Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-24
HANCOCK SUSTAINED.
HE WILL OVERSEE THE COMING LOS
ANGELES CITRUS FAIR.
Between La Rue and Ran
cock.


ing was called vas to settle the difficult
which has arisen over the appointment c
Director George W. Hancock as Superir
tendent of the coming Sixth District o
Los Angeles Citrus Fair. There were pres
ent Directors Green, Shippee, Hancock
Swan, Chase and La Rue.
Chairman Green, in calling the meetinI
to order, stated that some time ago tn
Board became aware of the fact that Their
was some dissatisfaction in Los Angelo
over Mr.. Hancock's appointment, and
meeting was called, at which Messrs. Ii
Rue, Green and Hancock were instructed
| TO proceed to Los Angeles and see wha
| the trouble was about. Upon our arriva
there" continued the Chairman, "a meet
ing of the Los Angeles Chamber of Com
merce was called, in which we were in
vited to participate. made statement o.
the State Boards position, announcing
| that it was not our intention to prevent
Los Angeles from managing its own fair
and was desirous that committee of re
! sponsible citizens of that city should be ap-
pointed to take charge. l explained &c
! them that Mr.. Hancock merely represented
| the State Board, as the law requires. AL
we wanted TO see was that the appropria
| ton was properly expended, that we might
Vouch to the Controller for the payment OF
| it. Mr.. Hancock and Mr.. LaRue also
spoke at the meeting, corroborating what
had said. Everything seemed to.be amic
able, and in accordance with my sugges-
ton a committee was then and there sp.
pointed to take charge of the fair. We
then returned home, but it was not long
| before | received communication from
NJ. R. Higgins, Secretary of the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce, inclosing a set Of
resolutions adopted by that body day OF
two previous, expressing distrust in Mr.
Hancock and requesting his removal, al
the same time suggesting that certain Los
| Angeles persons (naming them) who had
! been selected by the Chamber, be con.
firmed as the proper committee to handle
the fair. This is the condition Of affairs
as they exist now. You will observe that
| they now have two committee down there
the one which was selected when we
| were there, and the one mentioned in the
resolutions. Neither committee has done
anything toward preparing for the fair"
II guess they don't want any fair" re-
marked Director Chase when the Chairman
! had concluded.
Mr.. LaRue suggested that the only
| trouble with the Los Angeles people was
| over the appointment of Hancock They
wanted man from their own district tc
superintend the fair, and one who would
be there continuously, and work to make
| it q success.
They don't want superintendent from
this end of the State, that is what is the
matter" replied Mr.. Chase.
H. -, L, 81
| Los Angeles with Messrs. Green and La
Rue, he endeavored to smooth matters over
as much as possible 81 told them" he
said, "to go ahead and appoint Superin.
| tendent of their own liking, and l would
confirm his appointment. All that l had
| to do with the fair was to see that the Law
was obeyed, in the matter of the State
Board being represented. They seemed
satisfied with this, and when left thought
| everything had been settled"
Mr.. LaRue was confident that there wa;
no personal feeling against Hancock in Lo:
| Angeles. 1t was local affair, and all the
| people there wanted was to see their OWL
people at the head of it.
Director Shippee said that ipasmuch SIS
the State Board of Agriculture is response
BILE for the proper expenditure of the ap-
preparation for citrus fairs, he did not see
how it would be possible to turn the ex-
elusive management of a fair over to any
committee or person. ave are here under
oath to see that the money is properly ex-
pended" continued Mr.. Shippee. NOW
can we let them manage this fair? We
have to accept their accounts and swear
| that they are right"
Chairman Green compared Los Angeles
| with Oroville. when 0roville was chosen
| as the place for the Northern Citrus Fair,
said he, Its committee went right to work
| They sent their premium list to Mr.. Han.
cock, and are going ahead without q kick
They mean to have fair. The whole sun
and substance of it is, that the Los Angeles
| folks don't want a fair-or rather, they
don't know what they want. The State
Board has done great deal more for them
than it has for OroYille, and yet they are
not satisfied"
In order to bring the matter to head
| Mr.. Chase moved that the last committed
| appointed by the Los Angeles Chamber O
| Commerce be confirmed, and that tina
committee be instructed to appoint an AS
sistant Superintendent to attend to the de
! tail work of the effair, and act under Mr.
| Hancock
LaRue opposed the motion vehemently
He said the great objection was agans
Hancock, and if he were retained as Super
| intendent the difficulty would not be rem
edied in the least He believed that til.
| fair would be future unless the whims o
| the boom people were acceded TO. lie
| them run their fair; it's in their district
and we should not interfere" was the Di
rector's final appeal.
docs not the law say that these fairs are
to be under the direction of the Stat
| Board, and are we not responsible for TIT
proper expenditure of the appropriation ?
asked Mr.. Shippee.
Yes" replied LqRue, "but we can ge
around that by appointing committee o
The Board to act in conjunction with thei
| committee"
That's Just what we have done," inter
posed Mr. Chase; and Mr.. Hancock is tina
committee"
| Discussion now waxed warm and severa
of the Directors severely criticised the alti
tude of Los Angeles, while La Rue contin
| usd to insist that Hancock should lie de
posed.
Mr.. Hancock then took the floor snd re
lated q little incident that occurred Will
he was in Los Angeles. He was sitting il
the Chamber of Commerce room and over
heard two men talking behind him. Ont
said, What are the prospects" Good, " re
piled the other, I'VE are going to knock TIL
fellow Hancock out, sure. We'yegot one O
them La R1e1 with US now, and we'll &c
the rest" Mr.. Hancock turned aroun(
and introduced himself and explained hi
position to the gentlemen. They states
that they had been misled in the matte
and would not in future oppose HIN. Mr.
Hancock intimaied that La Rue was Il
blame for the dissatisfaction in the South
iuasmuch as he had informed the peop
there that he (Hancock) knew nothing
about citrus fruits and was not fit Super
intepdent.
Director La Rue was on his feet in al
instant and looked mad. He said he would
plead guilty to telling certain Les Angelo
people that Hancock knew little or moth
ing about citrus fruits. and also to tellinI
them that, in his opinion, the State Boar,
acted wrongly in appointing Hancock a
Superintendent. He had told what b
believed 10 be facts.
Hancock was about to reply, whel
Chairman Green raped loudly on hi
desk and called for the motion of Nj
Chase, which the latter now amended b,
appointing Mr.. Hancock rs Managing Di
rec'or, inssead CT Supsrintendent-to cas-
the feeling of the Southerners.
La Rue insisted that others should b
appointed to act with Hancock, and offere,
as substitute TO Chase's motion that
committee of three be appointed, consist
ing of Green, Swan and Hancock.
At this point Mr.. Hancock called the al
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