Morning journal and courier., 1890-02-18
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
THE WORLDS FAIR BILL.
A Protest Against LegisIa-
tive Delay.
FOUR HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
A FrightfuI Disaster In The
China Sea.
A WHOLESALE ARREST.
w hat Was Done In The Sen.
ate Yesterday.
A WHOLESALE ARREST.
AT COOPER UNION HALL.

A RousinE Meeting OF Men In Favor
OF speedy Action with the Fair BILL
A Series OF ResoIutiOns-Non-Pa
san measure-PromInent Men Speak.
Much Enthusiasm-Three Cheers for
PIast-Minor Meetings.
New York, Feb. 17.-Cooper Union hall
was densely packed Tonight and hundreds
were unable to gain admission. The occa-
sion of the throng was mess meeting to
protest against legislative delay in passing
the worlds fair bill. Among the prominent
persons on the platform were Warner Miller,
@. NJ. Depew, John H. Starin, Ambrose
Snow, Joseph @. Hendryx, A. U. Tenny,
James w. Tappan, John Foord. Mr.. starin
presided and called upon Mr.. Foord. as Sec
rotary, to read SEXES of resolutions which
set forth that the original bill sent to Albany
was drawn up by both democrats and re-
publlcans; that 1t Wes q purely business,
non-partisan measure, desis led for the ben
eft of all people; that the non-political char
aeter of the enterprise must be maintained
OF congress will not sanction the selection of
New York as the site for the fair; that the
commission named in the bill is non-parti-
san, that the committee now in charge,
which have been criticized as democratic,
Geese to eontT d the project after the COM
mission takes charge, and that there is no
reeson for dragging Politics into the matter
In any way.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
The revolutions were unanimously adopted
and the audience gave three cheers. Elihu
Root read letter from Senator Evarts SYM
pathizing with the objects of the meeting
Edward Conklin read the resolutions adopted
at q meeting of the Central Labor union In
accord with the sentiments expres sed in tie
foregoing. resolutions. Hon. Warner Miller
then made speech, saying that he had
thought for thirty years that he we1 re-
publican, but had suddenly found that he
was regarded rs Tammany democrat be.
cause he WIS in favor's of the world fair bill.
He found consolation in the fact that he lad
that of @. N. Deg ow. Elshu Rot, @. N.
Blir1, $. v. R. CIager, and others. (Ap-
plause) Mr.. liller went on to deplore the
cry of psrtisianship that had been raised
against the bill. Mr.. Miller i1l .her said
that the comp.ttcy on lcs,.slation We, COM
posed of seventeen republicans and Fights
democrats and the sub-o ommittee thereof,
two republtcans-Depew and Root and one
democrat, Mr.. Whitney; E, that ,t the bill
ives Tanmany plot Depew aud r. It were
the trail ors. (Applar-s).
MR.. DFrEw SPEAKS.
Mr.. Depew also ST oke, saying that if &c.
lumbus had known what tronble this matter
Yves going to cause he never would have dis.
covered America. [Laughter.] Mr.. Depew
appreciated his peril in coming here to night
without receiving permission f:om the new
guardian of the republican party of New
M 70 N e
Hampshire. He went on to say that every
body in st. Louis and Chicago, democrats,
republicans, mugwumps, anarchists and
socialists agreed on this one Point of wait
ing the fair. It WIS reserved for New
Workers. to leave Wellington and call each
other bad name1 at home. Every man fs
entitled to his opinion without being charged
with party bics. A very eminent and able
republican leader, with his friends, thinks
that q fer in New York in 1892 because Of
the machinery of the city government being
in the bends of the democracy would lead to
a number of the vest crowd of visitors illeeit-
imately voting In the presidential election.
I, on the contrary, believe that the e.eat
prosperity which would follow all over the
country whuld rebound to the orc lit of q
nationPl administration under who 10 auspices
it We. held, the came the fair of 1876 un-
questionably did. Each of us - entitled to
q fair consideration of our opinions without
cutting each others throats. Mr.. Depew
went On to say that the comm.7sio proposed
il o partisan one.
AN OVERFLOW MEETING HELD.
In making his announcement Mr.. Plummer
said Mr.. Plat had sent for him this evening
at the Fifth Avenue hotel and told him he |
was anxious to have the fair In New York |
city and that If Mr.. Depew's pior osals were |
endorsed there wa no doubt It ould be car
ried in the legislature. Mr.. Der ,w made q |
few remarks oomplimenting Mr.. Plat and |
saying that his fotion showed that the ciiti- |
oisms on his motivt1 were unjust. The "two- |
thirds" prop osal we1 then endorsed.
Other SPEAKERS FOLLOWED % IKE import.
Finally John F. Plummer appeare ON the |
platform and spnounec1 that If Mr.. Der sws |
"two-thirds" proposal or comp1 omiss wrs |
endorsed by the meeting Mr.. Plat would |
agree to 1t. The question we1 put and the |
proposal we1 heartily eadols,d. This had |
the effect Of bringing the me sting to . sud |
den close with three cheers for Thome, @. |
Plstt. While the meeting wca in progrer3 |
within the hall, the thousands of ps ople out |
side who had been unable 10 get inside were
holding an overflow meeting, presided over |
by Mr.. R. Fulton Cutting and addressed by |
Captain Thomcs B. Oullom, @. @. Shayne, J.
Waldo Smith and others. Finally this meet |
ing was divided into q number of smaller |
ones each listening to some popular orator of |
local renute