St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-22
A FINAL ASSAULT
Will Be Made on the Worlds Fair
National Commission by the
Sunday Openers.
They Contend That Uncle Sam Has
Broken His Contract With
the Exposition.

CHICAGO, April 21.-Gossip was busy
today about the coming meeting of the
worlds fair national commission, begin
ming next Tuesday. 1t is the final meet
Ing. and probably the one of the great
est Importance. The most momentous
question the fair authorities have had
to wreStle with must be decided once
for ALL That is the question
of Sunday opening. 1t is now
for the national commission to
say whether or not an attempt
shall be made to keep an open Sunday
fair. That body has the final approval
of all rules relating to the exposition
management. The Sunday openers will
present the congressional sbreach-of-
contract idea, and will force, if pos
siDle. on the minds of the commission
ers, that there is now no legal or moral
reason for keeping the gates closed.
Congress appropriated, it is contended.
$2,50O,000 in souvenir coins to the local
directory on condition that the gates be
closed, and then withheld part OF the
money. Commissioner st. Clair, per-
haps the most vigorous worker on the
national commission and its legal advo-
cate of Sunday opening, thinks he can
convince the majority of his colleagues
that the withdrawal of part of the
souvenir coin appropriation removed all
obligation to keep the gates closed. ln-
dividually majority of the commits
sioners are said to be in favor OF an
open Sunday. Whether or not they Will
dare to declare themselves in the face
of the injunction of congress and the
attorney generals opinion, is something
that can be decided probably only by
formal ballot.
Owing to the prevailing big storms
over thousand men in the landscape
department of the fair have laid off
duty temporarily. On the other hand,
it is said that the heavy rainfalls will
make the ground easier to work. and
that so far as time is concerned, 1t is
case of offset on large scale. Another
result of the storms is that most OF the
people from the tropics at the park are
i'll or indisposed. The Japanese suffer
the most, as they persist in going about
in scanty clothing. They have dropped
cigarette smoking to great extent, and
use cough drops instead. Invitations
were sent out today for the formal open
ing May of the woman's building.
Mrs. Cook, secretary of the board of
lady managers, sent the hrSt
pair of invitations to Rresi-
Q6QC anu MIS-. OlcfOldlu. 1hOLO
will be two Esquinaux villages at
the worlds fair now. Last night about
half of the blubbery little fellows
climbed the fence surrounding the
original village and departed. They will
now proceed to exhibit themselves, and
it is more than probable that the Esqui-
maux who remain in the original village
will soon take French leave and JOIN
the band which ran away last night.
WASHINGTON. April 81. - w. A.
Croffut, the weil-knOwn litterateur OF
this city, was today advised by PresI-
dent Palmer, of the worlds fair commits
sion, that he had been appointed to read
poem at the dedicatory services OF the
worlds tair The poem-an allegory OF
about ], 1000 words-purports to be con-
versation between Columbus and Martin
Pinzon, who commanded the Pinta, on
the deck of the Santa Maria, Columbus
vessel, in which the two dis
cuss the nature of the lant-
which, if successful, they should as
cover to the westward. The poem is
said to be very finished production.
aud fully sustains the reputation of its
author