the senate passes the location
bill and the two bodies act favorably on the
necessary appropriation for the government
exhibit. New York's leading repre-
sentatives accept their defeat very
calmly and philosophically and con-
slider it final They say that New York, de-
spite many drawbacks, has made gallant
fight, and that now that they have been
beaten they bow gracefully to the situation,
and intend to do what they can to make
the fair success. Some of them, it is trne,
do not feel kindly towards those
in their own state, whom they
look upon as having sacrificed New
York's chances by delay and quar-
reling, but in their conversation there is
nothing save good will for the victor. Chi
cago, the New York leaders think, has
taken a tremendous responsibility upon
herself They express the hope and belief
that she will succeed, but Mr.. Depew,
Mayor Grant, Mr.. Flower and others say
that Chicago is Understanding the cost.
CALLS IT AN ELEPHANT.
Mr.. Depew tonight said:
feel as every man does who fought to the
best of his ability, and has been gloriously and
fairly licked. New York went into this contest
expecting to win. If the vote had been taken
when we were here four weeks ago. we are abso-
lutely confident with the canvas made then,
that We would have won. We feel that we
have lost by our foolish quarrels. We ac-
cept the verdict with equanimity, and we will do
our best to make the fair at Chicago the phe-
nOmeIal success of the century. Now that Chi
cago has got the eephant-for it is an elephant,
with prodigious appetite and extraordinary
necessties-the whole world is gazing to see how
she will take care of him. He is white elephant,
and the cost OF maintaining him is far beyond
anything that her fnanciers have estimated.
Chicago never before has had the eyes of the
world on her as she has now. II she rises to the
occasion she becomes without question the me
been several dollars in her pocket If she
had never been founded. / believe
she will succeed She has youth, resources,
passed ambition and the effete and worn out
East is behind her with such feeble efforts as it
can render help to her along with this great en-
terprise, which she has undertaken But, after
she has fired her crackers and burnt her red fire
and brought her spirits down from their present
exaltation to a calm view OF the sit
an 55 cbeapo " has IS sRs w the 9os
frightful responsibility thatsever great munich
pality undertook. The most marvellous ex.
closed successfully at Paris. Whatever she does
is to be compared with that. If she equals it
she has made q success, If she surpasses it she
has made q triumph if she falls below it she will
be held responsible by the whole Americans peo
pie for having assumed for what she was not
| equal to.
Pointing his finger dramatically, New
York's best known citizen concluded, ''Be
ware, take care" The reporter, however
added one last question:
"Then, OF course, you regard the fight as
over?"
| has been fairly beaten. She don't indulge in any
bushwhacking or guerilla warfare"
| FRIENDLY TO CHICAGO. a.
The supporters of Washington generally
feel very friendly toward Chicago, and 81
do many of the friends of st. Louis. Tn,
opponents OF any fair at all very largely
voted for either Chicago or Washington
! and these will of course vote against hold
ing the fair, but it is not believed tina
the number will be materially increased
by the selection of the site made to-day
Many of the st. Louis and Washington mel
have already announced that they intent
to work for Chicago, SO that it is not be
lieved that the strength of the opponents o
the fair will exceed sixty votes
which is about the showing mad
on what was regarded as a test vot
taken last week. 1t is probable, how
ever, that large number of members will
i D0 IOUIlu III 1dFOE Vic udIc "
the fair until 1893. Unless the Chicago mel
change their announced determination, tn
fair will be held in the'year '92. They hav
said all along, and reiterated the statemen
tonight, that they proposed to hold it ol
the aforementioned date. Chicago, the,
said, was in the habit of doing things ii
less time than other cities, and the
would have a fair, and successful one
too, in 1892. They did not propose to cele
brate the Fourth of July on the 18th Q
August. The Chicago people held jolli
fication meeting this evening at Willard
hotel, and the Chicago headquarters wer
filled to overfowing. Mayor Cregie
presided, and made a short ad
dress, thanking Chicago's friends an
pfedging Chicago to make succes
of the fair. When the house meets tc
morrow motion will be made to recon
NIT the worlds fair bills to the special CON
mittees. After this is done the committe
will proceed to amend the tri-city bill so 8
to make it conform to the wishes of tn
Illinois members of the committee. Th
. amended bill will then be reported bac
with Chicago named as the site, and th
bill will then be put upon its passage in th
house.