Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-24
THE OMAHA EXPOSITION.
Prominent Gate City Business Men
Want Utah 10 Participate
tho Matter Presented IN - usstinE NJ
tue Govsrno''s One State nHy
no Something NeSt Year.

The party n Ouaha citizens who
arrived here GU Sunday had n meeting
with Governor Wells, Secretary Of
S,ste Hammond and the Legislative
members OF the committee ON manu-
isc'ufcs and commctee, last evening
at CLOCK nj the executive Nice
The Omaha gentlemen were GUid n
W. Waffle, Jonn A. Wakefield, W,
H. Bsuno,t, John u. Evans, Chsrits
Metz, Henry a. lhompson, q. 81
HWcuc0os, Il. H. Lindsey and Captain
II. T.. Palmer; a. 3. HazIeton Of
Council Blud..
win iutfoiuolilus ami hauishak'
iugs over Catue the considerable u' |
business when was the Uhj GO " the |
visit OF the gentlemen from tho Cat
tity. Mr.. W.ttles, chairman % Tue |
delegation, was tue fret to speak, lie |
Faiu they came not o. orators VI Huuut |
speakers but ~ business men 10 uiakr |
business proposition Ia which De |
thought the people IL Utah Ne well a.
the people % Nrbfatka were interested, |
The ItantM Hsissippl congress mui.ai
Omaha last year. The question OF |
holding Trans NJ ssitsipli expedition |
was one 1i tue themes consiuetod. Tue |
matter was HvOIHhly nUtuj upon. |
From that time 20 the present tue
Omaha people hal been WORN
lux on the matter a corpora.
ton had teen iUfmeI and the people
aud Blate NJ Nebraska would raise
about halfa million dollars TOT the IN.
tpfprlte. A bill was pending iu Co
grss tor tue Appropriation Oi half o.
million more. Everything possible
was being done o. make ~ sugcts'.
Substantial encOufagCm. M had teen
promised Throughout the west llWu
alone II 20 give $4,000 fora building.
la Utah thu Omaha delegation haI
teen received with marked cousIIeta.
lion anu c0urtsy ny Governor Wells
aud other Cliizsus. Nu,guly Hmong
these wa IA u. George q. Cannon.
they had learned with prasufo that
the U,ah Legislature had taken cogn y
auCs OF tue exposition. This thsy
believed would he profitable
acuOn Tor the new Slate. a gfsat
toe OF immiG ration b. setting IN anu
Utah should secure IT, proportion VI II.
q. 81. Hitchcock, editor " the
World HutnlI, saiu Il was necessary 10
ntAuNN kNf AAlN AN@NIINNAANN W ANN tAAAFH
4 the entire wet. Amer pOiItiln that
would not represent tue whole west
wuuli largely fall In accomplishing
the object ET which 1t was held.
Utat's ardent support was needed anu
Dc ust n possible bs secured, Nowhere
Ul.U could be found such an example
OF human pluck, enterprise and wis
dom NJ they had Witnessed In UlAh.
IL fsiTly made hem ashameI Of their
comparatively aagrf accomplish
msuts In Nrbtsska when cOutrmplat.
ing wat ual Teen done IA THIS once
dUseft.llke uouutfy.
City Attorney HazlrtOn Of Council
Bluns, lows, tAid he accompanied the
delegation simply iOr the purpose Of
telling how the people Of his state felt
| towards the entorpfiac. A. tho Trans,
| Mississippi congress there was q strong
sentiment that something was wTOng
10 the Western part OF the Uuiou, AMI
that n large exposition would be pat.
Tel remedy; Hon. George q. Cannon,
! me u UlAl's prominent aud enter.
pTitiBg citiE nv, gave valuable aid a.
Tho Vnl stated. In fact he md more
Tor II than anyone oltr. Iowa has
Joined heartily In the projsclsud Utah,
Il was hoped, would dU likeWHo.
Governor Wells said IN part that II
was already known what Ulah had
done TO encourage the exposition N
the passage OF resolution. He ditn't
know ifAuythiug further could be- taiI
at this time. He was In hearty accord
with tho movement anu believed that
| Utah should be represented. lie knew
/ lhe expedition would be much more
sucotssiul N Utah WAS represented
! than n she were not, He further sid
that he thought Il was the sentiment
Of the Legislature 10 have an exhibit
~ Omaha but the appropriations TOT
/ that purpose had better he deferred un.
/ ~ the next tessiuB, which meets a
year from now. In 1897 the State
/ would DO nity years old. One year
| from next July IL would be- half cen.
/ fury since two tired travellers diet
X Zol upon Salt Lsks Valley. Itwss
| possible that we should want some AZ
| pfoprlAtiOns for celebration Of that
event which was OF great Importance
10 us. Whether that would take tue
/ form NJ Au exposition remained 10 be
seen, but the matter could DO safely lett
TO the Legislature OF next year, which
would, ia his opinion, do what was
night In the premises.
Senators Booth, Glen Miller aui
| Candland,And Representatives Taylor,
Clark anu Hare, all favored giving
| such assistance ~ tue State would be
able 20. a legislative appropriation this
year could hardly be thought u, how.
ever, But next } ear the amount OF the
| states revenues would be determined
Snd something substantial might then
| be done,
This brought the meeting 30 close
with many thanks from the Exposition
promoters ~ 10 the promises made.