The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-04
Duly Associated Pra IVorld', Fqfr Special

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Daily Associated Prtu Worlds Fair Special
CHICAGO, May 3.-To use q legal
phrase, the piano muddle at the
Worlds Fair is lin ststu quo" The
council OF administration still main
tains that 1t has Jurisdiction in tho mat.
ter and the national commission has
not withdrawn its order commanding
Director General Davis to exclude
pianos made by non.exhibitors from
the public buildings. Tho Judiciary
committee Of the committee wrestled
with the problem from early morning
until late this afternoon and finally
brought in majority and a minority
report
The judiciary committee considered
tho resolution OF Commissioner Burton,
OF Kansas, which was in effect that tho
council OF administration had no juris.
dictIoR In the plano question. Il could
not agree and late this afternoon Com
missioners Massey, ST. Clair, Garvln
and Allen, representing the majority,
reported that after carefully investi.
eating the matter, it believed tho Coun-
Gil Of administration had full jurisdiC.
tion Of the subject and that its action
was authoritative. Commissioners J.
K. Burton and .. II. Hundley signed
the minority report, which says that
the matter should properly bo referred
10 the joint committee OF conference OF
the national commission and Worlds
Columbian Exposition committee for
their fual decision and that the council
Of administration had no Jurisdiction OF
the subject matter.
When both reports had been received
they were made u special order for 10
o'clock tomorrow morning,
SUNDAY CLOSING QUESTION.
Chairman Massey, Of tho committee,
then made the following report upon
the resolution which asked that tho
Sunday closing question be referred to
tho local directory.
"The judiciary committee having
carefully considered the preamble and
resolution offered by Commissioner
Eibor, Of Iowa, begs 10 submit tho toi-
lowing report thereon:
At tho seventh session OF tho COM
mission, tho Worlds Columbian COM
mission submitted TO tho committee
set OF rules which had been prepared
aud adopted byit for the government OF
the exposition, one Of which Is the fol-
lowing:
"'rho gates shall be open subject to
the limitations hereinafter provided for
each day Of the week except tho first
day thereof, commonly called Sunday,
from the first day OF May to and includ-
ing the 30th day Of October, 1898, un-
less otherwise authorized and provided
by competent authority
"This rule having been duly consider
cd by the commission was modified 30
as to read;
""Tho exposition shall be open for tho
admission Of visitors during tho six
months commencing May aud ending
week, subject TO tho limitation herein
aftor provided except the first day there.
Of, commonly called Sunday, and on
tho last mentioned day the exposition
and tho gates thereof shall be closed.
at will be seen, therefore, that tho
standing rulo, adopted us aforesaid, pro.
vihes that the saii exposition and the
gates thereof shall ho closed on Sunday
during the time the said exposition Is
to run, so that tho question may be
considered as settled unless the said
commission may hereafter lawfully take
action modifying the same,
"Your committee is therefore against
tho adoption ot the said resolution"
Tho report was received and ordered
printed, and will bo discussed by the
| commission tomorrow
A large number OF the national com.
missionors favor opening the gates Of
the fair TO the public on Sundays, and,
from tho general expressions Of opinion,
1t is highly probnblc that an effort will
bo made to amend the rule By striking
out the Sunday closing clause.
Thoro is some talk to tho effect that
tho local directory NAV tako tho matter
out Of tho hands OF tho national com.
mission and open tho gates regardless
Of the ruio torhildiag II.
Tho directors nrO saying very littln MS
to thcir intentions. II is said, however,
that tickGts aro ready for Use on Sunday
next, and all preparations hayo boon
madO to opnn the gates without m.
nouncing tho fact until it is too late for
legal interference.
| illGli PRICES.
There appears to bo a disposition on
the part Of Bomo oitho restaurant koOp.
ors at tho fair to grow suddenly rich, II
one may DO permitted to judge by the
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