Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-08
THE QUADRO-CENTENNIAL.
Where Shall the Worlds Exposition of
'02 BE Held.

'02 he Held.
FIRST HEARING on THAT QUESTION BEFORE THE
SENATE SPECIAL coMMIrrEE-sr. LOUIS PRE-
SCENTS her oLAIMs-A CHANGE IN TUE PROGRAM
OF HEARINGS.
There was but little space to spare in the
room Of the Senate committee on the District
OF Columbia when Senator Hiscock's quadro-
centennial committee declared itself ready this
morning to hear argument as to where the ex-
position Of 80 should be located At the head
OF the long table sat Chairman Hiscock. occu-
pylng the chair which has heretofore been re-
garded as sacred to the person of Senator In
gals. With Mr.. Hiscock were Senators Wilson
OF Iowa, Farwell of Illinois, Stanford of Cali
fornia, Gray OF Delaware, Cameron of Penn
sylvania, Vest Of Missouri and Representative
Lee OF Virginia The latter two were a little
late in coming, but they arrived before Col. C.
d. Jones had advanced very far in his Grafton.
Senator McKenns of West Virginia arrived at
about IL: 80.
ST. LOUIS MoNoPoLIZss THE MAP.
"Why st. Louis is the place for the worlds
fair of 1892" was the inscription above a huge
map of the United States which was decorated
with circles and with tabulated statements so
| aggregated as to show that st. louis was all
that the most critical could ask il TO be- The
circles radiated 500 miles-on the map-from
three centers, Chicago, New York and St
Louis, and especial attention directed to
the st. Louis circle by having it painted a
carmine hue. Within this latter circle was
everything which ST. Louis deemed necessary
to properly support great exposition. To an
observer who was ten feet away from the map
there did not seem to be any other city thereon
than ST. Louis. That center was marked by a
star which totally eclipsed a large section of
| the state of Illinois and which was labeled
| With the name of the city it represented.
WHO WERE THERE
Every chair in the roomy apartment was
fully occupied and a number of impromptu
seats were arranged by those who soon tired
of standing. Niue-tenths of those present
were from st. Louis and the other fraction was
made up OF district Commissioner Douglass,
Secretary Alexander ID. Anderson of the board
| OF promotion, Secretary Cragin of the Chicago
committee, Messrs. Jeffrey and Bryant, the
lake side orators, and a number of newspaper
men.
Among the faces familiar to Washington were
those of Gov. ID. r. Francis ex-Gov. Stanard,
ex-Secretary Of Agriculture Colman, ex-Rep-
resentatiye John j. O'Neill and Gen. John B.
Clark, ex-clerk of the House of Representa-
tives. New lork's only apparent representa-
tive was ex-Chief Clerk of the Treasury L. B.
loumans. He took frequent notes of what was
said by the st. Louis advocates. and went away
with a good deal of matter which may may
not be utilized by the Gotham delegation when
1t talks on SATURDAY.
The committee decided that Chicago should
advance its arguments tomorrow, Washington
on Friday and according to previous agree
ment) New York on Saturday. Later, however,
the time Of appearance was changed. That
gave st. Louis the opening in
THE GREAT CONTEST OF ELoQUENcE,
and it did it with thoroughness-from the St.
Louis standpoint. The representatives of the
Missouri city were up early and displayed con-
siderable activity. They were unanimous on
two matters-they all believed that st. Louis
was the only place in the country which was
able to take care of the worlds fair and they
all wore blue anil gold badges with silver me-
dallions dangling from the glittering cross
bars.
GOV. FRANCIS OPENS THE BALL.
Gov. Francis of Missouri opened the discus
sion. There was probably, he said no subject
on which the people of the United States were
so nearly unanimous Che might say enthusi-
astically SOY that of commenting properly
on the discovery of a new world by Columbus.
He did not desire to inject into the discussion
any sectional issue. He would rather elevate
1t to the proud and high plane of national ben
ehts, because II was a question IN which the
entire country was interested He believed
that an exposition of the kind contemplated
would serve to obliterate sectional differences.
1t would encourage and promote national
spirit in this country and would produce the
most kindly feeling between all the nations
| that would participate therein He and the
gentlemen with him came representing a Sec
ton of country whose claims and benefits
would be presented today. They came repre-
| senting a people who were hospitable
by instinct and were schooled in
entertaining. If they could not convince the
committee that st. Louis well able and
equipped to take proper care of the great
international exposition they would not lay
claim to it. They believed that great good
would accrue to the nation from the location of
the fair IN the city of St. Louis. They came
representing state that had claims upon the
national government. That state had con-
tributed to the glory and the wealth of the
nation. Its population of three and quar- ter
millions was a unit Oh the subject. They were
enthusiastically DESTROYS of having the fair
located i'll the state of Missouri and he gave
| the committee his pledge that they would bring
no discredit on the nation If the committee
would honor them by locating the fair there.
1t would be the pride of every citizen of that
state to make the fair q credit to the nation
He concluded by introducing to the committee
Col c. III. Jones OF st. Louis.
WHAT COL. JONES CLAIMS FOR ST. LOUIS.
Mr.. Jones said that he spoke for city which.
if the national government had not already
been permanently located in the beautiful city
of Washington, would DE fixed upon by COM
mon consent as the most appropriate place for
the seat of government. 1t the national capi-
tol were to be located now Gin the light of ex-
listing conditions and having in view the spread
Of territorial area, the trend of population and
the development of transportation facilities)
he believed that st. Louis would hardly have a
competitor for the choice. Centrally of loca-
ton, ease of access by land and water and
friendly, social and business relations with
every section of the country would be the con-
trolling factors. The pull of gravity was to-
ward the center, and ST. Louis was now and
would continue to be
THE GREAT CENTRAL INLAND METROPOLIS
OF the United States. He had nothing to say
in disparagement of Washington or any other
city. He hoped that every foreign visitor to
the exposition would visit the capital CITY and
see for himself the home and the working of
the federal government. But while that for
eign visitor contemplated it he would naturally
ask: whence comes the dynamic force that
propes and the wealth that supports this mighty
popular engineer" And the exposition will
point him directly to the wonderful Mississippi
yalley-the principal seat of the nations pro-
ductlveness, and where, in the not far distant
future, would be found a population far out
numbering the teeming millions Of Europe. In
that valley lay st. Louis, the central ganglion
OF Its distributing system. st. Louis asked the
committee to consider these facts in locating
the worlds fair of 1892. Public opinion had
centralized around the idea of the commemora-
ton of the four hundredth anniversary OF the