New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-12
A CORRECTOR CORRECTED.
AMOS CUMMINGS SHOULD BE MORE CARE
Full.

THE VOTE ON THE WORLDS FAIR sITE-MR
FAssETT's STATEMENT WAS AccURATE-THE
CoNGREssMAN's ASSERTIONS WERE IN
CORRECT AND Northumberland
REED VOTED FOR NETWORK.
,BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBusEI
washington, oct. 11.-Amos Cummings takes oc-
casion to deny in "The NewYork Tines Of to-day the
statement of Mr.. Fassett that the Worlds Fair
sent 10 Chicago by tho votes OF Southern Southwestern
and Western Democrats, and he invokes {" The Con-
gTessonal Record to prove that Mr.. FaStt who, ne
says "has a limited knowledge OF the proceedings of
the List Congress, mistaken, and that the vote
shows that New-York lost the Fair by the votes OF
twenty three Eastern Republicans with all duo
Difference to Mr.. Cummings superior knowledge. 1t
must be said that Mr. Fassetts statement was strictly
and that Mr. Cummings statement Is far nom
correct as the record Of the vote shows
The eighth and final vote the choice OF ste ior
the Worlds Fair rs follows: For chicago 400
for NcwYork, 107; for Washington, 49, for st. LOUIS
10; total, 3O8; necessary TO choice 15o. Chicago
had plurality Of exactly fifty votes III twenty-five
Of the votes cast for Chicago had been transferred 10
NewYork the record as TO those two cities would have
stood: New York, 1872; Chicago, 1872 and each city
| would have fallen twenty-three short OF majority OF
the votes cast In the face Of this plain fact, which
even Mr.. Cummings will not have the temerity 10
| ganssy "or even to contradict he makes the broad
assertion that "NewYorS lost the Fair by the votes
Of twenty three Eastern Republicans II the twenty
three Republicans whom he names had all voted for
| New-York instead OF Chicago the result would have
| been Chicago, 1874; New-York $780, The former
would have been twenty-one short Of majority and
| New-York twenty five short.
| Mr.. Cummings next parades list Of forty-one
Southern and Southwestern Democrats who voted for
ewYork-of course emitting to say that twenty Of
| than IN he NJ
ALL and that they voted against the bill on its passage
He also omits 10 mention the fact that one Eastern
Democrat and thry-nine Southern and Western Demo
Gratis voted for Chicago If those votes had been given
to NewYork instead Of Chicago the result would have
| been New-York, 147 Chicago, III; and the very
next vote the former city with lead Of thirty votes
and only eight votes short Of majority would in
evitably have been chosen. Mr.. Cummings viii hardly
| deny that.
| Mr. Cummings also says: at will also be seen
that the Southern Democrats and even Southwestern
| Democrats voted for New-York and every Southern
| Republican against t.D This statement also " The
Record" shows TO be inaccurate and misleading. He
seeks to convey the impression that all the Southern
| Democrats voted for New-York. Now Messrs. Ander-
| son and Pendleton. of West Virginia Anderson.
Lewis and Morgan, OF Mississippi; Bullock ard
| Davidson, Of Florida Turpln, OF Alabama. and Nc
Creary, Of Kentucky. all voted for Chicago not to
| mention Messrs. Abbott, Grain, Culberson. Harc,
| believe that Mr.. Platt influenced their votes He
asserts that every Southern Republican voted against
New York. although two of them cast their votes for
Washington and four for St. Louis On the last ballot
forty -four votes cast for those cities
| by Republicans and thlrtyseven by Democrats. II
Mr.. Cummings counts the Republican votes against
New York he must count the Democratic votes also,
the result OF which will be to show that about
many Democrats were recorded against for New
York, which left that city without the ghost Of @
chance In any event. 1t will be observed that II Mr.
Cummings assertions were correct which they are
| not they would prove too much.
| But Mr Cummings declares that the action OF the
Republicans was the direct result Of Mr. Patts visit
| TO Washington and he soemniy continues lie paid
mora than one visit to the House Of Representatives.
saw him repeatedly in the speakers room ana III tie
Republican courtroom and at the side OF the speaker
| ting In the ticks that made Chicago triumphant rms
evidence is the strongest which Mr. Cummings has TO
| offer lie said Mr.. Platt repeatedly came into fhe
speakers room, but does not say where he himself
| pcepng through n Reyhole. He also repeatedly saw
| Mr. Plat at the side OF the Speaker himself when
presiding In the House. evidently putting In the lcks
| cue Now IL happens that neither the visits to the
When Mr. Plat was ut the side of the speaker over
| caused the Speaker TO waver In his own choice, Tor
| he voted for Now-York each and every ballot as
Mr. Cummings we'll bEovs although he was careful not
70 mention that fact nor the further fact thHt lhe
sneaker does rot usually vote except when the House
Is evenly divided II may be added that 1t Is not gen
orally known that there f. courtroom which Is Repu6-
lcan I'm politics although Mr.. Cummings mentions such
room in the Interview published in THE New-lorR
| Tines Of to-day.