Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-02-09
LOUISIANA PURCHASE.
The Big Exposition at St. Louis
Seems Now Assured.
re INVITE FOREIGN COUNTRIES

The President VIII Make ProcIama.
zion Calling Attention to the EXPO.
sftion and Asking Co-operation-A
$o,OOO,OOo Appropriation Favored.
Washington, Feb. 6.-The specia
committee on the st. Louis exposition
yesterday afternoon voted to report IA.
yorably the bill appropriating $5,OOO..
goo for the Louisiana Purchase exposi-
ton. The salient features of the bill
as finally agreed upon by the commit.
tee follow:
The exposition is to be an exhibit OF
the arts, Industries, manufactures and
products of the soil, mines, forests and
sea. The president is authorized to
make proclamation of the same through
the department of state, setting forth
the time at which the exposition is to
re held and the purposes thereof
copies or the proclamation are to be
sent to the diplomatic representatives
or foreign nations FOR publication in
their respective countries, and the
president is to invite foreign nations
10 take part in the exposition and 10
appoint persons to represent them.
PROVISION is made for the appoint
ment or a non-p6rtisan commission of
nine persons, to be known as the Lou
islana Purchase exposition commits
sion. Members of the commission are
10 receive salary of $4,000 per an
mum. A secretary. at $4,000 a wear
ls provided for, and the commission is
to be allowed $4,000 a year for gem
erai expenses. In order to avoid con-
troversies as to Jurisdiction of the COM
mission and of the exposition com
pany, which were frequent and embar-
RAISING during the progress Of the CO.
iumbian exposition at Chicago. the bill
provides for a board of arbitration CON
sisting Of five members. Two OF tbe
members are to be named from the
membership of the national commits
sion and two by the exposition com
pany. These four members are to Sc
iect the fifth, and if they cannot agres
upon some person. then he is to he
named by the secretary of the treasury.
members OF the exposition committee
now In the city are delighted with the
exceIlent prospects which they believe
the bill agreed upon by the COMMITTEE
mas for favorable action by congress.
1hey are very much gratified at the re-
suit or their conference with Sneaker
henderson, who said that he knew OF
no opposition to the measure. He he
neved that 1T would be up for action
De1ore the end of next week. The Gift
zens OF st. Louis having provided for
the raising of SIC, zoo, 900 as their part
or the contract, the speaker said the
good faith of congress is pledged to the
proposition The exposition commit
tee say that, with the congressional an
preparation. the exposition will have a
total OF $15 ,250. 900 to defray the neces-
sary expenses. In addition to this
the people OF the state of Missouri by
the amendment to the state constitu-
ton adopted in November last. have
authorized an appropriation of 81
goo, 900 for state exhibit: the legisIa-
ture OF Illinois has now pending a bill
appropriating $250,000 for a state ex-
hibit, and the state of Kansas has a
Dill pending appropriating $125 900 for
similar purpose. Appropriations OF
similar character, the exposition ad-
vocates say, are under consideration in
the legislatures of nearly every state
embraced within the limits of the
louisiana purchase.
The national commission is to nro-
vide for the dedication of the building
or the exposition not later than ApriI
80, 1903, and to designate the date at
which the exposition shall be open 10
visitors, which is to be not later than
May /, also to fix the day of closing
which Is to be not later than Dec. /.
1903. -