River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-18
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IT'S POWERS DEFINED.
The National Commission Claims General
Supervision and Control of the Colum.
bIan Exposftion.


Supervision and Control of the Column
bran Exposition.
CHICAGO, Sept 16.-The National
Columbian Exposition Commission met
Monday at Andrews Hall, 215 Wabash
avenue. President Palmer made brief
speech and the commission entered into
the hearing of a number of committee
reports. The most important was the
judiciary committee, which WAS
charged with the duty of defining the
rights, duties and powers of the commits
sion under the act of Congress creating
it, The report claims that the Ma
tional commission has the exclusive
power to allot space, classify exhibits,
determine the plan and scope of the ex-
position, make all awards of premi-
ums, and generally to have charge
of all intercourse with the ex-
hibitors and representatives of for
eign nations. The commission claims
the power to appoint necessary officers
and committees. This doubtless means
the director-general. While the COM
mission says il is not charged with
any duty in regard TO the selec-
tion of site or grounds or the
plans and specifications of buildings,
its approval of the action of the local
board does not necessarily exhaust
its power over these subjects. I he ac-
ton of the local board may be recon-
sidered by the commission. The power
of general supervision and control is
claimed by the commission because the
exposition is to be National and inter
national, not local.
The report was signed by the full
committee, William Lindsay. of Ken
lucky; George n. Massey, of Delaware;
J. w. ST. Clair, of West Virginia; L.
Gregg. of Arkansas, and w. j. Sewell,
of New Jersey. This report, as were all
the others. was laid. over for future dis
cussion.
The report of the committee on per-
manent organization briefly defined the
duties of twenty-five standing commit
tees. The executive commite zee is given
all the powers of the commission when
that body is not in session. excepting
cases in which the act of Congress in
express terms requires the action of the
commission or majority of the COM
missioners. The other committees
were given the powers and duties ex-
pressed and fairly implied in their bills
These committees are:
Rules, bylaws and regulations: tariffs and
transportation; foreign affairs; legislation:
fine arts; history; literature and education;
agriculture; live stock; horticulture and f1ori-
culture; finance; auditing; ceremonies; classi-
tication; manufactures; commerce; mines and
mining; fisheries and fish culture; electricity
and electrical appliances; forestry and lumber;
machinery and worlds congresses.
Prof. G. Brown Goodies classification
of exhibits was presented in a report
covering 211 pages of printed matter.
He divides the exhibits into ten depart
nts-agriculture and allied indus
tries; the mines and metsllurgy;
marine and fisheries; manufacture and
other elaborative industries; food and
its accessories; the house and its access
sories-costume and personal equip
ment; the pictorial, plastic and decora-
tive arts; social relations and public
welfare; science, religion, education
and human achievement; collective
and monographs exhibits. Each of
these departments is separated into
ten or twelve divisions and each
division into ten sections or subdivis-
made, and these still further divided
into from five to twenty smaller items.
Robert =. Porter submitted plan for
bureau of awards.
The subcommittee of the permanent
organization committee recommended
separate department on mines and min
ing to occupy building of its own.
The committe suggested a complete
exhibition of mining machinery of this
and foreign countries, a collection
of all known minerals, precious
stones, and of building and orna-
mental stone, with models of some
of the more famous mines and quarries.
II proposed the erection of a miniature
mountain showing the geological for
nation of mineral lands and the meth
DDS of reducing ores, miniature smelters
and other machinery showing the de-
yelopment of mechanical appliances in
this branch of industry.
The Lake Front ordinance, with the
amendments suggested by the worlds
fair directors, was passed without oppo-
sition Monday evening by the city
council. The old ordinance, with
eleven lines struck out. was pre-
scented by Alderman Cullerton. The
omissions we're the provisions that re-
CURED the directors to use not less than
$50 acres of land on the Lake Front for
exposition purposes, and the now use
less section requiring all bills to be pre-
scented to the special session of the Leg
islature to be first submitted to the cor
poration counsel. President Gage and
Directors Davis, Palmer, Keys and
Hutchinson were present and expressed
their satisfaction at the prompt action
of the council.