Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-25
WHAT THEY SAY.
The Chicago Papers Think the Fair
in Chicago Will Suit Everybody.

CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-The Inter Ocedn saws:
"This end of strife is only the beginning of
work. To get ready for a worlds fair worthy
the occasion, the country and the city will be a
vast and arduous labor. We have full confidence
i'll the ability of Chicago to bear worthily the
burden thus put upon it. From the first our
people have taken thoroughly prac teal view of
the matter and not trusted to noise or buster
Enthusiasm is "a good thing in its way, but
like the fine words of the proverb, it buffers
no parsnip.' Chicago must show to the world
that America has made no mistake in intrust-
ing the eXpositional celebration of the 4Osth
anniversary OF its discovery to the imperial
city of the interior"
The Tribune says: s'It does not need much
search to find out why Chicago won. The
principal reason was that no other city had the
same qualifications. The moment il Was
decided that the fair should be American, not
foreign; national, not provincial; depending for
Its success on the citizens OF TIE new world and
not the Old the selection of any other place
than this became a practical impossibilItv
The popular verdict was for Chicago and IL
house would not venture to set it aside"
The Times says: In giving the worlds far
to Chicago Congress has done wisely and well.
1t has put in formal shape the verdict of the
American people upon this question. 1t has
voiced the unmistakable decision of the repub-
lie. After all, however. it is not Congress that
has made Chicago the site for the Columbian
CSlebrdtlOu, DUt tne lInlnulaDle logic ana pro-
prlety OF facts. Sectional disappointment will
not last day. New York, st. Louis and Wash
lngton will be as loyal and as earnest for the
American fair here as Chicago would have
been for 1t anywhere else. IL this city has
crossed swords with worthy rivals in the strug-
gle certainly the fight has been an honest one,
that can leave behind it neither rancor nor
thought of revenge"
The Globe says: .'Our delegates and friends
in Washington performed a splendid days
work yesterday and deserve the warmest praise
for their ability and steadfast earnestness. 1t
remains for the whole people of Chicago to
fulfill to the utmost the pledges that have been
made IN their name and to carry forward to
glorious success the grand work assigned them
by the generous confidence Of Congress-"
THE ST. LOUIS PRESS.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. 25-Referring to the selec-
ton of Chicago for the worlds fair, the Globe
Democrat this morning says: .'The result will
not be surprise to those who have watched the
tactics of Chicagos representatives at WASH
ington and elsewhere during the last month,
mostly at Albany, NY, where they worked
most earnestly to promote dissension among
the advocates of New York's selection. II
would be an ungracious task to undertake.
right in the shadow of our defeat to discuss tbe
personal causes which led TO that defeat. For
the present the general term bad manaoe-
ment' will suffice, and under this NAV be In
cluded the allegation of too much wind St
Louis has lost cause which she ought 10 have
won. She had in her favor all the elements
which should have achieved victory for her.
natural and geographical She never ought to
have had rival except New York, which had
and the advantages of great wealth with winch
to menace the claims Of other aspirants."
The Rtpubttc makes no editorial comment on
the worlds fair selection Of site.