Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-27
CHICAGO SOUTHERN.
xhe Proposed Exposition Both
Feasible and Desirable.
a Harmonious Meeting Of Southern Dele
gates and Chicago PromotersLAu
Plans Perfected and an Adj
yisory Committee Chosen.

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the Palmer house, of the Chicago
Southern States delegate convention,
but when the report was ready the $50
delegates quickly settled down to bust
ness. H. n inbotham, president
OF the Worlds fair directory, was
called into conference with the COM
Snittee in an advisory capacity, and the
great mercantile interests which he
represents will be actively brought 20
bear IN favor of the exposition enter
prise.
The report of the committee declared
YIN favor of the exposition as follows:
ut is the sense of this meeting that it
Is feasible and desirable to hold a
Southern States exposition in Chicago
Tn 1896.
''That the name of the exposition
shall be known as the Southern States
Exposition Co. of Chicago.
THAT the southern states pledge
themselves to provide exhibits from
their respective states and to deliver
them free of cost at the exposition
building, to be provided by Chicago, and
to install the same in said building I'M,
der the direction of the Chicago organ
ization; and that they will remove said
exhibits from the building within Il
days after the close of the exposition;
and that the said southern states shall
do all the necessary work of
promotion and advertising in the
southern states; that Chicago shall
furnish a suitable building with such
space as may be needed, up to 100000
square feet of surface, and as much
l. 4,
expenses of maintaining the exhibit
tioE, including police and fire prote C.
ton for not more than three months;
but shall not be responsible for theft
or loss by fire. And it is understood
that the administration and financial
management of the exposition shall
be under the control of the Chicago
organization.
The reading of that section which
decided the exposition should be held
was received with applause; but there
was a difference of opinion as to the
administration and financial manage
ment being exclusively under the con-
troll of the Chicago organization.
There was a spirited discussion of an
amendment of Editor Hemphill, of
South Carolina. providing for an ad-
viSory board, to consist of one person
from each southern state represented
or the chairman of state delegations,
to cooperate with the Chicago man
ayers. The friction was finally re-
moved by the withdrawal of the
amendment and the report was then
adopted unanimously as presented.
The following resolution, presented
by the Chicago delegates, was then
adopted:
fscs&red, That the Chicago delegation in this
convention recommend that provisional COM
znittee of 40 more be appointed by the
mayor of Chicago to organize and incorporate
company to be known as The Southern States
EXPOSITION Co of Chicago" and to secure sub
Scriptious to the stock of said company to such
an amount may, in their judgment, be neg
Sessary to insure the success OF the enterprise.
When . board OF directors shall have been
-eie"ted by the stockholders of the company to
be so organized the duties of said provisional
committee shall cease
Col. Hemphill's resolution providing
for the appointment of an advisory
committee of one from each southern
state, to be named by the delegations,
to confer with the Chicago managers
in regard to all exposition matters,
was again presented to the convention
and adopted.
Ex-Gov. Bullock. of Georgia, favored
the naming of an advisory committee,
because it was in the direction of state
rights, plan for independent state
action, rather than cooperative south
ern action.
Tennessee and Georgia delegates
spoke in favor of making the EXPOSE
ton permanent one, and objected to
the requirement that the exhibits
should be removed in fifteen days.
w. A. Giles, chairman of the tenn
porary Chicago committee, said it was
premature to discuss the question of
making the exposition permanent.
That could be decided better If there
was surplus after the debts of the
show had been paid, and the Chicago
promoters We're not disposed to as
same any obligations in that direc-
ton
+ South Cardinals delegation an
.nounced that their state would be rep
resented by million spindles and de-
fed any other cotton state to beat
them.
resolution was adopted naming
Chairman Walsh, who is general man
ager of the Southern Associated Press,
as the best man to give the enterprise
the widest publicity through the me-
dunn of the southern press. He an
nounced that as all southern publish
.ers were heartily in favor of the expo
sition, no money would be needed to
conduct the department of publicity
and promotion.
The announcement was made that
Mayor Swift had appointed so of the
most prominent Chicago bankers,
lawyers, manufacturers,
capitalists. newspaper publishers, rail-
road men and others in commercial
pursuits as members of the committee,
according to the provisions of the res
olution on Chicago organization.
at was decided to adjourn until $3.50
O'Clock to give the delegations an OPP
portunity to decide on their advisory
board members.
When the convention reass embed
the following delegates were presented
as advisory committee members from
their respective states:
Alabama, T. S. Palmer; Florida, W.
e. Sim mons; Georgia, c. A. Collier:
Kentucky. ". T. Rolph; Louisiana,
asorris Schwa bacher: Mississippi, W.
~ Stone; Maryland. Fred Brackets;
North Carolina, w. ]. Andrew: South
Carolina. Z. L Rcel: Tennessee, John
w. Thomas; Texas, George P. Seiss.
Chairman Walsh was chosen a mem
5sr-at-large of ~ eoAnittee.