St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-10-11
COMMERCIAL BODIES OF THE
TWIN CITIES WILL ASK
GOV. CLOUGH
TO HELP In THE MOVEMENT,
HE WILL BE REQUESTED TO
WRITE OTHER STATES TO
JOIN.
GRAND MID-coNTINENT EVENT
Wisconsin Sentiment, as Shown in
an Article in the Milwaukee
Sentinel.

The business men of st. Paul and
Minneapolis are becoming more in
terested daily in the proposition to
hold a grand Mid-Continent exposi-
ton in the Twin Cities in 1897 or 1898.
Wherever it has been talked over the
IDEA has met with approval and it is
/ understood that active steps will
be taken in a few days to 7chrystalize
the various ideas and sentiment ex-
isting on the subject.
1t was reported yesterday that the
commercial bodies of the two cities
We're about to take the matter up in
deep earnest and devote all the time
that the preliminary work of such
a project will require. The first
steps that will be taken, it is said.
Will be through the governor of the
state. The Commercial club of ST.
Paul and the Commercial club of
Minneapolis, the st. Paul chamber of
commerce and the MINNEAPOLIS board
of trade will send a request to Gov
CIough asking him, as the chief ex-
ecut1Ve of the state, to invite the.
cooperation of the other Northwest
ern states IN the movement
1t is expected that as soon as re-
quested to do so, Gov. CIoueh will
craW up memorial to the governors
or Wisconsin, Iowa and the Dakotas
all Western states, and possibly other
ana also the lieutenant governor of
Manitoba laying before them the gen.
eral IDEAS of those who are now active
In the matter and ask them for the CO.
operation in the undertaking. The
main idea in brief is to hold A grand
northwestern exposition at the state
ialr ground or some point between
Minneapolis and st. Paul, where not
only the products and resources OF. the
great Northwest will be exhibited but
everything that has made such other
eXpos1tlons famous. The proposition
Is to have fair which will be to the
Northwest what the Cotton exposition
is to the South. And as stated. the
hrGt united move in the matter will be
made by the commercial bodies of the
Twin Cities in few days
The preliminary talk about the SUBJ
Ject seems to show that the sentiment
of neighboring states is with
the movement. Wisconsin men
among others have been asked their
opinions of the proposed undertaking
and they seem to favor it to man.
The Milwaukee Sentinel, commenting
on the subject, has this to say:
The success of the Cotton States ex-
position at Atlanta has infected the
people of Minneapolis and st. Paul
with an ambition to undertake a prof.
ect OF a similar kind. So they have
exposition which is to be entered into
by the states of the Northwest. All
the plans in regard thereto are as yet
embryonic, except that it shall be 10
Paul. But this is undoubtedly the i'm
portant point. If the synpathies and
energies of the people of these two
cities can be enlisted the proposed ex-
position is bound to take place willy
nilly. And it has very much the ap-
pearance as if the people of these cities
intended to start a boom for a North
western exposition to be held in 1897
schemes for self-advertisement and
there are great possibilities in a Mid
Continent exposition.
Among the preliminaries that have
already been gone into are several in
tervieWS with public men in Minne-
sofa and Wisconsin sounding them as
to the feasibility of the project. The
Wisconsin men interviewed are Sen
ator Villas and Congressman Babcock
and Griffin. All three entertained ia
Vorable views on the subject. Senator
Villas believes that it would be beneff-
cial by drawing the Northwestern
states closer together and thus bring
ing about community of action among
them. Congressman Babcock promises
his earnest support and cooperation
in making the project a success, and
Congressman Griffin is friendly toward
it. Each one of them thinks that gov
ernmental aid might be secured as in
the case of the Atlanta exposition.
1T is most likely that the idea of an
exposition to show the resources and
industries of the Northwestern states
would be we'll regarded in Wisconsin.
Let the people of Minneapolis and St.
Paul organize it on a scale worthy of
the great Northwest. They will prob
ably find themselves ably seconded by
their efforts by their neighbors in Wis
consin."