Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-25
ALL FAVOR THE EXPOSITION
Council Bluffs Business Men Pass Resolu-
tions on the Subject.
PREFER EAST OMAHA AS A LOCATION
Inclined to Make All Contributions
from Iowa with This Condition
Attnchcd-Nicws of Nnri-
Gus Individuals.

| from Iowa with This Condition
Attnchcd-Nicws of Nnri-
Gus Individuals.
The men in Council Bluffs who are most
! enthusiastically engaged in promoting Iowa's
| interest in the TranSmisslssppi exposition to
be held in Omaha in 1898 are going to stick
on the location Of the big show at East
| Omaha. That has been their contention since
the movement in favor Of the exposition was
started on the Iowa side of the river and it
was made the subject of meeting ncij at
the court house last night and was emb died
in a set OF rather drastic resolutions tnGt
were adopted touching that point.
The meeting was under the auspices of the
! Merchants and Manufacturers association
of Council Bluffs and was we'll attended ton.
| George +. Wright was called to the chair
and made brief explanation o: Tie o! jecto
| of the meeting. He rec,unted the experience
| CT the committee appointed to eonfer with
| the Omaha directory OF .Ae exp lstion. He
said the committee had been unable % secure
| anything like definite stateme 1t from the
| Omaha committee as to the probable loca-
tion of the exposition whether Or not the
Omaha people had any preference in the
matter
There was no longer any question, Mr.
Wright explained, but that all exposition
would be held and that it would be located
| in Omaha He had just returned from Wash
ington and was thoroughly convinced that
the Iowa and Nebraska delegations would be
successful in getting the bill giving gsvern-
mental sanction to the enterprise passed at
the present session of congress. He compli-
| mented the Iowa and Nebraska delegations
in congress and said no delegations from any
lDAl retot hal IA, ALL
| more from congress.
AS TO IOWAS SHARE.
With the exposition a certainty. thu nueS-
| tion arose what was Iowa 20 get ut of it,
| He said there were more people in the vest
| ern half of Iowa than there weie ! l all Ne
| braska, and that the exposition would be
wonderful help to the state ari to Council
Bluffs If it were located so that his city
would have easy access to it. He thought
there was no question that East Omnha was
the most accessible site and said he had
promised the Omaha committee that IL case
| the exposition located in East OMAHA
| Council Bluffs business men and citizens
| would guarantee donation of S25J00 toward
| the expenses Of the enterprise He predicted
| that there would be at least 10OUDDO0 people
| visit the exposition and If the location were
| in East Omaha this city would derive all
| immense direct benefit from the exposition
| and could afford to contribute literally to
| the creation Of the enterprise.
e. III. Merriam was very emphatic in the
| question Of location and said Iowa had only
| one interest in the exposition and that was
| to help it IL it were located in East Omaha
or to help kill it if it were located else
| where.
NJ. F. Rohrer, v. E. Bender, Colonel Baker
and w. F. Sapp added their endorsements Of
the East Omaha site, and Mr. Bender Pre-
| sented the following resolutions:
Whereas, The CORPORATION known as the
Hrn SSip Into
| purposes t2 ho,d an exposition within or
near the city of Omaha, beginning in the
NSvember of the year 1898, and, ''''" "
Whereas, The legislatures of twentyfour
sissppi river are asked to participate in the
exposition and contribute TO its financial
support by legislative appropriations, and,
Whereas, The state of Iowa, by reason of
it's proximity to the state Of Nebraska and
for the he further reason @ that Its Legislature Is
be asked to contribute to the project of the
exposition, and
Whereas, BY the request of the directors
| eleven of the citizens of Council Bluffs has
been appointed to cooperate with said di-
| exposition, with special reference to the
securing of an appropriation from this
Resolved ts' " That 1'ti the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' association of Council Bluffs,
nee meeting in conjunction with other citizens
| and that they render what help they can to
he p99ef o9 etv r9yded aSe bd thai
located on site within the boundaries Of
suranoe TO be in the form of joint pledge
| on the part of the directory of the Exposi-
tiom company yd and Inc :, the frS East Omaha Land
| Resolved That we request our representa-
| tives at Washington and Des Moines to use
| their efforts to secure liberal appropriations
for this project. provided that such appro-
priations are made subject to the foregoing
condition, and to otherwise oppose any such
| appropriations sought.
THOUGHT 1T SEVERE.
Chairman Wright said he thought the
| resolutions a little severe but the meet
| ing wanted them adopted and they went
through by a unanimous vote. The sec
| retary was instructed to send a copy of the
! resolutions to each member OF the Iowa
| legislature and a copy to each member of
| the Iowa and Nebraska representatives in
| congress.
The following resolution Introduced by
/ NJ +. Rohrer was unanimously adopted:
| Whereas, The articles of incorporation of
the Transmssissippi Exposition company
provide that each of the states participating
shall be represented In the organization by
and.
Whereas, 1t Is the desire of the expo
sition company that the vice president from
Iowa shalF be citizen of Council Bluffs; be
Resolved. That II Is the unanimous wish
of the citizens in mass meeting assembled
| that Hon. George F. Wright Of this city be
be made known to the governor by the sec
retary of this meeting.
The committee Of eleven heretofore ap-
pointed with A. s. Hazleton as chairman was
| continued in power and authorized and in
structed to act in accordance with the senti-
ment of the meeting as expressed in the
| above resolutions.
| OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD.