Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-02-25
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-In spite Of a
so dark that tu1l head of gas blazed
beneath the glass panels of the ceiling of
the hall of the house, at high noon when
the speaker 8 gavel fell the galleries were
packed with spectators and crowds eb-
strueted the corridors. All these people
had gathered to witness the deciding
struggle between the adherenrs of the
cities of New York, Chicago, st. Louis
and Washington upon the result of which
depended the location of the World g fair
of 1892. A host of representative men
were to be seen in the reserved galleries
Mr.. O'Neil of Pennsylvania opened
the proceeding by presenting John E.
Reyburn, successor of late Representa-
tive Kelly of Pennsylvania. Mr. Rey-
burn took his place before the bar and
was sworn IN by the speaker
The clsrk read the special order of the
house prescribing the method of voting
upon the site for the fair requiring some
one place to have majority of the votes
cast.
Mr.. BIount of Georgia wished to know
if there would be an opportunity afforded
to pass upon the question as to whether
there shall be q fair before selecting
site.
The speaker replied that under the
special order this opportunity could not
be had and Immediately directed the
clerk TO call the roll. There was some
applause as the first few responses were
made which was promptly checked by the
speAteT. The VOte resulted as by official
anEoAncoment: Chicago 115, New or!1
72, St. Louis 81, Washington Sc, Cum
beri4nl Gap /.
Second vote official - Chicago 122,
New York 81, st. Louis 50, Washington
4G. Whole number, 800; majority, los.
Third ballot = official = Chicago 1877,
New York 90, st. Louis So, Washington
"a. Whole number, 306; majority 154.
The speaker announced that the total
nufnber OF votes cast was 305, and 1913
was a majority. The Chicago people
were jubilant on the announcement of
the vote, but were restrained from ex-
pressing their feelings openly by reason
of the Speakers caution to the house to
restrain from demonstration.
During the recapitulation of the num-
bers there were signs of consultation
among the leaders, and the Chicago and
Washington people looked with suspicion
upon Mr.. Dockery of Missouri when he
approached Mr.. Cummings of New York
and held whispered conversation with
him for moment.
The second ballot was taken and re-
suited as follows: Chicago, l22; New
York, 80; ST. Louis, So; Washington,
46. This showed gains of six and eleven
for Chicago and New York respectively,
and losses of two and ten for st. Louis
and Washington respectively. The
single scattering vote also disappeared.
The total vote was 500, 'of which 155 was
q majority.
On the eighth and last ballot Chicago
achieved her victory, and out of the total
of 307 votes cast received l57, three more
than a majority, New York, I07; st.
Louis, 25; Washington, Is. Following
is the result of the eighth ballot in de-
tail:
Chicago-Abbott, Adams, Anderson, Allen of
Michigan, Allen of Mississippi, Anderson of
Kansas, Atkinson, Bartine, Barwig, Bayne,
BeiknaP, Booth, Boutells, Brewer, Briekner,
Brown. Bullock, Burrows, Burton, Butterworth,
Bynum. Caldwell, Cannon, Carter, Caswell,
Cheatham, Chapman, Clarke Of Wisconsin,
eongef. c S8snsii. Cooper of fndiSHa,
Cuiberson of Texas, Cni6ertson Of PsnnsylS AHA,
gutcheon, Dalzel1, Darlington, Davidson.
ley, Fitman, Flick, Freeman. Funston, Gear,
Gest, Clifford, Greenhale, Grosvenor, Grout,
Hall, Hansbrough, Haughen, Hare, Hayes,
Iowa, Hermann. Hill, Hit, Holman, Hopkins,
HoEk. Kelly, Kennedy, Kerr of Iowa, Lacey, La
Follette. Lane, Lanham, Lawler, Laws. Lewis
Lind, Martin Of IndiaEx. Mason, McClelIand.