The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-28
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wnEELING. OCTOBER as. 1893,
Mnst Yircinin,s Exhibits.

West Virginia's Exhibits.
AS an appropriate and enduring
memorial of the Worlds Fair there is
tobe established OH the now historic
grounds the Columbian Museum, in
which it is desired to gather the most
notable of the state and foreign exhib'
it's. The project has met with ready
and hearty response. and the success OF
this useful undertaking seems assured.
States of this country and foreign ma
tons have been glad of the chance.
The West Virginia commissioners
have been asked to give this state rep
resentation in tho museum. This the
commissioners would like to do, but
they thipk they are estopped by that
provision OF the act OF the legislature
relating to the exhibits. Exhibits on
which the transportation shall have
been paid by the state become the
property of the state, and ut the close
ofthe fair "the same, SO Tar as in the
opinion Of the board they should be
preserved" are to be shipped to tho
governor, "to be by him cared for and
preserved"
1t is entirely within the discretion OF
the commissioners OF West Virginia to
say which OF the exhibits should be
preserved by handing them over to the
care Of the governor II they do not
think that any OF them should be SO
preserved they can make other dispose
ton OF them. This is one way and q
perfectly easy ono to get West Nir-
cinia's exhibits into the Columbian
Museum.
There is another way. tits not speci-
fed in the act how soon the selected OK
hibits are to be shipped to the COVER
nor, nor is it said how or where lie shall
care Tor and preserve them. What
would the governor do with them ii
they were sent to him next week?
Where would he care for aud preserve
them? There is no appropriation for
this purpose, but it is taken for granted
that the legislature will make one.
Meanwhile the exhibits will have to be
stored somewhere and may not be i'm.
proved by that treatment.
1t could DO arranged very easily to
place the articles in the Columbian
Museum until the state shall give notice
that she wants to bring them home, II
notice that would probably never be
given. The state has been at the cost
OF gathering these exhibits Tor the praC-
teal benefit that might result. 1t was
desired to take advantage Of great op.
portunity to place on show those
products OF the mine and the forest
which have already attracted attention
to West Virginia aud which are the
foundation OF the states development,
US they must continue to be.
The fair pQsses, but great museum
is to remain on tho site to which the
memory OF great achievement will
still draw visitors by the thousands.
West Virginia should be on show there,
too. Ii we had no ready exhibits
10 place there it would be the best kind
OF business to make haste to get them.
West Virginia wants all the good adyer.
Using she can get, and here is rare
chance. Tho commissioners can do
nothing now that would be received
better by the people. They need not
hesitate to do a thing so obviously right
aud for the public benefit. The next
legislature would certainly approve it,
il that approval be thought necessary,
The lxrELLGESCER would DO glad to
sec the exhibits set up in Wheeling;
but there is no money to set them up
any where in the state. and VIC have in
West Virginia no Chicago, no Worlds
Fair grounds to attract visitors, no
Columbian Museum. BY all means let
this golden opportunity be embraced,
10 do it is just US easy as rolling oil u
log,