The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-02
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ALL EXP0S|T|0NS
Chairman Gardner Says He Will
Also Oppose Plymouth Rock
Programme.
OPPOSITION MAY BE OFFSET
tFrom our Regular Correspondent

(E'rom Our Regular Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, d. c., February L.
Chairman Gardner. OF the House Com
mi,tee on Industrial Arts and EXPOSE
tions, after his trip to the site of the
jamestown Exposition, declares that he
will oppose a Federal appropriation for
the exposition. It Is said that he Will
take more or less active interest in
the opposition to such an appropriation.
This will leave the exposition cause at a
serious disadvantage in Its fight for fur
Their recognition at the hands of Con-
gress.
However, 1t is believed by those who
ought to know, that more than ma
jcrity of the committee are for a Federal
appropriation, and that in spite of the
opposition of Mr.. Gardner, there will, be
e favorable report on the Maynard bill.
1t is believed that there are at least ten
members who will vote for a favorable
report. This would leave only six
against the bill in the committee.
Every sort OF pressure has been
brought to bear on Chairman Gardner to
induce him to relinquish his opposition
to the exposition. 1t was pointed out
to him that all the expostions of the
past have received Federal aid, and that
none OF them commemorate SO impor-
tant an event as the Jamestown EXPOSE
ton will His answer to that PROPOSE
ton was that he had voted against them,
and that with equal reason he would
vote against this one. 1t was then sug-
gested that his own State of Massachu-
sets will soon be knocking at the doors
OF Congress for aid for an exposition
commemorative of the Pilgrims at Ply
mouth Rock, and that If he wanted sup
port for that proposition he must sup
port the Jamestown cause. He replied
to that by saying that he Is consistently
opposed to these expositions and that
he would not vote for one even In his
own district.
Mr. Gardner Is the son-in-law of Sem
ator Lodge, of Massachusetts, and the
exposition management expect much
from Senator Lodge In behalf of the ex-
position cause.
The majority of those who visited the
site of the exposition came back favor
ably impressed with what they saw. They
say that Hampton Roads even exceeded
their livellest anticipations as a place
for naval rendezvous. Representative
woodward, OF West Virginia, was espe-
cially enthusiastic over what they saw.
In speaking of 1t to this correspondent,
he said:
You can say that have been deeply
Impressed with what saw down there.
There is an opportunity for the greatest
object lesson in the way Of the relative
strength of nayles to be found in the
world. Since we have gotten to be
world power with insular possessions in
well-nigh the four quarters of the globe.
1t is absolutely essential that we have
a powerful navy to protect them 80
must have public sentiment educated
to the needs of the navy II we are to
have 1t Of commensurate strength and
power. The jamestown Exposition fur
nishes the greatest opportunity for that
education Of sentiment the present gener-
alton will have. Even from, that stand
point we ought to be ready to make the
appropriation asked. But there are other
considerations. The American mind
ought to be carried back to our national
beginning. The good, the Increased pa
trIotism it would bring about would far
outweigh the expenditure of money 1t
would involve.