Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-12


ten report of what had been done up to the
present time, and requested him to issue the
proclamation announcing the exposition 10 the
world. II the conditions of the law have been
complied with and there is no unusual delay
this proclamation will probably be issued in
about week.
The reasons for the conference and the
prospects OF the fair are explained in the fol-
lowing interview which STAR reporter had
with Senator Palmer after the visit to the White
House. The Senator, who is the guest of
Senator Henderson while in town, was
sitting in the reading room of the Arlington
when HE STAR reporter assailed him with his
first question. He looks well. talks cheerfully
about the exposition and expresses himself az
being strongly of the opinion that the great
project will be q success
THE GUARANTEE FUND RAISED.
''The $40. 600. COO fund has been raised, the
site provided and the other prelimnaries re-
quired by law have been attended to, "
he said. land we-Mr. Peck, Mr..
Eutterworth and I-are here to tell
thu President SO. We have just called on him
and left with him a report OF the situation from
both commissions. This has been or
soon will be referred to the Attorney
General according to the law, and
the President will act in accordance, prcb-
ably, with his findings. If he should be salts
ncU from INC Showing lHat Is tHtlS maze tllilt
the law has been fully complied with he will
issue proclamation. to quote the language of
The act. setting forth the time at which ii (the
exposition will be held, and he shall commu-
nicate to the diplomatic representatives Of for
eign nations copies of the proclamation and,
i'll behalf of the government and people, invite
foreign nations to take part in the exposition
and appoint representatives, thereto"
NO REASONABLE DOUBT OF SUCCESS.
Continuing, the Senator said: ''There can be
no reasonable doubt now of the success of the
fair. The representations that have come east
to show lack Of harmony ON the part of
the two elements. the national commission
and the local directory, have been grossly ex-
aggerated. There is site. there is money.
there are places for buildings. there is a good
organization and an effective division of the
work. All of the clements of success
are at hand. We soon perceived that the
commission was too large to work all together
on the details OF the project and we have con-
sequenuy devised a scheme of divisions that
will distribute the responsibility.
Distributing THE RESPONSIBILITY.
Eve now have committee of six members
from each commission to decide controverted
points, to harmonic whenever there is discord
and this is now working well. There
the work has been done too slowly, which il
not just one The work has necessarily been
n slow one, for there was great deal of ground
to cover. l am certain that the preliminaries
have been arranged with the greatest possible
speed, and that there has not been
the least time lost Nothing could be done to-
ward the issue of the proclamation until all the
proofs were in and the last proof depended on
the result of the election of November 4. ut
which five of the ten millions were voted by
the people Of Chicago. As soon as we received
certificate of the result from the judges
nf oil We MAJ N hi hara
are.
NOTHING FOR THE COMMISSION TO DO NOW.
There will be nothing for the commission to
do now until its next meeting on the 18th of
April. In the meantime all the business will
be transacted by the board Of representation
and control OF which l have spoken, and
the executive committee In fact there is little
to do beyond creating an interest IL the project
both ut home and abroad. We will send out
our agents and do all in our power to make
sentiment.
'''fhc board of lady managers is doing mag
nifcent work. Among their schemes is one to
establish honorary boards of ladies throughout
Europe, in order to stimulate public interest
abroad. 1t is expected that the Princess OF
Wales will be at the head OF the English board.
WANT aid OF ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
1.-The entire commission is anxious to enlist
the aid Of all of the departments Of the gov
crnment in this work, and particularly the
State Department.
1.-THE prestige which that department will give
our efforts will be Invaluable. Any American
who has ever been abroad can realize the i'm
mense weight that is there attached to any
thing Official Why, negro boy of
the streets, with both legs cut
off and his nose fastened to the wrong side Of
his face. armed with papers from our State De-
partment. bearing the great seal, will earn more
consideration from any foreign government
than the Admirable CrichtopW Mr.. Gladstone
without credentials. 1ha why the State
Department will be of such service