St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-24
WHERE, OH where!
The House to Begin Voting
on the Worlds Fair Site
To-Day.
No City Expected to Get a
Majority On the Opening
Ballot.
The Legislative Day Of Mon
day to Run Until a Site
Is Selected.
Proctor to Issue a Proelama-
tion for the Amnesty Of
DeSepterS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-The eve :of
the grand ffee-for-alI race for the
worlds fair has been used by the
friends of the four contestants in get
ting into the best possible condition for
the opening tomorrow, and in arrang-
ing plans and counter-plans with which
to reap any advantage, however small,
that may present itself during the day.
1t is on all hands conceded that Chicago
will spring Immediately to the front,
and that the Lake City will capture the
first heat, but there is a wide, diverg-
ence of opinion and great amount of
uncertainty as tOhow many heats it will
require for any one of the four rivals to
distance her competitors. Indeed, so
great is this uncertainty that there
is considerable speculation as to
whether any fair at all will be held.
The opposition to the holding of fair
is gaining ground, and many predict
that formidable array of members will
be found opposed to any fair at all un-
less this question is settled before site
is chosen. The betting upon the chances
of the four aspirantS for worlds fair
hOnors, if made upon basis of the num-
ber of votes each expects to have upon
the first ballot, would stand about as fol-
lows: Chicago, 100 or los; New York,
so: st. Louis 60 or IS, and Washington
the remainder, depending somewhat
upon the total number of votes cast.
While this is the situation tonight the
morning may witness some change in
the plans and strength of the leaders.
The
THREE COMMERCIAL CITIES
are using Washington as stalking
horse, and the two leaders at least are
throwing some of their strength to the
Capital city, this being done in order
partly to deceive the others as to their
real strength and partly to establish
friendly relations upon which to estab-
lish credit to draw upon at some later
stage in the contest. None of the three
leading cities has at present sufficient
votes to make it advisable, in the
opinion of its sponsors, to show its full
hand at the outset, and it is possible
that Washington and st. Louis may, on
the first ballot, run very close for this
reason. The Chicago people will turn
100 votes, and they have ten or fifteen
more which they are holding in check,
while New York is using about the
smaller figure in the same manner.
The headquarters of the Chicago people
at Wizards hotel is constantly open,
and there is more hustle there than at
the headquarters of any of the other
cities. About 200 representative Chi
cagOans have come on to aid personally
in the fight, and they were employed
to-day IN missionary work and in brac-
ing up the line at doubtful points.
There was confident tone in the con-
versation at Chicago's headquarters.
and the feeling was hopeful and SAN
guine. Chicago, Col. Thomas Morgan
said, was certainly in the lead, aud
end. The Lake city would poll at least
100 votes to start with, principally in the
Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys and
THE NORTHWEST,
with a good showing of strength on the
Pacific coast. The belief was expressed
that after few ballots Chicago would
get practically all the votes in the West
and would win. She had some votes
promised in the South and PennSyl-
vania. 1t was also asserted that New
York state itself would be found con-
tributlng to Chicago columns. New
England was expected tolend hand to
the Western metropolis through the in
fiuence of Eastern capitalists, who have
large investments in Western railroads
and other properties. While it was
Southwest would be solidly in favor of
Chicago when it came to a question
between the East and the West, there
was evidently an undercurrent of fear
that the rivalry between Chicago and
st. Louis might become so bitter as to
result in the latter city favOring New
York or Washington. and the repre-
Sentatives of Chicago were very careful
| to say that they would favor st. Louis
rather than have the fair come east.
This announced feeling of cordiality on
the part Of Chicago toward her long
time business competitor was not very
heartily reciprocated by st. Louis,
however, and, while no feeling of hos
tility toward Chicago was avowed, the
friends of
THE MOUND CITY
declared that they were In the fight to
stay, and that they did not propose to
render any assistance to their competi-
| tors. Maj. Rainwater, at st. Louis
| headquarters, said they entered the
| fight hopeful, and determined that st.
Louis should be recorded clear to the
| last ballot. st. Louis expected to have
| sixty votes on the start, and these would
| stick with her to the end. Her votes
| came from thirteen different states, and
| she was the second choice of many con-
| gressmen, enough, her friends believe,
| to finally secure the prize. St. Louis
strength on the first ballot is principally
| in the Southwest, but four votes are
| claimed in Illinois. some in In
| diana and others on the Pacific coast
| The New Workers had q delegation of
| their solid men at the Arlington, and
| they did missionary work and held fre-
quent consultations to concert plan of
| action in the house. In the afternoon
| rather formal consultation was held,
| at which reports were received and the
whole situation was carefully cam
| vassed. New York expects in the be-
| ginning to have about twenty-three out
| of twenty-siX votes from New England.
| solid delegation from the Empire
| state, seven from New Jersey, twelve
| from Pennsylvania and enough scatter
| ing through the South and West to
make the roll call show eihhty vo tes.
THE NEW WORKERS
| are conducting their campaign with
| great consideration for st. Louis and
Washington, with the obvious purpose
| OF becoming their iegatee, and one of
the things talked OF at the meeting to-
| night related to some parliamentary
mADeuyers whicn it IS hoped will bind
| the swO tail enders to New York when
| the fight nRrrOws down. Even the
worlds fair contest, however, could not
! make the New York delegation forget