Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-20
STILL THE KEYSTONE.
Pennsylvania's People, Push and
Products Will Set the Pace
AT THE WORLDS FAIR In CHICAGO.
Checkmating the Legions of Eager, Anxious
Place Hunters.
EFFECT OF A PITTSBURGER'S MODEsTY

That Pennsylvania men, products and
manufactures will cut prominent part in
the future of the Worlds Fair at Chicago,
seems to be the result of the observations of
Mr.. Leonard Wales, who returned yester-
day from three days sojourn in the Windy
City. 1t is also apparent from personal
contact with members of the National Com
mission that the local directorate will here
after be relegated to the rear and that in the
new deal the National Commission is in the
saddle.
''The pace that Pennsylvania will travel
has been set by Pittsburg's member of the
National Commission, Captain William
Mcclellan" said Mr.. Wales. Captain
Mcclellan made such brilliant fight for
General d. II. Hastings as Director-Geu-
eral that he naturally was awarded tn e dis
tinction of making General Davis nomina-
ton unanimous Before any committees
were announced President Palmer, of the
National Commission, came to Captain Nc
Clellan and asked him upon what commit
tees he desired to serve, as he had shown
himself to be very decent man in the
Hastings-Davis fight"
ONE VICTORY FOR MODESTY.
"Captain Mcclellan said that he wanted
to be on just such committees as was the
pleasure of the President. There had been
such a terrific struggle for fat places that Sena-
tor Palmer was astonished by the Pittsburg
mans modesty, and forthwith placed him on
the three best committees: Manufactures,
Classification and Tariffs and Transportation.
The Committee of Manufactures is of keen i'm
portance to Pittsburg and Pennsylvania for the
general expectation is that Pittsburg will make
an exhibit which will justify her universal
Characterization as the greatest manufacturing
center in the world. AS Secretary of the Com
mittee on Classification Captain Mcclellan has
just finished and laid before the commission
first draft of the grouping of exhibits which
seems to be universally commended for its
clearness, scope and perspicu1ty."
The fact that PENNSYLVANIA presented the
only other candidate for Director General in
the person of General Hastings seems to have
made General Davis and the commission
anxious to favor the Keystone State in every
possible manner.
THE place-hunters-whose names are legion
have been knocked topsy-turvey by General
Davis request for the creation of bureaus,
whose heads shall be-so far as possibIe-the
chairman of the respective committees in the
original schemes, and who shall be directly re-
sponsible to him. 1t is unquestlonably wise
move, and shows that General Davis has risen
to the situation. His desire to avoid the
cumbrous committee system is the essence of
good sense when it is considered how limited
buc Glluo hL tuo opOodA VI luo COmuloolOh Aao
become
PENNSYLVANIA TO THE FORE.
general Davis, having sprung from the
Local Directorate, has naturally been tolerant
of the vagaries of that body, but he has def
nitely decided that the National Commission
must hold up his hands or there will:be grand
collapse. From personal conversations had
with DeYoung, of California; Tousley, of Min
nesota; Hodges, of Maryland, and Messrs.
Mcclellan, W Woodside. Brewer ana Widener, of
Pennsylvania, it is clearly apparent that the
National Commission feels that the Local Di-
rectorate has been monkeylng. 1t can be de-
pended upon that the Fair is to be put through
and the Chicago spectators and parasites have
got to come down.
'Rumor has it that the following Pennsyl-
vanians are slated by the National Commits
sion: Editor Brewer, of the Erie Dispatch. is
to be made chief of the Bureau of Installation,
a most important post; Lieutenant Colonel
Robinson, of the United States Army, now
stationed at Philadelphia, will be chief of the
Bureau of Machinery, the same position he
held with marked ability at the Centennial.
Captain Mcclellan has been active in the in
terests of Miss Mary McCandless, of this city.
who will be a candidate for secretary OF the
Ladys' Board of Managers. Several other Pitts
burgers are in quest of important positions, but
do not wish any publicity at present. 1t can be
set down as fact that Pennsylvania will re-
ceive handsome treatment at the Worlds
Fair ~