Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1889 — WORLD S EXPOSITION. [ARTICLE]

WORLD S EXPOSITION.

THAT CHICAGO WILL SECURE IT IS NOW' CONCEDED BY ALL. New Yorkers Weakening— They Have About Giveu Up the Fight, and Are Ready to Surrender to the Young Giant of the West. [SPECIAL CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.] The elections being over, public attention once more turns to the approaching session es Congress, as one of the most important things to be decided by that body is the location of the World’s Fair. That question, it is hoped, will receive the earliest attention from members, and be determined ♦ithout a day's avoidable delay. The time for preparation is short, considering the amount of work that must be dons in order to insure such an exposition of the world’s progress in arts, sciences and industries as will satisfy the pride and ambition of the American people. That Chicago will secure the Exposition is now conceded on all sides. Even the leading daily papers of New York City, aftercareful deliberation, have come to the conclusion that the majority of the people of New York would prefer to have the Exposition located in Chicago. The New York Herald and Times, the two most influential journals in the Eastern metropolis, in speaking of the slowness with which subscriptions to the Now York guaran. tee fund of the Fair are coming in, mildly express the disgust that is fast growing among the people of that city. The Herald says: “In comparison with the fashion in which than World’s Fair fund is rolling up, the speed of a snail is so rapid that it positively takes our breath away. “There is a curious impression abroad of which the public mind ought to bo disabused at once. Tills fund, fellow-citizens, is for the Columbus Exposition of 1892—that is to say, for the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, not for an Exposition five hundred years from now.nor for tho thousandth annlversaryof that great historic event. “If we ore preparing for a celebration in the year 2J92 we might congratulate ourselves upon having made a pretty good start, with a fair prospect of raising the necessary sum in time. We shall not be here, however, on that inagniflcent occasion, unless the nlixir of life turns out to be more effective than it has been, and, therefore, leave to our descendants the responsibility of that occasion. “As for the Exposition of 1832, wo must either claim it nt once or surrender our rights to that young giant of the West, Chicago, who has pulled out his wallet, plethoric with big bills,and planked it down in guarantee of his good faith. New-Yorkers don’t run much bo monuments and expositions and such things, and every acre of the park is so precious that we shall probably end by breaking every man on the wheel who votes to tear up one of its grass blades or scrape the moss from one of its rocks. Chicago has no reverence for national beauties and is enterprising enough to carry the project through If it takes every park she owns. After all, New York is the best monument of the republic, and it is Itself an exposition of all that is noblest and grandest in modern civilization. Perhaps it is the proud consciousness of these iaots which caused us to delay. Let Chicago take the hiut and go ahead." The recent canvass to learn the preferences of Congressmen throughout the country, made by another New York dally, presents one of the strongest proofs thus iar obtained of Chicago’s glowing prospects of success. Letters were sent to au the members, and In the 140 replies received Chicago leads with 40, New York cornea next with 33, Washington 13, St. Louis 8. Chattanooga 1. Potty-five Congressmen declined to declare themselves. The vote, in favor of Chicago is distributed ns follows: For Chicago, Illinois 11, Indiana 3, lowa 7, Kansas 2, Michigan 5, Pennsylvania 2, Nebraska 1, Ohio 5, Vermont 1, Virginia 1, Wisconsin 2. New York claims : New York, 23. Connecticut 2, Georgia 1, New Jersey 1, Pennsylvania 2, Rhode Island 1, Tennessee 1, Vermont 1, Virginia 1. Washington’s thirteen votes are distributed as follows: Louisiana 1, Maine 1, Maryland 1, Massachusetts 1, Pennsylvania 3. Texas 1, Virginia 1, North Carolina 1. St. Louis brings up the rear with 0 votes from Missouri and 2 from Arkansas, •

