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be held in California, and he favored
the claims of st. Louis as
RECOGNITION OF THE WEST.

thu1 AO uiodpplONO OhO JUNO piN-
sented by the committee. Congress had
no right to hold fair anywhere but at
the national capital. II state wanted
the far its citizens had only to incOr-
pOrate themselves and hold it. He
thought the bills should be amended.
When they were changed to suit his
ideas, he would vote for st. Louis first
and then for Chicago.
Mr.. Kinsey. of Missouri. said that the
greatest thing the country had to ex-
hlbit was the country itself, and the
fair should be held at place where
most of 1t could be seen. st. Louis en-
braced something of all that was good
and all that was representative of the
genius of the people of this country. The
convenience of the people of South and
Central America should be consulted. too.
Mr.. ONeal. of Indiana. said that the
interests of the whole country would be
best su5served by holding the fair at
st. Louis. which was near the heart OF
population. He believed in putting the
fair where it would do the most good to
the greatest number of our own people,
not merely where 1t would benefit par
ticular city. Mr.. Wilson. of Missouri,
said that it would be subversive of the
objects in view to locate the fair upon
the
NARROW OF COUNTRY
where Columbus landed. The country
therefore the fair should be neld in st.
Louis. Mr.. Forman, of Illinois, favored
st. Louis because he thought the fair
should be All educational aid to the peO-
pie of the country. st. Louis was the
only city in the West that had succeed
ed in holding eXpOsitionS, and had never
failed in an undertaking. MIR. Hatch, of
Missouri, said it was pr0vidential that
DeSoto had been fifty years behind
Columbus. If he hal discovered the
Mississippi valley fifty years sooner.
New England and Manhattan Island
would now be Indian reservations for.
said at Sl.225 per acre. New York had
no site-only an option OF site; "and."
on Wall street is." Il suppose you
have been there,'' said Mr.. Spln0la.
mo, 1 have not" Mr.. Hatch replied,
when the laughter had subsidized. land
that is the reason am not trying to go
there" MIR. Hatch spoke of the hOspi-
tality of st. Louis. He spoke at some
length of the advantages of Forest park
as site. Mr.. Cultivate said that,
Obeying the resolutions passed by his
state legislature, he favored Chicago.
New York could have the naval parade,
he said, even if the fair was held in the
West. Mr.. Mason, of Illinois, said that
when he thought of the many things he
had to say about Chicago, and the few
minutes he had to say 1t in. he felt like
the boy who sat in the middle of
sugar barrel and exclaimed:
''OH, FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES
to do this thing Justice" He would
like New York people to come to
Chicago and see the great shipping
ping of the lakeS-greater than the for
eign commerce of New YOrk--and
peaceful navy-not war vessels. Mr..
Gear, of Iowa, favored Chicago. Its
people had pluck and push and energy,
and would make the fair success.
Messrs. Kerr, of Iowa, and Owen, of In
diana, spoke briefly in favor of Chicago.
Mr.. Fitch, of New York, in advocating
the claims of New York city. said in its
1afbor were the navieS of the world; all
tongues were spoken there. and 1t was
the proper place for great worlds
fair. Mr.. Dunphy, of New York, said
that across the Brooklyn bridge, across
the Hudson and ON Manhattan island,
IN each of these three places was pOpu-
latiOn larger than that of Chicago, and
population was one of the considerations
to be taken into account. if the fair
was to be financial success.
MIR. Lansing. of New York, in advOcat-
ing New York, said that to listen TO the
Chicago people, one would suppose the
fair was to be cattle show. New
York city was metropolitan and coSmo-
puiitan, and there was no other CITY in
tile country but what was provincial in
its surroundings, compared with New
YORK. The West was great, but had no
greatness to which New York ha not
contributed. Mr.. Spinofa, of New York.
pledged his city to refrain from asking
for a dollar from the government. He
did not approve of the section of the
bill appropriating a million and would
vote against it. He dilated upon the
grandeur of
NEW YoRK'S FINANCIAL RECORD.
and speaking of its property. said that
its assessed value equalled that of three
states of the Union. MIR. Wallace, of
New York, in advocating New York
city, said: I'VE have the money. We
have the site; give us the fair. and we
will promise you an exposition of which
every American will be proud" MIR.
Baines, of New York. pleaded earnestly
for New York. A small affair, he SAID,
such as national republican conven-
ton, OvertaXed Chicago's accommOda-
tions III 1888. MIR. Mccarthy, of New
York, said that the only question at
issue was whether the fair shou' d be ma
tional or international: was it to be edu-
cational or merely senseless display.
1t could only Oe made international and
educational through foreign par
ticipation. No other city than
New York had guaranteed the finan-
cal means for the fair. When the
OJU, ,OUO would be forthcoming from the
people of New York, if so much was
necessary to make it success. Mr..
Farquhar deprecated the narrow spirit
which had characterized many of the
speeches. New York stood on an equal
ity with London and Paris, with COM
pact front and well-flled purses ready
to assume national obligation. New
York had Sl5.000.000 guarantee, no
other city had S5,O00,O00. Chicago came
here with site unsolicited. without
sufficient means, with money squeezed
from workingmen. And why this
breaking in, all of this frOth. Why, it
was all from selfish motives; to
ADVERTISE HER REAL ESTATE.
The question for the house was, "whO
was to pay the bllls?" Perhaps Libby
prison was the place where his friend
(MaSon) had promised that the Blue and
the Gray were to meet. A city that
would tolerate the rehabilitation of that
horror of Libby should never dare to
raise her head asking tOr national recog-
milton. He had lived in Chicago. but
she had too much overweening ambition
to guarantee 2 per cent out OF pre-
sumptive five millions.
Mr.. Gambler, of Massachusetts,, closed
the debate i'm few words, saying the
country could safely trust the house to
discharge its full duty, and ne hoped
for a favorable conclusion upon the
question next Monday.
At 6 o'clock recess was taken until
s o'clock, the evening session to be for
the consideration of private pension
bills.