Huntsville gazette., 1893-05-27


change a rule of the local board, Com
missioner De Young, who was in the
chair, decided that the commission had
failed to act, leaving the rule made by
the local board in favor Of Sunday open
ing in operation.
President Palmer, who is Sunday
closer, was in Detroit, called there by
the illness Of his wife.
Until the commissioners can obtain a
majority against Sunday opening,
which is not considered possible, or tho
courts interfere, the directors Sunday
opening rule remains in effect.
The Sunday closing members did not
understand how they were furthering
the cause Of Sunday opening by push
ing the matter to vote. It was not
foreseen that a failure to secure action
by the majority, either one way or the
other left the local board free 10 go
ahead with such rules as it might IN
augurate.
This fact was brought to the atten-
tion of the commission by Commission
er st. Clair after the vote had been
taken. He quoted section of the rules
which had been adopted jointly by the
directory and the commission, as fol-
lows:
The board of directors Of the Worlds
Columbian Exposition reserves the right
to amend or add to these rules whenever
| it may be deemed necessary for the inter
ests of the exposition.
This was considered a clincher, and
the commissioners had little more to
say. The direc: Gs said that the fair
would be open all right on Sunday.
Several Other Questions
are expected to be settled within the
next few days.
The Theodore Thomas trouble, which
has occupied the attention of the com
mission for over two weeks. causing
much heated debate and in some in
stances ill feeling, will be settled, and
| the understanding is general that Mr..
| Thomas will remain, and he is now be-
| yond the reach of the commission being
| sheltered by the committee Of six which
| has taken charge of the music bureau.
The awards system will no doubt
sition to the one man plan of John Boyd
| Thacher, and unless there is some ami
cable settlement of the disagreement
| the Germans favor withdrawal of their
exhibits from competition.
The MoIders Of Public Opinion.
The second of the series of world
| congresses opened in the Art palace on
the lake front. 1t is that of the press,
| and for six days representative molders
| of public opinion from all parts of the
earth will meet together and exchange
| views and enlighten each other regard
| ing the peculiar characteristics of news
| paperdom in their respective countries
| There will be four separate congresses
| during the session. one of the daily
| press, another of the newspaper wo-
men, third of the religious press and
fourth of the trade press. The wo-
men have prepared to take up more
time than the rest combined, and so
they were allotted nearly two thirds of
the week.
| Adlai was IA Visitor.
| Adlai E. Stevenson, vice president of
the United States, visited the Worlds
| Fair in an informal way. He was es.
corted into the hall of the national com
mission by several members, and was
introduced to score Of the commits
sioners. A basket of rosy apples was
brought in as an offering of an Illinois
man. and everybody who liked apples
! dipped his hand into the basket The
vice president did not consider it be-
meath his dignity to participate in the
| dessert aud munched away while sur
rounded by commissioners chatting On
variety Of subjects. including Sunday
opening.