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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The subcommittee
OF the special House Committee on the Worlds
Fair was called together this morning by
Chairman Gambler and discussed the Springer
proposition to select the site for the Worlds
Fair by ballot in the House tomorrow The
session did not last more than half an hour.
as II was evident that the subcommittee
was hopelessly divided upon the PROPOSE
ton. 1t will probably request the full
committee. when It meets tomorrow, to
allow It moro time to consider the subject.
That was the plea made to-day by the Chair
man and Mr.. Flower, when Hr. Hit pressed
them to take action oi ,'. some Kind; Both r. said AID
@ they e had nGs Q o Se m s
reporting any measure that would prevent
ton. Which result would probably follow an
%bsFbet the settle tine % aS tho to
Fair befoFe deciding upon % the O site. ito
committee approached q vote directly on the
to avert. this, as he believed thar it would DO
defeated. In fact. the Chicagoans seem to be
ns aSssra sRo Sew SeW m
himself is 9n-c9mmittal. and when asked to-
day 4 he the Of he
city as AGAINST the others, he said eyasiyely
that It was too early at present to tell what
The speech Of Chauncey NJ. Depew before the
Quadro- Centennial COMMITTEES. IN SUPPORT Of
received from him this morning without any
changes from the stenographic report. The
COMMITTEES @ has been waiting fCr ME. ReDew to
ments. The addresses Of all the orators will
now be published within two or three days. Ar
call a meeting Of the committee and endeavor
to get Worlds Fair bill before the Senate as
soon as possible.
Senator Farwell and his colleague Senator
Cullom are showing the white feather. They
have begun to weaken in their determination
to force fight between the President and the
Senate. and their present hope Is to arrange a
compromise by which the nomination OF John
nj. Clark to be Collector OF Customs at Chicago
date Gs possb9 Penn the @
Ocean, nominated. Senator Farwell has made
oDs 20 OF 9 s na d It is
least half of the Republican Senators are
willing and even anxious to back him up in
Democratic Senators are also willing to vote
for the rejection of tho Presidents nominee.
men on the Hepublican side who say that the
party cannot afford to have such a fight as
would fSoy an to reject the no%Ra
President but 1t would have TO be accom-
plished by the aid OF Democratic votes,
and the timid Senators are afraid Of the result
of guch q victory, Senator FarWell Is anxious
to sound the buHle at once. He is confident
that were the case fairly laid before the Senate
the Republicans would be solidly with him and
against the President Senator Cullom. how
bring on the fight although no one would like
more than ne 10 see tne AamHlhhistraIi9n H rs @ en-
iika HIN insist on talking Of a compromise.
iAe n waa van ieaTnsd tnAday. boWeVer that
The President is not willing to withdraw
Tiert5s name and the Senators who have en-
deayored to avert the threatened war by in
Io coax Tarwell 10 Keen the peace Their chief
arSnment ia that the party capnot afford n CON
test. and that as Clark is his personal friend 1t
OF mere Senatorial pride. Farweil is in
0uandary. His friends persist in declaring
that he can defeat Clark's confirmation il he
decides to do SO, and that he knows Just where
'A0 'o''' "-' N''' --o--'
Rv n strict party vote the House Elections
committee To-Day deciaeu 10 report IN iaVor OIL
Jackson. the Democratic Represent
atiye from West Virginia. and declaring Smith.
me ba Ssnteen ~ cnntesIad
alant,an a5 casea which The eommittee has dis
posod Of, and 1t was the FIRST one upon which
aa ~ n mH e tha comm mittee denided that II
nn, 0T ha nsaess 10 nndsrtaEe TO dssect the
svidence taken, as several days would be CON
~ eIS eps ye acnuanied With The facts
con 1ane %oio nointS So nvolyed There Will OF
course, be two reports wm.ch II ~ eNnecNIfHu Nf
on WIN nrohabiV sci forth the majority
viaw and Mr. Crisp will represent the ideas OF
tbe minoritv
Secretary Tracy, Admiral Shufeldt, and Capt
~ ~. - 90 20 ,h air ,joyo ,,, tho noIicv
Jaws OF 'he navy Etro =, ",