The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-25
SUNDAY AT THE FAIR.
The Gates Will Be Opened Unless a
ProhibitorY Order is Given.

Chicago, May 24.-The action of the
national commission yesterday in abiding
by the new law submitted by the local
directory opening the gates of the fair on
Sunday, has caused considerable dis
sension in that body, and resulted this
morning in the resignation of Mr.. Massey
from the Craftsmanship of the judiciary
committee There is a division of opinion
as to the status of the question. The
friends of Sunday opening hold that the
national commission, by failing to modify
the order of the local directory, has rati-
fed it. The opponents of Sunday opening
hold that the question is still in
suspense and can be acted upon
at to-morrow's meeting. Director General
Davis is quoted as saying: "The gates
will he opened on Sunday unless there are
orders to the contrary. The national
commission has failed to modify the order
Of the local directory, and as the'matter
stands the DIRECTOR has ordered the fair
opened and the commission has failed to
change that order. So unless | am pro-
hibited from doing so the fair will be
opened. l do not anticipate any move to
keep the gates closed, but, of course, there
may be-"
THE GATES ORDERED OPENED.
AT its meeting to-day the worlds fair
council of administration issued an order
to Horace Tucker, superintendent of the
bureau of admissions, to throw the gates
OF jackson park wide open next Sunday.
The board of reference and control de-
Clded to-day that Theodore Thomas should
remain at the head of the worlds fair
bureau of music, but shorn of his power
TO dictate, and made responsible to Direc-
tor General Davis for the conduct of his
department. This is subject to revision,
however
The exposition to-day was marked by
big crowd, some dust, lots of winds, the
opening of the Maine state building, the
CITY of Paris municipal exhibit in the
French Pavilion, the celebrat tion of Queen
Alctor1a's birthday anniversary in the
Canadian building, the first concert of the
chicago Apollo Club, and the tender by
commissioner Massey of his resignation
as chairman of the judiciary committee on
account of the adverse vote on his major
lIty report regarding Sunday opening Mr..
Massey, however, has taken twenty-hours
10 think it over
THE SYSTEM OF AWARDS.
The relations between the foreign COM
mlssloners and the national committee on
awards are becoming more and more
strained every lay on account of objections
raised TO the system of judging exhibits
as decided on by the commissioners and eX-
planned to the foreign officials by Chair
man Thatcher of New York. The
commissioners who are here from
austria, Belgium, Brazil, British Guinea
denmark, France, Germany, England,
Italy, Japan, Norway, Orange Free State,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
and Russia insist upon the adoption of the
Jury system in making awards. Failing
70 obtain such a system they will with
uraw the exhibits of their country from
examination for awards. They have
signed a contract to that effect and only
await the approval of their respective
governments and the full commissions be-
lore giving official effect to their desires.
me South American countries are in
tilned to compromise, and it is possible
that satisfactory settlement of the
trouble will be arrived at before the work
oI the judges begins