, 1890-01-30
WORLDS FAIR SITE
Another Fight in the House
Committee.
new YORK COMES OFF WINNER
The Report of the Sub.Commi,te,
Adopted, New York Being
in the Majority.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25-Thero wo,
another protracted stru gGle in the houM
committee on the worlds fair to-day
out of which the New York party came
victorious.
Ihe battle began as soon as the suh.
committee reported to the full committee
that it did not recon m end either of IN.
propositions referred to 1t, and asknd
permission to frame u bill providing m,
place in lsO2, and leaving the question
of its site for future settlement mi.
was finally adopted after lively discus
sion.
Mr. Bowdcn was present for the inst
time.
MI Springer assailcd the report charp.
ing thAt the committee was yiolatiny
the spirit of tho inst ructions by tba
house, which meant that resolutio,
providing for tho selection of IA ,it.
should be reported back in three dov.
lie repeated what he had already .nid
touching on tho dangers of delay. Tax.
ing up a New York newspaper, he read
from it an account OF thc proceeding, Of
the legislature at Albany yesterday. and
the remarks Of MIR. sheehan to tha
effect that all Of ,hc money for the
fair would bo furnished by New
YORK city, tina, Now York
representatives. were waiting an1-
iously 10 hear from the legiSla-
turei that Messrs. Flower and Belden
had tclegraphcd to act az once, and that
delay meant danger and loss OF the fair
70 New York. Mr.. Springer said that
the committee was asked to sit here and
do nothing until the Sew York lcri,la-
iurc had lelsurcly acted upon the promo.
ition. and when that was formulated
uo New ORR representa- tivcs were TO 20
INTO the house and nsscrt that New
! yri asked no financial aid from the
government and thus use their $1,000
90 iInd combined to blow up other the
cities lie was surprised 10 see the rem.
rescntativcs of these other cities sur
rendering their prospects. and acquiesc.
ing in that programme.
Mr. Flower In reply said that Mr..
Springer had been ta,nting the commit.
Tee with delay, but II might pay to wait
hiicen days II the government saved
million collars dHy, as Ii would II the
legislature acted faNou,biy upon the bin.
Continuing Mr.. Flower said that MIR.
Bowdcn had just come from sick bct
ana that MIR. Hatch, another member OF
the committee, was still sick. IL was not
ialr to the committee TO expect II to rush
along with 50 important matter until
all the members wcrC acquainted with
the subject Other nae m bcrs of the com.
mittce could at least have the same op-
portunity Mr. Hit had had, as a member
OF the committee oi foreign affairs, 10
ddy the subject before undertaking to
report a plan to the house, and they
should not be deprived of that right by
yielding. to the dositcs OF one city 1Chi.
cugOl IL was proper and prudent that
the house should decide that there
would be fair before an nltcmpt was
made TO iiN site. Otherwise tile NAL.
contents might succeed in defeating tho
proposition, and there would be no fair.
Mr. hItt replied briefly urging prompt
Mr.. Bowlen thought he had oil the
Information necessary for his guidance,
ana 10 the delight uf tho Chicago mon
he ranged ON their side, and moved as q
substitute for the report of the sub. com
ini'tec that the Springer resolution DO
adopted which provides for ballot in
thc house next Monday for q location.
Again the chairman narrowly esCapcd
committing himselfby voting. The vote
to be taken would have resulted In a tic
OF to 3 ncces'itatinJ his casting the do.
Cliing vote, bu, Just at This moment MIR.
Belden, who had been absent, walked in
and cast his vote against Mr. Bowdcn's
motion, and the chairman was relieved
OF the necessity ofvoting.
ilnding themselves In the majority,
the New York men then pressed Tor an
acton upon the subcommittee report
and was Il adopted, MessTs. Hit, Springer
nnI bowden voting ugnnst it.
lhc committee then adjourned sub
Jccl to the call OF thO chairman, which
wlll be issued when the sub committee
has famed its bin.
Mr. Hit has signitied his intention to
Introduce IA the House resolution pro.
Nldihg Tor the selection of site by bal
lol' ana instructing tho committee,
which he will ask TO have increased to
thirteen members, to report within three