The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-02-22
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time.
! Mr.. Vandivcr, of California, argued
: favor Of St. Louis.
Mr.. Carlisle. wished to restatc an
: emphasize the considerations that woul
influence his vote. Each of he four citi,
: was worthy of the fair. The expositio
was to give the people Of the old worl
) not an insight into our great manuiu,
lures and industries only, but to sho,
them our great country. Smallcrcountre
han this possessed rival manufacturing
establishments, and were advanced b,
"ond us in artistic Development. W
should show our great rivers and noun
tains and prairics, New York was
great city, hut it did not include the q,
tire country. Small European countric
had each u great representative city. W
had Il variety, each differing in csscnti;l
points from the other. The exposition
should he held at the centre of the coun
try. St. Louis was the nearest an,
Chicago next. lie would vote first fo
st, Louis and next for Chicago. Let TN
nations of the world meet upon TIN
l,osom OF the mighty Mississippi. II,
felt constrained however to disapprov,
of the bills presented by the comniittc,
which said that congress had no author
ity to hold n fair elsewhere than in tn,
District of Columbia or territories. II,
also opposed the appropriation Of 81
100000 II n State wanted the fair il,
citizens had only to incorporate them
selves aud hold il, So he was opposed to
the bills reported aud would vote fol
them only after they had been amended
to meet his views.
McssrS. Kinney and Wilson. Of Missouri
md Mr., O'Ncill. of Indiana, spoke for ST
Louis.
So also did Mr.. Fcrman, Of Illinois
who distr,c, lies opposite ST. Loui,
md includes East ST. Lonisl and Mr.
Hatch, oi Missouri. Mr.. Cultivate, ol
Ohio, advocated the claims uf Chicago.
Mr.. Mason. oi Illinois, said that when
ic thought of the many things he had to
say about Chicago, and the few mnut,s S
ic had To say il in. he felt like the boy
Sho sat in the middle of n sugar barrel
md exclaimed: "Oh for q thousand
tongues to do this thing justice. d"
Laughtcr.I MIR. Mason won frequent
applause, and kept the house amused by
MS wit and clnGucncc. His pcrorLtion
vas rs follows: There was anot her
:rcat good to flow from this
lair. His southern hrotl hers CHARGED the
cpuhlicans with unkiudncss and too
severe criticism in political matters
They in turn charged the southern pcu.
lie with some faults, and partisan bit
crncss WAS aroused. How could we lu
more to stop this than by meeting on
Dmmon ground in common cause :
romc tn Chicago, said he. and see whcth-
r the h spitalily differed much from that
u Georgia, mississippi or Kentucky.
said he: Come and shoulder L.
shoulder touch march To better under.
.tanding. Come and let the white cot.
nn fields oi the South meet our great
grain fields OF the North. Come and
warm your hearts nj the forgcs of the
North. while We meet out ore OF the
south, and with hammer anil anvil oi
Trsonal contact let us beat out better
friendship. Come and bring down the
noms from New England and weave
or all to ste the cotton raised on
'ur soil and the fast flying shuttle
viii weave into it's web aud woui
I new aud hrttcr song prophetic of
icw aud better Union. Come. aud 1892
viii be 4 mile stone IN our cSis encc--
anOus for its marcn of civilization,
iamous for it's advancement in agrirul.
IRE commerce. famous tor It's growth IN
,r;s and science. famous ior it's poetry,
ointment and song; but grnndcr aud
rttcr than all, famous ior tearing down
he walls standing between MS and drink
my from the same iuunt ain of patiiutism
Ne willno add the couplrt "lt9o. Culum.
us crossed the ocean blue" but with
''pnocr rhyme aud nincty.two. we will
cunintc the gray and blue" lApplausc.D
Cen. Kerr. oi Iowa. and Mcssrs. Owen,
Il Indiana. and Springer Illinois, spoke
'r Chicago.
Nicssrs. Fitch. Flower. Dunphy. Ian.
ing. Spiuola. Wallace. Rains. rurnry.
Mccarthy. and Farquiart. all ni New
York, again pressed the claims oi the en-
lire city. Mr.. faruuhart concluded hy
f1cring in behalf ui New York Si5.OOO..
100 and cosmopolitan people that
incw how To care iur visitors.
Mr.. Gambler, of Massachusetts. closed
hc debate in few words, saving the
'ountry could safely trust the house 10
'ischargc its iull duty and he H. ped for
, favorable conclusion upon the question
icxt Monday.
At six o'clock n recess was taken until
light O'clock, the evening SESSIONS 10 he
ur the consideration oi private pension
hills.