St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-04
IT WILL NOT DOWN.
The Sunday Opening Cues
tion Still Worrying the
Fair Managers.
Local Directors Claim Uncle
Sam Has Broken His
Agreement.
"In Statu Quo" Expresses the
State Of the Piano
Muddle.
Movement to Curb the Hog
glshness Of the Restau-
rant Keepers.

CHICAGO, May 3.-The Sunday open
Ing question will not down, as far as the
national commission is considered. 1t is
probable that the report Of the judiciary
committee this afternoon declining to
take any action looking to the opening
the exposition gates on Sunday finally
disp0seS of the matter. But it is thought
the local body may use its discretion on
the action of the government placing
the condition on the receiving
the $2,500,000 that they were to close
the fair on Sunday. They assume
that congress by entering into this
agreement recognized their right to
deal with the question, and claim that
because the agreement had been vio-
lated by the Withholding Of part of the
appropriation they are under no obli-
CATION to keep their part of the contract.
1t now seems likely that no further
formal action will be taken, but that in
the course of few weeks the local di-
rectory will quietly authorize the
Admission on Sunday
of ticketholders, who may wander
around the grounds and profit by the
educational advantages of the big show
without the noise and the activity that
will characterize the exercises on the
other days of the week. Just before the
adjournment of tOday'S session of the
national commission, Commissioner st.
Clair, of West Virginia, submitted the
report of the judiciary committee on the
subject, and it was placed on the clerks
desk to be read in the morning. The
report is as follows:
1.-The judiciary committee having fully
considered the preamble and resolution
introduced by MIR. EIbeck, of Iowa.
under the order of reference made to it
by the commission at its session of
April 26 last, begS to submit the follow
ing report thereupon:
''Atthe seventh session of the commits
sion the Worlds Columbian exposition
submitted to the commission set of
rules which had been prepared and
adopted by it for the government of the
exposition, one of which is the following:
The gates shall be open subject TO
the limitations hereinafter provided, for
Each Day OF the Week
except the first day thereof, commonly
called Sunday, from the 1st day of May
to and including the 30th day of OctO-
Der, 1898, unless otherwise authorized
and provided by competent authority.
by the commission, was modified to
read: The exposition shall be open for
the admission OF visitors during the six
months commencing the 1st day of May
and ending the 3Oth day of October, 1898,
on each day of the week, sub
ject to the limitations hereinafter
provided, except the first day there
of, commonly called Sunday, and on
said aforementioned day the exposition
and the gates thereof shall be closed.
1t will be seen, therefore, that the stand
ing rule SO adopted, as aforesaid, pro-
vides that the said exposition and the
gates thereof shall be closed on Sunday
during the time of said exposition is to
run, so that the question may be con-
Sidered as settled. unless said commis-
sion may hereafter lawfully take an
order modifying the same. Your COM
mittee therefore unanimously reports
against the adoption of said resolution"
printed, and will be discussed by the
of the national commissioners
Favor Opening the Gates
of the fair to the public on Sundays, and
from the general expressions of opinion
it is highly probable that an effort will
be made to amend the rule by striking
out the Sunday closing clause. There
is some talk to the effect that the
local directory may take the matter
out of the hands of the national
commission and open the gates regard
less of the rule forbiddlng it. The di-
rectorS are saying very little as to their
intentions. 1t is said, however. that
tickets are ready for use on Sunday
next and ali preparations have been
made to open ii g gates without an
nouncing the fact until it is too late for
legal interference.
10 use legal phrase, the piano mud
die at the worlds fair is ''in statu quo."
The council of administration still
maintains that it has jurisdiction in the
matter. and the national commission
has not withdrawn its order COM
manding Director General Davis to
exclude pianos made by non-eXhib-
itors from the public buildings. The
Judiciary committee of the commission
wrestled with the problem from early
this morning until late this afternoon,
and finally brought in majority and
minority report. The judiciary COM
mittee considered the resolution offered
which was in effect that the council OF
administration
Had No Jurisdiction
in the piano question. 1t could not
agree, and late this afternoon Commits
sioners Massey, st. Clair, Garvin and
Allen, representing the majority, re-
ported that after carefully investigating
the matter it believed the council of ad-
had full jurisdiction of the
subject, and that its action was authori-
tative. Commissioners j. R. Burton and
o. r. Hundley signed the minority re-
port, which was as follows:
1.-The undersigned members of the
Judiciary committee dissent from the
report of the committee. and beg leave
it be adopted by the commission: 1t
appearing that there was a difference
between the national commission and |
the Worlds Columbian exposition re-
garding the matter of music in the |
grounds, and it appearing further that |
to the joint committee of con-
ference of the two bodies fer !
their final decision. and it appearing
that no final action has been taken by |
said conference committee, therefore |
the court of administration had no juris- |
diction of the subject matter, and that |
the whole subject be referred to the
Same joint committee with the request |
that it take into consideration aud de-
eide the question involved upon Its |
merits" 80
When both reports had been received |