The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-05
[EF7 TO THE COMMITTEE.
Worlds Fair Managers Fail TO Agree
Upon 1 Plan for the Montana
Building.
The Building Committee Will De-
dido the Question Within q
Week or Two.
Two Of the Lady Managers Attend the
Meeting and $4,000 Ii Set Aside
for Their Department.

WO OF the Lazy Avv0uO tuO
Mestipg and $4,000 II set Aside
for Their Department.
The question Of the selection Of q plan
or the Montana building to be erected at
he Columbian exposition occupied the
ntirs time OF the board Of worlds fair
managers yesterday morning. When tho
GARD met at 10 O'Clock Messrs. Mitchell
nd Pease presented . report in favor OF
hs plans submitted by Omeyen d Thori,
st. Paul. This made an equal division
{ the committee which had the matter in
barge, Msssrs. Yerkes and Lowell having
rsviously reported in flavor Of tho plans Of
Ealbraith q Fuller, Of Misaouln. Quite .
engthy discussion ansued, during which
fr, HershReld advocated the rejection OF
II tho plans submitted and that the archi-
bots be notified to submit others in thirty
avs. This course was opposed by Messrs.
ksrkes and Bickford. The former said the
lsns Of the Missoula architects complied
every particular with tho advertise
rent, and were in other rs-
poets desirable. Mr.. Bickford said
he board, by it's Advertisement, had con-
ractsd with the architects to pay two
rizss if they would submit plans which
Lould comply with certain conditions.
rom the dual report of the committee II
kas evident that the firms had complied
nth the contract, one report favorinR n
et Of plans for the first prize and another
Or the second, while tho second report
Imply reversed the order of merit. He IA
ored the settlement of tho question now,
Q il was expected by the people Of the state
nat some progress be made IN the master
: the meeting.
President DoWolfe, in order to expedite
aattsrs. moved that both reports be re-
ected. and that the matter DO turned over
0 the committee for final settlement, the
lans to DO adopted not to exceed IN COST
Is. 900. Az to the matter Of the payment
the prizes, he said If the board had con
Facted to do 80, ii would keep its agree
hents. His motion to refer, however, was
bst. a
Then there were motions and amend
nents and substitutes of varied import, I'M
il it seemed as though the board had got
On into an inextric.ble tangle. Mr.. Hsrsh-
cid said Mr.. Bickford was talking to the
allery, and the latter denied the impeaoh-
nent, adding that 80 far as no could dis
ern Mr.. Hershfeld stood alone in his idea
Lot the Montana building should b: q
Tub house. Finally q motion was carried
0 proceed to ballot on the frat prize prop
sition. II resulted in six for Galbraith q
'ulisr, four for Omeyer u Thori, one for
y,implicity" (Paulsen Il Lavelle), and N
gathering. The second ballot also was
Without choice. Then Mr.. Blckford moved
hat those receiving tho lowest vote BE-
ropped and the two highest only be voted
or. Mr.. Hershield protested, and after
considerable discussion and before Presi.
emit DsWolfe had put the question. he told
hat gentleman he wanted = decisive answer
q to whether the righta of the minority on
be board we're to be respected.
II Am not followingin the footsteps OF
Mr.. Reed,'' the chairman quietly responded.
The tights Of the minority and Of every
Individual member of this board will have
he fullest consideration. The question il
low before tho board in the form OF q mo-
ion, and it ia for the members to decide 1t.
Ny duty is simply to put the question"
Without coming to a decision a recess
he idea of Judge DsWolfs seemed to have
AIKEN root. Mr.. Joyes offered a resolution
putting the whole matter of the selection
be q plan for the Montana building and the
citing Of the contract in the hands OF the
committee on buildings. the plan selected
lot to entail a greater expense than Sl5'ooo.
his was unanimously carried.
A meeting of tho committee has been
as been called for Nov. IA, in Butte.
Had Mr.. Hays, member of the committee
roA Yellowstone county, been present az
hs session the matter would undoubtedly
rave been decided yesterday.
Mrs. j. X. Toole and Mrs. j.. =. Rlokards,
ady managers, we're present at tho after
noon session. Gov. Ioole accompanied the
aides and introduced them to the gentle
men of the board. After looking over the
,lans for the Montana building President
0sWolfe suggested that the board would
ike the lady managers to tell them some
III s,e Of Their sa;d tRR lsn HERSELF II , ,esp Mrs. T soi;
nd conferred over the part they would be
compelled to'take in making the Montana
exhibit. and had concluded that they would
heed some assistance. They therefore
asked that each commissioner furnish them
with the names of one or more ladies in
heir respective countiss who would aid
lem had been adopted in Colorado and Was
working very successfully. In answer to
Mrs. Richards request, a resolution WAS
hdopted requesting each member Of the
ooavd to furnish the lady managers one OF
more numes of ladies' in their respective
~counties who would assist them.
But there was more a this in store for
The ladies. Mr.. Bickford introduced the
following resolution, which passed unani-
Fnously:
"Resolved, That it is the design of the
board of Worlds fair managers for the
state of Montana TO set aside for the use of
The lady managers the sum of $4,000 to be
used by them in aid Of the woman's de
partment." =
Mr.. Hershaeld. in a little talk favorinp
This action, called attention to the work the
adv managers would have to do, rs defined
1t the meeting of the board in August. &C
Follows: .i|
"Whose duty it shall ba to have charge OF
all matters pertaining to dairy products,
pantry stores, needle work, plain and orna-
mental; Horticulture, native fora of the
ostate, named and classified, such of the fine
arts, plastic and ornamental, as are the
products Of women's hands, and a general
Supervision of women's work throughout
The state in all it's branches; both usual and
unusual, also Of the various breeds of poul-
Try" /,
Mrs. Toole and Mrs. Richards we're much
pleased Mt the action of the board, and
promised for the ladies Of the state to dc
all in their power to make the Montana OK
hibit a creditable one.
A letter was read from Mrs. II. b. Harri.
son, delegnte-at-l large, in which that lady
regretted her inability to be present at the
meeting of the board, and offering to dc
whatever she could to advance the work of
the ladies.
The board will meet again this morning
Rt 10 O'Clock.
Holiday goods arriving daily ut The Bee Hive,
Montana Lunch room, 40 South MAR
street. just opened. q. w. soderlund