Ou'hwaite,ol Ohio, said the celebration^should be held beyond the AUegheniea.^^ Mieving the joint resolutions of I he (lino^legislature, and his own impulses, he^favored ( hicago. Mason, of Illinois, made^ft strong speech for Chicago. His southern^brother* charged the republicans^With unkindiiess. and too seven criti-^risiu in political matters: they in^turn charged tho southern poopai with^the same faults, and bitterness was aroused.^How could this be stopped better than bv^meeting on common ground: 11111 oiiiiiuhii^cause^ Com^ to Chicago, and sec whether^her hospitality diflerod much irom that of^Georgia, Mississippi or Kentucky. Gear, of^Iowa, spoke of the glories of Chicago's rise,^it had pluck and push and energy, and^would make the fair a success. Kerr, of^Iowa, believed a fair held in the cast,^would not exhibit the true wealth of^tho country. It should bo held in^the great west and in Chicago. Owen, of^Indiana, said if ail) place lied earned the^fair it was Chicago. Tho logic of i.iograpl^^ical location and popular feeling nil inclin^^ed to the choice of Chicago. Springer^dwelt up in the great expense ol holding the^celebration at New Yolk. He referred to^the failure of New York to complete 111^^final monument. Deduct the |A,000,00j^Beadi d lor buildings at New York, and but^tfryflfflyWWould bo left of
theAlbany uppropiintioa. Compare^that with Chicago's proposition^of $10.flOO,OHl in mom v and a site. Chicago^would ask but .*.ym,'mo, r iii','^j.Ui0 trom tin^government, and that for its own esinlnt.^He referred to the contest at Albany, and^quoted the declaration of one of the state^senators that to him the lull was a crow.and^he would eat his shale. If the fair is located^at New York, in all probability it would he^a failure. It was tho opinion of the ablest^lawyers in New York that the Aibany bill^was'unconstitutional, and that th* taxpay^^ers could successfully resist the ItTtpOftlUOM^of the charge.
