Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-09-11
WILL ASK FOR S5,000,000.
BIG DEMAND OF THE WORLDS
FAIR MANAGERS.
They Think the United States should
Give Them Another Lift-How
They Put the Case.

CHICAGO, Sept. a.-Congress is to be
asked to appropriate S5,OOO,0tO Tor the
worlds fair. The directors and ma
tional commissioners are unanimous
in their declaration that Chicago
should not he left to carry the m
mense burden alone. 10th the
directory and commission will
take formal action on the
subject within the next few days
1t is still subject of discussion
whether the money shall be asked as
gift or loan. The sum is agreed
upon and the form OF appropriation to
be asked at the ha DIS of congress will
be decided in the special meetings
which are to be held Friday for The
purpose. Those who urge that the
government should make gift
of the appropriation are met
with the precedent set when 81, 500, 900
was voted for the centennial and the
grant was constructed as a loan. The
people who would ask the S., OO0, 900 as
d loan say congress would m re readi-
ly pass a bill IN this form and there
would be no question as to the consti-
tutionality of such grant-an obJec-
ton that might be made were the
money given outright.
Judge Bryan, who is one of the + p
resentatlve directors, said: THE
amount originally proposed-to-wit,
$40, 0Uo,0OO. was pronounced in the
East, and emphatically by New York,
as absolutely preposterous for Chicago
to raise, and as only financial bluff
to her Eastern imperial competitor.
That amount has been subscribed bona
fide and will be collected and appro-
rriated to the Exposition. In addition
to 1T further subscriptions are being
made vo UNFAIRLY by our people.
Now the question is, shall the gov,
eminent of the United States say to
Chicago: 1t is true that we as nation
and in our sovereign capacity as such
have extended invitations to all the
people of the earth to attend our Ma
tional Exposition, and the National
character of the invitation is recog-
nized abroad and been ac-
cepted almost universally, but
Chicago's con tribution of 100000
600 and over must suffice, or she must
raise whatever additional sum may be
needed? In other words, shall ,0OO,-
600 of people not only eclipse the record
OF contributions to worlds fairs to
such an amazing extent, but shall it
also exceed that enormous contribution
by attempting to carry on its shoulders
the balance of burden that should
rest on 100000 900 of people?
What some of the more sanguine of
Us have been for years predicting is
about to be realized. All America is
coming to the fair 1t is, in fact, Am
erica's great opportunity, and can the
representatives. of the nat on assembled
in congress lie blind and deaf to the sit
uation and fail to appreciate their duty
to respond as the people of Chicago
have, or at least in some measure to
the demands of the occasion, by
liberal support of the fair?
at will not only do an act of justice
in behalf of the people of the whole
nation, who are interested as well as
is Chicago in the success of the Expo
sition, but they will unite with the adj
ministration of Chicago in advancing
the interests OF the Exposition, which
must rebound TO the glory of the
whole country"