The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-05
CHICAGO'S GREAT FAIR.
TIE GOVERNMENT TO BE Asked
FOR A 100000 LOAN.

The Money to be Repaid Out Of the
First Receipts - The Discussion Of
the Resolution Asking for a Modifl
cation of the Tariff Law Takes Po-
litical Tura-The Report OF the Aud
iting Commitree-More Wrengling.
CHICAGO, ILL, Sept. AT the opening
of the national Columbian commission this
morning communication from President
Baker of the local worlds fair corporation,
asking the cooperation of the national
commission IN securing loan of 5000, 600
from the government for the use Of the fair,
to be repaid out of the first receipts, and
the resolution of the executive committee
Of the commission indorsing the request,
were read and referred to the committee on
judiciary.
Commissioner Towsley OF Minnesota pre-
sented resolution to the effect that the
resolution heretofore passed for the appoint
ment of committee to recommend certain
notifications Of the tariff law in the inter
ests of the exposition be reoonsidered ard
expunged from the minutes. In speaking
TO his resolution Mr.. Towsley said that the
rules of the treasury department
provided for the whole work
which it was proposed for the com
mittee to do in the matter Of admission Of
goods intended for exhibition at the fair
This action of the commission, he said, was
liable TO q misconstr uction. 1t had been
publicly misconstrued as an attack on the
Mckinley law. Furthermore it would put
the commission at odds with congress, and
would interfere with its work in securing
the proposed 5000, 900 loan for the fair.
NOT AIMED AT THE M'KINLEY BILL.
Commissioner Harris of Virginia, the
author OF the resolution which it was pro-
posed to rescind, said taat the resolution
was not aimed at the Mckinley law; it
would apply alike to the old tariff law or to
the Mills bill, had it become a law. The reso-
luton was entirely non-political; its object
was merely 80 relieve foreign exhibitors of
unjust burdens.
After long discussion the resolution for
the appointment of a committee was recon-
sidered by vote of 80 yeas to % nays, and
it was referred to the committee on legisla-
ton, after Commissioner Walker OF Con-
necticut had made a speech deprecating the
political turn which the matter had taken
in the public press and in the commission.
He declared that no politics was thought of
when the resolution was passed. aud said
that when the democrats got ready TO fight
the Mckinley law they would do it openly
not under cover of an Insignificant resolu-
ton.
A resolution pledging the commission to
take up the sunday closing question as soon
it should properly come before the hoard
was unanimously passed.
REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE.
The auditing committee presented its re-
port, showing an estimated excess of ex-
penses by the commission for the year end
ing July next over the appropriation Of
1928, 900. In order to avoid this tue commit
tee recommended that the April meeting Of
the commission be postponed till July; that
the pay roll of the director general be re-
ducsd by SO, 900; that the salaries of a., 900
each OF the president of the commission and
vice chairman of the executive committee
be discontinued after Oct. /.
Vice Chairman Mckenzie of Kentucky
said that tho report seemed TO be aimed at
him; 1t appeared that there was con-
spiracy to eliminate him from the commits
sion. This was unnecessary, as, in his own
good time, he would eliminate himself The
whole trouble was that ne had refused to
sanction the report of the finance COM
mittee, which he had not had thu oppor-
tunity to see. The report was referred to
the committee on bylaws, and the COM
mission adjourned until O'Clock.
THE APPEAL ENDORSED.
On reassembling the judiciary COMMITTEES
reported unanimously ia favor OF iudorsing
the appeal for the s., 000, 900 loan from the
government, and recommended that congress
pass the necessary legislation. At the end
Of a long discussion the report was adopted
with only three negative votes, White OF