People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1893 — BARS ALL DOWN. [ARTICLE]

BARS ALL DOWN.

< or Id'l Fair Director* Decide to Betart te th* Government tbe Money Loaned Them on Condition of Sunday Clcraing, and to Throw Open Ground* and Building* to the Public on That Day. Chicago, May 17. —The directors of the World’s Columbian exposition derided Tuesday to abrogate their contract with congress by which they bound themselves to close the fair on Sunday in consideration of an appropriation of $2,500,000. The money will be returned to the government and hereafter the fair will be opened Sundays. This course was decided upon at a special meeting of the directors. Most of the directory were dissatisfied with the plan adopted at their last meeting by which it was proposed to open the grounds Sundays while closing the buildings containing exhibits. Tuesday’s action was practically unanimous, but two directors out of thirty-six voting against the proposition. By the terms of the resolution adopted the machinery will be elosed down on Sunday, but in every other respect the fair will be open in all departments the same as on secular days. But $1,929,120 of the appropriation originally made by congress has been turned over to the exposition company and this amount is to be returned to the national treasury after the debts of the exposition have been paid. A rule embodying these points will be submitted to the national commission for approvaL What action this body will take is problematical as a mere working quorum of the members is at present in the city. In any event it is the evident purpose of the local directory to open the fair Sunday’s even at the expense of a rupture with the national body.