New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-09

TRYING TO SETTLE THE DIFFERENCES ONEN
THE coRpoRAToRs-THB GENERAL COM
MrrKE TO MEET ON TUESDAY.
The Worlds Fair Executive Committee met at
the Exhibition headquarters yesterday afternoon,
remaining in session several hours. The men,
bers present were Mayor Grant, chairman; W. Z.
Whitney, Elihu Root, Edward Cooper Z. l.. Mer-
rifeId f. l. Horsman Thomas F. Ryan, George
G. Haven. William Waldorf Aston, Richard NJ
Hunt C. A. Moore, John NJ. Bowers, Chauncey NJ
Depew, and w. Mem. Speer, secretary. The I'M
fortunate condition Of the Worlds Fair leglsa-
ton at Albany was discussed, and some bitter
ness Of feeling was manifested. Mr.. Depew made
a long speech, the tenor of which was meant TO De
pacife but several members of the committee VINO
have favored the original bill presented in the
Assembly understood his remarks to mean thai
he now favored the Senate amendments adding to
the number of corporators, over which all the
contention has been.
Mr.. Depew suggested that it would
be well to drop from the hst OIL
corporators all the Mugwumps, and in
their places insert the names Of ten Democrats
and ten Republicans, the former to be named by
Mayor Grant and the latter by the Republican
majority in the Senate AS there are supposed 10
be Just twenty Mugwumps in the list this would
make the number of corporatOrs 1903, as IN the
original bill who then would be about equa4IS
divided between the Republican and Democratic
parties. This proposition aroused much oppose
ton and the debate that followed showed thaU
n majority of the committeeman were III laNor Vi
standing by the original BILL regardless OF conse-
ouences Some of the members maintained th@V
Mr.. Depews suggestion would prove that ponucs
had something to do with the project "hefeaS
those who had stood by the original Dill hao zone
SO on the ground that there was no ponucs III H.
FINALLY. il was decided TO take such action as
would settle for good and all just how the corpora
tors named in the original bill stood with respect 10
their party affiliations with the idea Oh proving
whether the claim that Tammany influence pre-
dominates among the proposed commissioners was
justified To this end it was resolved that a coul-
n,ittee he amounted by the chairman to ascertain
tbe political faith OF every proposed corporation
Another committee was appointed 10 prepare an
address TO the public and petition TO the legs
lature, setting forth the enore ns"iS sov; inc
that until the bills reached the Legislature no
one had thought of the political complexion VI
the proposed Board OF Exhibition OQnnISs!otet :,
Roth of these committees were Instructed 70
report to the General Committee OF $40, when IL
was voted should be called together al p H.
next Tuesday al the Chamber OF commerce.
Congressman James j. Belden was IN to"1
Yesterday. and to Tribune reporter he eApresseu
deem regret that political questions had delayed the
action of the Legislature on the Fair bills untlI
these questions had been raised he had supposed
that everybody was satisfied with the Original
list of corporators Mr. Belden quoted Congress
man Flower DEM as having said that he would
prefer to have the corp0ratGrss all Repu6IIcSans
than 10 lose the Fair, and SAID MI f@ldeh'
Swnuld rather have them all Democrats than to
have the Fair lost to New-York." The nam thing
to be done now, he said was to satisfy The PuoiSf
that there was no partlsanshlp III the pill ana
that neither PARTY was seeking political advan-
tage through the Worlds Fair legislation. Any
bill that should be passed, he declared must be
of such character as to satisfy the puohc
that 10 has no politics behind It,