Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-10
STATE FAIR FINANCIERING.
How Some of the Money Went aud Ho,
Some Didn,t.

We do not imagine that the public are greatly
interested in $l40 lawsuit, neither do we re-
gard newspaper as tribunal in which to
conduct legal contest; but Sam. Adams, pres
ident of the State Agricultural society, having
employed the Yahoo Swashbuoklers of Bill
Kings newspaper to appear in his behalf, a
brief remark is not out of place. It was fitting
that the paper which has denounced the whole
society as composed of bummers and rascals
should "vindicate" it's presiding officer.
ne hGu ne e to ho G5'vs or K deny
swashbucklers emit, it is sufficient to say
that 81. P. Hall contracted to do Ger
tain advertising at the request of the State So
ciety. Mr.. Adams claims that the payment
therefor was conditioned upon the success of
the fair, and the money was to be divided pro
rata among creditors if shortage occurred.
done soon after the fair was inaugurated. Mr..
Hall, at the request of the society, did certain
advertising to the amount, at regular and usual
rates, of $500, which was conditional as stated.
That bill has not even been presented to the
society, and Mr.. Hall distinctly notified both
the executive committee and Mr.. Adams at
the close of the fair that he would
make no claim whatever for that amount. An
other item which was ordered wholly without
condition, amounting to $40, was presented
and approved unanimously by every member
of the executive committee. The secretary
promptly drew and signed the order, but the
president, who, under the act of incorporation
is in duty bound to sign orders after the ap-
prevail of the executive committee, insulted
the entire committee, and refused to sign the
order. Mr.. Adams having thus defed his own
executive committee, Mr.. Hall garnisheed to
collect bill duly audited, and for which he
now holds an official order of the society, lack
ing the presidents signature only to be COM
plete.
the GLOBE. An advertising bill of about the
same amount for the GLOBE having been par
TALLY paid the remainder was allowed to stand
and still remains for the pro rata result, though
there was no such agreement even on that.
At the very time Mr.. Adams was overriding
legal authority by refusing to sign duly au-
dited order. he was signing other orders right
dollars for services. Over 800 per day was
paid out for dinners to the dining hall on the
grounds, showing over 200 dinners being so
cents hangers on to theifair. The country po-
icemen were boarded at the Metropolitan and
those ticket takers which Mr.. Adams was de-
termined should be his appointees, instead of
being selected by treasurer in whom all had
confidence, Jared in similarly sumptuous
manner. Two hundred and twenty-five dollars
were paid for the rental of a temporary build
ing for six days on the grounds while one of
the permanent buildings was vacant. All of
the army of over two hundred (see dinner &C
count, who had been brought in from the coun-
try to have good time at the fair, were being
promptly paid, and Adams, who is endorsed by
Bill Kings swashbucklers as an "honest
and upright man, had his arms into
the treasury up to their elbow.
When he was signing the orders in
question the pro rata, conditional theory never
occurred to him. When the Metropolitan ho-
tel bills and the per diem and dinners of his
sisters and his cousins and his aunts from the
country had been paid, when all inside the
charmed circle had had their pockets lined:
he became regular stalwart in "uprightness
and honesty" 1t was his refusal to pay just
and duly audited claim, after making general
dizzy all around with his gang, which led to
the precaution IF garnishee protection to
rescue small amount from the general wreck
of imbecility and rascality.
Arxx,