St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-16
MUST HAVE TEN MILLIONS.
Chicago's Worlds Fair Fund Will
Have tn he Doubled,

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 1j.-FOr
the question of the site, the full COM
mittee on the worlds fair met to-day
and received the report of the subcom-
mittee in the shape Of bill providing for
the fair, with amendments made to suit
the wishes of the Chicago people. The
proceedings were not entirely harmon
ious. and before the conclusion of the
session it became evident that the New
York representatives were disposed to
differ from the subcommittee in respect
to the financial scheme and other i'm
portant details. All the members of the
committee were present except Mr..
Frank, who is not in the city,
and Mr.. Wilson, Of West Virginia,
who was detained by duties in the
house. AS soon as the first section Of
the bill had been read providing that
the fair shall be inaugurated In 1892 in
Chicago), Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri, moved
to strike out the word ''inaugurated"
and insert "held," his object being to
require the fair to be held in 1892 and
not in 1898. After considerable debate,
this motion was disagreed to, upon Mr..
Springer'S statement that if the COM
mittee desired to fix date definitely, 1t
could be better done when Section
was reached for consideration. Another
divergence of opinion was manifested
when the fifth section Of the bill was
reached. The section empowers the
national commission to accept
THE SITE AND PLANS
of the building rendered by the Illinois
corporation, after they are satisfied that
the said corporation has an actual bona
fide aud valid subscription to its capital
stock of at least $5,000,000, of which not
less than $4,000 shall have been paid
in: and that the further sum of S5,000,-
600. making in all S10,OOO,OO will be
provided by said corporation in ample
time for its needful use during the pros
ecution of the work for the complete
preparation for said exposition" At
this point Mr. Belden offered resou-
ton to the effect that it is inexpedient
to adopt bill on the subject of the
worlds fair until the city of Chicago
has furnished a site and S10,000,0O0
security. This resolution was debated
at some length. The friends of Chicago
insisted that the nature of the security
required should be specifically defined
in the resolution so that they could not
he compelled at later stage to furnish
still other security. Thereupon the
resolution was modified so as to read as
follows:
That when guarantee fund OF $4,000
600 shall be secured by the citizens of Chi
cago the sufhciency and Legality of which
shall be satisfactory to this committee, that
we report the pending bill with such amend
meuts as the committee may agree upon.
The debate upon this proposition was
continued until the committee became
weary, and after O'Clock adjourned
until Monday morning. The chairman
and Messrs. Hit, Bowden and Springer
expressed themselves as of the opinion
that Chicago had already given suffi-
cient guarantees in the papers presented
by the chairman of the finance commit
tee of the city of Chicago; but the New
York and st. Louis people Insisted upon
having the matter more accurately de-
fined. During the discussion, the
chairman (AIr. Candler) presented pa
per signed by Lyman Gage, the chair |
man of the finance committee of Chi
cago. in which he stated that
valid subscriptions had been
made to the Illinois corporation |
to the amount of 100000 and more,
and that he assured the committee that
the additional 5000, 900 would be forth |
coming for the purposes Of the fair Ill
ample time, as was duly provided for in
the bill. The bill reported by the sub |
committee is similar in many respects |
to the bill originally reported to the
house. 1t provides for
A NATIONAL COMMISSION
of two members from each state and |
territory and the District of Columbia |
and eight members at large, to be APP |
pointed by the president. The COM
missionersI are to equally represent |
the two political parties, and are to |
be nominated by the governors. The
financial scheme has already been |
described in the report of the debate
upon it. The national commission is to |
allOt space for exhibits, appoint judges, |
award premiums and generally to have |
charge OF all intercourse with exhibitors |
and foreign representatives. The rules |
of the state corporation are to govern as
to entrance and admission fees. The |
eighth section at present leaves blank |
the exact date for the dedication of the |
tair, simply fixing the year as 1892. The |
commission is TO expire by Limitation at !
the beginning of the year 1898. A sec
ton relieves the United States from any
liability for the acts of the Illinois cor |