Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-11-23
SOLID SOUTH
is WATERING
New Orleans Opposed as Pan
ANA Exposition City.
TEXAS FAVORS SAN FRANCISCO


In Line For the California City as
the Logical Site.
While New Orleans is Industrious
ly claiming the endorsement of the
Mississippi valley region and the
middle west it is allowing the solid
south" to waver in its supposed al
legiance and slip away.
A few days ago word came from
San Antonio. Tex, that there was a
decided fa,ling OF of New Orleans
cxpositp Enthusiasts in that city
owing to the greed of the Crescent
City in attempting 70 secure the Ma
! tional Bankers convention for next
year, after San Antonio had put l a
bid for their entertainment. CHI
action was not considered neighbo ",
especially after the Texas city I'd
been asked to support New Orle s
in its struggle for exposition honol s.
Now FL Paso. Tex, has apparently
swung into line for san Francisco
as against New Orleans as the log
zeal site for the Panama exposition.
Judging by the following in the Ell
Paso Herald of Oct. Il:
"El Paso's Interest as to the loca-
ton of the Panama exposition of 1915
| all lies with San Francisco as against
New Orleans. AS one commentator
says: There never was an exposi-
ton so successful as that at Seattle.
and there never was one so forlorn
a failure as that at jamestown, Va,
Notwithstanding the fact that half
the population Of the country Is with
in a days or a nights ride OF James
town An exposition at San iran
| cisco will promote the development OF
the west and that is what we are
after"
Sometime ago New Orleans secured
En endorsement In ST. Louis and that
success appears 10 have induced the
belief among the Crescent City boost
ers that the entire middle west was
only waiting for an invitation to
climb on the New Orleans band
wagon.
Next New Orleans announced that
Omaha was for Il, but the announce
ment was premature In its hurry
to report result the New Orleans bu.
reau at Omaha sent broadcast over
the country that New orleans had
been endorsed as the exposition city
by the Commercial club, the largest
and most influential organization OF
| business men there.
Immediately the Commercial club
held meeting. repuGiated the alleg
ed endorsement Of New Orleans and
endorsed San Francisco by an over.
whelmng vote The city council Of
Omaha, by uranir,cgs vote passed a
resolution also ldol Ing san Fran
cisco
Sull asserting tile to he sympathy
and Influence OF The entire middle
west section the New Orleans boost
ers descended uron Chicago and re-
quested an endorsement. TIE re-
quest was politely but firmly refused.
but New Orleans nothing daunted.
continued 10 "claim" ChIc8go's sup
port, confident in the belief that the
endorsement would come later. But
on Oct. 7 Chicago showed unmistak.
ably where she stood in the exposi-
ton fight when the National Business
| League Of America adopted a iesoiu-
ton. which after setting forth the ad-
vantages Of San Francisco, conclud.
ed. That San Francisco be. and
hereby is, strongly recommended as
the proper site for the proposed ex-
| position"
New Orleans suffered another re.
bun when she sought the endorse
ment Of Washington D. c. Washing
ton refused. ghereupon the New Or
leans promoters dismissed the sub
ject with he remark that Washing.
| ton did not count anyway
/ New Orleans hopes" to raise about
! sS,000000 for her proposed exposj-
| ton, which Will be entirely inad"-
quate for 50 great an undertaking.
| but Senator Foster of Louisiana
seeks to minimize the Importance Of
/ having sufficient funds TO Insure the
success Of the enterprise Admitting
that San Francisco VIII have more
than twice as much money for expo
sition purposes as New Orleans. he
pleads that 1T would be mean and
unfair for congress to take that fact
into consideration