St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-12
THE EXPO MANAGER.
Charles A. Parker Being Enthusi
aSticalIy Urged for the Position

Charles n. Parker Being EnthuSi-
astically Urged for the Position.
The Minneapolis exposition, when you
come down to the solid foundation of
the thing, is nothing more or less than
big show, and should consequently be
put before the public as another equal
or big improvement on Barnum's
"GreatcSt Show on Earth" Then
why not have Snowman
or person who has some
experience and insight in regard to the
show business. Here is a simple but
most weightv argument that but yester-
day, or the day before, came to the sur
face in the minds of some very logical
and practical persons whom one way or
another, are connected with the inter-
ests of the next Minneapolis Industrial
exposition. Every man to his trade''
is very good proverb, to which many
an institution and business man owes its
or his success. Tradition has it
that "a jack of all trades" is
good at none. 1t would require
a remarkable genius and almost
the gift of second sight to expect q man
who had never seen a ship or been to
sea to safely navigate an ocean vessel,
and Il eObbler could hardly make a
watch. With this idea in view, several
eDt assistant of Manager Conklin's at
the Grand opera house. yesterday caused
to be circulated a petition to the eXecu-
tive board and directors of the EXPOSE
ton. asking that his name be placed
before them as candidate for manager
of that "Dig show" to succeed the
present one. The idea seems to have
met with speedy approval at all hands,
for last evening, while the petition was
but one day old, some $50 names had
been signed to it, and people who are
usually at the head of nearly every Ell
terpriSe that has been undertaken in
this city for a number of years past.
When such men as Mayor-Elect p. B.
Winston, Col. John T. West, A. II.
Linton, many of the judges at present
on the bench and several of those who
have recently been elected; besides
ten members of the next legislature,
the city comptroller, city clerk, assistant
City Engineer Huniress, }. b. Huckson,
John A. Schlener, r. S. Keeier. Build
ing Inspector HaZen and some fifteen or
twenty OF our most prominent capital
lists, besides about seventy-five leading
firms such as FormaD, Ford IL Co., Cen
fury Piano company, etc. A petition of
this nature is worth considerable earnest
consideration, especially when all these
signerS were obtained in one day. The
information was obtained and given
publication by the evening papers
almost too soon to suit some of
Mr.. Parkcr's friends, but now t
that it has been published the
stamp of approval should be
placed on it by every logical stakeholder
and director of the show of which every
Mlnneapolitan is proud. Charlie is I;
known by almost every one that has re-
sided in the city any length of time for
his connection with local theatricals in
this city for the past ten or twelve
years, and as he has lived in Minneapo-t
lis all his life, the older inhabitants,
among whom he must have All extensive
acquaintance, will probably look out for
his interests.
The directors of the exposition met
this morning. and in regard to the mat j
tel of selecting new manager, one of
the board said yesterday "that as sew
eral dew directors would be elected De- q
cember s to fill the vacancies of some
that would retire, it would only be
right that the new directors be given
an opportunity to vote on a manager,
therefore new manager would prob
ably not be selected before that time"