The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-22
THE WORLDS FAIR
1nterestB Got u Big "Sond-oG" at
Delmonico's.
MANY N0TABLES ARE PRESENT
10 Impress New York With the Nc
ccssity Of Contributing -Chnrnccy
Dcpew Makes II Characteristic
spcCch---lIc prcsi1cs as Chief Host
Of the OCCaSion---Oircr Interesting
Addresses by WORLDS Fair Officers.


Of the OCCaSion--.Oihc Interesting
Addresses by WORLDS Fair Officers.
NEW IoRH, Dec. Uulmonico's big
banquet hall has had no more distiu.
GuishCd or representative gathering
within It's walls this season than that
which assembled tonight to pNrtict-
patio in the dinner given by the New
York state commissioners OF the
Worlds Columbian Exhibition, Dr.
Chaunccy N. Dcpcw, JOHN Boyd
Thacher OF Albany, and Orton w.
Allen, OF Auburn. DR.. DGpew, as chief
host, was on hand ut IN early hour,
and as the notNblcs OF the cast and west
arrived he was ready with hearty
handshakc and glad 10 see YOU" that
proved his fitness to play the part OF en-
tcrtalner quite rs successfully us post
prandlal speaker.
President 7. W. Palmer OF the COM
mission, and Gen. George T. Davis, OF
Chicago, tho director general, held an
informal reception in tho red room"
previous to going into the banquet hall,
and shook hands and Chattcd with
Major Moses L. Handy, Col. Elliott +.
Shepard, Hon. ]. SIoAt Fassctt, Gen,
Wm. II. Seward, Cot. Dan Lamont,
Perry Belmont, Hon. Thomas L. Jameg,
Hon. Thomas NJ. Waller, George Viii
liam Curtis, ex-senator Warner Miller,
Frank Thompson, George N. Pullman,
Morris X. Jcssup, james G. Fargo,
George J. Gould and many others
equally Iyprominent in tho commercial,
professional, literary and political
circles OF the country. Among those
expected, who sent regrets, were eX-
President Cleveland, Vice President
Morton, Mayor Grant, Senator Daniel,
OF Virginia, and others.
The chime clock on the stairway told
the hour OF 10 before the good things OF
the banquet had been discussed and
the company were ready to listen to
the speeches. DR.. Depcw arose to speak
while the clock was striking and was
welcomed by generous outburst OF
applause.
MR. DEFEw'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Dcpcw said; "Our Columbian
exposition comes at 4 most opportunc
time. The unprecedented crop which
our fields have produced this year and
the equally unprecedented demand for
ouT food product; abroad will give rs
for twelve months an exhilerating per-
iod oil prosperity. Farm. mortgages
will be paid off. now enterprises will be
started, old railroads will be extended
ami new ones will be con-
strUcted; values will rise in mar
ict price, everybody will be richer
and in accord with Tic temper
and spirit OF our people; credit will be
strained to the utmost to realize the
largest returns from these phenomenal
commercial opportunities. In the Or
dinary course of financial experience,
ovGr-tradlug and oycr-ConliIeucc, with
probably different relations, another
year between the farm and the markets
Of the world would be followed by cor.
responding collapse. But this great in
dustrial exhibition at Chicago will take
up tiIc fraycd threads OF opportunity,
too iavishly employed, and weave them
into new cables to draw the car OF
American progress.
"The vast movement OF people over
railways, the stimulus givcn to business
1T cities, railway centers, the hundreds
0! millions OF dollars brought into
active us9 which would otherwise be
unemployed, will save us rs 4 nation
from dangers which threaten, and crys-
talilzc into permancucy the thousands
OF enterprises which otherwise would
fail from lack OF confidence or capital.
The expense OF this national enterprise
should not be wholly born by the To-
caIity where congress has placed it. The
nation should Go its part 10 second the
efforts OF the citizcns OF Chicago to
make this Worlds Fair exhibition sur
pass III every respect any ever yet held
il any country.
NEW YORK WILL DE THERE.
"ln the presence Of this representa-
tive body, speaking iOr them and
through thom ior the people OF the COM
monwcalth, | can say to the country
cast and west and north and south,
New York will be III the Columbian Tx
hibition and she will be there in the
iull grandeur OF her strength and de-
velopment."
Senator Palmer said in part:
THE charge has been made thai par
tisan politics has had 10 do with the
management OF the exposition. 70
me the charge seems to he without the
slightest foundation. Tho President OF
the commission is q Republican, tho
vicc.chairman oil the executive COM
mittce is Democrat anu tho director
general Republican. They were elect
cd by acClamation, and man must be
devoid OF all scnsibilitics who would
not feel, under the circumstances, that
he was committed thereby 10 observe
the strictcst ncutNlity."
Mr.. W. Y. Baker reviewed the history
OF the organization OF tho lair and said
he was happy to soc that almost every
trace oil bitterness over the loss oi the
fair to New York has disappeared, and
that with no tctWa 10 but array, no sfriifs
to hGal, the past is unsigned Tor and the
future sure.
WHAT IT WILL COST.
The project was going ahead steadily
with the cooperation in all needed
ways OF all the people OF the nation