The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-12

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ber 50. Louis. the mistrcss city, Of the
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progrees not altogether bait largely ON the
future fields of the West: Remember that
s sns so ssn f, .ass Of an. TO the sss : s c%nS,s:
th n she has undertaken that stupendous
work. and will any man from 50. Louis or
that IL able to cope with and find means
To carry ON tint work shall he set aside
u her claims for ri, this Trsa. s.pe sha r:
west must be noticed. and IL is without
sover.Iwm states OF the new west"
Thomas Il. Bryan was the next speaker.
After referring In q manner TO
proceeded tn argue that OF all Of the large
cities Chicago had the coolest, most com
f f"r s,.a and pleasant ss rn; ca,ma s.:;I Hna . n.d
equaiiy accessibic. alike for the hulk of
s fraa% Ne S"" i FOR s sSaId make MAKE be"Ssifai
pictures Of their sites, while poor Chi
cago people must content themselves
a pedestal OF facts. Could any honest
fair-min,ied dispassionate. man say
the site selected by New York was a proper
right location for the worlds fair. II had
physical distractions. II was uneven and
money To pull down buildings. Ii re-
quired large sums to blast it's rocks
and il Required dynamite to blow up the
might be occupied. Chicago had thousands
of acres mt the dieposal Of the fair, not a
house TO buy, not 2 cubic yard to level.
of the land could not he found any
city of adequate resources and popula.
ton that could present to the conRress of
| the United States such plans aud such
adaptability of ground for the purposes of
the grand exposition as could the city of
minutes of her hotels which seemed to
have been made and left unoccupied for
this express purpose. The farmers OF
i!y wanted. Chicago, and when he said!
this he spoke advisely: The agricultural
s cas.e in sns nmsas niiicence Of New YorR'.
ssrss tor an .~aeric@isuraf eshibis. why,
west would paw the earth and snort his
contempt at such . pitiable appropriation.
| Ten acres! What for? For the vast do
main of North America. South America
and Mexico as well! Ten acres! Laugh
The great majority of the people in this
country favored Chicago. New York
owed nine-tenths of her greatness to the
West. To be sure she had sent her
money To us, hut she had got high interest
for IL and IL has been returned to help I'LL
her Golfers. Her merchant marine has
been made glorious by the products of the
vast western empire. The dependence oi
the West upon New York was nothing as
compared with he dependence of New
York upon the West. In the intcrcst
vi % for '" shc w S%a and dn's sSs
West was for Chicago. The worlds fair
would he n curse tn New York, and many
New Workers knew il because they had
told him 81. ILaughter.l The gentle
men knew i'm their hearts that il would he
n curse, because they knew New York was
not equal to the occasion. The capacity
of her roads and hotels was already over
taxed. He pleaded not for Chicago, hut
for the west, for b miner, a~griculturist
had n claim. II was her turn. She had
waited patiently and long. Referring
to Dcpcw's speech Bryan said DepcW
never opened his mouth hut that he re-
vealcd a rich casket OF gems OF wit and
wisdom. But as they rolled out thism morn.
n block Of marble and the goddess Of lib
erty might have had u pedestal sooner
and her eyes weuld not grow weary wait
ing for the promised Washington tri.
umphal arch and the Grant monnmsnt
York lacked that Chicago had; she lacked
public spirit, and public spirit was the
concentration OF patriotism.