I regret that for once I am not able to agree with the distinguished gentleman from Maine . and I do agree with the remarks just made by the gentleman from Pennsylvania in support of this bill. and I shall vote for it for the reasons so ably set forth by him. But I arose for an entirely different purpose. The gentleman from Pennsylvania referred to certain causes which had operated to injure this great Exposition. among them the fear of Asiatic cholera. the panic. and the appalling business situation which has been upon the country for months past. Great as may be these causes. to my mind they are not the main cause of the comparatively small attendance in the earlier months of the Exposition. Mr.