The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-21
WANT ANOTHER FAIR.
Cotton States Want an Interna-
tional Exposition,
And Are Now Soliciting Aid
from Congress.
ATLANTA THE PLACE.
Incidentally it May Aid the
Nicaragua Canal
ATLANTA THE PLACE.

Atlanta has invaded Washington, not en-
masse exactly, but by a very large delega-
fion of her leading men, Among them
are Editor Clark Howell of The Constitu-
ton; Stuart W OOdson, president of the
Atlanta chamber of commerce; John B.
Goodwin, mayor of the city; Ex-Governor
Bullock, and many others With them
came representatives of nearly all the con-
siderable cities OF the south. They arrived
Monday evening and were followed on
Tuesday by a cOr siderable delegation of
the colOred people, the whole movement
being in the interest of the Cotton States
and International Exposition company,
which is organizing the great exposition
of 1895 at Atlanta Cn Tuesday they We're
heard by the house committee on appropri-
atoms and thereafter devoted themselves
TO interviewing Individual congressman
and incidentally to sigh tseeing and talk
ing politics. Their bill, introduced by Mr.
Livingston and now before the committee
on appropriations, provides that the Unit
ed States shall send to the exposition all
those articles from the Smithsonian insti-
tuition, the fish commission and National
museum which were sent to the Chicago
Worlds fair and a great many other
things; also that all articles imported for
the sole purpose of exhibition shall be free
of tariff duties, that the government will
provide the proper building and care tax
ers for its property there, and finally that
medals with appropriate devices comment
orative of the exposition and for awards
shall be prepared by the United States
mint at cost. The amount of money which
the government IS to expend in this per-
formance Is left blank, and as a matter of
course there will be the usual lively debate
on that subject.
Cotton and the CoIored Race.
''You must not think, - said Mr.. Liv-
ingston in the course of lengthy talk ex-
planning his bill, that because this is call
ed cotton states exposition it is confined
to those states or even to this country. 1t
is to be not only national, but internation-
al, and really the main object of it is to Sc
cure closer commercial relations between
this country and all Spanish America
and the West Indies. Incidentally it may
aid the Nicaragua canal and other great
projects. OF course there is feeling that
the southern ports will be greatly benefit
ed by the Nicaragua canal and trade with
Spanish America, and equally of course
Atlanta believes that she is in the right po-
sitiOn to benefit by any increase in the
trade of the southern ports. There is one
feature of this scheme that ought to be
widely advertised, and all Americans ought
to be interested in it, and that is the
rangement to show the progress of the col
ored race in every department of activity
Bishop Gaines, Bishop Turner and other
prominent colored men are active in this
work, and we think that the colored peo-
pies building will be a very interesting
and attractive feature of the affair. OF
course it will be the greatest thing of the
sort ever accomplished, for really nothing
worth mentioning has yet been done in
that line, and the colorcd people of Geor-
gia are, think, rather ahead of those
in any other state or country"
A Useful Inniction.
Many good natured people are saying
that the results from the stay of Coxey's
army here WIRE worth its keep. The Cox
eyites cleaned up their camp SO far as such
a spot could be cleaned and set all the
jewellers in that region, with the health
authorities, the preachers and various
kinds of reformers, to working for better
things in south Washington. In fact the
Cit has had scare-just about scare
enough to make it energetic. Awhile back
it was announced that most of the people
were vaccinated, and that the smallpox
scare was over, but about the time we
learned that another reported,
and the scare came ON again. Averaging
the health reports for II years, the annual
mortality per thousand has been Is. 81 for
whites and SO. 70 for the co1ored, and it is
alleged that that section of the city for
merly known the island has contribut-
ed most OF this surplus mortality of that
race Unpaved streets, a soil soaked with
filth, decaying vegetation and other gar
bage in great heaps, stagnant ponds and
cutters which are little more than opens
ewers are the chief features of the land
scape in that quarter. That all this should
be in the nations capital and almost with
in pistol shot OF the capitol is a scandal
indeed And shame has excited the au-
thorities to activity
The tenth national convention of state
commissioners of labor was begun here on
the 10th, Hon s w Matthew of Maine
presiding and Colonel Carroll D. Wright
making the Address of welcome. Proba-
bly, no previous meeting of the kind has
excited SO much interest both among con-
gressmen and intelligent observers gener-
ally the McGann resolution, favorably
reported by the committee on labor pro-
viding for special committee to examine
into and report on the general depression
and discomfort of labor, is discussed by
members in conversation with far more
earnestness than such things usually are.
OF course there is a flavor OF politics in ev-
cry opinion given, but aside from this there
IS a general agreement that the disease is
deep seated which can produce such phe-
nomena as are now interesting the coun-
try.
a New Political Element.
Many congressman are now out of town.
especially members from the remote west
and south, and every day few return and
are eagerly set upon by their colleagues
who have remained here with questions as
to the political situation in their states
As TO Kentucky, the friends of Breckin-
ridge have weakened They say that eff |
it had been left to hie district he would |
have come to the Fifty-feurt congress in
triumph, but since the whole state and
most of the United States, especially the |
women, the preachers and the high tariff |
Yankees, have Joined in the fight against
him ne will be as the southern confedera-
cy was-not exactly whipped, but only |
oVerpowered- " From the northwest come
reports that the SO called A p. A is go |
ing TO be very important factor. 1t is
alleged that the tremendous Democratic |
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