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


| away In boxes to I'LL another building as large
as the present one. This movement contem-
! plates the use of the exposition buildings
Tor museum and other purposes when the
exposition is over. new building was also
needed for the Agricultural department, and
this, too, could be provided for Another
pressing necessity was great hall in which
could be held such gatherings as an inaugural
ball or great international ceremonies too large
for the House of Representatives.
THES CONSTITUTIONAL FEATURES OF THE CASE
were debated with brevity but considerable
effect. For more than twenty years the gov
| ernment had been making appropriations for
expostions abroad and surely il was equally
constitutional 10 appropriate for an exposition
at the national capital as it was TO spend money
in the capitals OF other nations 1t was esti-
mated that the people of the United
States who went abroad last year took
with them and disbursed more than
| S2OO.OOO,0O0 in gold. This was a great
| drain upon the country and a large proportion
| of it had gone to benefit Paris. Now the pro-
position should be reversed. Let the outside
people come and see the capital of this nation.
| There was an immediate necessity for action
The mercantile effect of tho Paris exposition
| ought to be counteracted At that great fair
nearly all the Spanish American countries were
represented and the result was a stimulation of
| the practical monopoly which Europe has
always had on the South American trade. A
great exposition in this city-the seat of gov
ernment-would De the most profitable invest
! ment ever made by the United States
In conclusion Mr.. Anderson called attention
to the neutrality OF the territory in which
Washington stands and insisted that here, and
here only, was the place for a national cele-
/ bration.
| Mr.. Anderson's argument was plain and
matter Of fact, devoid of any attempt at ora
tory, but sincere and forcible.
MYRoN n. PARKER IREsENrs THE TAX PAYERS
MEMORIAL.
The next speaker, introduced by Commis-
sioner Douglass, was Mr.. Myron NJ. Parker, who
presented the memorial of tax payers. Mr..
! Parker said that the proposition TO hold the
| fair IN Washington met with patriotic responses
from the several states of the Union. it was
only during last April that the mat
ter assumed financial aspect.
| About that time New York, Chicago,
| and ST. Louis began to talk about guarantee
| funds and it began to look like bid between
| these three cities The question then came up
| as to how the national capital should meet this
| new aspect of the case. The matter was care
| fully considered and it was decided to me-
morialize Congress to authorize the issuance
OF District bonds to the amount of $4,000, 900,
IT 1t were thought by Congress that
| this guarantee was necessary. This
| proposition to raise money by taxation
| was a substantial proposition. 1t was an easy
matter, he said, for this business firm or that
| In st. Louis Chicago and New York to promise
cerlsiln SUBSCRIPTIONS, out what assurance was
| there that the money would be forthcoming
| when needed? The proposition Of the national
| capital was
| CERTAIN AND TANGIBLE PROPOSITION.
He read the memorial to Congress and stated
that the understanding had been that before il
| was presented to Congress the signatures of a
majority of the property holders of the Dis
| trlct should be had. He would now present to
the committee paper indorsing the PROPOSE
tion signed by citizens representing by their
names S75,000,000.
MAJOR PowELL's APPEAL.
| Major Powell, superintendent of the geo.
logical survey. made an appeal to the commit
tee for the establishment of the permanent
features of the exposition. He said that here
| tofore the expositions that had been held ended
with the mere demonstration, and the vast
| wealth of exhibits was scattered and the ele-
| ment Of permanent good destroyed. What
| needed was that there should be a preserva-
| tion of the rare and valuable collection of ma
terial in such a way that it might be of use to
| the public. Permanent buildings should be
| erected for the government pur-
poses. The national museum, he said,
was crowded with valuable collections
| and there were further permanent exhibits
that should be made. There should be pro-
| visions made tor an archaeological exhibit, a
| natural history exhibit a mining exhibit and
| an exhibit of the inventions of the people of
the country, arranged in their historical order.
| He called attention to the fact that not
only were all the scientific collections crowded
| together with no opportunity for
| proper arrangement and display for use. but
| that the government departments generally
| were overcrowded and badly ventilated. and
| that many bureaus were scattered about the
| city in rented quarters unsuited for their pur-
poses, and for which large sums of money were
| paid annually in rentals without adequate re-
| turns.
MEMORIAL BUILDINGS FOR USE AND NOT SHOW
This celebr alton, ne thought, should be made
the occasion for the erection of memorial
buildings which would furnish the government
| with the accommodations necessary. 1t would
| be different thing erecting buildings at the
| national capital from putting them elsewhere.
Here the buildings were needed by the govern
ment, whether there was q celebration or not.
| By erecting the permanent buildings here now
| they would serve the double purpose of the
exposition and of future utility to the govern
ment.
| Senator Sherman asked il he thought these
buildings could be erected in two years
Maj. Powell replied that he thought they
could, and proceeded to point out how it
| could be done. He said that the three scien-
| tifc branches of the government service had
| already the plans for the buildings they would
need. Each could work Independently and
| finish the buildings in time. He spoke of the
new archaeological work IN this country and of
Tile dsslslduCc IL WOulu De 20 Us 10 nave the
foreign nations bring to us the benefits of their
| researches and to join them with our own.
BALTIMoRE's VOICE.
Gen. Agnus, the editor and proprietor Of the
Baltimore american, was next introduced to
the committee. Mr.. Agnus said: Il am an
ambassador, as it might be, from the city of
Baltimore and the state of Maryland. We take
great interest in this exposition, SO
much SO that we were rather am
bilious to become competitors in the
race; but looking the field earnestly over
We feel that it must be a national exposition
and that therefore it belongs by right to the
national capital We came to that conclusion
after holding meeting on the 14th of August
last OF our most prominent citizens. presided
over by the governor of the state. Our Sena-
| tors members Of Congress. our wealth, were
| represented; our enthusiasm was great and
| our resolutions warm" He then asked Mr.
Anderson to read the resolutions adopted at
| that meeting.
Gen. Agnus then continued: "In support of
| these resolutions would say that the speeches
| on that day would have made your heart feel
happy, to feel the desire to welcome the Amer
leans of sister republics to our soil as they
| should be welcomed. Where could they be re-
ceived as well as at the national capital? You
| have heard this morning Maj. Anderson with
| practically. you have heard Mr.. Parker on
| finances and Maj. Powell on science. Now, if
| take the liberty to come in with
A LITTLE SENTIMENT
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