The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-22
TEE FAIR, THE FAIR,
Mtne bot the Brave Deserve the
Worlds Fair.
HHg TOURNAMENT IN THE HOUSE
Of Representatives, in Which the knights
From New York, Chicago, ST. Louis and
at Large Break Lance.

TO the bill altogether as matter with
which the government should have nothing
to do. He would vote for st. Louis as the
site, and when that question was decided,
would vote against the bill altogether
Morse, of Massachusetts, announced that
he would vote against the bill because he
thought Washington the only site that
could be selected as a compromise and
holding it in Washington would cost
several million dollars, which could better
be expended for pensions, public buildings
or postal telegraph.
Peters, of Kansas, said it was almost a
hopeless task to try to stem the tide of
patriotic feeling, but before Congress
committed itself to the fair, it should
see if the government could af-
lord 1T. The regular estimated APP
preparations for the next fiscal
year were S4o6,000,000; the miscellaneous
appropriations made during the special ses-
Sion were SlG,0O0000, and during the long
session the amount would certainly not be
less. In addition there We're at least
SO, 900 Of deficiencies making a grand
aggregate of appropriations of SAP. 00O. 600.
There " ere only S450,0000o0 of estimated
revenue with which to pay them These
figures did not take rivers and harbors into
consideration
O'Neil, of Pennsylvania argued there
was too little time remaining TO arrange
for a worlds fair in 1892
Blanchard, of Louisiana, argued in favor
oil the fair, but did not speak for any par
ticular locality
O'Ferrall, of Virginia, and Gibson, of
Maryland, favored Washington as the
place for the fair
Houck said TO have the fair anywhere
except at the national caoital would take
from it most of its Importance Let the
nation inherit the buildings which must be
constructed here for the fair. They would
oe-they were now-needed for public
uses
Wilson, of West Virginia, said we had
had series of centennials during the past
fourteen years. Their influence for good
could hardly be overestimated We should
show to the old world the grandest work
on earth-a great nation built upon the
corner stone of liberty. 1t necessarily
followed that the only right and proper
place Tor The fair was at the seat of the
national government.
Nandever, of California, argued in favor
OF st. Louis. If it was to be financial
transaction purely, why not advertise for
bids and give the fair TO the city Offering
the most money. He believed the next
exposition would be held in California and
AC LAWFUL Iuc CldlMS Oh st.
Louis as recognition of the strength ard
greatness of the west.
carlisle said the exposition was to give
the people OF the old world not an insight
into our great manufactures and industries
only, but to show them our great country.
He would vote for ST. Louis and next for
Chicago. He disapproved of the bills pre-
scented by the committee. Congress had no
authority to hold fair elsewhere than in
the District of Columbia or the territor-
les. He opposed the appropriation of ST.
100000. If any state wanted fair its citi-
zens had only to incorporate themselves
and hold it. He would vote for the bills
only after they had been amended to meet
his views.
Kinsey, of Missouri, advocated that the
fair be held in ST. Louis.
ONelll, of Indiana, believed his constitu-
entS' interests would be best served by
holding the fair in st. Louis.
Wilson, OF Missouri, also argued in favor
of St. Louis.
Foreman, of Illinois, was for a fair not
as an accommodation to foreigners, but as
an educational aid to the people of this
country. He was In favor of St Louis, be-
cause it offered the best guarantee of the
success of the fair
Hatch, of Missouri, pleaded that the fair
be held at ST. Louis, the great center of all.
trade and commerce of this country Con
tinuing, Hatch ridiculed New York's site.
He described Forest park at ST. Louis,
with its magnificent grove and ], $50 acres
where said he, you can pick up your little
park and dump il down three times''
Cultivate, of Ohio, said the fair should
be held beyond the Alleghenies. Obeying
the JOINT resolution of the Ohio legislature
and his own impulses he favored Chicago.
Mason, of Illinois, made a long speech
favoring Chicago. The southern brothers
IL, -l.1s
and loose criticism in political matters
They in turn charged the southern people
with the same faults, and bitterness was
aroused. How could this be stopped better
than by meeting on common ground, in
common cause, and come to Chicago and
see whether her hospitality differed from
that of Georgia, Mississippi or Kentucky.
Kerr, of Iowa, spoke of the glories of
Chicago's rise. 1t had pluck and rush and
energy, and would make the fair success.
Kerr, of Iowa, believed a fair held in the
east would not exhibit the true wealth of
the country. 1t should be held in the great
west and in Chicago.
Owen, of Indiana, said that if any place
had earned it, it was Chicago The logic
OF geographical location and popular feel
ing al inclined TO Chicago.
! Springer dwelu upon the great expense
! of holding celebration at New York. He
| referred TO the failure of New York to
\complete the Grant monument. Deduct
S5,OOO,0O0 needed for buildings at New
York and but s, 0G0, 900 would be left of
the Albany appropriation. Compare that
with the Chicago proposition-Sl0,0 100000
IN money and a site. Chicago would ask but
100000 or 100000 from the govern
ment, and that fer its own exhibit. He re-
ferred to the contest at Albany, and quoted
the declaration of one of the state senator's
that to him the bill was a crow and he
would eat his share. If the fair was located
at New York in all probability it would be
failure. 1t was the opinion Of the ablest
lawyers of New York that the Albany bill
was unconstitutional, and that the tax
payers could successfully resist the impo-
sition of the charge.
Flower said that as the gentlemen had
questioned the value of the bonds New
York proposed to offer, he was himself
Ready to take all of them at par.
Fitch, Dunphy, Lansing, Spinola, Wal
lace, Raines, Turner, Mccarthy and Far
ouhar spoke for New York
Caudler closed the debate IN few words,
saying the country could safely trust the
House TO discharge its full duty, and he
hoped Tor favorable conclusion upon the
question next Monday. The House then
took recess. The evening session will be
for the consideration of private bills.
The House ia evening session pass cd
forty private pension bills and adjourned
ill Monday.
The Senate.