The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-26

dignified. safe and patriotic Presi-
dent, nominate President Harrison
to the supreme bench. Harrison's
recognized position as lawyer
would make the appointment fit,
strictly on its merits, while it would
furnish the President with hard
work, the best solace in his domes-
tic grief, and make it unnecessary
for him to return to his desolate
Indiana home.
The suggestion was received with
favor, because it would provide
becoming position without the OBJ
noxous feature of being a sinecure,
for an ex-president, and at the same
time give to the country superbly
equipped supreme court judge.
Worlds Fair Notes.
In the administration building,
with Director-General Davis, are
the offices the department of For
eign Affairs and Publicity and Pro-
motion. The chiefs of the various
exhibit neutrality-suspicious.,
electricity. mines, transportation,
etc.-have their offices respectively
in the great department buildings.
About two hundred Remington
type-writing machines have been
secured by the Bureau of Public
Comfort for use during the Worlds
Fair. Expert operators will be Sc
lected by the Remington Company
for this service. These machines
will be placed throughout the vari-
Gus buildings, and are intended for
accommodation of the general pub
lie, the press and Exposition Off
Gals.
The Washington State building
at the Worlds Fair will show to
some extent the forest resources of
the State. The foundation alone
will contain III logs, some of them
100 feet long and AZ inches in diam
eter at the small end. The super
structure of the building will con-
tain besides heavy timber, fine fin
ished woods, showing the grain and
structure of the woods, and a COM
plete exhibit of shipbuilding mate
rial.
The American flag now floats
from the Administration building
at Jackson Park to signify that the
Worlds Fair buildings and grounds
are in the possession of the United
States government. Vice-Presi-
dent Morton accepted them on be-
half of the government on Dedica-
ton day, but actual possession was
not taken until Director General
Davis, the chief government
Worlds Fair official, moved into
his offices in the Administration
building. The raising of the stars
and stipes slgnaled that event.
The authorities of Harvard Uni
versity have applied to Chief Pea
body of the Department of Liberal
Arts of the Worlds Fair for 1000
square feet for thoroughly repre-
sentative educational exhibit from
that historic institution. The off,
GERS of the university say they are
prepared not only to fill but to
splendidly and representatively fill
every foot of space which can be
granted to them for their 'educa-
tional exhibit, and they accompany
their application with a carefully
calculated schedule and diagram
showing what they are prepared to
do in this direction.
All of the Worlds Fair offices,
except two or three, are now re-
moved to Jackson Park, and those
will soon follow. For nearly two
years the offices have been in the
Rand McNally building in the CEN
ire of the city. Now, however, the
work of preparation of the great
fair has reached a stage requiring
it to be carried on in the buildings
which are to contain the exhibits.
All of these buildings are now prac-
tically finished and ready for the
installation of exhibits. Most of
the work rem aiming to be done on
the buildings is of decortive nature
and can be carried on and COM
pleted without interfering with the
placing of exhibits.
There is no ground for the pub
lished report that visitors to the
Fair are to be made the victims of
exhorbitant charges. Competition
will be so extensive and sharp so as
to prevent it. One who climbs to the
top Of one of the Exposition build
ings and surveys the territory lying
to the north, west and south Of
jackson Park can easily believe
this statement. There, and indeed
in all parts of the city, the amount
of building which is going on is
simply astonishing. Hundreds of
structures to meet Worlds Fair de-
mands are being erected. Some of
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