The tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1890, 1890-03-01
east AGAINST THE WEST
Such Was the Final Struggle in the
Worlds Fair Battle, and, Of
Course. the West Won.
The Tri.City Bill Will Now Be
Amended and Acted Upon-Many
Oppose Amy Fair at All.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.---Wild hilarity
prevails in Chicago headquarters. Incl
dentally the representatives of the West
ern states join with Chicago, for it got
to be question Of the East against the
West. and the West was the winner.
The Northwest was with Chicago solid
from the start. Every Minnesota man
was for Chicago outspoken and vigorous,
and so were the representatives of Iowa,
the Dakotas, Montana, Washington and
Oregon. They share the feelings of the
Chicago men. st. Louis and Washing
ten never had ghost Of show Of get
ting the fair after the first vote. They
lost straight away from start to finish.
With the national capital out Of it, it
was simply a gigantic battle between
commercial cities. When the intimate
friends of st. Louis saw that city had no
show they could not go to the
East against the West, and Chi
cago was the gamer. Some bitterness.
is in the air and there are predictions
that the whole fair will yet be killed be-
fore the senate passes the location bill
and the two bodies act favorably on the
necessary appropriation for the govern
ment exhibit. New York's leading repre-
btutttt1VCS StCCCph tllClA uOlGflt tCly Cttlulty
and philosophically and consider it final.
They say that New York, despite many
drawbacks, has made gallant fight,
and that now that they have been beaten
they bow gracefully to the situation, and
intend to do what they can to make the
fair success. Some Of them, it is true,
do not feel kindly towards those in their
own state, whom they look upon as hav-
ing sacrificed New Yofk's chances by de-
lay and quarreling, but in their conver-
sation there is nothing save good will for
the victor. Chicago, the New York
leaders think. has taken a tremendous
responsibility upon herself. They express
the hope and belief that she will sue
ceed, but Mr.. Depew, Mayor Grant,
Mr.. Flower and others say that
Chicago is Understanding the cost.
WASHINGTON FRIENDLY TO CHICAGO.
The supporters of Washington gen.
orally feel very friendly toward Chicago,
and so do many of the friends of St.
Louis. The opponents of any fair at all
very largely voted for either Chicago or
Washington, and these will vote aGaiRst vi
ld hn4diRias me : humber will be materially. in
creased BY the selection ofsthe site made.
Many of the st. Louis and Washington
men have already announced that they
will work for Chicago, so that it is not
believed that the strength of the oppo-
pents Of the fair will exceed sixty votes,
which is about the showing made
on what was regarded as a
test vote taken last week.
The Chicago people held jollifcation
meeting at Willard's hotel, and the Chi
cago headquarters were filled to over
flowing. Mayor Creiger presided, and
made short address, thanking Chicago's
friends and pledging Chicago to make a
success of the fair. A motion will at
once be made to recommit the worlds
fair bill to the special committees. After
this is done the committee will proceed
to amend the tri-city bill so as to make
it conform to the wishes Of the Illinois
members of the committee. The amend
ed bill will then be reported back with
Chicago named as the site, and the bill
viii then be put upon its passage in the
house.