Show general exposition of them for chicago IN A promises and fight CHICAGO feb ly special A large number of representative southerners are in alie city today for the purpose of conferring with ro presen of the trade and fi of chicago concerning the holding of a general exposition of southern product and resources in next sep and october nearly all of the leading southern railroads have furnished transportation for authorized delegates to and return ten days since at a special meeting of the augusta provisional Provit ional committee the following resolution waa adopted resolved that in addition to tha delegates provided for from the southern cities alic governors of the southern states be authorized and requested to appoint ten delegates at large from aach to represent the interests of alie in the convention called to meet at chicago and that the gornor of each state be required to liis delegation ex senator patrick walsh of Angi ista chairman of the local committee on publicity and addressed a letter to alie governors of fourteen southern states and the mayors of fifty seven southern cities of which the following is a brief extract alie missed a great opportunity in not being properly represented at the fair in chicago to mako in chicago this fall an exclusively clu southern exposition would be to concentrate upon it the public attention of the west and the northwest and the investment of capital and alie certain development of the south the project originated with the southern states year hunts bureau report and at its instance mayor swift nearly a ago cent official requests to alie mayors of fifty three principal cities in thirteen southern Sout biag them to forward to the governors of their respective states requests for the appointment of five commissioners from eacle commonwealth as delegates these and various other overtures have met with enthusiastic responses and as a chicago is entertaining a boat of carefully chosen representatives senta tives of the best agricultural manufacturing mining commercial and railroad interests of the south the plans of the promoters bontem templado tem plato the organization of an exposition company chicago citizens to take liala the stock and to bear all alie expenses of a preliminary character and the southerners to pay for transportation installation and the care of exhibits any financial surplus is to be over to charities the project also include an of five thousand troops from thirteen southern states to be held during the opening week of the exposition |