The San Francisco call., 1910-12-18
FIRST BLOOD IN CONTEST
DRAWN BY SAN FRANCISCO
New Orleans Fails in Effort to
Have PigeOnhOled the
Resolution of
Kahn
CALIFORNIA DELEGATES
ARE IN JUBILANT MOOD
Especial Dispatch to The Call

w yASHINGTON. Dec. t7.-First
w blood for San Francisco,
A vote will be taken on the
exposition question by the house of
representatives on or before January
II, according to the decision Of the
committee on rules today.
New Orleans made an underground
fight for delay. Its representatives
did not dare to come out into the
open, but the word went around among
New Orleans friends that Kahn's res
olution pending before the committee
on rules should be pigeonholed. An
ticipattng such action. the Californians
and their friends worked with re-
doubled energy and won over ma
iority Of the committee.
The committee this morning decided
that the exposition question should be
settled at this session, and after some
discussion fixed on January IL as the
limit for further consideration On
that day. If not before, the house will
be asked to choose between San Fran
cisco and New Orleans
The committee on rules may hold a
hearing or two between January 5 and
January II to consider the Kahn reso-
luton. btu todays action goes far to
decide that congress will dispose of
the question before March 4.
Boosters JubiIant
The report OF the committee on rules
will probably be favored by the house.
since the guidance OF all business In the
house is in it's charge. fight may
occur on the adoption OF the commit
tees report. but II It comes that fight
itself may show such a preponderance
in favor OF San Francisco as to cause
New Orleans TO throw up the sponge
All Californians are jubilant over the
victory. The congressional delegation
and members from the exposition dele
cation met this evening and went over
the ground carefully. considering the
next NOES to be made. They agreed
that the prospect OF a settlement at
this session had been made almost GER
tain by the rules committees action.
lated by his colleagues for the able
and earnest fight he had made He
was assisted at every point by his col
leagues and by the exposition delega-
tion.
Lull Coming
If the house adopts the report OF
the committee on rules. as seems Ger
tain. little will be done on exposition
matters before the day fixed for Ehs
decisive vote. Hearings may be held
by the COMMITTEES on industrial arts
and expositions on the Estopinal bill
providing for the exposition at New
Orleans and appropriating s1.OO0.0OO for
a government exhibit.
These hearings will be attended BY
the Californians OF course. and mem
bers OF the committee have been sup
piled with a few qestions which are
calculated to embarrass the New Or
leans advocates. They will be asked
about the public debt OF New Orleans
and Louisiana: the failure to float the
sewer bonds; the opposition to the ex-
position tax in the rural districts and
TIE Su4I ~ NSSI the NdLully OF Ll5 tax
allow
And they will be asked TO show the
committee just how New Orleans pro-
poses to raise the money necessary to
finance the exposition. More light will
be thrown on New Orleans demand for
government assistance.
Want to Be Shown
Chairman Rodenbsrg Is an ally OF
New Orleans. but members OF his com
mittee are waiting to be shown that
New Orleans can deliver the goods"
before they report favorably on the
Estopinal bill II. however. a favor
able report should be made and the
bin forced Immediately to the attention
of the house. the fight win come Up on
that bill.
This is very improbable. In view OF
the fact that the rules committee
recommended January II as the date
for vote. Previous action would be
an anront to the most important com
rntttee of the house and IS not to be
expected
Frank L. Brown OF the San Fran
cisco exposition force has gone TO New
York and win return home next week.