Evening star., 1911-01-31
REGARDED AS TEST VOTE
Roll Call Believed to Indicate Result
Of Final Ballot.
EXCITEMENT IN GALLERIES
Great Crowd Hears Impassionsd
Speeches by Supporters of the
Two Cities.
SAN FRANCISCO 180
NEW ORLEANS 159


NEW ORLEANS 159
Amid scenes OF the widest enthueiasm
the House OF Representatives this after
noon at quarter-past voted 10 take ur
the bill introduced by Representative
Kahn of California providing for the
holding OF a great Panama Pacific ex-
position, commemorative OF the compile
ton OF the isthmian canal, at San Fran
cisco.
San Francisco received 1ss votes. New
Orleans received 15a
Representative J. Hampton Moore Of
to vote for the exposition city, cried
washington. D. c."
Representative Carey OF Wisconsin voted
for Milwaukee
The scene In the House when the result
Of this vote was announced was pictur-
esque and unusual in the extreme. The
galleries were crowded and practically
every member of the House was I'm his
seat on the floor. For an hour there had
been impassiond oratory. The half hour
at the disposal of the San Franciscans
had been devoted to short speeches by
various members. The Crescent city's half
hour had been used by Representative
Rodenberg of Illinois, who made a speech
SO eloquent and SO mastery that at its
conclusion business was suspended while
half the membership of the House filed
by him to shake his hand.
During the hour devoted to eloquence
the House almost necessarily rocked with
applause from floor and galleries. and was
white with handkerchiefs a-flutter. Every
one within hearing distance was keyed up
to a high pitch. And SO when Speaker
Cannon announced that on the first test
vote San Francisco had won a shout went
up that made all the preceding noises
seem like nothing by comparison. Mem
bers clapped their hands. banged their
desks and yelled at the top of their
voices. Some OF them unable to contain
their enthusiasm, stood up In their seats
or beat their colleagues on the back or
jumped up and down. waving their arms
at their friends In the crowded galleriea
Final Vote 1T 4 O'Clock.
The final vote will not be taken until
o'clock. This vote was merely to de-
termine which OF the two propositions
before the House. that Of San Francisco
or that Of New Orleans. would be frst
considered. But this vote Is taken as an
indication that at o'clock San Fran
tives is concerned, will be awarded title
and honor to the holding Of the Panama
Pacific exposition Of 1915.
In submitting the special rule under
cred today, Representative Dalzell of
Pennsylvania. from the committee on
rules stated that that committee had been
appealed to by the advocates both OF San
Francisco and New Orleans. Neither city
was willing to have the other city's claims
Hr cidorod II fherpinOn deter
| mined to put the matter squarely up TO
| the House and have a roll call. Those
favoring considering the San Francisco
proposition first, 1t was ordered were To
answer "San Francisco" those favorins
New Orleans New Orleans
The Two Propositions.
The San Francisco proposition is con-
tanned in a joint resolution which simply
asks government recognition OF the expo
sition and inviting foreign nations to par
! ticipate
The New Orleans proposition is con-
| tanned in a House bill asking recognition
| by the government, an invitation TO for
eign nations to participate and calling for
an appropriation of xl,UOUO Tor gov
| ernment exhibit.
| The galleries held the greatest crowds OF
the session. Many of the spectators We're
women.
AT the request or Dotn SIDES An noun
debate was agreed upon for the presenta
| ton of the claims OF the two cities prior
to calling the roll. This roll call Was re-
garded as practically settling the exposi
| tion controversy SO far as the House
was concerned. The matter has yet to be
| taken up in the Senate.
| The advocates Of San Francisco led off
| the debate with twenty minutes. New
Orleans following with thirty, and San
Francisco closed with ten minutes.
Party Lines Not Drawn.
Most Of the San Francisco speeches
were limited to two minutes, and the de
bate had not progressed far when it WAS
| seen that party lines were not to be
strictly drawn. although the southern
democrats were generally expected to
vote for New Orleans.
The presentation of San Francisco $
claim in the preliminary debate was In
the hands of Representative Gardner or
Massachusetts. Representative Rodsn-
berg Of Illinois handled the case for New
Orleans. He is chairman of the exposi-
tion committee, which reported in favor
| OF New Orleans.
Representative Moore OF Pennsylvania.
| wanted to amend the rule SO as to give
members q chance to vote for Washing
| ton as the exposition city. Washington
not having put in a claim for recognition.
however, the amendment was declared
out of order.
| Representative Fassett Of New York
made the first brief speech in favor OF
San Francisco. He paid a tribute to the
wonderful pluck of that city in rising tri-
umphant and greater than ever from the
devastating fire OF 1906
1.-THE early years OF the twentieth cen
tury," said Mr.. Fassett, "are notable for
two things. One is the building of the
Panama canal and another is the rebuild
ing OF the great city of San Francisco"
Mr. Fassett declared that the Panama
canal was being built almost expressly
for the Pacific coast, and urged his coli
leagues to vote the exposition to that
city.
Opposed to Appropriation.
Il could not cast my vote for New
Orleans" declared Representative Gard
ner OF Massachusetts,, who followed Mr..
Fassett II consider II inadvisable for
the government to appropriate $1,UD00oO
for the exposition at that city. as pro-