The sun., 1890-02-22
THE FAIR DEBATE ENDED.
AND NOW THE HTRUG6LE BETUEEN
THE RIVAL CITIES rs FOR HOTES

Oratory nnd Poetry by Nineteen Orators
md Ons POet-MRSon OF Chicago was h Q
Poet, but Ho was SurPnsaed on Thurs
day by Quinn Of New York Mills OF
Texas, Morse of MasSRchuSott-, aud Pc
tsrs OF Kansas Opposed Holding FAir-
Carlisle OF kentuckY Favored 1T. Louis.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2i.-Thc big two days
debate in ConErenc on ;Le question OF holding
Worlds Fair Is ended and after two days Of
lobbying and wire pulling u vote will he taken.
1t lie impossible to say now what city will win,
but II New York loses 1t will not be the fault #
her delegation or her citizens. Many Of the
best men OF the city are In Washington to-
night, and moro will be here tomorrow. They
will supplement tho good work that has been
done by the delegation, and prepare for
the big fight on Monday. Elliott i.
Shepard, Charles A. Towne, and John
d. Crimmns, who came this morning. have
been hard at work all day, md this evening
they are taking a recreation in tho shape II
good dinner at Chamborlain's given in their
honor by Representative Fi'ch, ut which other
members Of tho Congress- delegation are
guests. The Citizens Committee will all be on
hand by to morrow. and then the real hard
work OF the contest will begin. New York Is
the only ono OF tho competing cities that has
not had a committee Of its strong citi2ens here
for tho past few weeks working with the states
men whose votes are to decide tho contest.
They arc here now, however, and all arc work.
Ing together for the success OF tho metropoi-
tan city Two car loads OF ChlCagoans and as
many from st. Louis viii also come tonight.
Tho speeches delivered to-day woro better
than those Of yesterday and received more at
tention. both from the members themselves
and the idle public Of Washington, who always
hock to the galleries whenever 1t becomes
known that anything interesting is going on.
ri in thn
and great crowd out in the cor
riders grew cross and tired waiting for
chance TO got in. 1t was ~ o'clock when the
House met. and 1t was after whom Mr.. Far
auhar the last of tire New York speakers,
eat down. There were twenty speeches on tho
list. Some we're Gool and some bad and not
al OF them were in favor Of having the Fair.
Mr.. Mills ed the opposition to the Fair, but
failed to mako much of an impression on the
House. There seems littlc doubt that II the
vote on the question Of holding fair does not
get mix ed up with tho question Of its location
It will be carried by u large majority. Mr.. Will
eon OF Wost Virginia. who ma!e tho great hit
during the fight over the adoption Of the rules
by his humorous speech. smoke to-day for
Washington. and showed again his great
powerB as an orator.
There were several quite crcdnable flights OF
@loIuence during the day. and 1t Is but fair to
say that New York had her share OF the honors
Those who sounded her praises were Messrs
Fitch, Dunphy. lansing, Spinola, Wallace
Raines, Turner. Mccarthy. and Faruuhar Mr.
Stivers was down for a speech, but gave UP his
I've minutes to Mr.. Ranes. who was afrording
the House SO much amusement that every .
body. incimding Mr. Stiyers. wanted him 10 /
%ero far above the average, but rs they bad |
the close OF the discussion their audience was /
" to make @ Lis lis 'IlaS address @ the H"puGilcan @
representation in the House had dwin-
Were Se1 to ory abo1 do1sn TWEEN 6 a he5s
the DemOcra ic side Il tho chamber. The
sneakers stuck faithfully 70 their Ia Ks how
ever. and the few people WHO remained 10 hear
them We're highly instructed and amused. Mr.
Fitch. in particular @stonshcu even, his init
He had his speech ali pTspared but say
ing a few words he dr"rred his copy aud Went
His statement that there is more political ws.
dom In Harlem thun in any corner in the
%S,d iSagdss was o3 snpyTaea s hS Gs f9
which he, a. que, that the Fair should 10 held .
separated by river from the stIl greater city
OF Brooklyn. Iceman Turner ma 10 an eio-
atty II the city, and Eaines, upbradod hi.
ccego for having. stirred un the anmositles Of
iior The, PURPOSES Of exhibition and money get;
ting Mr.. Mccarthy made a good sreoch. and
p 5si1 more altenli2n to seIticn alton tnan any
Niedringhouse q =. Louis was the humorist
oi Yesterdays debate and no one iled his
managed to inject some fun into his remarks,
but he is too deeply in terested in tho fate Of
lightly. But il TO days Nood OF eloTnence fSii,
cd cd to bring forth new humorl-t tho world
the has Sssn G5P q Ills Wi %am
mason. and he halls from Chicago. His no
stg&l genius Was M Iar"cted an
Mason. who mas never before addressed tho
House without attempting TO relicye himself
OF portion OF his o.eTl9winR fund Of humor;
was quite serious m inded to-day. and confined
hLs remarks to n Ilea for the peo2!e Of the
animosities. Crossing to tho Democratic side
OF the Chamber as he neared tho close Of his
OF his Demo mocruti" cooaguos.nud IN u plaintiye
and touching manner Iecited this liit . poem.
follows
In fourteen hundred and ninetytw
Go 1moas crossed tlss 2ccnn C.n,l, h,e
We'll Tsunits the Cray aud Blue
4, Then the new-b born poet took his seat amid
has not he Of FIX SH% mat &
the only member OF tho House whose musical
Sohn SSoHI has been aroused by hy the Worlds Fqtr
Of him. In tho debate, Of ye,torday
new member furnished an original
contribution to the poetical eido Of he conro-
NNersy. which cannot bo said TO be inferior to
the little verse OF MIR Mason. Tho riv al poet Is
Mr. ohm Quinn. who. u though m vdest. is most
original In his speech ol yesterday Mr. Quinn
reclted his beautiful and entirely original pc-
rorRtion
ColumbiaS sons, let them he near or far
Confess New York the lrEt III peace Wur
and by the mighty Hudson only There.
Most hitting place 10 hold \ worlds fnr.
Chicago giant city OF the glorious West.
~, Louis Washington, calm your troubled breast
Proclaim your country n g0Ty everywhere
New iork's tho only place to hold a worlds fair.
1t would be pity we're this gem to be hidden
away in the Congressional RscOd amid the In
termtnable columns Of Senator Plair's speech
on universal education, and Mr.. Quinn
colleagues are talking Of having tho verses
handsomely bound Tor distribution among his
friends.
THE sPEECII-MAKISG.
Mr.. Hooker Of Mississippi opened tho debate
to-day. He spoke OF the vast importance to
the world OF CoiumbuS's discovery, which
marked the greatest ora in history. II dc~rrlcl
commemoratlon. We celebrated tho ccntrn-
nial ~ sight OF the ha wnure the 10 'arHtion
OF Independence had been made, and il would
BANKRUPT tho MULTIPLICATION table To calculate
tho adyantagn OF that ce!ohrnto4 70 the 'nucd