The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-12

you, Senators, and you, people from abroad
everywhere in this country, cannot
deny in your pride that such a
thing occurred under the benign
She stands boldly claiming the right of
your consideration. Remember the thous-
ands of square miles that lie on the other
side of the Alleghaney mountains; remem-
Der the great chair of lakes; remember ST.
Louis, the mistress city of the worlds
greatest river. Let New York not forget
that she must depend for her future pro-
gress, not altogether, but largely, on the
fertile fields of the west. Remember that
this young giant of the west is construct
ing grand waterways to the southwest,
that she has undertaken that stupendous
work, and will any ran from ST.
Louis, or from this beautiful capitol,
say that the city that is able
to cope with, and find means
to carry on that work, shall be set aside in
her claims for this great exposition! Chi
cago wants this exposition She is ready
to meet every requirement. The west
must be noticed, and it was without pre-
sumption that he spoke for the sixteen
sovereign states of the new west.
Thomas B. Bryan was the next speaker.
After referring in humorous manner to
New York's claims and Mr.. Depew, he
proceeded to argue that of all the
large cities Chicago had the coolest,
most comfortable and pleasant climate,
and that she had unequaled railway facili-
ties and accommodations. No other city
was equally accessible, alike for the bulk
of the exhibitors, and for visitors. The
gentlemen from New York could make
beautiful pictures of their sites, while the
poor Chicago people must content them
selves with building shaft of truth and a
pedestal of facts Could any honest, fair
minded, diSpaSsiOnate man say that the
site selected by New York was a proper
site? The truth was that the site was not
the right location for the world S
fair 1t had several distractions. 1t
was uneven and it would require
a vast expenditure of money to pull down
buildings. 1t required large sums to blast
its rocks; it required dynamite to blow up
the situation of the site in order that it
might be occupied. Chicago had thousands
of acres at the disposal of the fair not a
house to buy, not a cubic yard to level.
Throughout the length and breadth of the
land there could not be found any city OF
adequate resources and population that
could present to the Congress of the
United States such plans and such adapt
| ability of ground tor the purpose of a
grand expos ition as could the city OF
| Chicago. Chicago has within ten minutes
been made and left unoccupied for this eX-
press purpose. The farmers of the coun-
TRIP, by an overwhelming majority, wanted
Chicago, and when he said this, he spoke
advisedly. The agricultural journals
wanted the fair in Chicago, because in the
magnificence of New York's appropriation
it had appropriated ten acres for an agri
cultural exhibit. Why, one single high
| spirited animal of the west would paw the
| nyth nd n,thJ ptarr mt fnr q
pitiable appropriation. Ten acres. What
for! For the vast domain of America
South America and Mexico. Ten acres
| Naughter.)
The great majority of the people in this
country had said that New York oweC
nine-tenths of her greatness to the west
To be sure, she had sent her money to US
but she had got high interest for it and il
had been returned to help fill her Golfers
Her merchant marine had been made glori
Gus by the products of the vast
western empire. The dependence Of
the west upon New York, was nothing
ascompared with the dependence
of New York upon the west. In
the interest of the entire country, Chicago
was for the west and the west was fol
Chicago. The worlds fair would be q
curse to New York, and many New York
ers know it, because they had told him so
| uaugeter). The gentlemen knew in their
hearts that it would be a curse, because
they knew New York wa. unequal to the
occasion. The capacity of it's roads an6
hotels was already overtaxed. He pleaded
not for Chicago, but for the west, for the
miner, the agriculturist, the manufac
turer, The lumberman. The west had a
claim 1t was her claim, that she has
waited patiently and long. Referring tt
Depew's speech, Bryan said thai
Depew never opened his mouth
but that herevealed his rich casket of gem!
ofwit and wisdom, but as they rolled, ou
this morning he wished they could b,
changed into block of marble and thel
the Goddess of Liberty might have had
pedestal sooner, and her eyes would no
crow weary waiting for the promised
Washington triumphal arch and thu
| Grant monument. There was one thin!
New York lacked, that Chicago had Sh
lacked public spirit, and public spirit wa
the concentration of patriotism.