The San Francisco call., 1898-02-27
THE GOLDEN WEST EXPOSITION.

THE movement started by The Call for the cee | bratien ef the semi-centennial of the admission
 of California to the Union by an exposition o the resources and industries of the whole of tha Great West whose progress and development hay, been the result of Californian initiative has now SC far advanced that it is being discussed in detail ane differences of opinion are beginning to appear.
 These differences will not in any way initiate against the success of the enterprise It was inevt able they should occur. Men who are most har monous with respect to a desired object do not al. ways agree to the best means of attaining it. The more keen public interest becomes in the proposed exposition the more numerous and the more diverse will be the plans suggested for carrying it into efec, and making it successful, and every step to be taken in the movement from this time on will require con- sideraton, discussion and careful judgment in de- ciding upon 1t.
 At present the main difference of opinion turns upon the question ot the time when the exposition should be held. The semcentennial of the admis- sion of California falls in 1900, but in that year there to be exposition in Paris and Presi- dential election in this country To the minds of persons the election and the Paris exposition are reasons for postponing our exposition until the following winter or possibly until the following sum- To the minds of others, however it seems that
 
 named because of the very facts that lead some to object to it.
 It is argued that Presidential election will in- crease the life and movement of the people, and that we would profit from the activity and might induce all the Presidential candidates to visit the fair It is also argued that an exposition in California in 1900 would have the effect of retaining at home thousands of persons who would otherwise go abroad and would thus be beneficial by preventing the drain of wealth from the country that results from wholesale pleasure seeking in foreign lands
 Nothing of the difference between these divergent views IS vital to the project itself At meeting of citizens called by Mayor Phean to consider the mat ter this aspect of the enterprise fully discussed and the problem very wisely left for future so- ution
 The committee adopted a resolution declaring it to be the sense of the meeting that fair be held commemorative of the iftieth anniversary of the ad- mission of California into the Union; that commit tee of fifteen be appointed by the Mayor devise plan and submit it to meeting of citizens subse- quenty to be called and that they be given discre- ton in determining in what year it would be ad- vantageous to hold such exposition and as to the character and scope of the enterprise
 This resolution amply covers the situation at pres ent The essential thing is to provide for an expo sition which will serve as commemoration of the admission of California to the Union and spread abroad the fame of the great things that have been accomplished in the Golden West during the fifty years of American occupation In that project all en- terprsing citizens join, and 1t is encouraging to note how many doing and how warm is their interest i'll the work.