Omaha daily bee., 1898-02-02
IOWA AT OMAHA.
Impressions Made by the Legislative
visit to the Exposition city.
Marsholltown Times Republican.

Marshalltown Times Republican.
The city OF Omaha never made a better
Investment than when 1t chartered the train
and took a hundred members OF the lcgis!a-
ture and numerous state officers, newspaper
men and others. including about thirty
ladies'. to the place whore the exposition Is
boirg planned and the great buildings
erected. The trip has been described and
so has the exposition, but all the visitors
who had not previously seen the buildings
under construction were surprised at the eN-
tent and the assured beauty of the architcc-
ture. Nearly all the buildings are con-
struCted around lagoon, somewhat similar
to that at the Worlds fair This lagoon is
nearly half a mile long, and Is from 100 to
400 feet wide, and the buildings extend en-
tirely around it, besides many other build
lngs that do not look out upon the lagoon.
The style Of architecture Is somewhat sim
liar to that at the Worlds fair, and the
buildings present the same general appear
anCe being built of pine covered with stan,
50 that II will be another white city. The
main buildings are: The United States Gov
ernment. Agriculture Administration Arch,
Mines and Machinery. Art, Auditorium, Lib
eral Arts, Boys and Girls, Manufactures,
and the Arch of States. The Horticultural
building. In another part of the grounds,
near the state buildings, is one of the larg-
est. Then there will be Forestry, Dairy,
Poultry and Apary. besides many state
buildings and a Midway, which 1t is said
will almost equal the Midway Plaisance at
Chicago. The United States Government
building is of the Ionic style Of architec-
turc in three sections 504 feet long, and hav-
ing q dome in the middle built of steel, us
feet high. 1t will havs floor space of 10000
feet. 1t is unnecessary to go over all the
buildings or to attempt to describe the at
fractions of the exposition. 1t will be the
biggest of the kind we have ever had in the
United States except the Worlds fair.
enterprise and of giving it liberal support
from Iowa is the fact that 1t represents
moro than Omaha, more than Nebraska, ana
stands for things which Iowa is as much
interested in as Nebraska. Edward
Rosewater, editor of the Omaha Bee, eX-
pressed this point more forcibiy than any
other person has put 1t, when he called at
tention to the efforts that have been made
in the south by repeated eNpositions TO at
tract immigration to that section of the
country. He urged the Importance OF the
Transmississippi Exposition as an influence
which will call the attention of the world,
and particularly of the eastern half of the
United States, to the advantages, resources
and opportunities of the great undeVeloped
country west of the Mississippi river. The
members of the legislature and indeed all
the party, came away from Omaha impressed
with the Importance of the exposition TO
Iowa. and greatly enlightened as to its
scope and attractions. They all went home
To tell Oh the greatness Oh tuo sHom anu w
urge all their neighbors and friends to at
tend. The members of the legislature did
rot generally commit themselves, although
they were not quite so cautious as Governor
Shaw was. The consensus of opinion now
is that the legislature will give $4,000 or
$Sc 900 more to pay for making the proper
showing of Iowa at Omaha. Other states
will do much more than this, and, II Iowa
does not do that much u more, she will
merely be making business mistake which
will be deeply regretted when it is too late
to remedy it.