The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-25
DETAILS OF THE BATTLE.
Two Thousand Spectators Looking
Down on the House.

I
bad day, with rain falling and the skies SO
dark that full head of gas blazed above
the glass panels of the ceiling of the hall of
the House at high noon, when the speakers
gavel fell the galleries were packed with
spectators, and crowds obstructed the cor
ridors- All Of these people had gathered to
witness the deciding struggle between the
| adherents OF the cities of New York Chi
cago, st. Louis and Washington,
upon the result of which depends the
location of the worlds fair OF 1892.
| Chauncey M. Depew, Mayor Cregier, and a
host of representative men were to be seen
In the reserved galleries.
Representative O'Neill of Pennsylvania
opened the proceedings by presenting John
II. Reyburn, successor of the late Represen-
tive Kelley of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Reyb1rn
took his place before the bar. and was
sworn in by the speaker.
THE SPECIAL ORDER TAKEN UP.
The clerk read the special order of the
House prescribing the method of voting
| upon the site for the fair, requiring some
one place to have majority of the votes
| cast
Mr.. Blount of Georgia wished to know if
there would be an opportunity afforded to
| pass upon the question as to whether there
shall be fair before selecting O site.
The speaker replied that under the special
order this opportunity could not be- had,
| and Immediately directed the clerk to cali
| the roll. There was some applause as the
| first few responses were made, which was
promptly checked by the speaker.
THE FIRST BALLOT.
The vote resulted: Chicago lis, New
York 70, st. Louis 81, Washington Sc, Cum
berland Gap 1. The detailed vote was as
follows:
For Chicago-Messrs. Adams. Allen of Michi-
gan, Anderson Of Kansas. Barwig, Bel1nap,
Boothman, Brewer, Bricl1ner, BrookshIre,
Brown, Bullock, Burrows, Burton, Butterworth,
Bynum, Caldwell, Cannon, Carter, Caswell,
Cheadle, Chapman, Cheatham, Clark Of Wiscon-
sin, Clunie, ComsGock, Conger, ConneIl Cooper
of Ohio, Cowles, Craig, Grain, Culbertson of
pennsylvania, Cutcheon, Dalzell, Davidson, Dol
liver, Dorsey, Dunnell, Evans Ewart, Fithian,
Flick, Funston Gear, Gest, Clifford, Grosve-
nor, Hansbrough, Haugen, Hayes, Haynes,
Henderson of Illinois, Henderson Of Iowa,
Hermann, Hill. Hitt Hopkins, Kelley, Kennedy,
Kerr of Iowa, Lacey, Lafollette, Lawler, Laws,
McCord, McCreary, McKenna, Mckinley, Morey,
Morrow, Cultivate, Owen Of Indiana, Parrett,
Payson, Pendleton, Perkins, Peters, Pickler,
f0s5; TSTs fRsgssY R9s sc|srton Bay Reed sbi,e$ Of
Smith Of Illinois, Smith of West Virginia,
Smyser, Snider, Spooner, Springer, Stephenson
Struble, Taylor of Illinois, Taylor of Tennessee,
e. B. Taylor, ]. D. Taylor of Ohio, Thomas,
Thompson, Townsend of Colorodo, Townsend
of Pennsylvania, Turner of Kansas Van
Schalck, Walker of Massachusetts, Watson,
Wheeler of Michigan, Whiting, Wickham, Will
Jams of Ohio, Wilson Of Washington. Yoder-
115.
NEW YoRK'S HACKERS
For New York-Messrs. Andrew, Baker,
Barnes Breckwith, Belden, Bingham. Blount,
Boutelle, Brosius, Drummer, Buckalew, Camp
bell, Carlton, Clancy. Covert, Cummings, De-
lano, Dibble, Dingley, Dunphy, Elliott, Farquhar
Fitch. Flood, Flower. Fowler, Geissenhainer,
Herbert, Ketcham. Knapp, Laidlaw, Lansing.
