New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-01
NEW YORK AND THE BIG FAIR
THE CITY AND STATE NOT INDIFFERENT.
PUBLIC DINNER To BE GIVEN AT WHICH FROM
INENT MEN WILL EXPLAIN WHAT HAS
BEEN AND WILL BE DONE TO HAVE
THIS COMMONWEALTH PROPERLY

INFNT MEN WILL EXPLAIN WHAT HAS
BEEN AND WILL BE DONE TO HAVE
THIS COMMONWEALTH PROPERLY
| REPRESENTED AT CHICAGO.
J. seaver Page secretary of the Union League Club
has taken I'm hand a project In connection win the
Worlds Fair that will be OF immediate interest to the
merchants and business men generally, not alone oi
this CITY but OF the entire State. Mr. Page mas oc-
cason 10 make frequent trips TO Chicago, where te
| firm of F. w. Devoe d Co., In which he Is partner
| has a branch house. In the course OF conversation
with business men and others In the Western meropo
lis ON the prospects Of the coming great Exhibon'
and the attitude OF the representatives OF the large
business interests of the East, and especially OF ms
CITY and State Mr. Page says that he discovered that
a feeling existed which was largely shared by the
promoters OF that enterprise that the people oil TINS sa
seemed sluggish and inert and had not rs yet SHOWN
that real activity and earnestness In helping the "orh
along which at this stage of the preparations shouiu
certainly be shown Inquiries relating to this view
of the matter pressed upon him from all SUES
personally and by letter. but Mr. Page asserted what
81 course everybody in this part Of the country soou
equally ready TO assert that this alleged indifference
ON the part of New Workers to the success of the Far
was imaginary and not real.
The Empire State knows so well what she can no. anu
do more perfectly and In less time than the czehs OF
any OF her sister commonwealth, that her quethesS
and seIfconGdence in this matter have been mistaken
for indifference Since howeyert 1t was apparent ua'
another standard OF behavor-sometlmes called Doo,
ng"-marks the order of pragress In Tile "es., "i''
any given work Of unusual proportions OF WIN a"'
work al ALL Mr.. Page decided TO make niue S'h'
and to satisfy the cOmplainants that the greatest i
featuring State In the Union Will distance all com
petitors when in 1893 the guns boom that slaii an
the opening of the great international SHOW he
talked with Chauncey NJ. Depew. Everybody KNOWS
what the president of the New-York Central Qua 10 s'
the Worlds Fair In New-York City. When Cmcaso
carried off the prize everybody remembers ihe uo
served expressions Of congratulation ana the PROMISES
Of practical support which he made In his speech peioro
the Csago press in behalf Of the people OF ue EA'ss
and of the people OF his own State especially eui'e
recently, too in the columns of The Tribune MI.
Depeys views in the same strain and Win addeu
emphasis were published far and WIDE
1--WE could have dinner suggested MI rage si
embracing in It's representative character tat womb
show beyOnd doubt where New-Iork stoou anu """'
New-York intended 10 do
"a most excellent idea responded Mr.. Depew.
$50 ahead"
Mr.. Page has gone ahead, and although 1t Is ohly
a short time since the thought occurred 10 hih the
secretary Of the Union League Club Is no" aoie "
make some definite statement OF the pians le'o''
upon and to assert In the most confident way tat 'o
dinner will be a marked success the Na'lohai .oi"
missoners OF the Worlds Fair Cor the State OF Ne"
yor, appolnted by President Harrison, are Chauhcey
NJ Depew John Boyd Thacher. OF Albany, ana Oorloi
W Allen OF Auburn. Mr.. Page has written 10 anu
spoben with each OF these men, They nave approFeu
tbe idea OF a public dinner and have requested hr.
Page TO assist them in organizing It, ana 20 go e''u
and invite many prominent and influential cluheh'
from the city and state to meet the representatives
from Chicago of the Worlds Fair who can be told anu
who themselves In turn will be expected 10 tel'8li
that has been done and will be done between now ana
the day OF opening.
The dinner will take place on the evening OF Decem
her III mt Delmoncos. OF the hundreds VINO VIII
come together on that occasion, General T. W. Paiier
president of the Worlds Columbian Commission Is eh
pecjed 10 be one, and there will certainly be TWO
others W. It. Baker president OF the WORLDS Coi'ih
bian Exposition the local Chicago board ana Judge
Thoman president OF the society OF states Ihese
men have stock of valuable information, not alone OF
the progress that has been made In the preparations
on this Continent, but also in regard to the actVe
interest that has been aroused abroad and the varied
arrangements that making by intending exmoi'or-
from all the countries on the Continent OF Europe
Chauncey NJ Depew will preside, ana G0verno-ele
Roswell p Flower will also be expected 10 cVhliDule
In the sum OF knowledge for which the people SeAIh
on this aimportant subject so Will eX senator flatt
Senator Hlscock Governor HILL j. sloat fassett te
nresdents OF ali the great business exchanges III the
metropolis and other leading citLehs'