Evening journal., 1890-03-17
WIND AND NOTHING MORE
New York's Opinion of Chi
cago's Fair Fund.
THE FIGHT IN THE COMMITTEE.

congressmnn Belden Became Very un-
complimentary and Said Chicago'n
Subscription List Was a Fraud and a
swindIe-A stubborn Fight Expected.
WASHINGTON. March 17.-It is evident
that there is to be a litter fight over the
Worlds fair bill, and it is by no means GER
tain that there will be Worlds fair The
meeting Of the committee Saturday was
very animated one. At the suggestion OF
the Chicago men that the ten million guar
antee was ample Belden and Hatch con-
temptuously snapped their fingers and said
that the telegram before the committee was
Of no consequence and that it represented no
guarantee. ut was said both Mr.. Hatch
and Mr.. Belden, "mere wind. Where are
Pullman and Marshal Field and Allerton
and Armour
Wind and Nothing More.
II was in New York. continued Mr..
Belden, 'and one Of the men who has sub
scribed 100000, according to the newspaper
report and the claim Of the Chicago outside
delegation, said that he had subscribed that
sum, but that he had only paid 1000, and
that he had no intention Of paying any such
sum as he had subscribed. and that is an
illustration of the character OF the Chicago
subscription list; 1t is all wind; il is a hum
bug and confidence game upon the Amer
lean congress- Therefore Springer re-
| quested Mr.. Beden to name the man who
had subscribed slO0 600. and who had been
in New York within a week and had made
that statement. Belden declined to do this
Looking for the Man.
Taking up the official Chicago subscrip-
tion list. which is in the possession of the
worlds fair committee, Mr.. Springer said
Il ind ON this list the names Of two persons
only who have subscribed 100000 each tC
the fund. One Of them is George NJ. Pull
man, who is at the Arkansas Hot Springs
and has not been in New York for a week
who never made that statement, and who
within week, has nude his bona fide sub
scrption $500 900. Marshal Field has moi
been in New York in a week, and he is moi
the kind Of a man 10 whom any one woulc
venture to attribute such a statement And
these are the only men on that list for the
sum named
What Chicago Hopes.
The Chicago men hope to force the bill oui
Of the committee by a majority vote. They
think they have five members Of the nine
viz, Gambler, Hit, Springer, Wilson, Bow
den. All Of the members Of the committe
are here except Frank, Of St Louis, who maj
arrive today. The Chicago bankers hav
been requested to have at the committe
room at the hour Of meeting today a tell
gram addressed to Chairman Gambler, r,
peating officially to him the statement tha
was made in the telegram sent to Mr.. Gag
to the effect that the people Of Chicago hav
had full information as to the pledges mad
by Mr.. Gage and will stand by them.
This has been done in answer to the sug
gestion Of Belden that the telegram sent i
Gage meant nothing, and that il was sen
when the signers had no knowledge Of tn
pledge which Gage had made.
New York's Gauntlet.
Immediately upon hearing the situation
in the committee Col. George r. Davis, 4
charge of Chicago's forces, telegraphed t
Chicago that a stubborn fight is impending
and that it will be necessary to 90 to wor
again just as he did before Col. Davi
{ says. II don't think that it will be possibl
for them 20 defeat US. There is no tim,
however, 70 lose. The bill should be RI
: ported to the house and put upon the apprC
| pirate calendar without delay. There ha
been too much time lost in the hope that b
! delay and courtesy a unanimous repor
could be secured. New York lays down th
; gauntlet We must pick it up don't bt
lieve the house will sustain New York i
this course
MIR. BeIden's Opinion.
, 1T is too big a thing to be run on wind.
That Is the statement which Mr. Beldan Z
New York, made to an interviewer in @,
, PLANTATION Of his position in the committe
, , as to the Worlds fair bill That is the lin
upon which the New York men hope to Gel
tainly defeat the Chicago bill in the con
mittee In the committee it is evident tha
the only aggressive supporters Of this polio
are Belden and Hatch. Flower, to be sur,
/ votes with his colleague, but he says, in e.
PLANTATION in the committee: II must vol
J with and stand by my colleague But Nj
! Flower permits it plainly to be seen that
+ is Belden's fight and not his