Lehlbach. Lester Of Georgia, Lodge, Magner,
oa0' Moftf, Moore a'' Of New Soras; HampsniTe iSs
Niutchler, Mute, Osborne, Payne, Pennington,
Perry, Quackenbush, Quinn, Raines Rockwell,
Russell, Sawyer, Sherman, Simonds, Spinola,
Stahlnecker, Stewart of Vermont, Stivers, Till
man, Tracey, Turner of New York, Venable,
Wallace of Massachusetts, Wallace of New
York, Wilcox, Wiley, Wilkinson Wright, Yard
ley. and the speaker, Mr.. Reed-72.
ST. LOUIS CONTINGENT
For st. Louis-Messrs. Abbott, Anderson of Mis-
sissppi. Bland, Boatner, Breckenridge of Arkan-
sas, j. B. Brown. Gambler of Georgia. Carlisle,
Caruth, Cate, Catchings, Clark of Alabama
Clements, Cobb Crisp, Culberson of Texas,
Dockery, Ellis, Enloe, Foreman, Frank Good.
night Grimes, Hare, Hatch, Heard, Holman,
Texas, McMIlin, McRae, Mills, Montgomery,
Morrell, Niedringhaus, Norton, Oates O'Neall
of Indiana, Peeie, Pierce, Price, Richardson,
Rogers, Savers, Stockdale, Stone of K ntucky,
Turpin, Vandever, Wade, Waller of Missouri,
Washington, Wike Wilson of Kentucky, Wilson
of Mississippi, Wise-61.
wAsHrNGToN's wELL-wIsHERs.
For Washington Anderson, Atkinson, Bank
head, Banks, Bartne, Bayne. Bergen, Blanch-
ard, Bowden, Brecknridge of Kentucky, Brewer
Browne of Virginia, Buchanan of Virginia,
Bum, Compton, Dargan, Dehaven, Edmunds
Finley, Gibson, Greenhalge, Grout, Harmer,
Hemphill, Henderson of North Carolina,
Hooker. Houk, Kerr of Pennsylvania Lanham,
Lee Lester of Virginia, Laish, lcClammy,
McComas, NIillken, Moore of Texas, Morgan,
Morse, O'Ferrall, O'Neil of Massachusetts
O'Neill of Pennsylvania, Owens of Ohio, Ran
dali of Massachusetts, Reilly Reyourn, Robert
son, Rowland, Rusk, Schulz, Stewart of Geor-
gia Stewart of Texas, Stockbridge, Stumps,
Tucker, Wheeler of Alabama, and Wilson of
West Virginia-56.
Cumberland Gap-Mr. Skinner.
THE PAIRS.
The pairs were:
Mr. WILDER with Mr. Randall of Pennsylvania,
Mr. Cooper of Indiana and Mr.. Williams of Illi-
nos, Messrs. O'Donnell aud Kilgore, Messrs. Ar
mold and ForneY, Messrs. COgsWell and Phelan
Messrs Buchanan of New Jersey and Whit
thorne, MesSrs Darlington and Cothran Messrs.
Wilson of Kentucky and Painter, Messrs Bliss
and Biggs.
The absentees were:
Messrs. Allen of Mississippi, Coleman, Hall,
Rife, Sanford, Seney. and Sweeney.
Mr. Gambler of Massachusetts, chairman
Of the special committee on the fair, did not
vote.
CHICAGo's CROWD FELT GOOD.
The speaker announced that the total
number Of votes cast was 305, and that 153
was a majority. During the call, many
members kept tally for themselves, and 80 it
happened that when Mr.. Mason's name as
called he shouted out "sixty-fve.n (mean-
ing the total number of votes cast for Chi
cago up to that point; but corrected
himself Immediately to "Chicago," to the
amusement of the House.
The Chicago people were jubilanS upon
the announcement of the vote, but were re-
strained from expressing their feelings
openly by reason of the speakers caution to
the House to refrain from any demonstra-
ton. During the recapitulation of the
names there were signs of consultation
amolg the leaders, and the Chicago and
Washington people looked with suspicion
upon Mr.. Dockery of Missouri when he APP
preached Amos Cummings of New York
and held whispered conversation with him
for moment.
The second ballot was taken and resulted
as follows: Chicago 121, New York SO,
st. Louis 50, Washington, 40, This showed
Gains of and IL for Chicago and New
York respectively, and a loss Of 2 and 10
for st. Louis and Washington respectively.
The single scattering vote also disappeared.
The total vote was 800, of which 155 was a
majority.
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