New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-25
CHICAGO WINS THE FIGHT.
THE HOUSE VOTES, ON THE EIGHTH BAL
LOT, TO GIVE HER THE WORLDS FAIR
TO CHOICE. 154; CHICAGO l''
NEw.YORK 1o7, ST. LOUIS 25, WASHINGToN
1s-THE REASONS FOR THE LAKE ClTf'S
SUCCESS-NEW YORKS WEAKNESS
ANALYSIS OF THE VOTE.
,RY TELEGRAPH 10 TIE TkBUNE.l

Washington Feb 24.-Thc House Of Repre-
scntativcs contrary TO genera, expectation, was
able TO settle the question Of a site for the pro-
posed Worlds Fair at single sitting. ana the
hackers Of Ncw-York. ST. Louis and Washington
are now wondering whether they were ever " IN
it at all. Chicago, in fact, beat the field with
comparative ease leading the first ballot with
forty-thrcc votes more than her nearest com
pctitor, Ncw-York and getting on the eighth a
clear majority of all the votes cast in the House
All through the balloting the Lake City made
steady gains at the expense Of her rivals ana
when the managers of Ncw-York, St Louis ana
Washington combined TO force an adjournment,
and were disastrously beaten it plain that
tLn Gobt was over The last two roll-cas
simply let the defeated cities down easy, for
Chicago was only eight votes away from the goal
at the end of the sixth, and no one seemed equal
70 gathering together the opposition even for pur-
poses Of delay The final vote, with "a neces-
sary for a choice, gave Chicago lj7, New-fork
lo7. St Louis - and Washington -. Chicago
had started with llj. Ncw-York with -, 81.
Louis with 81 and Washington with 80.
II is easy 10 multiply reasons for Chlcagos
success. In the first place, She had much wider
field 10 work over than any other OF the COM
netting cities. and she got and held, all through
almost the full strength of all the Western ana
Northwestern States. TO this solid column she
was able to add, by clever management stray
votes from other sections which would naturally
have gone 10 her rivals. Thus, from the start,
she had some strength in NcwEngland, Penn
svlvanla and the South; and accesslons 20 her
forces from these parts Of the country graduaAN
s,yclled her vote until it beyond the chance
Of defeat
Chicago's canvass had been managed with grea'
skill and energy. and the work when her loDoN-
lists had been doing before the Ncw-l lork mission
aries arrived could not Doe ncrtrallzcd New
yrL,s ,pI,. chance was 10 hold New England and
Pennsylvania, and 10 win over Washington
STRENGTH in thc South But Of the twcnty-siX
votes from the Ncw England States that had been
confidently expected. at least ten slipped away
while about half tine Pcnnsy lyanianS voted for
Chicago or Washington. As the most intensely
Democratic city i'm the country. Ncw-lork had'
n, doubt. some claim upon the support oi the
S,uthcrn Democrats. and the Democratic com
r,i,,coucn who came over from the metropolis
an Saturday were depended upon absolutely TO
bring into line for Ncw-lork this hS southern
contingent. \ good number Of NoutheThcrN dld' III
fact change their votes from Washington an"
~ Louis to Ncy-York ON the later ballots. bnt
.,l.rs wont iucoutincnily to Chicago M the same
time. and the declaration Of the majority ior
Ncvy-York had the further effect of driving nearly
add thc Southern Republicans over TO the side OF
Chicaeo Chicago won. IN fact. IN the ehu' W.
c.,us. ,h, had the support Of members from ""
cction, Of tine country, both Democrats ana he,
pnbIcans. and was. perhaps. the most h"'"'"'
choice under the circumstances. NcW-l"rN Ger.
t,inly va, beaten hy the unexpected diversion oI
,v-En1nnd and Southern votes for 'mcaso "uc
n great part To- the laNncsS OF her canvass "i""@
81 ftln %
Some idea Of the real weakness of Ne"-lorK
may be- gathered from an analysis of her vote
ou tlc y.r.ou, ballots. ON the first, her total
reached -. and came from tie following
STATES. Maine g. Ncw-lIampshirc - Vermont ],
Massachusetts, /. Connecticut !, Ncw-lorI 32'
pcrusyl lyania .. Ncw-lcrscy ,, Delaware l, VIZ
.,,i., t,cor.,ia (. south Carolina I. Alabama |.
and Louisiana /.
Mr. Nlkcn. Of Maine voted for Washington.
50 did Mr. Grout. of Vermont, changing soon after
'o Chicago Neither member from Rhode Island
tupportcd Ncw-Nork, MIR. Spooncr voting Tor
Chicago and Nr Arnold being absent MIR . Nc!iI'
of Boston, was for Chicago from the start
Mr. Gambler did not vote at all. The other SIN
members Of the delegation supported other cl'leS
or did not vote ON the first ballot. Nr. SANFORD
II Sow York. was missing on the hrst r"lI-c"l'
,o VAS Mr. Buchanan. Of Ncw-'FrN'N. whose col
LEAGUE. Mr. BERGEN. voted for Washington. NeN-
cr,l Pcunsy yanlans voted for Chicago from the
start. aud others joined the Washington column.
South of Mason and DlNon'S line Ncw-I orH co"h
muster only twelve votes.
With SO discoura-iug showing on the hrSt pal
lot IT. seemed scarcely possible that Nc"-l'rN
,,,,,lJ h, able to make up the forty-thrcc votes
which separated her from Chicago StIlI' the
friends of the metropolis saw little hope ahead
Ia, l.s, No Ngt hpr
contingent should turn away from Washington
and ST Louis and 20 in TO beat Chicago Some
goin, were. indeed. made in the next few ballots;
but the break" SO chccrfully predicted did not
come. and ns fast as Ncw-iork gathered up votes
IN thc south she lost them in Pcnnsyyani and
New England.
Her biggest total. llS, reached on the sixth
hollot shows the extreme limit Of tie drift to
bcr from the South. and the strength that she
wa, abb, to hold at the same time ia the East.
WASHINGTON had by this time fallen completely
ont of the race and Ncw-lork. with the right sort
of MANAGEMENT. ought apparently To have fallen
heir to the votes originally belonging to th"
| CapitaL ON the sixth ballot Ncw-(ork's support
came from nineteen States, as follows; Mlnr'
.: New Hampshire. ,; Vermont, l. Mass'-
chusctts. i; Connecticut, I ; Ncw-(ork, 80; rem
| sylvania. ~; New Jersey, = Delaware, | VIZ
ginia. .; North Carolina, , South Carolina D
t;corgia. .: Alabama, . Louisiana, ,; Texas, :;
Arkansas. :: Tennessee. ,. Eleven votes from
Ncw-England were still miSSlnS, oN''
half of them going 10 Chcago-'h"Sc
Of Mcs,rS Rockwell, CogSwcn Walker "ro"''
O'Ncil, Millillcn and Spooncr. PennSSlvahl" g"N'
New ork the full half of her dclegatloh' aoo"'
a dozen other votes going 10 Chicago New-JrIS'S
was solid; Ncw-Iolk was, except for MI " I'"e''
and SO was Delaware The vote sou'h oi N''Son
and DiNon's Line this time reached a. ""o"U
half what it might have been. MISSISSIPPI. lam"
to give Ncw-Nork Il single ballot; SO ana tIor'u"'
lIcssrs. Bullock and Davidson trailing ." Win
Chlcnrn.