The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-16
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Tho directors Of the Chicago Worlds Fair,
at meeting held last Friday. resolved to
nsk Congress to give them five millions OF
dollars In the form Of an investment In the
stock OF the Fair. to share the fortune OF On
equal investment made by the city OF Chi
cago. II the Fair makes money, the Gov
eminent. 1--WE millions will have the same
return as the Chicago five millions; II 1t
loses. the Government Investment Will DO
lost lust as the Chicago investment will.
What miserable conclusion to the gor-
geous boating aud tho frantic promises
with which Chicago besought Congress to
rive her the FART Not copper would she
All for. thcy said Not Q cent would she
receive. She was perfectly prepared to do
posed the scheme OF . Worlds Fair. was
thero offering to do 1t all alone: and. II
Chicago had then suggested that che might
want millions Of the public money. she
would never have got the Fair at all.
She obtained it on false pretences. as APP
pears from the demand which she lie now
about to make upon the Democratic House
Of Representatives.
Under such circumstances It becomes .
duty for the Democratic House Of Represent
atives especially. once more to consider
calmly the real reason for which the Fair
was taken from New York and given to
Chicago 1t is q short story. but 1t certainly
adds nothing to the persuasiveness Of Chi
caso'e present demand for five millions Of
the public monev.
New York Is q Democratic town. and the
State of New York Is likewise Democratic:
but with such Independence Of Judgment
that through the influence Of occasional and
temporary causes. 1t Is now led to vote one
way and now to vote the other. It Ia .
State which both parties regard with an1-
iety not unmixed with fear: and when the
question Of the Fair arose. the Republican
politicians everywhere. in New York. in
Washington. and In every other quarter.
took the idea that. II they should authorize
the Fair in New York. with its vast
expenditures for buildings and other prep
srattons, even though they should be con-
Quoted In . great degree by Republicans.
the effect Of such boom Of prosperity as
would be induced in the metropolis would
bs to increase enormously the Democratic
majority here. and to give the State Of New
York to the Democracy beyond all possible
ity Of successful contest.
On the other hand. Chicago is city
doubtfully Democratic in q State certainly
ssry millions should be made In Chicago in
buildings and other preparations. it was the
opinion Of these politicians TINT Illinois
would be more surely Republican than ever,
while New York would still remain to be
fought for between the two parties.
This was the reasoning in the case. and
1t was the whole Of it: and upon such
grounds the Republican politicians took
the Fair away from New York and gave it
to Chicago. They took 1t away for political
reasons. and they gave 1t for political rea-
sons. Taking 1t away was part Of their
plan for beating the Democracy In 1892: and
giving 1t was q part Of their plan for
electing Republican President to succeed
Gen. HARRISON.
The whole transaction was piece Of Re-
publican politics. and nothing else. 1t was
anti Democratic. and nothing else. 1t was
designed to crush the Democracy In 1892.
and nothing else. That is the whole Of It.
And now it is proposed that the House Of
Representatives. breaking their official
trust and overriding the Constitution. shall
furnish five millions more to complete. en-
large. and intensity this Republican polit-
ical complot. this partisan conspiracy: and
the idea Is that tho Democrats In the House
OF Representatives will take hand in this
enterprise for the overthrow OF the De-
morncy!
It will be interesting to observe what
Democrat in tho House OF Representatives
will lend himself to this project, what
Democrat will add five millions I'd this Re-
publican election fund, and what Democrat
will make himself accessory to this i'm
mense and magnificent plan for the over
throw and humiliation OF the Democracy.