The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-22
WORLDS FAIR SITE.
Th~ s"hiers Fsily Ds.es..sa IN the ss~ase
TO-Day.

ne.ota psncceslssi To Address the house ON
the worlds fair hill.
Mills of Tcxns made ~ svs-.,ls objccting
tn tho bill altogether n matter with
which the government should have moth
to tlo. He would vote for ~. Louis as ~
site. and when that question ,iccslssi
he would vote against the bill altogether.
Morse of Massachusetts announced he
would vote against the hill because hs,
thought Washington the. only site that
could la selected compromise. and
holding il in Washington would save sew
cral millions Of dollars which could better
| bc expanded for pc,,sio,i>, public build
ings postal telegraph.
Peters of Kansas said il was aim o~t a
homeless task to try to stern the tide of
mittcSl It's affair, IL should scs 10 the gov
ernnent could afford il. The. regular
fs."i year ssia'Ss %ers ' Miscclani.
ss sc,a Pnrsa;,Sr: Ms1 .,SSo s .''r," aim" s sne
| ing the long session ths, amount would
were at least s,5.ODNO OF .iciicicncies,
an!%s .ona q ssas Sssr'sTTiSs TSers f @er Sns
S4J0,0D,OW of estimated rcvenus. with
which to pay them: These hg,,r's .iid not
| O'Ncil of Pennsylvania argued that
| range for the worlds fair in 1872.
| Blanchard of Louisiana argued i'm favor
| of the fair. but did not speak for any par
O'Ferrnii OF Virginia. .en., Gibson Of
Maryland favored Washington as the
Ho,,ck said tn have the fair anywlmrc
except at the national capital. which
Let the nation i"i.crit the buii.iines
| which must be constructed here for the
fair. They would bc; they were now
Wilson OF West virginia said We had
| had series of centcnnials during the
past IA years. Their influence for good
|
should show To the old world the grandcst
sight of; Of ,h. sarma gsas nation +, iit
sarily followed that the only right and
propcr place for the fair Was the seat of
Wander of California argued in favor Of
81. Louis. IL was tn M a financial
bids % and give % the fair to the city Offering
| the most money. He believed the next
exposition would he held in California:
and therefore he favored the claims of
81. Louis as "a recognition of the strength,
and Rrcatusss OF the West.
the people of the world not only am i'm.
sight into our great manufacture and
. . and next for Chicago. Hc .iisapprovesl oi
the bills presented t'y the committee
eisswScre r i Than nj in i, the 6istrici ' af coiam
hia or the territories. He opposed the ap
r the fair its citizens had only tai incorporate
= themselves and hold IL. He would vote
, for bills only after they had been amended
Kinscy Of Missouri advocated that tn,
. | fair be held in St. Louis.
. uents' interests would I've hest served Il,
: | holding the fair at ~. Louis.
! Wilson of Missouri also argued in "a,
! Foreman of Illinois was for Z. fair not "a
! am accommodation to Foreigners. but "a
I country. He was for ST. Louis because
= | offered the hest guarantee for the success
J, Hatch of Missouri pleaded that the f,i
q should he held at ~. Louis, the great cen
: ter of all trade and commerce OF thi
e SS%' SsM Yorka %''e' si,%. ia'" II. .icssrii.s a
: Forest Park. 81. Louis wi,
i.s as%'.ssn, wr s;., m g.SSss. "" .i a% pi.k s
your little park and du'np il down. 'hrc
N should bc held .Scyond the Allcgflanic.
"A Ot,eying the joint resolutions of the Obi
n legislature and his own impulses, lc faS
&c Mason Of Illinois, made !. strong spccc
n for Chicago. Southern brnther- charge
Is rcpublicans with unkin.incss. and Ia
n severe criticism in political matters. The
% in turn charged the southern people wit
,e aroused. How could this I've stopped be
: ter than "a meeting ON common ground ]
.c s"I,, h..,,s r hcr ,soi,"Iitv ,ltfcrs p,,,. a..
p. from Georgia. mississippi or kcntr. Ky.
q Gear. of Iowa. sloke 81 the glnries :
y
IL and energy and would make tlir fair
success.
T.. Kerr. of Iowa, believed "A fair held
~ tlicE asst would not exhibit the true wealt
of the country. 1t should In. held in tl
great west and i'm Chicago.
Owen. of Indiana. said il any place ha
,n earned the fair il was Chicago. The log
mr. | of the geographical location aud poInIl;
,x | feeling inclined to the choice of Chicag
-, Springer slwcit upon the great expcn
'e of holding the s,elciprS,t on AT New Sor
he He referred to the failure of Ne
II York to complete the Grant mon
id | ment. Deduct the S5.UUb0sp needed Z,
p- | buildings at New York and hut S5.UD.O
NJ would bs. left OF the Albany appropriate
Compare that with Chicago's propo-itis
hc of SiO.Us.tSD i'm money and "A site. Chics,l
~ would n SIX hut $500. 900 or $4;uO,uD0 from ii
er government. and that for it's own exhib
at He referred tn the contest AT Albany. au
* quoted tire declaration of one state sen
to tor. ''th.,t to- him the bill was crow. al
he ihc would eat his share IL the fair W
located at New York. in all probability
would b. q failure. IL vas the opinion
the ablcst lawyers i'm New York that q
ed Albany bill was unconstitutional. al
ay that the tax payer, could successfully
on sist imposition OF the charge.
al Flower said that as the gentleman Ia
questioned the value of the bonds Ne
ne York proposed tn offer. he war hiIns'
he ready to take them all at par.
US Fitch, Dunptly, Lansing, Spinol:.. w