| Show POLITICS AND THE WORLDS FAIR THE worlds fair la Is baill in trouble trouble N the labor question Is now confronting it that part of the work which wan let to contractors la is being performed by italians the other nationalities in chicago are fiercely opposed to ta the employment p of italians in any work which liss has a state or municipal backing to say the leask it is rather pro v yoking oking to employ one race exclusively in a work of any kind within the limits of our country there lq ig yet another obstacle before the fair the next congress will be asked askea for that sum will be al absolutely boo lutey necessary in addition to what is already appropriated to make the fair a success the next Con congress grets will have a democratic house when the fair was talked about in washington before the location was determined thomas C platt said he be did not want it in new york unless he be could make a political machine of it As the official roster of the fair now stands it is conspicuously a republican party one democratic wheel borses are po point tag at butterworth davis mckensie and several others othera who have been the most offensive kind of parti sans in the past what democrats most fear Is ia that mon money ey given to these party men in the shape of fair salaries will find its way into the republican campaign chest cheat in 1892 the success of such an enterprise should not be endangered because of these appointments but such men as butterworth davis da vis and palmer will 1 ite closely watched and it if it is found that they are making party politics adest a test in the appointment to minor offices the democrats will certainly kick and kick vigorously |
