Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-24
WILL THE FAIR BE OPEN ON SUNDAY?

a Majority of tho National Commissioners
Present Vote in Favor of Opening the
Worlds Fair Gates--St. Clair Heads tho
Openers.
CHICAGO, May 23-Sunday opening has
won the day.
Thirty members of the National Com
mission went on record to-day In favor OF
the Sunday opening rule submitted oy the
Directors.
Twenty-seven Commissioners voted
against consideration of the rule.
On final test the Commission voted to
substitute the minority or Sundry opening
report Of the Judiciary Committee tor
the minority report, which favored sun
day closing. >.
The question then came up on the modi-
ication Of the Directors rule with the
same vote.
The acting chairman, Commissioner De
Young, then announced that the rules had
not been modified by the Commission.
In the debate that preceded the votes,
Chairman Massey Of the Judiciary Com
mittee, who formulated the majority re-
port. led the Sunday closing advocates,
and was seconded by Commissioners Hund-
ley and Lousley.
The minority report found its advocates
in Commissioners St. Clair, OF West Vlr-
ginia. and Burton.
After Commissioner St Clair had con-
cluded his speech in favor of the minority
report. Commissioner Eiboeck called up
his motion that the minority report De
substituted for the majority. 1t was the
first test vote, and every commissioner
present was recorded.
Commissioners Massey and Allen, OF
New York, who were compelled TO leave,
were given unanimous consent TO go on
record against Sunday opening on every
vote taken in their absence. The vote was
thirty to twenty-seven in favor of adopting
the minority report.
Chairman DeYoung then put the main
question:
tors be modihedp Those who favored the
rule as il stood voted "yea,n and those
who opposed any action by the commission
voted ''nay.n The roll call was an exact
duplication of the vote on the substitute.
When the clerk handed up the tally sheet
Mr. De Young said:
"The act of Congress pro vides that the
rules shall be submitted to the Commission
by the Directory, and notifications, II
cay are made, require majority vote OF
the whole Commission, or tfty-hve votes
TO be effective. The vote shows that
majority has not voted TO modify, and the
rule. therefore, stands as submitted By the
Directory"
The Sunday opening advocates Claim
there will be no quorum OF the commission
in town tomorrow and that reconsldera-
ton viii therefore be impossible. Three
of the members gave notice to-day that
they would leave the city tonight, and II
they did the point OF no quorum will be ell
fective tomorrow.
Germany's building at the Exposition
was opened to-day The opening Of the
bnildiug was Of purely informal charac-
ter. Herr Wermuth, the Imperial Com
missioner, had issued three or four hun
dred invitations to prominent German clti-
zeus. the officials of the Fair, representa-
tives Of other foreign governments, and
such distinguished persons as were in Chi
cago.
The council Of administration has de-
cided to open the Fair to the public three
evenings each week, Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday evenings being designated
On each of these evenings there viii be
concerts and electric displays.