The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-12-07
SOLID SOUTH
IS WATERING
ueW Orleans Opposed as Pan
ana Exposition CITY,
TEXAS FAVORS san FRANCISCO


Lone Star State al Evidenced ~
Articles Appearing In Pepsrs OF
q Paso and San Antonio-ots'n0
IN Line For the California City -
the Logical Site.
While New Orleans II Industrious
y claiming the endorsement q the
Mississippi valley region and the
middle west it is allowing the SOLID
south" to waver in its supposed a.
;egiance and slip away.
A few days ago word came from
San Antonio, Tex. that there was q
decided falling of Of New Orleans
exposition enthusiasts In that city
owing to the greed of the Crescent
City in attempting to secure the Ma
tional Bankers convention for next
year, after San Antonio had put In q
bid for their entertainment. Such
action was not considered ueighborly.
especially after the Texas city had
been asked to support New Orleans
In its struggle for exposition honors.
Now Ell Paso. Tex. has apparently
swung into line for San. Francisco
a against New Orleans IS the log
zeal site fcrthe Panama exposition.
Judging by the following in the Ell
Paso Herald Of Oct. IL:
Eel Paso's Interest as to the loca'
ton Of tho Panama exposition Of 1918
Ill lies with San Francisco as against
New Orleans AS one commentator
says: There never was IN e1posi-
ton so successful as that at Seattle.
and there never was OAe 20 forlorn
Q failure as that at jamestown, Va.
notwithstanding the fact that half
the population Of the country is with
In a days or . nights ride Of James
town An exposition at San Fran
cisco will promote the development Of
the west ard that is what We are
after"
Sometime ago New Orleans secured
IN endorsement in St. Louis and that
success appears to have induced the
belief among the Crescent City boost
ers that the entire middle west was
oply waiting for an invitation to
climb on the New Orleans band
wagon.
Omaha was for 1t, but the announce
mont was premature. In its hurry
% repor, result the New Orleans bu-
Iesu at Omaha sent broadcast over
the country tina. New Orleans had
been endorsed a. tho exposition city
by Ae Commercial club. the largest
and mos; influential organization Of
business men there.
Immediately the Commercial club
hold q meeting, repudiated the alleg-
cd endorsement of New Orleans and
endorsed San Francisco by an over
Omaha. by unanimous vote, passed a
resolution also endorsing San Fran
cisco.
Still asserting title to the sympathy
ind influence of the entire middle
west section. the New Orleans boost
ers descended upon Chicago and re-
Questei an endorsement. The re-
quest was politely but firmly refused.
but New Orleans. nothing dsunted.
continued TO claim" Chicago's sup
port. confident in the belief that the
endorsement would come later. But
ably where she stood in the exposi
ticn Askt when the National Business
League Of America adopted a resOlu-
ton. which after setting forth the ad-
vantages CT San Francisco, conclud-
ed. That San Francisco be. and
hereby is. strongly recommended as
the prcre. site for the proposed ex.
position"
New Orleans suffered another re-
buff when she sought the endorse
nent Of Washington, ID. c. Washing
ton refused. whereupon the New Or
leans promoters dismissed the sub
1sct with the remark that Washing
ton did not count anyway.
New Orleans hopes" to raise about
$4,000. 900 fer her proposed exposi-
ton. which will be entirely made
Qpate for so great an undertaking.
Ent Senator Foster Of Louisiana
seeks 70 minimize the importance Of
having sufficient funds to insure the
success of the enterprise. Admitting
that San Francisco will have more
than twice as much money for expo
sition purposes a. New Orleans. he
pleads that ii, would be mean and
Unfair for congress to take that fact
into consideration"