Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-07-05
THE WORLDS FAIR
The National Commission in Ses-
sion at Chicago.
The Questions Which Will Engage
Its Attention - Who Will Per-
haps BE the High D~ignitaries.

It's WIN WIN VI
haps BE the High Dignitaries.
CHICAGO, June 90. - The national
movement In connection with tho
Worlds Columbian Exposition was in
augurated today. From an early hour
the rotundas and corridors of the prin-
cipal hotels presented an appearance
familiar to those who have participated
in the national conventions OF the great
political parties. On every hand there
were to be encountered men OF national
prominence, in business life, in the po-
litical world and in the arenas Of states
manship and diplomacy. Many of them
had trod the Same ground within the
last two years when the accredited dele
gates OF the republican and democratic
parties had gathered in this city TO
place their standard bearers in the Held.
The Grand Pacific hotel was the prin-
cipal center OF the Worlds Fair dele
gates this morning, and by 10 o'clock its
spacious rotunda was almost impossible.
Well-known faces we're encountered on
every hand-from New York 1.-THE only"
Chauncey Depew, ex-Mayor John Boyd
Thatcher of Albany, James A. Roose-
welt and James II. Breslin; from Massa-
| chusetts came Augustus X. Bullock;
from Michigan Hon. Thomas w. Palmer,
ex-minister to Spain; from Pennsylvania
Z. A. B. Widner and John w. Chalfant;
from California NJ. II. De Young,
the well-known editor; from New
Jersey Senator William j. Sew
ell, Hon. Thomas nj. Waller, ~ex-consul
general at London; from Florida John
Hirst, who was prominently identified
with the centennial exposition OF 1876.
and had entire charge OF the recent
Piedmont exposition at Atlanta, Ga.
Each one Of the states and territories
was represented by W. delegates, and
the ten delegates-at-large appointed by
President Harrison had all put In an APP
| pearance by noon. AT that hour the
national commission was formally
opened in the large club-room OF tae
Grand Pacific, and the existence Of tho
body became q matter Of record.
The commission as O whole will first
be called upon to decide two matters:
| On the question Of site, and (2) the suf-
fciency of the fund. Although the
local board of directors have already
practically decided upon the lake front
and have opened negotiations with the
Illinois Central railway looking to Joint
action, Ii is not at all certain that the
national commission will indorse that
action. In fact, many OF them who
have had considerable experience in the
matter Of expositions have freely ex-
pressed Inc opinion that the site in
question will not by any means be large
enough and that moreover 1t has many
disadvantages which cannot be easily
overcome. Many Of them are OF the
opinion that at least 1000 acres will be
required in order to accede to the de-
mands of the numerous states that have
already applied for ten acres of space.
Ii they hold TO this view the fair will
have to go as a matter OF necessity to
Jackson park, for the same commission
ers are unalterably opposed TO dividing
the enterprise.
The extent to which the holding of
the fair on the lake front will longest
the business center Of the city, and
what Is still more important, the safety
and healthfulness of the site, will also
come in for very serious consideration.
AS to the question Of the suficiency of
the fund there will be no difference OF
opinion. IL in the judgment Of the
national commission the amount sub
scribed, or to be subscribed, is not re-
garded as ample for all purposes, the
board of directors will guarantee to
secure without delay as many millions
more as may be necessary or desirable.
The probable officers Of the national
commission came in for a good deel OF
canvassing this morning. Ex-senator
Palmer, OF Michigan, seems to be every
body's candidate for president. The
New York delegates have publicly an
uounced their intention Of placing Mr..
Depew in nomination, but in view Of
the vast interests which require the
most undivided attention Of the great
New Yorker, it is not thought probable
for a moment that he would consent TO
occupy the position. For secretary en-
srgetic efforts have been put forth on
behalf Of the Hon. BENJAMIN Butter
worth, and John L. Dickinson, of Texas,
and it is thought that the latter is in
the lead. He did good work for Chicago
In the preliminary contest and Is one
of the commissioners for his own state.
Butterworth has been Endorsed by many
Of the leading men in Washington. 1t
has been claimed by some that IL the
president of the commission Is a repub-
lican, the secretary should be a demo-
crat, but the directors say that they
want the man best suited TO the posi-
ton, and they DO not care what his poll.
tics may be. IL this is lived up to the
election Of the preside mt will have no
effect on the election of secretary.
The meeting today is simply TO COM
ply with the statute and it does not
follow that a permanent organization
must DO effected at once. Under the
law the commissioners can IL they SO
determine remain in continuous session
until after the purposes of the fair shall
have been accomplished. From moor
today, moreover, the state department
has no control over the delegates. II
has given effect to the law by the issu-
ance of q proper notice OF the meeting
Of the commission and there its duty In
the matter ends
All the arrangements have been com
pleted for q banquet to be given to the
lO4 commissioners at the Palmer house
tonight. The affair will be an elaborate
one and very select. The number OF
guests being limited, the only guests
besides the commissioners will be Chief
Justice Fuller, Justice Harlan, Governor
Fifer and Mayor Cregier.
The toasts will be. as follows:
1.-THE Relation OF che Worlds Column
bian Exposition to Commerce"
Its Relation to National Unity"
Its Relation to Interstate Unity"
ats Relation to Arts and Sciences
cts Relation to National Resources"
"Its Relation to Labor"
Its Relation to Our National
Growth"
Its Relation TO the Press"
"Its Relation to Literature and Ed.
ucation."
The speakers will include ex-Minister
Palmer, Horny Exall, OF Texas; Hon.
Thomas A. McKinzie, Mark Mcdonald,
OF California; Charles Ii. Jones. Of the