The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-02-29
VICTORY
Elates the Promoters of the
Coming Big San Diego
Exposition.

SAN DIEGO, Calf. Feb. 26-
There is jubilation in San Diego
Esince the hopes of months and the
work of many days to enlarge the
scope and enhance the character Of
the Panama California Exposition
ended happily with the action of the
Senate committee in Washington in
refusing to abide by the program
laid down in the agreement between
the San Francisco and San Diego ex-
positions.
This agreement was made two
years ago and restricted the San
Diego exposition to exhibits of
archaeology, ethnology, history, con.
servation, reclamation and kindred
subjects in the Southwestern portion
of the United States and in the re-
publics of Latin America.
{ San Diego has lived up to the let
ter of the agreement, though 1t
limited its enterprise, but when the
Senate committee declined to ratify
it and instruct President Taft to is
sue the invitations to the Latin
American governments along those
lines. the San Dlegans whooped for
Joy and the exposition will now go
to the whole world for its features,
and will attract exhibitors ana spec
tators from every country under the
sun,
4 San Diego is building now. The
administration building of its expo
sition to be occupied by the gen
eral offices in March It's foreign
department is organized and its
agents will be able to start at once
on the work of gathering the exhib-
its and features 1t wants for its ex-
position. 1t will be many months
before San Francisco will be able to
talk to exhibitors and in the mean
time San Diego will pick and choose
for its exposition those things that
will be unique and spectacular.
\ President d. C. Collier returned
Ito San Diego February % to start
work along broader lines than be-
fore. Collier has laid plans that he
will now put into action and has
been waiting and hoping for release
from the onerous agreement with
San Francisco for months.
With $2,7OO,OO0 already in her
Exposition fund, San Diego intends
to make such an exposition now as
Ihas never been seen in the world.
lit will be more spectacular and
beautiful than ever. Instead of be-
ling contend to a few dry subjects,
lit will attract the best exposition
features of the world. The mission
architecture and the horticultural
features will make one of the
finest pictures in Balboa park ever
seen.
At work now is commissioner-at-
large. John A. Fox, former man
aging director of the Rivers and
Harbors Congress. Mr.. Fox Is
busy with the states and is revising
his whole program. His first visit
will be to New Mexico and Arizona.
The victory of San Diego before
the Senate committee is only an
other proof that 1t is never proper to
give up a fight. The plucky battle
San Diego has put up in spite of
enormous odds, has excited the adj
miration of the commercial world
and San Diego is in a better position
today. through her exposition
project, than she has ever been be-
fore. 1t is enlisted for the war"
and has won every important en-
gagement so far simply by staying
on the firing line and lighting it out. |
Its Panama-California exposition
will be bigger and better tina never,
will be bigger and better than ever,
accept defeat.