St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-11
CITY OF THE NATION,
Washingtonians Want the
Worlds Fair Held at the
Capital.
No Other City Can Offer So
Many Decided Advan-
tages.
Chieagoans and Gothamites
Will Sing Their Respect
i've Songs To-Day.
The President Demands and
Receives Register Trot-
ter's Resignation.

hearing on the selection of the site for the
quadro-centennial exposition was held
this morning in the reception room OF
the senate wing OF the capital, when
the claims of the city of Washington
were presented. There were present OF
the committee, Senators Hiscock Chair
mani, Hawley, Farwell, Wilson (of
Iowa., Colquitt, Ransom and Vest. Mr..
Douglas, one of the district commissions
ers, stated the order in which
the arguments would be pre-
sented, and closed his remarks
by saying that if it should he
concluded to hold the exposition else
where than in the national capitol, the
citizens of the District of Columbia
would make every eXertion, by money
or otherwise, TO make it a magnificent
success. Mr.. Anderson, secretary of
the national board of promotion of the
THREE AMERICAS EXPEDITION,
opened the arguments. He said he rep
resented committee of citizens from
all the states and territories, who under
the name of the board of promotion,
have been acting in the matter for the
last three or four years. He sum-
marlzed the provisions of the bills in
troduced by Senators German and
Faulkner and argued that the buildings
to be erected for the fair should be per-
manent, and should be under govern
ment control. 1t should be in the nature
of museum, free of charge and not an
exhibit of perishable property. The two
leading features of the exposition were !:
First-To commemorate q great historical
event-the discovery of America by Column
bus; and,
Second-The commercial idea. which
might be called the three Americas trade
movement.
The details of the plan were to be
left to a government commission. He
simply advocated the general PROPOSE
ton. and idea which. he thought, was
entertained by the people at large-that
the expenses of the exposition should
be undertaken by the nation. 1t was
evident that the whole people were
ready and anxious to celebrate the great
event, and thought that the national
capital was the only proper site. The
reasons foI selecting Washington were
numerous. Washington was
THE CITY OF THE NATION,
and of all the cities of the country. Il
was the city of st. Louis. Chicago and
New York: by which he meant that the
people of those cities had mole control
in regulating the affairs of the
District of Columbia than its own
residents had. 1t was truly re-
preventative American city. 1t was
composed of inhabitants of all the states
and territories. 1t was governed by
the people of the United states through
their representatives in congress. There
would be no waste in having the eXhi-
bition here, because whatever buildings
would be erected for it would be needed
for all time for governmental purposes.
1t was evident that the exposition
would have to go to the government, or
else the government would have to go
to the exposition, and he thought it
more dignitiet that the exposition should
come to the seat of government. There
was. in the heart of the city. park
more accessible than any park in any
city in the world, extending from the
capitol to the Washington monument.
This park included 300 acres, and could
be increased by 700 acres more from the
Potomac fats. Wharyes could be es-
tablished on the Potomac river, where
exhibits could be landed from all parts
Of the world. As to hotel accOmmOda-
tiOns. he said that there was 10 city III
the world so
ELASTIC IN HOTEL FACILITIES.
The city Of Washington was practi-
cally boarding house. 1t was accus-
toned to be transformed into a board
ing house on great occasions. There
never had been any difficulty in that
respect at inaugural ceremonies or 9TH
er great conventions or gatherings. At
the recent triennial couclave of the
Knights Templar 10000 strangers had
been accommodated, and there were
from 900 to LOCO rooIs uncalled for at
the bureau of Information. Besides
that there was the whole city of Balti-
more within fOrty-five minutes reach to
draw upon. Washington possessed the
finest streets and avenues in the world.
lined with beautiful shade trees. 1t
was the center of historic points which
were of great interest to the American
people-the tomb of Washington, the
surrounding battlefields and other
places. Then there were the public
departments, the museum and the
Smithsonian institution, where the peo-
pie of Central and South America could
study the foIm of government which all
OF them had to a greater or less extent
copied. Myron NJ. Parker, president of
the Washington board of trade, followed.
Maj. Powell, of the geological survey,
and Gen. Felix Agnus, of the Baltimore
American. closed the arguments for
Washington. The committee adjourned
till 10 o'clock tomorrow, when the
claims of New York and Chicago are to
be heard. The discussion of the worlds
fair bill by the house committee on for
eign affairs has resulted in bringing
forward proposition which. it is sug-
geSted, may aid in the
SELECTION OF THE SITE.
for the fair by the house. The commit
tee has already decided that 1t will re-
port bill leaving blank the name of
the city where the fair shall be held /:
but it is feared that if it goes into the
house in that shape ard without some
arrangement in advance to govern the
selection OF site. no agreement can
ever be reached. Under the ordinary
parliamentary rules the probable course
of proceedings in the house would be
for some member TO move to insert the
name of the site. Some other member
would thereupon move to strike out
that name and insert another. On the
vote on this last proposition the opposi-
ton would combine TO defeat it, and
this would probably be the fate of the
original and succeeding motions, the ad-
iring to secure the proposed fair kill,
ing each other Off in succession. 70
avoid this. the subcommittee charged
with the consideration of the fair bill
has taken hint from the action Of tiie
appropriations committee in securing
alternate action upon certain clauses of
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill, and inclines to report a special
proposition which Will provide for re-
peated ballots in the house upon the
question of naming the site for the fair.
with the agreement that on each ballot