Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-17


advantage. This was almost lost, though,
soon afterward. Yet Chicago recovered in
time to show her strength was about equal
to that of her opponents combined
WASHINGTON, January 16.-In the
House, to-day, Mr.. Mckinley, of Ohio, from
the Committee on Rules reported resolu-
ton for the appointment of a committee on
the Worlds Far, to consist of 13 members,
which committee shall within three days re-
port plan BY which the House can deter
mine the site of the proposed fair, and SUBJ
sequently report bill providing for the
fair. Mr.. Cannon, from the minority of the
committee reported a substitute resolution
as follows:
WHEREAS, On the 18th and 10th days of
December, and at other times, the House re-
ferred to the Committee Foreign Affairs,
divers bills petitions and memorials touching
the projected Worlds Fair of 1892 thereby
giving full jurisdiction to that committee of
the whole subject matter, and said committee
has given exhaustive consideration to the same;
therefore, be it
Resolved. That the Committee on Foreign
Affairs be instructed to report a resolution
providing method of selecting the locality of
the Worlds Fair of 1892, by vote Of the
House of Representatives, first, whether said
fair shall be held east or west of the Allegheny
Mountains; second, the selection of the place
for the location Of said fair. After such vote
shall have been taken, the committee, at the
earliest possible day, shall report bill provid
ing for Worlds Fair in 1892 to be held at the
place selected as above provided.
GOOD WORDS FOR HIMSELF.
Mr.. HIT, of Illinois. Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, favored the |
substitute resolution, and testified to the |
vigorous and faithful work which that COM
mittee had performed in reference to the |
projected Worlds Fair The site having |
been selected by the House the committee |
could, within "a hours, report plan for the |
fair which would be satisfactory to all the |
members of the House. Mr.. Morrow, of |
California, took the same view.
Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri, favored the ma |
jority resolution. He said that prior to the |
appointment OF the Committee on Foreign |
Affairs, the gentlemen representing the COM
peting cities had entered into a compact |
that a special committee should be created. |
All st. Louis asked was that special COM |
mittee should be appointed by the Speaker, |
and that that committee should contain an |
equal number of the friends OF the four |
cities competing for the fair. Gentlemen |
might rest assured that no representative of |
Missouri, or no friend of ST. Louis would |
ask that that city shoull have any ad- |
vantage. She needed none. If her friends |
could not secure the site without violating |
a compact, st. Louis did not want i: He |
asked that the agreement be carried out in |
good faith and that the majority resolution |
be reported.
A COMPACT DENIED.
Mr. Springer, of Illinois, denied that !
there had been any compact between the
representatives of the competing cities 1t
was true that they had agreed to request the
Speaker to call meeting of the Committee
on Rules, in order to create a special COM
mittee; but the only intention of that agree
ment was that the committee might sit |
during the holiday recess.
Mr.. Hatch characterized Mr.. Sprlnger's |
argument as Especial pleading" The repre-
seatatives did not know that the gentlemen |
they had treated with were looking around |
for loopholes through which to crawl out of |
an honorable contract.
Mr.. Springer denied that there had been |
any compact. He denied the right of anv
gentlemen to meet in a hotel parlor and /
make a compact to bind members of the
House.
Mr.. Hatch replied that if the representa-
tives of Chicago had not intended to keep
the compact they should never have invited
honorable men to meet them.
Mr.. Springer asserted that the friends of
Chicago had done just what they had agreed
to do.
Mr.. Hopkins, of Illinois, opposed the
creation of a special committee, and called
attention to the fact there were two New
York members on the Committee on Foreign
Affairs.
NEW YORK OBJECTS.
Mr.. Turner, of New York, strongly op-
posed Mr.. Cannon's proposition that the
House shall first vote on the question of
locating the site east or west of the Allie
gheuy Mountains. Here was a proposition
to form another sectional line, and it came
in the guise Of fair play, and those who
were unfortunate enough to be in the
minority (though it was a strong minority
who lived east of the Alleghenies stood In
their places to object to the unnatural allow
ance against their rights. [Appiause.
Mr. Cummings, of New York, said that
all New York asked was a fair, square deal,
and no trickery. Mr.. Spinola, of New
York, thought that the friends of Chicago
had not acted in perfect good faith; and he
said that the Chicago bill had been slipped
in before the committees had been sp-
pointed.
Mr.. Adams, of Illinois, denied that the
bill had been slipped in. 1t had been in
troduced in the ordinary course of proceed
ings. Mr.. Mason, of Illinois, favored the
retention of the Worlds Fair bill by the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, because he
believed it would expedite the business of
the House. He recognized nothing in this
proposition for a special committee except a
decoy to get the friends of Chicago into am
bush and then attack them by the CON-
bined forces Of the other three cities. He
protested against it.
CHICAGO READY TO VOTE.
The speaker had felt the pulse of men,
bers, and chicago was ready to vote on the
question now. Why was any DELAY wanted?
He referred to st. Louis as great city-a
suburb of Chicago. which Chicago would
annex at the next spring election, if it had
time. Laughter.
Mr.. Hatch retorted that Chicago had
taken in all the farm lands within 25 or 10
miles of her Court House, and she was now
desirous OF getting within her limits a first
class, honorable, commercial city. Laugh
ter.
Mr.. Butterworth, of Ohio, argued against
Withdrawing the jurisdiction from the For
eign Affairs Committee, which had been an
pointed without prejudice and without pre-
conceived notions. The gentlemen from
New York never wanted q new deal until
they held bad hand.
Mr.. Flower retorted that they did not
want the cards stocked upon them.
Mr.. Butterworth replied that the Foreign
Affairs Committee had been appointed when
it was not known that this subject would
ever come before it.
MIR. Cannon, of Illinois, said that the
great contest was between the coast on the
one hand and the Valley Of the Mississippi
on the other; and it would be simplifed if
it could first be decided whether the fair
should be held east or west of the Allie
ghenies. For the past two hours it had
been thrust in bis face that be had acted in
bad faith. This he denied.
IT NEVER CAME.
When Congress met, said Mr.. Cannon,