The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-22
THE WORLDS FAIR.
A Long Wrangle in the Senate
Over the Same.
VEST READS A TOUCHING POEM
On a Lone Traveller to Chicago, which Causes
Much Merriment-The Naval Review
and Columbus Statue Question.

WASHINGTON, April 2l.-Among the bills
placed on the calendar was the Senate bill to
provide an additional associate justice of the
supreme court of Arizona.
Reagan introduced bill to repeal all laws
for the retirement of army and navy officers
from active service on pay.
flumD introduced concurrent resolution
directing the secretary of the treasury to in
crease the purchase and coinage of silver bull
non 10 the maximum amount authorized by the
act OF February % 1873. He gave notice that
ne would ask for its consideration tomorrow
The Senate then took up the House worlds
fair bill. The only amendment reported by the
Senate committee is the insertion of a new sec
ton providing for a naval review in New York
harbor In April, 1893, and the unwilling of q
statue OF Columbus at Washington.
vest spoke ut length in opposition to the bill
Vest asked if there had been in the whole
contest for the fair anything that elevated or
dlgnified the American character at home or
abroad. If they were to assume a patriotic
standpoint or If the idea was to illustrate our
national life on the four hundredth anniversary
OF America S discovery, why was it not done in
the name OF the people of the United States?
AS to the Squabbles over localities, why had it
been sort of auction between the cities us to
WI. Wnlcn would give the most money and entail
the smallest expense upon the government: If
III was 10 be national matter why did not the
nation itself with an over-fowng treasury)
take upon itself the expense of the whole
matter?
From the beginning it has been simply an
advertising scheme and q basis for municipal
rivalry between the great cities of the United
States In this connection Vest read extracts
from magazine and newspaper articles and
commented upon them as to scandal to the
American name and American attributes He
referred to Chauncey Depew's speech before the
Senate committee and to his mention of the
town of Peeks1ill as his birth place and as the
center OF larger population than that of which
81. LOUIS was the center, and said Mr.. Depew's
modesty mad forbidden him going further to
show why Peelxskill did not aspire to the site
Tor the worlds fair. He Vest suggested
that after that great act of parturition
the vital energies of Peekskill were exhausted,
OF 1nnocuous desuetude. Laughter Mr.
Vest read from book gotten up in the inter
estS OF New York, poem, the nature of which
was satire on Chicago's wide extent of re-
Gently annexed territory. The following verse
Is sample of it:
The shades of night were falling fast,
AS Ger Kansas prairie passed
youth of presence gaunt and thin,
But vast the shoes he travels in
He'd driven ninety miles that day.
Nor seen shed where he could stay
On, where am |! at last he groaned,
A passing stranger softly moaned,
Chicago"
The reading of these verses produced great
merrlment In the Senate. Mr.. Vest insnuated
gently that the poet was DR.. Depew
For eighteen months he (Vesr) had been en-
gagged in the humble task of attempting to dis
cover why the meat products of the great states
OF the west were so depressed that the cattle
raiser dld not receive pay for his corn his grass
MS oats, to say nothing of his time and
attentlon Ii his constituents could go
amid the bellowing of cattle and the gr,lnting of
hogs, they would find what had become of their
cattle and how their profits were lost to them
Or II tney went into the wheat pit at Chicago
they would there find amid the believing of
bears and roaring of bulls presided over by old
Hutch1 what had become of theft wheat crop
year after year In Chicago the foreigner could
see all the emergencies and perils of the coming
future and could see first the strain on Ameri-
can institutions based On universal suf-
rage He would find there rest
less and dangerous foreign population.
F,or..nlmsef he did not object that foreigners
should see that pnenominal city of the great
west. The Senator could not give his vote for
the Dill creating an exposition in any city of the
United states. In his honest judgment the peo-
pie outside of the cities engaged in the contest
old not care anything about an exposition. Had
tne time come when in this country the people
had TO be amused with shows in their condition
OF great pecuniary distress, of unjust law and
outrages perpetrated upon them
QGorman offered an amendment to strike out
the provisions for naval review and inserted
an ;, appropriation of $4,000 for a memorial
building in Washington as repository of anti
quates OF the western hemisphere. Rejected.
Cullom said Chicago would make the fair
grand success and manifest her appreciation of
When
name OF Chicago was mentioned the Senator
from missouri (VeSt) seemed to be seized with
a KIND OF hydropho bia. He (Cullom) did not
know what harm Chicago had ever done the
senator. The Senator had said his people
were in doubt as to whether they would 90 to
Chicago or hades, and this raised the question
.Sl place the gentleman represented. But
the people OF Missouri would be at
tne exposition by tens of thousands
whether the Senator liked it or not
bar suggested that the city of hadeS was a
Democratic city; Blair was opposed to the
ing spirit of war. That accused institution
the badge OF savagery, internal war; should be
abolished He offered an amendment empow-
erlng the President TO hold an exhibition of
public schools and a review of public school
children in Chicago. Also an amendment for
the erection of statue in memory of Queen
Isabella, OF Spain Both were rejected
Hoar moved to amend by striking ont the nro
position for the Columbus statue.
Plumb argued against the naval review and
SAID the purpose at the back OF this amendment
brea sna' Nsw 94r should have something to
the fair at Chicago.
naval review is essentially a monarchisl idea
and the United States ought to know the differ
ence between monarchy based on arms and a
republic based on the legitimate pursuits of
peace. After further discussion Hoar's amend
ment striking out the Columbus statue was
agreed TO and the remainder of the amendment
Qor naval review adopted, yeas IS: nays II
Blair moved to add to the first section a pro
vision that no intoxicating liquors. wines or
beer shall be sold to be used as a beverage
within the limits of the exposition grounds.
Butler thought that the matter should be left
TO the people of Chicago and his motion to Law
the amendment on the table was agreed to. 33
to Is. The negative votes were Allison, Black
burn, Blair. Chandler, Davies, Dixon, Dolph,
George Hampton, Hoar. Mitchell, Moody,
Platt, Plumb and Sanders The committee of
the whole then arose and reported the bill The
Senate vote on the naval review amendment re-
H,1nr
mains. The bill then passed 43 to A. the mega
tives being Barbour, Beery. Blackburn Cock
rell. George, Hampton, Morgan, Pugh, Reagan.
Vance, Vest and Walthall A committee of
conference on the disagreeng votes was ap-
pointed. Dawes offered resolution, which
was agreed to- calling on the secretary of the in
terror for information as to the occupation of
any portion of the Captain Grande and La
Jolla reserves in California for bitches and
fumes. sAdjourned.
In the House.
WASHINGTON ADri1 -Dorcar % Nrol,r,.,-.