The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-22
SITE OF THE BIG FAIR.
THE FIGHT IN THE sUBCOMAIT-
TEE STILL ON.

New York and Chicago Men Watch
ing Each Other Like Cats aud
Dogs The Advocates OF Washing
ton Aroused by a Hint OF a Failure
to Get Government Appropriation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21-The special
House committee on the worlds fair held its
first meeting this morning in the room of
the House cornmittee on territories. All the
members were present except Messrs.
Hatch and Bowden. Mr.. Springer called up
his resolution providing that the House
shall proceed next Thursday to select the
site for the fair by ballot, and it was dis
cussed for an hour. Mr.. Springer urged
the Importance Of speedy action on the
proposition. He held that by its
action on the Cannon resolution last week
the House had virtually decided that
the matter must be settled as early as posi-
BILE, and that the committee was practically
under instructions and was as much bound
by them as If they had been formulated.
He argued that the House could not move in
the matter until it had first settled where
the fair was to be held.
HIT OF THE SAME MIND.
Mr.. Hit also declared in favor Of the i'm
mediate selection of the site by the House,
and pointed out how delay jeopardized the
chances of the fair. He said that
the committee on foreign affairs had
been working for some time on
fair bills, and had practically COM
pleted the preliminary arrangements.
All of the results of their work could be
made use of by this committee, but the site
should be first agreed upon.
Mr.. Flower thought that the date fixed
for balloting in the Springer resolution
Thursday next was little too soon. He
suggested that a resolution be reported pro-
viding for debate in the House next Mon
day, one hour and half to be allowed for
the presentation of the claims Of each city,
to be followed by balloting on Tuesday.
Mr. Belden at this point expressed doubt
as to whether any fair could be held in 1892.
1t should first be settled that the govern
ment would give money aid to a fair before
an attempt was made to select site.
WASHINGTON MEN AROUSED.
This brought the Washington men to fore
with strong objections. They concluded
that to adopt Mr.. Belden's course would
result in combining all Of the other contend
ing cities against Washington, which must
rely upon the governments financial aid.
MIR. Belden's idea was that a historical
celebra ion could be held in 1892, to be fol-
lowed year later by worlds fair.
The chairman's attention was here called
to the language of the resolution under
which the committee was appointed, which
speaks of worlds fair in 1892, and the
point was made that the committee had no
alternative and could deal with no PROPOSE
tion that did not concern fair to be held
in that year.
A MISSOURI RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Frank of Missouri offered a resolu-
ton that the Springer resolution, providing
for ballotfng by the House next Thursday,
be referred to subcommittee of the House
with instruction to report at the next COM
mittee meeting. Subsequently the motion
was modified SO as to make the chairman of
the full committee also chairman of the
subcommittee, and to have it report next
Thursday.
Mr.. Springer said that if this motion was
defeated he would move to modify his
proposition so as to have the debate in the
House next Monday, and balloting Tuesday,
as suggested by Mr.. Flower.
THE NEW WORKERS ALARMED.
The New York members took alarm at
this, however, as it was apparently the OBJ
ject of the Chicagoans to get the chairman
to vote and ascertain his views. The
Chicagoans had calculated on Mr. Flower
voting with them in support of his own
proposition. This would leave the remain.
ing three members present besides the
chairman in opposition, and compel the
chairman to vote to break tie, and it was
not regarded as desirable that the chair
man should be committed at this early
date. So when MIR. Franks resolu-
ton was put the two Chicago
men found themselves alone in
opposition, and it prevailed The chair
man was, therefore, instructed to appoint
subcommittee to consider the Springer
resolution and report next Thursday, when
the committee will meet again. Later
subcommittee was selected as follows:
Chairman Gambler, and Messrs. Hit and
Flower. The committee decided to hear no
oral arguments respecting the site of the
fair. Then tie committee instructed the
chairman to ask for permission to sit during