The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-17
SAN FRANCISCO NAY LOSE FAIR
HOUSE COMMITTEES ACTION
DEPRESSES HER BOOMERS.

Middle western Members WIN Au Rally q,
the support Of Ncw Orleans and IN,
boDmeFu for That city Already
scent yIctSFy and Are JuiBllani
WASHINGTON. June lS The HOUSE.
Foreign Affairs COMMITTEES to-day re-
ported out both the Kahn resolution
requesting the participation u foreign
Governments IN an exposition az San
Francisco ia 1915 10 celebrate the opening
" the Panama Canal, and also the Esto.
pinRl resolution for a similar exposition
at New Orleans in that year. This morn
ing a representative OF the Golden Gate
city appeared before the committss and
said that as San Francisco had raised
more than ts.OOO.OOO by public subscrip-
ton il desired o. raise the limit in the
resolutlun from S.pNOO To $3.50 600.
Some friends Of the Crescent City hurried
outside aud found Representative Esto-
pinal u Louisiana.
win New ORLEANS meet that raissP-
he was asked
Certainly replied Mr. EstOpinal. we
have raised ts.OOO.OOO up to date and can
easily get the balance
The COMMITTEES. being informed to this
effect. raised tho limit 10 81. 500 900 and
reported out both resolutions, thus putting
the decision between the two cities up
TO the House. or. more accurately. up 20
the Committee on Industrial Arts and
EHpositions
This action Of the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee il considered by the New Orleans
boomers as almost as much Of victory
for the Crescent City as II the committee
had thrown san Francisco overheard
One reason for this IL that a good many
81 the members q the Committee on
Industrial Arts and EEpo~itions. Of which
Representative ROdenberE Of Illinois
is chairman. are from the middle West
and believe New Orleans should have
the exposition.
The San Franciaco boomers are a very
sick LOT to-day. One Of them declared
after the action u the Foreign Affairs
committee was announced to-day that
the Golden Gate publicity COMMITTEES
and boomers might a. we'll pack up and
60 bacA home. az they now hadn { even a
ghost of chance
The middle western members will all
"a Ily when the exposition proposition
comes up for vote IN the HOUSE 10 the
support u New OTleaDs. They have never
forgotten that when the 81 LOUIS eGposi-
ton was projected the Southem mem
Oers in the House were the first 10 sup
aaa.a 49, 49, - q
~ Their chance 70 reciprooags.
THIS new angle on the situation had
somewhat reduced the interest in the
possible influence Of the Gillett anti-hght
prOnOuncement on san Francisco . chances
II getting the exposition Representa-
lives Hayes and McIAchlan and other
members Of CALIFORNIA; delegation said
to-day that they did not believe the prize
fight whether held or nON would have any
Influence IN the House upon San Fran.
cisco's chances Of getting the exposition.
A good many members talked this wav.
although some. like Miller of Kansas and
Douglass Of OHIO. declared that they
would vote against San Francisco unleaa
he priyefght was declared on But
Shen the action Of the Foreign Affairs
COMMITTEES was announced to-day 4 was
generally conceded that the hght and
prospects had taken a hack seat. inaslnuch
a. the prospects Of the Golden Gate
looked whole lOt DINNER than they did
a few days ago
The fret test vote IN the COMMITTEES on
Foreign Affairs occurred on the motion
TO postpone action on the San Francisco
resolution until next December. This
motion was lost by a narrow margin.
only one Republican. Butler Amss Of
Massachusetts,. whose grandfather. Gen
BENJAMIN y. Butler. was military governor
Of New Orleans during the Civil War
voting with the Democrats
The motion was then made 10 report
the San Francisco resolution. IL waa
snon apparent that this could not he
carried. Representative Faasett og New
York then moved that the New Orleaps
and San Francisco resolutions be coupled
together and reported and this vas done.
Tho session was az times stormy and
almost insulting language passed between
aOme Of the members
-San Francisco has lost add New Or
leans has Won said Representative
llarner Of Texas sitter the meeting san
= rancisoo reallzed that she couldnt mt
M Aahn resolution adoptsd She knew
mat " she didn't Get artion by the COM
mitiee o. this session she was out Of The
race and could not expect any conaidera-
ton az the neat sensiOn m order IN 80
the kahn resolution before the HOuaa she
swallowed her resentment and arreed n
have the New Orleans resolution ruDortsd
with hers on an equal footing The
matter nf appropriation contained In the
resolutions VIII have no effect The olss-
ton of appropriation will BE- settled on
10 inertia hV C0nnre~n