Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-21

The special House committee on the worlds
fair held its FIRST meeting this morning in the
room Of the House committee on territories.
ALI Of the members were present except Messrs.
Hatch and Bowden.
MR. SPRINGER URGES HIS BALLOT PROPOSITION.
Mr.. Springer called up his resolution pro-
viding that the House shall proceed next Thurs
day to select the site for the fair by ballot and
1t was discussed for an hour
Mr.. Springer urged the importance Of speedy
action an the proposition. He held that by it's
action on the Cannon resolution last week the
House had virtually decided that the matter
must be settled as early as possible, and that
tions and was as much bound by them as if they
had been formulated. He argued that the
House could not move in the matter until 1t
had first settled where the fair was to be held
Mr.. HIT DEPREcArEs DELAY.
Mr.. Hit also declared in favor Of the imme-
date selection Of site by the House and
pointed out how delay jeapardized the chances
Of the fair. He said that the committee on
foreign affairs had been working for some time
on the ia r bills and had practically completed
the preliminary arrangements. All Of the re-
suits of their work could be made use Of by
this committee. but the site should be first
agreed upon.
Mr. FLOWER WANTS TO TALK NEXT MONDAY.
Mr.. Flower thought that the date fixed for
baiioting in the Springer resolution Thursday
next was little too soon. He suggested that
a resolution be reported providing for debate
In the house next Monday-one hour and q
half to be allowed for the presentation of the
claims OF each city, to be followed by balloting
on Tuesday.
MR.. BELDEN THINKS OTHER QUESTIONS COME
FIRST.
Mr.. Belden, at this point expressed doubt
as to whether any fair could be held in 1892.
1t should first be settled that the government
would give money aid to the fair before an at
tempt was made to select the site. This
brought the Washington men to the floor with
a strong objection. They contended that to
adopt Mr.. Beldens course would result in COM
bining all of the other contending cities against
Washington.
Mr. Belden's idea was that an historical cele-
bration coud be held in 1892. to be followed a
year later by the worlds fair.
NOTHING LESS THAN WORLD FAIR.
The cussIrnan .ttenton was here called to
the language Of the resolution under which the
committee was appointed, which speaks of a
worlds fair in 1892, and the point was made
that the committee had no alternative and
could deal with no proposition that did not
concern fair to be held in that year.
SUBCOMMITTEE PROPOSED.
Mr.. Frank Of Missouri offered a resolution
that the Springer resolution (providing for
balloting by the House next Thursday be re-
ferred to a subcommittee of three, with in
structions to report at the next committee
meeting.
Subsequently the motion was modified so as
to make the chairman of the full committee
also chairman Of the subcommittee and to have
it report next Thursday
Mr.. Springer said that if this motion Was de-
feated he would move to modify his PROPOSE
ton 80 as to have the debate in the House ne 1t
Monday. and the balloting Tuesday, as sug-
gested by Mr.. Flower.
THE NEW YORK MEMBERS TOOK ALARM
at this, however, as it was apparently the OBJ
ject of the Chcagoans to get the chairman to
vote and ascertain his views. The Chicagoans
had calculated on Mr.. Flower voting with them
in support Of his own proposition.
three members present. besides the chairman
in the opposition. and compel the chairman to
vote to break tie, and it was not re-
garded as desirable that the chairman
should be committed at this early
date; so when Mr.. Franks resolution was put
the two Chicago men found themselves alone in
opposition, and it prevailed, SO the chairman
was instructed to appoint a subcommittee to
consider the Springer resolution and report
next Thursday, when the committee will meet
again.
THE SUBCOMMITTEE APPOINTED.
Later the subcommittee was selected as fol-
lows: Chairman Gambler and Messrs. Hit and
Flower.
The committee decided to hear no oral argu-
ments respecting the site of the fair Then
the committee instructed the chairman to ask
for permission to sit during the sessions of the
House, and adjourned till Thursday.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON WORLDS FAIR.
Senator Hiscock has been absent from the
city for several days, and no meeting of the
Senate committee on worlds fair has been
called. The committee is waiting on Mr.
Depew. All of the speeches made before the
committee have been submitted with the ex-
eeption of Mr.. Depew's. His il still withheld
for revision.