The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-15
Congress Has a Most Deli cate Question to Be Set
 tied Very Soon
NEW ORLEANS WILL N0T
 YIELD TO SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco Is Trying To Get the New Orleans Boomers To Give Way and Let the West
 Have the Exposition
By wATTERsoN srEALEY

By WATTERSON STEALEY
 Washington, December 14-(Special J. The contest between New Orleans and San Francisco for the proposed Panama exposition Is rapidly approaching a crisis ss a result of which many believe the best solution of the question would be a national exposition and celebration in Washington to commemorate the compile tion of the big waterway.
 Until today each rival camp seemed to be awaiting for the other to take the initiative in bringing the matter to head before Congress, although agents for both New Orleans and San Francisco have been busily enga ged ever since Congress met trying to line up votes in favor of their respective projects.
 The San Francisco boomers have not been anxious to carry the struggle be- fore the committee on industrial arts and expositions. but have taken their stand be- hind the resolution offered by Representa- tive Kahn last winter and which went before the committee on foreign affairs. The Kahn resolution asked the govern ment to recognize the San Francisco prof ect as "official," and invite the nations of the world to participate.
 Efforts have been made during the past week to make deal withbNew Orleans whereby the latter would step aside and give San Francisco a clear field, with the understanding that New Orleans should hold great inland waterway cele- bration In the Crescent City in 1912. The proposition involved not only a sacri- ue New Orleans but also involved the sup port of the lakes to the gulf waterway project by those who are favoring New Orleans for the exposition. sis.
 New Orleans boomers refuse to enter irto any such arrangement and General Estopinal of the Louisiana delegation today introduced the bill under which New Orleans hopes to be able to land the exposition. The bill provides for the ap- pointment of worlds Panama canal ex position commission of three members at $500O each, who shall arrange by coop erauon with the New Orleans fair promoters for great celebration and in- ternational fair at New Orleans to which the nations of the world would be in vited.
 The bill asks the United States govern ment to make an appropriation of $1.0Oo, O0 for the erection of government build ing in which the exhibits of the govern ment may be placed. It asks for no other appropriation other than s5000 annually as the salary for each of three government commissioners, $3000 as the annual salary of a secretary for them. and $10,000 an nually for their incidental expenses. It provides that the commissioners must make their report by June 3O, 1917, two years after the close of the exposition.
 The Estopinal bill was referred to the committee on industrial arts and exposi- tions, where an effort will be made to secure favorable consideration for New Orleans. Those who favor the holdinS of the fair in San Francisco will appear before that committee in opposition to New Orleans. At the same time a com mittee representing the Chamber of Com merce and Board of Trade of Washing ton will appear before the committee and urge the holding of the official celebra- tion with an exposition In Washington.
 Exposition In Washington
 Reports of an agreement on the method of naming the committee of the next House are without foundation in fact It is not believed that the appointment of the committees will be placed in the hands of a standing committee of the House, popularly termed a committee on committees. Should there be a change in the present method a democratic caucus will probably name the committees. The caucus would elect what might be termed a nominating committee, which in turn would fill the regular house committees These would be ratified by the caucus and then by the House. The democrats are generally agreed that the repub- licans will be allowed to name the per-. sonnel of the minority on the commit tees, the democrats only reserving to themselves the right to fix the proportion of membership between the majority and minority parties
 Representative Crumpacker of Indi- ana, chairman of the census committee. has postponed meeting of his commit tee until next week. owing to the inabil- ity of the census bureau to furnish re- epportionment tables before then.
 MT. Crumpacker Is stil lof the belief and he is of the opinion that 1t will be difficult to prevent material increase in House membership.
 Senator Nelson, from the committee on public lands. today favorably reported Senator Johnstons bill throwing open to homesteaders about 10000 acres of public lands in Alabama. The bill will pass the Senate, and with the secretary of the interior for it there is good chance for its becoming law