Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11
The worlds Fair.


The feeble attempts which have
been made by certain New Workers
to kill or at least to cripple the
worlds Fair bill in the interest OF
Chicago came to a collapse in the
House of Representatives. The
bill was passed by an overwhelming
vote in a shape acceptable to Chi
.cago, and it will doubtless be agreed
to by the Senate and approved by
the President. There is apparently
now no good reason why the man
.aeers of the Fair should not go
ahead with the enterprise as speedily
as possible. They have succeeded
in removing the most formidable
obstacles from their way, and have
obtained for Chicago something like
the general good will of the coun-
try.
The most important change made
by the House in the bill was that
altering the date for the exhibition.
1t has been wisely determined to
hold the Fair in 1893 and not in
1892. No one who has given the
subject any attention will be likely
to dispute the wisdom ofthis course.
Whether the site had been selected
in New York or st. Louis or Wash
ington, the necessity for it would
have been as urgent as it has been in
the case of Chicago. 1t would have
been next 20 an impossibility for
an, city in this country to begin at
this time so gigantic an undertaking
and bring it to completion in all its
parts in the spring of 1892. To
have attempted to do this would
have only been to invite the risk OF
failure.
Nor is there any special reason
why the Fair shonld be held in that
year, beyond the fact that Columbus
landed on the island Of San Salvador
in October, 1892. That event may
be as appropriately celebrated by
carrying on the exhibition in 1898
as it would be by holding it in the
spring and summer, or before the
anniversary of the discovery. Those
who are sticklers for chronological
exacSness will be gratifed, however,
by great celebration at Chicago on
the 18th of October. 1892, on which
occasion it is hoped that the build
ings may be dedicated with impos-
ing ceremonies. This mere agree
ment Of dates is at the best a mat
ter of little Importance. What the
American people wish to have is a
well-organized, successful Fair OF
six months duration, whether the
time shall be in 1892, in 1893 or in
1894.
Chicago will now have a little
more than three whole years in
which it can perform the necessary
work, the bill declaring that the
Fair shall be opened not later than
May 80, 1898. The time, however,
is by no means more than the neces-
sites of the situation will require,
with almost absolutely nothing done
thus far in the way of preparation.
There will be vast amount Of labor
TO be done before ground can be
broken for the buildings, in carrying
on this colossal enterprise. Chicago
should have the cordial support and
cooperation Of the entire country,
and there is now no reason to doubt
that the American people will enter
into it with heart and soul and
might and main to the end that it
shall excel any enterprise OF its
kind that the world has ever seen.
Now that Chicago has the time she
will be sure to get the money, and
that too without calling upon the
government, and nothing short of a
season Of financial panic and dis
aster in the next three years is like
ly to prevent the Fair from being
one of the most lustrous events in
the annals of the repuDlic.-Phila-
delphia bulletin.
Patriotic Order Sons of America.