Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-16
HITCH IN woRLD's FAlR MATTERS.
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sldered Dangerous.

sidered Dangerous.
WASHINGTON, Dec 16.-A slight com
plication has arisen in connection with
the approval of the guarantees of the
fund of the worlds fair, but the obstacle
is one which is likely to be overcome.
The probability now is that the presi-
dent will shortly decide upon the suf-
fciency of the guarantee and will issue
his proclamation. The documents which
were brought by Mr. Frederick w.
Peck and President Palmer from Chi
cago were referred to the department of
justice for information as to their legal
sufficiency. Assistant Attorney General
Maury, to whom the papers were in the
first instance referred, reported back to
the attorney general that, in his judg-
ment, there was one point at least
which required careful consideration.
There were twenty points enumerated
by Assistant Attorney General Maury
Gs to which he had doubts, but there
was one in particular which he regarded
as serious. That one was, as to whether
or not the common council might not
repeal the ordinance authorizing the issue
of bonds, and whether or not, in view
of such a possibility, it would not be
necessary for the president, in accord
ance with the terms of the act, to have
all of the bonds issued before the condi-
tions of the act could be complied with,
and before the formal proclamation of
the president could be issued. Sun
day Mr.. Peck and Secretary Butterworth
met the attorney general of the depart
ment Of justice, and went over one by
one the twenty objections which had
been raised by Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Maury. Mr.. Peck and Mr.. Butter
worth made formal legal arguments,
occupying several hours, as to each one
of the points. Nineteen of the twenty
objections which had been raised by Mr.
Maury were overcome by the arguments
of Mr. Peck and Mr.. Butterworth to
the satisfactionof the attorney general,
and were by the latter Cancelled from
the memorandum. As to them, all
doubts had been removed.
AS to the other, however, the attor-
ney general insisted that there were in
his opinion sufficient doubts to warrant
his returning the papers to the president
with the statement that. in his judg-
ment, the objection raised by the assist
ant attorney general was sufficiently
serious to at least require the careful
consideration of the president The
main point raised by the attorney gen
eral is that, inasmuch as it would be
possible for the Chicago common coun-
Gil to repeal the ordinance authorizing
the issuing Of the bonds, it cannot be
said that the fund has been raised until
those bonds are actually issued.
To this Mr. Peck and Secretary But
terworth replied that the ordinance of
the common council which had been ac-
cepted by the directory Of the worlds
Columbian exposition is in the nature
of contract; that legal rights have
already vested under it; that the con-
tract is of such nature that the worlds
fair authorities could issue a mandamus
upon the common council, or could
secure an injunction to enforce it's
rights under it, that vested rights have
become established, and that in view of
that fact no act of the common council
can interfere with the vested rights
which have been established.
Those connected with the fair here
believe that the president will regard
the guarantee of the fund adequate, and
that he will insist that the ordinance of
the common council is a contract with
the authorities of the fair which could
not be annulled by any repeating ordi-
nance.