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Show FIGHT FOR FAIR ON IN EARNEST Tuesday Data Sat For'Vate on New Orleans er Geast City Washington, Jan. 25. It will bo left to tbe full membership of the House of Representatives to determine whether San Francisco or New Orleans Or-leans shall have tho right-of-way in tho exposition fight now raging be-foro be-foro congress. The house committee on rules, after af-ter hearing a sharp tilt between tho rival interests and spending an hour in executivo consideration of tho problem, prob-lem, decided to issue tho calling or tho roll for tho bouse members noxt Tuesday. Every member who favors the Pacific Pa-cific coast exposition will answer "San Francisco," whllo those who favor tho Gulf City will answer "Now Orleans." Whlchover city prevails In this roll call will have tho right to call up its legislation for Immediate consideration. Tho commltteo on foreign affairs has reported tho Kahn resolution, Inviting In-viting the world nations to participate in the celebration at San Francisco in 1915, and the commltteo on Industrial Indus-trial arts and expositions yesterday reported tho Bstoplnal bill, recommending recom-mending the holding of the exposition at New Orleans. Both measures are pending in the House and the action of tho rules committee today shifts to tho full membership of tho House tbe burden of deciding -which shall have preference. Sharp words were passed between Representative Kahn of California, and Representative Rodenberg of Illinois, Il-linois, when tho exposition fight opened open-ed before the rules commltteo. Mr. Rodenberg, as chairman of tho committee on industrial arts and expositions, ex-positions, which hou already favorably reported the bill to give tho cxposi-tion cxposi-tion to New Orleans, declared Representative Repre-sentative Kahn has Ignored' his commltteo com-mltteo nnd had nut In n Sun Prnnrla. co resolution with instructions to have It sent to tho committee on foreign for-eign affairs. "Wo never attempted to treat his commltteo discourteously," said Mr. Kahn ."I cnlled his attention to the resolution beforo It was Introduced In tbe bouse." "That is whero wo differ," Inter-rupted Inter-rupted Mr. Rodenberg. "I havo no recollection of your having called It to my attention, and I don't bellove you did." "That statement is In keeping with somo of tho others you have mndo In this controversy," rejoined Mr. Knbn. |