The record-union., 1891-04-07
THE WORLDS FAIR COMMISSION
FOR CALIFORNIA.

THE sWORLD'S EAIR COMMlSSlON
FOR CALIFORNIA.
Governor Markham is to be congratu
lated upon good Judgment manifest in
selecting the commission that is to repre-
sent California at the Columbian Exposi
ton at Chicago in 1893. He has selected
men who have, first, the natural ability;
second, the experience; third, the diversi
fed knowledge, and lastly, the esteem
and respect of the people, essential to
successful administration.
Hon. John Daggett, of Siskiyou, is
well-known mining man from the ex-
treme northern portion of the State. He
has represented his section several times
in the Legislature, has been Lieutenant
Governor of the State and has held other
positions of high trust. He is a repre-
sentative man and one intelligent upon
the needs of the State. and besides being
mining man, has been closely identi
fed with other important industries in
California.
Hon. r. McMurray, of Nevada, is rep
resentative of the most important mining
interests of California. He has had
legislative experience, and admirably
represents the mountain section and the
varied industries of the Sierra region, and
is practical, careful and progressive
business man.
4. 7. Hatch, of Solano, is so widely
and well known that it really seems un-
necessary TO more than refer to his ap-
pointment. Yet it is pleasurable to be
able to bear witness to the fact that he has
done more to create the horticultural in
dustry in California, and to extend and
build up both the productive and COM
mercial side of fruit-growing in Califor-
mia than any other citizen of 2the State.
His experience in this regard is almost
hmitless, and his business capacity is of
an order level with his knowledge of the
essential needs of the State to whose in
terests he has been so devoted.
Irving NJ. Scott, of San Francisco, is in
every particular pre-eminently the lead
ing manufacturer of the State. AS of the
firm that turned out the two United
States steel cruisers constructed upon this
coast, and as builder of the third now on
the stocks, he is known throughout the
Union. Mr.. Scott is self-ma man of
high business capacity, of broad views,
n hoI &
tastes, and is an ardent friend of indus
trial production upon the Pacific.
]. D. Phelan, of San Francisco, is
representative Native Son of the Golden
West, and one of the foremost business
young men of the State. He is man of
great wealth. but is setting the rare ex-
control of such large means, he keeps no
fasti horses nor expensive yachts, nor
does he scatter money uselessly and with
out compensating benefit to the people Of
California. On the contrary, he devotes
himself like any other citizen to the lit
erary, social and industrial development
of his native State.
Captain Thomas II. Thompson, of Tu-
lare, is one Of the most energetic and
efficient citizens who could have been
placed in discharge of duties of this kind.
He has travelled throughout the length
and breadth of the State of California.
and is familiar with every county in it.
1t viii be remembered that he was
member of the firm which compiled and
wrote the histories, and made maps of all
the counties in the Sacramento and San
Joaquin Valleys. Mr.. Thompson is per-
haps as well acquainted with the geogra-
ply and products of California as any
man living in it.
L. j. Rose, Sr., of Los Angeles is a
pioneer vineyardist and wine-malker. and
in the fullest sense represents the viii
cultural interests of the State. he has
served for years upon the State Board of
Agriculture, has been State Senator, is a
prominent stock-grower, and is thor
oughly well-informed concerning the
needs and resources of the State.
The commission thus organized will be
efficient, business-lke, energetic and
very broadly representative. Its compo-
sition gives assurance that the money
appropriated to its uses viii be wisely
and discreetly expended; that it will not
be wasted in unnecessary clerical and
preparatory indulgence; that every dol
lar of it will be made to do full duty for
the State, and that California's exhibit at
the Columbian Exposition will meet the
demands of the law, the wishes of the
people, and the expectation OF the most
enthusiastic friends of the State. The