The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-02-28

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Unanimously Given the Fair.
At the announcement of the eighth ballot
the friends of Chicago made the walls of the
house re-echo with their cries Of victory. A
motion was then made and carried unani-
mously giving the exposition to Chicago.
The Story of the Battle.
After the reading of the Journal Mr. Rey-
burn, of Pennsylvania, the successor of the
late William d. Kelley. was sworn in. The
house then proceeded to ballot upon the Sc
lection of site for the Worlds fair.
When Speaker Reed raped for order at
noon there were about 800 representatives
on the floor. The galleries were crowded
with people waiting to witness the struggle
between the adherents of the rival cities on
the floor. Chauncey NJ. Depew and ex-
Secretary w. G. Whitney and others from
New York city, Mayor Cregier, of Chicago;
Governor Francis, of Missouri, and host
of representative men from these cities, and
many Washington men, members of the
original board Of promotion, were in the
galleries or corridors interested and anxious
spectators. The clerk of the house read the
special order, prescribing the method of vot-
ing on the site question, and requiring some
one place to have a majority of the votes
cast
The First Ballot.
Mr.. Blount (Ga) wanted to know il there
would be an opportunity offered to pass
upon the question as to whether there should
be fair before selecting a site. Speaker
Reed replied that under the special order
there could not be, and directed the clerk to
call the roll for the first ballot, which re-
suited: Chicago, 115; New York, ~; st.
Louis, 81; Washington, S. and one vote for
Cumberland Gap cast by Mr.. Skinner IN. c..
Six More Ballots.
The result of the first vote was very graft
flying to the friends of Chicago, both on and
off the floor. After the announcement by
the speaker of the result another roll call
was ordered, which resulted Chicago, 1871;
New York, SO; st. Louis, 50; Washington,
49, and Cumberland Gap had disappeared as
a contestant.
On the second ballot New York gained 10
votes and Chicago 8; St Louis lost 2, and
Washington 8, as follows: Chicago, 1913; New
York, 80; st. Louis, SO; Washington, As.
Whole number of votes cast, 800. Necessary
to a choice, 1856.
The third developed 306 votes, as follows:
Chicago, 1877; New York, 92; ST. Louis, SO;
Washington, 81
The fourth ballot resulted: Chicago, 1874; |;
New York, 95; st. Louis, As; Washington,
30. Necessary to a choice, l54.
The fifth ballot showed a total of 3l2; New
York gained Is votes, while Chicago added
but to her column. st. Louis meanw while
fell off 10 votes and Washington g. The
fifth ballot showed: Chicago 40; New York,
ITO: st. Louis, 3s; Washington, "A. Neces-
sary to choice, l57.
All was excitement as the roll call for the
sixth ballot began. The total vote was
again 3l2, Of which Chicago received I49;
New York, 1l6 St Louis, %, and Washing
ton, 10.
The New York people felt discouraged at
their small gain. The reading of the vote
was demanded to gain time for consultation,
and just as the seventh roll call was begun
Wilson (W. Val moved to take a recess
until IL O'Clock the following day. The
Chicagoans raised points of order and insist
ed the motion came too late, but Speaker
Reed declared he had recognized Wilson in
time Wilson then demanded the yeas and
nays and they were ordered.
There was much excitement at this time
1t was half-past a. and the New York men
were urging recess for the purpose, il was
rumored, of transferring their strength and
that of st. Louis over night to Washington
The yea and nay vote showed 13S in favor
of and ia opposed to recess. "Call the
| roll,n came from the Chicagoans, and the
seventh ballot was taken.
Three hundred and eleven votes were cast
-l54 for Chicago, 112 for New York, 81 for
| st. Louis and II for Washington. Chicago
was just two votes short of majority.
| Mason llll} dragged Reyburn, the new mem
| Der from Pennsylvania, forward, and he said
| he wanted to change his vote and he did so.
| 1t was expected this would lead to a STAN
| pede to Chicago, but it did not.
The Vote on the Eighth.
| The vote in detail on the eighth and decid
| ing ballot was as follows:
The members not mentioned in the vote
below, voted for Chicago on the eighth
| ballot.
For New York: Andrew, Baker, Bank
head, Banks, Barnes, Beckwith, Beden
Bergen, Bingham, Blanchard, Blount, Boat
ner Breckinridge of Arkansas, Browne o
Virginia, Drummer and Buchanan of New
Jersey, Buchanan of Virginia, Buckalew
Bum, Campbell, Gambler of Georgia, Carl
ton, Cate, Clancy, Clarke of Alabama, Gle
ments, Covert, Cowes, Crisp, Cummings
Delano, Dibbls, Dingley, Dunphy, Edmunds
Elliott, Farquhar, Fitch, Flood, Flower
Fowler Geissenhainer, Grimes, Harmer
Henderson of North Carolina, Herbert
Kerr of Pennsylvania, Ketcham, Knapp
Laidlaw, Lansing, Lehlbach, Lester o
Georgia, Lodge Magner, Maish, Martin o
Texas, McAdoo, Mccarthy, McCGinmy
McMillin, McRae, Mile, Moftitt, o
New Hampshire, Moore OF Texas, Mu ,h.er
/ Nufa Oikaill pf pannaNlxyania p,, D.,
Pennington, Perry, Pierce, Price, Quacken
bush, Quinn, Raines, Reilly, Richardson
Robertson, Rogers, Rowland, Russell San
ford, Sawyer, Sherman, Simonds, SPINDLE
Stahlenecker, Stivers, Tilman, Tracey
Tucker, Turner of Georgia, Turner Of New
York, Venable, Wallace of New York
Washington, Wheeler of Alabama, Wilcox
Wiley, Wilkinson Wise, Wright, Yardley
Speaker Reed. Total, lO7.
For st. Louis Bland, Breckenridge O
Kentucky, Caruth, Catchings, Cochrans
Dockery, Ellis Enloe, Frank, Goodnight
Hatch, Heard, Kinney, Mansur, Milli
Montgomery, Neidringhaus, Norton, O'Nes
of Indiana, Stockdale, Stone of Kentucky
Stone of Missouri, Tarsney, Walker of Mi,
souri,, Wilson of Missouri. Total, "a
For Washington; Bowden, Browne of Vii
ginia, Compton, De Haven, Gibson, Hemp
hill, Hooker, Lea, Lester of Virginia. Nc
Comas, O'Ferrall, Rusk, skinner, Stews
of Georgia, Stewart Of Texas Stockbridg
Stump, Wilson of West Virginia. Total,
The Changes on the Eighth.
The changes on the eighth and last ball
were: Abbott, from st. Louis to Chicag
Catchings, from Chicago to st. Louis; Cob
from st. Louis TO New York; Enloe, fro
New York to st, Louis; Hare, from S
Louis to Chicago; Hemphill, from Ne
York to Washington; Reilly, from Was
ington to New York; Skinner, from Ne
York TO Washington; Wallace OF Mass
chusetts from New York TO Chicago.
When the speaker announced the resu
and victory for Chicago, the Chicagoa
shouted and cheered The house was In
uproar, and in the midst Of it at 8 p. m a
journed,
The News In New York.
New York, Feb. 25.-There was mu,
regret expressed by citizens Of New Yo
when IL became known that the house