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Mr. Mitchell — I do not think any one here would be willing 

 to accept this position. I am in favor of those who have it in 

 hand, to run it the best they can, and for this Board to have 

 nothing whatever to do with it at this late day. 



Commissioner Carnahan having been invited to explain to 

 the Delegate Board the nature and extent of the exhibit at 

 New Orleans, addressed the Convention as follows : 



GENERAL CAKNAHAN'8 REMARKS. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 



I was asked, a few days ago, to give you a few minutes' talk regarding the Ex- 

 position at New Orleans, and the exhibit of your State there. To get an idea of 

 what the State is doing there, it is well to state, first, that the State is divided into 

 three departments — Women's Work, Education and State Exhibit proper. The 

 Women's Work from this State, as Mrs. Noe, who has been down there, will tell you> 

 is not with the State exhibit. The ladies thought they would prefer going into a 

 competitive exhibit with the ladies of other States, so they have their display sep- 

 arated from the State department. The Educational Department is with the United 

 States Educational Department. Both the Women's and Educational Departments 

 are in the gallery overlooking the Government and State exhibit. I will give you a 

 brief statement of the buildings prepared for the exhibit. There is the main build- 

 ing, as it is termed. The ground floor of this covers 33 acres. Running entirely 

 around this main building is a gallery 40 feet wide. All of this is devoted to pri- 

 vate exhibits. Every foot of available space in that immense building, the largest 

 exposition building ever erected, is occupied by exhibitors botli in gallery and 

 ground floor. After the time expired for application for exhibit, the Director Gen- 

 eral said that over 800 American applications had to be refused for lack of space. 



The United States exhibit includes displays from the different places of indus- 

 try, and scientific and educational exhibit by the Government. A vast collection 

 of useful articles and curiosities, collected by the United States from all parts of 

 the world, are in this collection. There are relics gathered by Lieutenant Greely 

 in his visit to the Polar regions. Exhibited in this building, which takes 200 feet 

 on either side, are the State exhibits, made up of the agricultural products of the 

 different States. Coming next north of this Government exhibit, on the east side of 

 the building, is the State of Michigan, next Indiana, then, immediately north, is 

 the State of Wisconsin, and went of us a line of the Eastern States. The Eastern 

 States, for the most part, make an exhibit of manufactures. Connecticut, imme- 

 diately west and across the aisle from Indiana, exhibits all sorts of manufactured 

 articles, from wooden nutmegs and hams to steam engines. They exhibit no agri- 

 cultural products. Ohio, with an appropriation of $40,000, makes a most admira- 

 ble display. They are separated from us by one State. Much of their display is 

 fancy work, such as needle work, painting and scenery, put up by the artist. 



