Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-31

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Gla-e ndon and Thomas ]. Hurley of For,
Worth. Papers of incorporation were
/ taken out and the first meeting of the direc-
| tors was called at Waco, where an organiza-
ton was perfected. Thomas J. Hurley was
selected as president. Col. Henry B. An
| drews as first vice-presideut, Col. Joseph S.
| Rice as second vice-president, and an eXecu-
| tive committee consisting of Col r. B.
| Parrot. w. G. Connor and j. y. Browning
| w. Z. Watt was elected treasurer and re-
I quested to file $4,000 bond, which he has
done. The Provident national bank of Waco
was made the depository with the under
standing that they were to pay per cent
on daily balances.
The directors then proceeded to Austin
and called in body on Governor Hogg TO
know if they could rely on his aid il the
work. The governor said that he would
give 1t any assistance IN his power He did
SO i'll 4 practical manner, subscribing the
first 100 shares the association received.
Some of Us visited other portions of the
state on that trip endeavoring to arouse en-
thusiasm in the great work.
The next meeting was called for Dallas,
at which all of the directors were present
excepting MeSsrs. Andrews and Rice, both
being i'll. At that meeting Dudley ID. BRYAN
of Galveston was elected secretary and l..
A. Stein of San Antonio assistant secretary.
In August the resignation of Mr. Stein was
dCScpttu uut GUpIlSutu. Az lIdI
meeting the president was instructed to
procure offices, books, furniture and the
necessary help. He was also instructed TO
commence at once soliciting subscriptions
and issuing stock for the same and at any
time that he had funds on hand in excess OF
$500, to remit the same to the treasurer,
Believing in the patriotism and good faith
of our people took up the work. not only
not a dollar in hand but with limited
number of people in the state who knew or
cared for the Worlds fair. In order to get
started | was obliged to contribute from my
own means and make myself liable for
many obligations for ordinary expenses, for
the payment of salaries, etc., Col. Par
rott joining me in one loan to the associa-
ton.
Some idea of the magnitude of the under
taking can be CLEANED from Il brief resume
of the work so far performed by the state
association. The first step taken was to
correspond with each of the county judges
of the 205 organized counties in Texas. and
every leading citizen of the state. asking
the judges to name Worlds fair committees
in their counties and the leading citizens to
voice their sentiments regarding d move
ment fraught with such interest to the
state. Senators, congressman, legislators,
judges, present and eX-state officials, law
yers, doctors bankers, farmers. capitalists,
those reputed TO be representative of their
ion regarding the feasibility of the move
ment, and upon their universally eucour-
aging replies was predicted its success.
Our correspondence grew to such proper
tons that we at once found it necessary to
employ three stenographers and type
writers. Out of the POS organized counties
in the state, the county judges of 159 have
appointed Worlds fair committees, con-
sisting as a rule of five men and two women,
with all of whom, and the subcommittee
appointed by them, the state association
has been in active and constant correspOn-
dence. This besides the auxiliary commit
tees and boards of lady managers from
each city in the state.
As an advisory board to the board of di-
rectors, there has also been created sena-
torial committee of one member from each
of the thirty-one senatorial districts of
Texas. These, with the county and city
committees, boards of lady managers, chiefs
of departments and subcommittee that the
county committees are creating i'll their
various precincts, make the very preten-
tious aggregate OF at least 1900 citizens, of
whom about 200 are ladies, now actively
engaged in Texas in Worlds fair work.
All this is independent of the school work.
of which Texas is making a distinctive
feature. At the inception of the movement
the directors conceived the idea of giving
to the 600, 600 school children of Texas and
the Texas building, by permitting them to
raise all they could of the fund of $500, 600.
AS an incentive to the work among the
schools, the association has offered magniti-
cent prizes, embracing four years scholar
ships in any American universities to the
male and female pupils who would dispose
OF the most stock; a number of handsome
gold and silver medals for less effective re-
suits, and free trips to Chicago of from two
to four weeks duration to the superintend-
ent and to the teachers in whose schools in
each of the eleven congressional districts
the best results should be accomplished.
Promoting the school work has neceSSitated
an active correspondence with about 800
school superintendent and l., 900 teachers.
Branching out in other channels in solicit
ing aid from every organized source, the
Texas association has CORES pended with
the mayors of each city, the postmasters,
every lodge, social and benevolent organiZa-
ton in Texas, every prominent business
man, manufacturer and capitalist, and every
travelling man in the state; thus not less
than fifty thousand citizens of Texas have
been reached by direct personal appeal, in
volving the sending out from the Texas
headquarters, since the first of June, 1891,
up to the present time, not less than one
hundred and fifty thousand pieces of mail,
and this not including the weekly letter
sent out from the press department. under
of Texas, constituting liberal, progressive
press which has extended its generous aid
to the movement with no hope OF reward
save the encouragement of a worthy, lauda-
BILE enterprise, and one having for its object
the promotion of the best interests of
Texas.
We also carried on an extensive cores
pondence with the seventy-iye architects
of the state which has resulted in seventeen
of the leading men presenting plans for our
Texas building, which you are to pass on
to-day. Iwould suggest that each of the
contestants whose plan is not accepted be
requested to frame his drawings and that
they be hung on exhibition in a room in our
building to be known as Architects room.
In July Secretary Bryan and myself
visited Chicago, and with the assistance of
John T. Dickinson, formally arranged for
the sites of our building, the most eligible
of any on the grounds. being to the right of
the main entrance. The director-general
waived our filing bond. stating that he
fully believed in the patriotism of Texas,
and did not fear but that she would erect
her building.
In the selection of chiefs of the various
departments to be represented at Chicago,
it has been my effort to secure ladies and
gentlemen of well-known ability and capac-
ity for the work to be performed, and to
recognize as far as possible the different
sections of the commonwealth, to the end
that the state character of our exhibition
might be faithfully maintained.
The first appointment was that of the
chief of the educational department, Mrs.
Ed z Way-rap of Fort Worth trho