, 1890-02-27
THE JEALOUS CITIES.
Rival Claimants for tho
Worlds Fair.
A WARM DEBATE IN THE HOUSE
New York's Claims Ridiouled by
Advocates Of Chicago and
st. Louis.

Mr.. Mills of Texas made speech
objccting to tho bill altogether as q mat
ter with which the government should
have nothing TO do. He would vote for
81. Louis as a site, and when that ques-
tion was decided ho would vote against
tho bill altogether
MIR. Morse. of Massachusetts. declared
that he would voto aRains, tho BILL be.
cause no thought Washington was tho
only site that could be selected as COM
! promise. and because holding II In
Washington would cost several million
dollars, which could be better expended
for pensions, public building or a postal
telegraph.
Mr.. Peters, OF Kansas, said II was al
most hopeless task TO try to stem tho
tide Of patriotic feeling, hut before
congress committed itself TO the fair II
should see II tho government could
ailori It. The regular estimated appro.
rria,ions for the next fiscal year wero
fSo0,000o00. Tho miscellaneous appro-
priations. made during the special Sos
sifn, were sio0o0,0co, and during the
long session the amount would certainiy
not 10 loss. lii addition. there were
nt least s23,o0o,Q01 Of de-
flciencics. making grand aggregate
Of appropriations OF 1851, COZ. 900. There
was onlv ti5o. 10000 OF estimated row
enue with which 10 pay thon. These
iisnrcs did not take the rivera aud haf-
bors into consideration.
MIR. UNeil, of Pennsyivania, argued
that there was too little time remaining
TO arrange for worlds ia.- In ls02.
! MIR. Bluneha rd, of Louisiana, argued In
i - Al. f.sr A.,t "a annaE f..r
any particular locality.
Messrs. " Fcrrell, OF Virginia, and Glib
son, Of Maryland, favored Washington
as tho place for the fair.
Mr.. Housk said that to have tho fair
anywhere except at the national capital
would take from II most of Its impOr-
tancc Lot tho nation erect tho build
ings which must bo constructed here for
the fair. They would be-they were
w-nceded for puzzle usos.
Mr. Wilson, OF West Virginia, said;
I'VE have had series OF cenlennials
during the past fourteen years, and
their influence for good can hardly be
overcstimated. We should show to the
old world the grandest sight of the
earth--a great nation built upon the
cornerstone Of liberty. IL necessarily
follows that the only right and proper
placo for the fair II at tho seat OF the
national government"
Mr. Vandcrer, Of California. argued In
favor OF 81. Louis. If IL was TO bo
financial transaction purely. why not
advertise for bids, md give the fair to
tho city offering the most money. lie
believed the next exposition would We
held in California, anil, therefore, he
favored the claims of ~. Louis, as
recognition Of tile strength AMI great
nets OF the West.
Mr.. Carlisle sold that tho exposition
was to give the people of the ol'i world
not merely an insight into our great
country. lla would vote for 81. Louis
and next for Chicago. He disapproyed
OF the bills, presented by tho committees.
Congrnss hnd no authority 10 hold
fair elsewhere than in the Distrlct OF
Columbia or the territories. lie opposed
an appropriation of si5,UO0,0O0. IL any
state wanted the fair. the citizens had
only to incorporate themselves and hold
II. He would vote ior the bills only
alter they had been amended TO moet his
views.
Mr.. Kinsey, Of Missouri. advocated
that the fair be held in st. Louis.
Mr.. O'Nc,li, OF lnsiiaua, believed that
his constituents interests would be beat
served by holding the fair In ST. Louis.
Mr.. Wilson. OF Missouri, also argued
I
Mr.. Foreman. Of Illinois, was for he
fair. not % an accommodation 10 ior-
| cigrcrs, but rs ar educational AID to I hu
people OF the country. He was for ST.
Louis, because II offered the best guar
antce OF success to the fair.
Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri, pleaded for
the fur 10 he held in ST. Louis, tho
groet center of all trade and commerce
Of this country" Continuing, Mr..
Hatch ridiculcd New YorI's site. flo
described Forest Park, st. Louis, with its
nlagniucent groves and 1880 acres.
your little park and dump 10 down
three times"
Mr.. Cultivate, OF Ohio, said TINT the
celebration should he held Loyond
the Alegheni,s. Obeying the Joint
resolutions Of the Ohio legislature and
his own impulses he favored Chicago.
Mr.. Mason, OF Illinois, made a strong
speech for Chicago. The Southern peo-
pie charged the republicans with un-
kindness and too severe criticism IN po-
liiicnl matters. The Northerners in turn
charged the Southern people with the
same faults and bitterness was aroused.
How ooud this be stopped better than
by Il meeting on ~ common ground IN
common cause? Come TO Chicago md
see whether her hospitality differs much
from that OF Georgia, Mississippi or Ken
iuckyg'
Nj. Goar, of Iowa, spoke OF the glories
Of Chicago, It's pluck and push and
energy, which would make tho fair n
| success.
Sir. Kerr, OF Iowa, believed that a fair
held IN the East would not exhibit the
true wealth OF the country. 1t would
II held in Chicago.
Mr.. Owen, OF Indiana, said that II any
place had earned the fair II was Chicago.
The logic Of geographical location, and
popular feeling pointed to the choice Of
Chicago. s.
Mr.. springer dwelt upon the great ex-
pense OF holding the celebration at New
York. He referred to the failure Of New
York TO complete the Grant monument.
Deduct the 35,o0O. 900 needed for build.
ings ut New York and but s.. 600, 600
would bc lcft OF the Albany appropria-
ton. Compare that with Chichg6s $40.
600. 600 In money and n site. Chicago
would ask 100000 or 5000, coo
from tho soysrnim,n'' sEin;, r.. and that 70, 70,
10 the contest at Albany, and quoted
tho declaration OF one of the state sepa.
tors that to him the bill was crow and
he would eat his share. IL the fair was
located at New York, In all probability
Il would bo a failure. II was the opin-
ion Of the abiest lawyers OF New York
that the bill was unconstitutional and
that the taxpayers could successfully
resist the imposition of the charge.
had questioned tho value of tho bonds
New York proposed to offer, be was him.
self ready 10 take all of them at par.
Messrs. Fitch, Dunphy, lansing,
Spinola, Wallace, Raines, Turner, Me.
carthy and Farquhar spoke for New
York.
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