Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-09-30

speedily amount to the 1880 Sc
paid; that the public should be in
formed of the particulars of the old
mansgements records even though
1t cost 500 of the money now in
the treasury of the Society. Mr.
Gould moved that the address just
delivered by J. Il. Shields be re.
duced to writing and respectfully
presented to the press for publica-
ton. Carried.
Charles Coleman, Jr., of the
Sen7i-Irepic, moved that a COM
mittee of three be appointed to ex-
anime the records of the Horticul-
tural Society and to report the re-
suits through the newspapers.
Carried.
Will d. Gould, G.. D. Compton
and E. M. Hamilton were appoint
cd committee to execute the Cole
man resolution.
d. M. Graham delivered eulogy
of the old Board for long continued,
efficient, generous and gratuitous
performance of onerOus duties. and
approved the wisdom and just sc 0 I
their determination to seek relief
by voluntary retirement.
President Shorb, upon calling
w. e. Willmore to the chair,
moved that the Finance Com mi it,
tee of Five be continued and be re-
quested to report to the next meet
ing of the Society. Carried.
Mr. ShorD also moved that the
Committee of Five be instructed to
ascertain the sense of the mem
bers of the Horticultural Society
and Of the subscribers to the re-
demption fund as to who would be
ouitable persons to succeed the re-
firing Directors of the Society, to
be elected by the Society, or, in de-
fault of quorum of the Society,
by quorum of the Board success
sively existing until the compile
ton of the new Board. Carried.
Mr.. Shorb said that ne felt in
dignant toward people who
would put down no more than $1O7
subscriptions during week
canvass to save the Pavilion and
lot; that he was out of patience
with pitiful subscriptions and foIios
of advice; that Los Angeles city
WAS notorious for lack of enterprise
and sympathy with the country;
that country people were finding
this out and would resent it; that
at great expense farmers and horti-
cuIturists come here from great, r
or less distances as exhibitors and
visitors at the Fair TO fine ue CIV
indl tferent, cold aud even hostils
toward the Fair; that the country
people have had enough Of
such imbecility; that their indig-
nation. is asserting itself in denup-
Citations of Los Angeles city; that
they are tired of coming here to
spend money among such people;
they will quit coming; they will
cease to give Los Angeles city .
chance TO show contempt for them.
for their exhibits and for the house
wherein and for the property
whereby they are enabled to die
play the fruits of their labors; that
he would not blame the country
people If they did stay away from
the fairs.
NIL ouUED COutluubu. 1Ou
knows there Is no Director but
wants to resign! That if the por-
ton of his time spent in the ser
vice of the Horticultural Society
during the last many years had
been devoted to his own horticul-
turai operations at home his reve-
Dues might have been greater and
more than enough to pay off the
mortgage debt Of $4,500; that he
would stand 1t no longer; that he
WAS determined to rid himself of
the burden; that he meant to get
QUITO stay out.
President Shorb closed bis re-
marks and resumed the chair in
the midst of applause.
The Committee of Five was in
structed to continue their labors
and to report to- the Society at
Union Hail on Saturday the 22Hd
OF October prox. at 2 P. NJ, to
which place and time the meeting
adjourned,