Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-10

The teehnicalities that you know must be
Observed bet Seen nations. heard nv friend
say that the king of Italy. the uueensbf spaiu
and other European dignitaries OF Europe
would be invited We are all republicans; ws
are all sovereigns; we are great as they but
nevertheless we have the instinct never TO seek
TO offend We would like TO receive these dis
tinguished foreigners in the proper way.
You certainly want the head OF your
nation TO receive them with due
ciyility. You want 70 paw them the
honors due them by courtesy from the army
and the navy. Are you going 70 give them
second-hand welcome? suppose that the king
of Italy is coming up the bay; shall there bs
fired royal salute? The commanding officer
would not dare TO do il unless he had received
affirmative orders from Washington These are
the technicahties we should avoid-little difi-
cultles and events that should be provided for.
The moment you announce this national expo
sition every American. from the Pacific slope
over TO the Atlantic, from the Canadas 20 the
Gulf of Mexico. will thrill with oold.
frank, honest feeling when he knows that IL 10
to be held at the home OF the nation. Alenan-
der the Great built the famous library. CRsar
built the wonderful temple Of Rome, and the
monuments are disclosed today that DO honor
70 his memory. We are 10 build a monument
after four hundred years of toll and earnest
effort. Shall it be elsewhere than at the
national capital? Its place is here"
THE CENTER or POPULATION TALK.
He spoke of the maps TO show that the cen
ter of population was in the west Now, what
is the historical fact to the center of our pop
ulation? The center of population has followed
a zlGzagging course ever since we have been q
people. You will find il once in Georgia
then IN Richmond, then IN Baltimore.
Then II struck Nowlork. then Connecticut. and
from there 10 the northwest and then the west
We must not forget that this Is an age Of iron,
steel. steam and electricity" He referred to
the wonderful discoveries of Stanley and OF the
Development of the Congo free states.
He said that ten years ago there
was not white man in that
country. Today il has a population of fifty or
sixty thousand. Ten wears from now il will be
a million; in a hundred years il will be the re-
public Of the Congo states, with a hundred
million people. anu from the Gulf of Guinea
there will be steamers steaming TO our shores.
They will seek our southern ports. New
Orleans, Pensacola, Charleston and Savannah,
and the center of population will shift again.
do no forget" he said. that in AL this coun-
try's great prosperity Washington. the capital
of the nation, will always be its center"
The committee adjourned tall 10 o'clock to-
morrow, when the claims of New York and
Chicago are TO be presented.
THE SITUATION HAS CHANGED.
The worlds fair situation has undergone Q
decided change within the past forty-eight
hours. St. Louis has arrived at the conclusion
that its competitors are too rapid. and has
has lost much of that confidence
which marked the earlier stages OF
the competition and there are New Workers in
the city VINO are frank enough to declare that
the big city Of Gotham, in its heart of hearts,
doesn't care two cents whether the exposition
comes their way or not. The Manhattanites,
however, are coming down tomorrow in great
force and they Will talk and work Just as
though they really thought they wanted the
fair. The party that proposes TO invade this
city tomorrow Is distinguished one.
DISTINGUISHED NEW WORKERS.
DIR. Chauncey NJ. Depew will be the central
figure, but there will be many others equally
eminent Ex-Secretary Whitney and ex-Rop-
resentatye Bourke Cochran will be present
and SO will William L. Grace. Henry q. Mar
quand,F B. Thurber. Z. L. Merriield. Edmund
&. Stanton, f. l. Horsman, Frederick
A. kursheedt, John ID. Crimmins,
Gen. Daniel Butterfeld, John ii. Graham, Col
lector Joel b. Erhardt, John II. Inman, Jesse
Seligman. I. c. Eastman. William L. Davis,
Henry Goldberger, Il. A. {. Smith and Franklin
l.. Gunther. Ex-President Cleveland could not
possibly attend nor can Abram s. Hewitt or
Charles A. Dana
THE CHICAGO DELEGATION
is snappy it can be; is full OF fight and
bubbles over with expressions of satisfaction at
the way In which Things are moving. The Lake.
side crowd is considerably elated over the fact
that an Illinois man-Representative Hitt-is
at the head OF the committee on foreign affairs;
this, they claim, means favorable report for
the Chicago bill now before that committee
New York, St. Louis and Washington have. how
ever, joined hands TO defeat this little plan and
it looks as though they were going to succeed
Their plan was TO have Speaker Reed appoint a
special committee of the House, like that of
the Senate, TO consider worlds fair bills The
first attempt in this direction was a failure,
but when the committee on rules was given to
understand that the bill which would proba-
bly, be reported by Mr.. Hit would shut out
Washington. 1t concluded that a special COM
mittee was the only thing that would just hit
the case. Representative Cannon, a loyal
lllinoislau, Tough: this conclusion, but he did
not upset it. The Speaker will probably an
nounce the committee on Monday. The clause
which initiates against Washington and which
New York and st. Louis regard unfair is the
one which provides that Congress shall not be
required to make any appropriation for the
exposition.