The Washington critic., 1890-02-21

heartily in favor of them because
they did more to establish the
permanence of government than
any other event. The city
of Washington, he said, presented q
capital of $50,000,000 in its public
buildings, beautiful in their architect.
ure. Space there was plenty. The
heights of Georgetown and the great
stretches of available land all tender
to prove that Washington was a tit
place for the fair He did not favor
Washington simply for these roa
sons. lie did not favor 1t because
it was Washington City, but because 1t
was the Capital of the nation, q non.
partisan city where the great men
and women OF the country could
assemble and be drawn together Az
an American citizen he had felt that
the place for extending the hand of
America TO the people of the world was
Washington.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Hooker re-
marks Mr.. Mills Of Texas rose in oppo.
sition 10 the proposition of holding
Worlds Fair. Mr.. Mills began by
speaking in mplimentary terms of the
accomplishments of the American
people.
Mr.. Mills said that the members : {
Compress were so overwhelmed wi h
business that they had become
little more than mailing clerks.
An immense amount of business
that did not belong to Congress had
been forced on the representatives of
the people. The Government had
nothing to do with a Worlds
Fair. II was State proposition.
Referring TO Christopher Columbus,
Mr.. Miller said that Columbus
had never seen North Amer
lea; he never knew there was
such continent as North
America. He had left Spain to hunt
Indians, had landed at San Saliva
dor and gone back home again.
lie had come second and q
third and q fourth time, and gone back
home without ever knowing of the en-
istence of the country that wanted to
honor him.
This proposition, he held, was bust.
ness proposition. Since 1876 these
fairs had been increasing, and, If they
kept on increasing, helped by Govern
meDt appropriations, the people would
finally break down under the burden of
taxation.
These fairs could be held without
any help from the Government. If
the city of Chicago OF the city of New
York or Washington or st. Louis
wanted fair its business
men could raise the necessary
money. He thought the bill would
pass, and il would be charged up to
patriotism and TO Columbus. lie sup.
posed that he would have to cast
his vote for some particular site, and
that vote would be cast for st. Louis.
When the question of passing the bill
came up be would cast his vote against
the proposition like little man.
Mr.. Morse Of Massachusetts also op-
posed the bill. lie thought that if the
fair should be held anywhere it
should be held in Washington. But
he had some doubts as to the
ACCESSIBILITY of holding fair
He thought that the Fair, wherever
held, would result in a loss of several
millions to the Government. There
were other measures that demanded
more immediate attention. lie was
against the proposition until other mat
tiers of more importance that affected
the Treasury could be disposed Of.
Mr.. Peters Of Kansas opposed the bill
because in an estimate Of the eXpendi-
lures of the Government prepared by
him they exceeded the receipts. He
asked the people to pause before ii was
too late.
Mr.. O'Neill of Pennsylvania said he
had not at this late day definitely made
up his mind on site. He opposed the
proposition principally because there
was too little time to prepare for fair
in 1892. ltwas not a business PROPOSE
ton, but arose from patriotic senti-
ment.
Mr.. Blanchard of Louisiana favored
Washington. He believed, however,
that wherever the fair would be held ii
would result in the greatest benefit to
the South.