Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-06-27
THE MONEY is NOW AVAILABLE.
The Illinois Corporation Complied with
the Requirements When 1t Agreed TO
Close on sunday.

the Requirements When 1t Agreed to
Close on sunday.
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 26.-At-
torney-General Olney has decided that
the several appropriations made oy act
Of Congress, approved August ., lS92,
in aid OF the Worlds Fair at Chicago,
including the appropriation made for a
government exhibit, are as available
no " as before the decision OF the Cir
cult Court of Appeal permanently open
Ing the Worlds Fair on Sunday, with
the single exception that no more mon
ey ought to be paid to the llllnsls cor
poration, known as "The Worlds Co
lumbian Exposition.
The grounds for this opinion, briefly
stated, are as follows: While the statutes
relating 10 the subject are confused and OBJ
scure, yet regard being had to their mani
fest objects and purposes and TO the rela-
tions Of the United States, to the Fair as
EXHIBITOR and medium of intercourse with
foreign nations and foreign exhibit
ors, the intent Of Congress can
hardly be mistaken. Congress meant,
and explicitly exacted, that the
government exhibits should De closed on
sunday. IL also meant that the exposition
as whole DO closedseD Sunday. II did
not, however, undertake to pass law to
that effect but contented itself with max
ing certain appropriations conditional not
upon the fact Of Sunday closing but upon
the Illineis corporation agreeing to the
proposition of Sunday closing so that reg
ulations TO that effect might be made by the
government representative on the WORLDS
Columbian Commission. Tbs Illinois cor
poration did agree to the proposition, the
proper rules were made by the Columbian
Commission, and the condition which the
appropriations referred TO, made, must be
regarded as fully satisfied. The rights OF
the United States and the liabilities OF the
Illinois corporation consequent upon the
latter's violation Of its agreement are
matters for future consideration and
settlement. But such violation,
except as it should prevent the payment Of
any more money TO the Illinois corpora
tion. cannot be allowed TO render the ap-
preparations referred 10 unavalling for the
most. .cegent reasons. 1t would result In
great waste, because, while only one-third
of the term Of the Fair has not yet elapsed
the government has already erected a
building at q expense OF $400, 600, and has
expended other large sums OF money In
gathering and installing exhibits, In de
fraving expenses of Commissioners and
Lady Managers and in compensation OF
agents and employees. And it would almost
amount to bad faith as regards foreign ma
tions and foreign. exhibitors, because not
merely the awards OF medals and diplo-
mas, but their preparation and distribu-
ton have been assumed and belong exclu-
sively TO the United States acting through
the Exposition. The results of this sort
cannot possibly have been within the con-
temptation of Congress which must, there
fore, be regarded as having conditioned its
appropriation not upon Sunday closing in
fact, but upon an agreement for Sunday
closing, which it assumed, however rashly,
would not be broken.