The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-09
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TllE WORLD'S iFAIR LOCATION, !.


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Arguments Heard for, St. Louis by tho Son.
i:i: !ntes Committee
WASHINGTON, ,E D. G., J an. S.-The
rivalry Of the cities Of New York, wash
ington, Chicago and st. Louis Tor selec:
ton as the site Of the Worlds Exposition
oi31s99, had its first practical manifesto.
ton at the capitol this morning, before
the Senate special committee On the
quadro centennial. The hearing took
place in the room Of I the committee,
where was hung u large map headed:
"Why ST. Louis is the place for; tho
Worlds Fair OF 1902, S,and displaying a
circle enclosing the most populous States
OF the country with ST. Louis as the Cen
tral point The members OF the com.
mittee who We're present were Senators
Hiscock Chairman Sherman, Hawley,
Wilson, Of Iowa, Stanford; Eustis, Far
well, kenna and Gray. e -
Apreliminary interchange OF views rs
oBthe order Of hearing, resulted in an
agreement that the representatives OF st.
Louis should be- heard to,day; Of Chi
cago tomorrow; Of Washington on Fri
day, and of New York. on Saturday, and
that replies TO the arguments wilibe re-
ceived, not orally, butin writing.
NJ Governor Francis, OF Missouri, OPEN
ed the discussion. };i
s There was: probably, lie said, no sub.
ject on which the people of5the United
States were nearly SO unanimous as that
OF commemorating properly; the tdiscov.
cry OF the new world by: Columbus. He
and the gentleman with shim@ believed
that great good i could Saccrue ito the
Nation from the location Of the fair in
the Ecity{of St.5 Louis and he gave the
committee shis pledge .hatsthey would
bring no. Sdiscredit Son the Nation II the
committee would honor them by locating
the fair there. He concluded by, intro.
ducing Colonel O. {Hs Jones, of 81. Louis.
.j S. "A STRONG y ARGUMENT.
Y Mr.; Jones said that he spoke for a city
which, ifsthc National Government had
not already been permanently located
in the beautiful city Sof ashington,
would be fixed upon by common CON
sent as the most appropriate place for
the seat OF igovernment.%sf1f the National
Capital were to 5be located now in the
light OF existing conditions, and having
|inView the spread Eof territorial 3area,
the trend Of population: and the 8devel.
opment tof transportation facilities, he
believed Sthat I St. Louis awould hardly
have a competitor for the choice. He
had nothing To- Say. in ;disparagement Of
Washington Sors any other city. He
hoped that every foreign visitor to- the
exposition would visit the Capitol city
and ssee 5for himself the home and Sthe
working Sof the eE Federal Government
ButSwhileE that foreign visitor contem:
plated cit he $would naturally ask: !:
whence comes the dynamic force that
propels land !the wealth that Supports
this mighty popular engine ?.a'g sis
sand the exposition would point; him
directly to the wonderful Mississippi
|Valley-the principal ggseat Of the Ma.
I TONS; productiveness,, and where, in the
not far distant future, would Sbe found q
population far outnumbering the TEEN:
ling millions Of Europe
| |# In locating the World's Fair in 1892 it
would be convenient to consider It in ita