From this showing the New York paper reaches tho amusing conclusion that that city is sure to secure tho majoilty in Congress. It reads Washington out of the contest because, as it’ says, its support comes mainly from Maryland and the South, and several of these votes will naturally come to New York. The paper also lays St. Louis 'out, notwithstanding Jay Gould pledges and asserts that her votes will, be divided between Now York City and Chicago. It also congratulates itself because only five out of the nine replies received from Ohio favor Chicago, and because of this it says a close calculation of the probable canvass of votes in Congress, based on replies, is as follows: Fqr New York—New York 34, Alabama 6, Arkansas 2, California 1, Indiana 3, Connecticut 4, Delaware 1, Georgia 7, Kentucky 8, Louisiana 2, Maine 3, Massachusetts 11, Mississippi 5, Nebraska 1. Nevada 1, New Hampshire 2, New Jersey 7, North Carolina 8, Ohio 7, Pennsylvania 8, Rhode Island 1, South Carolina 7, Tennessee 4, Texas 5, Vermont 1, West Virtotal, 141. For Chicago—lllinois 20, California 4, Colorado 1, Indiana 10, lowa 11, Kansas 4, Kentucky 3, Michigan 11, Minnesota 5 Montana 1, Nebraska 2, North Dakota 2, Ohio 14, Oregon 1, Pennsylvania 8, r South Dakota 1, Vermont 1, Virginia 3, Wisconsin 9, Louisiana 1, Mississippi 2, Tennessee 4, Washington 1, West Virginia 2, Texas 1; total, 123. For St. Louis—Missouri 14, Arkansas 8, Kansas 3, Texas 4, Tennessee 2 ; total, 245. For Washington: Maryland 6, Pennsylvania 12, Virginia 7, Alabama 2, California 1, Florida 2, Georgia 3, Louisiana 3, Maine 1, Massachusetts 1, North Carolina 1, Texas 1, total 40. Resume—New York, 141; Chicago, 123; Wash, ington, 40; St. Louis, 21; scattering s—total 330. Necessary to a choice 166, The fact is New York will hardly get a vote in any one of most of the States she claims. The expressed second choice of the Arkansas dele, gation will be divided between St. Louis and Chicago. Alabama will be evenly divided between the four competing cities. Indiana may give one vote to St. Louis, but that will be all. Kentucky will support Chicago with hardly an exception, Nebraska will be solid for this city, and North and South Carolina will give Chicago some votes. New York will not get a single vote in Texas, and conceding New York’s claim to be correct in the main, so far as Chicago is concerned, this city will have a decided lead at the opening of the balloting. - The publication is practically an admission of this on the part of one of New York's influen. tlal advocates. E. T. Jeffery, Chicago’s World’s Fair Commls- ‘ sioner at Paris, has cabled from that city that, the Journal des Debats has a half column favoring Chicago's claims, and saying that it has pri- • vate advices that Chicago will have the exposition, and also that the Paris Herald says: cable from New York shows plurality of Con. gress in favor of Chicago.” Mr. Jeffery, in his private letters, says there* is a widespead interest in Europe in the Exposition movement, and especially in Chicago’s efforts to secure Congressional recognition. He Bays that all Europeans are ready to concede the justness of Chicago’s claims, and it is the de. mded opinion that exhibitors would not hesitate to come here in the event of the fair being located in the city. The New Orleans City Council has placed another sod on the St. Louis boom by refusing to pass a resolution indorsing that city for the World’s Fair. Some days ago and after the New Orleans Board of Trade had indorsed Chicago the St. Louis committee conceived the idea of ■ opposing that action by securing official recognition from the City Council. A Commit loner was sent to New Orleans charged with the importance of convincing the Aidermen that St.' Louis was the only available city, and when a resolution came up in the Council a week ago the matter was referred to a committee. This was in accordance with the viewß of the St. Louis commissioner, and he succeeded in securing the good favor of the majority of the committee, which reported last Tuesday night to the council. In the meantime Chicago’s adherents bad become aware of the intentions of the St. Louis people, and when the resolution Indorsing St. Louie was presented by the committee to the council a motion to table was made and carried, thereby defeating the aspirations of St. Louis, and gaining, as it is, a double victory for Chicago. E. D. Eewabl B. Yflneb, charged with embezzlement from the Reading Fire Insurance Company, has been arrested at Lebanon, Ky., and taken to Philadelphia, PA ‘ • ■ • *» . , •