The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-26
on. NEW FORK DOESN'T CARER
And All these Business Men and SO.OOo
yvorklnSmea Enjoyed BeinE Fooled.

| NyorkInrmen EaJoyed Being Fooled.
rlatt, Fassett Il Co. have been saying that
| New York did not want the Worlds Fair and
| therefore has no resentment toward the men
who sent the Fair to Chicago. The best an
swer to this is n glance ut the list OF indus
tries that were represented in the great COM
mittee that was instituted to make arrange
| ments for tho Fair.
There was collected representative body Of
| business men such as was never before got TO-
gethcr in this city for any purpose They COM
| prised tho leaders in every department OF bust
ness: men OF all shades OF political opinions.
| To say that these men did not want the Worlds
| Fairand that they felt no disappointment at los
| ing it. or that they are complacently resignodto
the star Of empire going West. as Mr. Fassett
puts II. is to say what everybody knows Is not
| the truth.
Tho numbers OF voters represented by the
leaders in tho seventy-fve selected industries
included in the Fair Committee. may safely DO
set down as quite enough to control the pend
ing election and to give Mr.. Fassett an oppor-
American Federation Of Labor was represent
ed by its President. Samuel Gompers. who Is
n tsd s ssaa Of % $ni
VIC ysssd the hts5sst vSd,d tnGSsa Syds
Gerry CO "o trads was reprosentcd BY Franeis
+ Thurber. the cotton trade ,,, by LON; Iohn
nsdoi te srs sToekG tRe ans aGs
goods trade by Chsrss $ Smith the retail sI
p by hTa9 9se bno and he
Charles L. BiGeow. tho hotels by T; L. Merri-
the trade I'd Sy A1rgp aeWs the
musical instrument makers by William stein
the slk interest by Frank W. Chen ths
and willow ware trade ~ Henry A Wilson. tho
SSap not s % hey
profit by the Fair. and were willing to put up
Among the other familiar names Of lead
dustries on the committee were: Henry G.
Man ssts T. rna
Josheph Lehman. brewers: ". l. Bull bro
Gso ste and fssss e Msnry sGsks
'iSsS5$ s5ssSs
corsets. All these men represented large bus
| mess interests. large amounts Of invested cap
Far Pat Fasseta Co. to say that the Fail
was ,Tammnny scheme to secure political
power is an insult to these business men and
sra"se ths Of voters
resented by these interests did not on election
snd Ghsaso H. hs
great 9Hsnsss ss n
O'Donoghue; cycling industry; George i. Bid.
dTv .osd Henrs Hcn 0 a9uEs s shem
zeal engineers. Henry R. Towne;; civil engineer.
Herman I 6slrichs; iSrnturo and aeearatons:
Msh y.1 yen ii srods
lanes s rea " e 1tassin w EF9s'Hf soE ks
h to k an hfy h ws se the the
By e. Tni s Sffs
the prospect seems to be good that many Of
and
The curious fact about it is that there were
P fHs4 Mhd h
epmpapkIe,S;;; John i; starnI domsstIS steam:
ps epew ralroads a Warner SMiier statons
cry, ana paper trade: +: i. Ammidown: wool.
make the charge that the committee was u
Tammany machine. because such was not the
| 1t was collection OF business men for bus-
ness object. 1t was SO far non-partisan that
hE sE % Fl NbtS ad nestks
opinion on this point was emphate aud uRan-
| Root and adopted at that meeting. the follow
| ing paragraph occurs:
The assertion is made that the Commission so
| proposed would be political Commission. q Demo.
cratic Commission. and would administer the great
trust reposed IN II IN the interest Of Tammany Hall
We assure you tina: this Is not the fact There are
more Republicans than Democrats In the list con.
ever to Tanl,any Hall More important however ia
| the character OF the men who are named They are
among tho best known and most esteemed citizens OF
New York.
| Besides the names already mentioned the
committee included Charles A. Moore. John
Eoord Charles +. Chandler. Ambrose. SNOW.
william l.. tIra &c Cornelius ynnderbilt. +, 7.
body but Tom Platt would have been willing TO
trust such committee; and 70 say, that. they
know that The people Of New York wanted it.
There Is the best evidence that New. York did
want the Fair; that manythousqndso fworking-
men were disappointed that tho Fair was not
permitted 70 come to new YORK; that there
are now 10000 workmen out 81 employment
in this state who would have been employed
but for tho treachery Of Plat and Fassett,
and that the first Tuesday of November will
give then. a chance to get square. There has
the districts in this city nearest ear to the pro,
that the voters arc getting ready for TasSctt